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Hello there! Hope you're having a good week. I have a couple of projects to share here today – one finished and one perhaps a quarter of the way through… I'm trying to tell myself that it's all about the process when it comes to English paper piecing.

You can see in the second photo above that I'm still working away on my hexagon quilt. I started it back here and the piece is now about half the size of a queen-sized bed. I'm hoping to make a good-sized quilt eventually. All the fabrics are recycled or leftover from other projects or existing garments – there are a few of Tom's shirts in there!

I really love working on this project. I don't find hand sewing to be at all laborious, and with the paper template method, I've found that I don't need to be as exacting as I once imagined EPP to be.

This week I also finished knitting a hat for my eldest. I think it's the fourth such hat I've made in a couple of years – he's not very good at looking after things, our Arlo. The pattern is called 'Roku' and there are some details about the yarn, links, etc here on Ravelry.

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I was offered some new labels to try from the company Dutch Label Shop, on the proviso I let them know what I thought once they arrived. I really like them. The labels are very finely woven (as opposed to embroidered or printed) and the edges don't fray, so they could be sewn directly onto a garment without having to be folded over. 

I got the 'handmade with love' labels you see in the last photo for my Mum who might like to sew them onto some of her projects. She makes lots of things for her grandkids, and I can just imagine one of these on the back corner of a quilt, or hidden inside a small cardy.

I also ordered some 'swing tags' made from cardstock to sample, and I'm happy with those too. The best thing about the DLS website is that it's very easy to customise labels to your own style – there are lots of fonts and colours to choose from, or you can send through your own logo or image to be woven.

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In book news, I've just started reading Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi, and have almost finished A History of Silence by Lloyd Jones. Both books feel far away and close at the same time. Are you reading anything interesting at the moment?

I hope this finds you well, dear reader! Until next time.

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