It's good to be back behind the sewing machine. There was a little girl's cardi in the supermarket which reminded me very much of a print dress that I made ten years or so ago, for my daughter. Of course I had to buy it and then started the search for the leftover fabric I was sure was Somewhere. . . Well my daughter still had the dress, though she hadn't worn it for years, and it had oodles of fabric in the skirt, so the conversion had been accomplished, along with a little one for the favourite doll.

This lovely article is the only flower on a self-sown Hellebore in the front garden - a little bit of hybridising without permission from the gardener has produced a good result, considering that all the rest have been purple of varying shades. I am considering tying a strand of brightly coloured wool around the stem, to make sure it doesn't get tidied away by mistake.