Thanks for joining me for Tea this Tuesday ! Its raining outside so we are *gathered around the kitchen table today.
Ten simple choices for a healthier planet.
- Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Cut down on what you throw away. ...
- Volunteer. Volunteer for cleanups in your community. ...
- Educate. ...
- Conserve water. ...
- Choose sustainable. ...
- Shop wisely. ...
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- Plant a tree.
At the Library :
4.3 out of 5 st
The latest novel in a crafting cozy series featuring talented sleuthing seamstress Abbey Chandler, the members of a small-town California sewing studio—and murder.
Abbey’s life in Hideaway Grove is comfortable, and she’s grateful for her small sewing studio in the back room of her aunt’s bakery, but she’s feeling stuck. Her plan to expand her custom tote bag business by selling to a chain of gift shops has hit a snag. Making enough totes to distribute to all the stores requires large-scale production—which requires money Abbey doesn’t have. To make ends meet, she takes a part-time job at the town’s bustling Visitor Center . . .
Abbey is soon sorting items with her co-workers for the Visitor Center’s annual Lost and Found Day when unclaimed items are displayed and offered for sale. Thanks to tourism, there’s enough to fill a huge stockroom. But something is amiss. Eleanor Franklin, devoted to all things Hideaway Grove, hasn’t shown up for work—and when Abbey discovers her whereabouts, it isn’t pretty . . .
Eleanor is dead inside a clothing bin, dressmaker shears impaled in her chest—shears the sheriff reports are engraved with Abbey’s name. Under suspicion, Abbey will have to launch her own investigation. But who would want to kill thoughtful Eleanor, a model resident always so full of good advice about how to uphold Hideaway Grove’s high standards? As it turns out, not everyone appreciated Eleanor’s advice . . .
Now Abbey will have to cut through a tattered trail of greed, theft, and revenge to sew up the case before a killer cramps her style—for good .
Tea Cup Pincushion
What you will need
- One quarter of a metre (10″) of fabric
- A plate or round object 18-19cm (7″) diameter
- A nylon sock
- Wadding, cotton wool or fabric scraps for filling
- Scissors
- Needle
- Thread
- Super glue
- A tea cup
Place the plate over your fabric and draw around it. Cut out you fabric. Stuff the sock with your chosen material until you have a nice compact ball about the size of a fist, knot the end tight and cut off the excess material. Thread a needle with a long piece of doubled up thread and sew long running stitches all around the fabric at about 1cm (3/8″) from the edge. Place the stuffed sock on the fabric circle pull on the threads and knot them up tight. Cut off the loose ends.Squeeze a line of super glue inside the cup, some at the bottom and some half way around and push the cushion inside pressing down for 10-15 seconds.Arrange some pretty pins on the cushion and there you are! A pretty tea cup pin cushion done
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