Castle Ward

Castle Ward is constructed from two different styles.  The husband and wife couldn’t decide on what style to make it, so the front of the house is Georgian and the back of the house is Gothic.  It’s not just different on the outside, but it’s split down the middle on the inside as well with […]

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Comber to Strangford

Thursday: We walked to the square in Comber close to where Gwen and James live. On Friday, we drove from Comber to Strangford and stopped at several different places.  James took us around to several back country roads where we saw this pretty docking place.  Then we went on around to Killyleagh were we saw […]

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Comber

Well, we survived the plane ride and our first day in Ireland! Last night James took me up to the car park to get a better look at the view of the water. This morning we went for a walk down to the square to change our money and go to the supermarket. It was […]

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A change

Up until now telafane has mostly covered my crafty endeavors, but starting tomorrow my sewing will be put aside for a couple of weeks.  Instead, I’ll be posting about my trip to Ireland!  Should be an interesting trip, so check back for updates!  In the meantime, here’s a picture of a couple of flower pins […]

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Needle felted clutch

My first successful attempt at using the Babylock Embellisher machine!  All my previous attempts were complete disasters… I used a wool blend from Jo-Ann’s as the base and needle felted random pieces of chiffon, 100 % wool pieces, yarn and wool roving to it.  Then I used the same wool blend for the back and […]

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Oz Wallet

I am super excited about this project! Wallets always look relatively easy to make, so I figured: Why not give it a go?  I have a bunch of this linen fabric by Kokka that I absolutely love, but I’ve always been too scared to cut it!  Turns out this fabric was perfect for a wallet.   […]

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