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Reflections, Lit Fest and Icecream

The air was so still, likewise the water that the reflections of the masts and the trees was just lovely.

From the car park by Muddy Beach Cafe, with the Zed Shed above where we rehearse.

We went to Penzance for one of the events of their week long Literary Festival this afternoon. We heard Christopher Brookmyre talking about his writing and his new. book, Quite Ugly One Evening. We read and loved his first novel written 30 years ago, Quite Ugly One Morning which was absolutely hilarious, a thriller full of wit and black humour. We are looking forward to reading his latest featuring Jack Parlablane. There’s a really good review of his earlier work here..

On the back wall inside The Acorn Theatre in Penzance

Afterwards we stopped in Marazion to look out over the sea to St Michael’s Mount and to have some of the best ice-creams available hereabouts.

Ice cream dripping in the heatwave

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 9, 2026 in collage, Cornwall, craft, embroidery, environment, nature, Penzance, Postaday 2026, sewing

Tags: Chris Brookmyre, Penzance Literary Festival

A Night at the Museum

30 Mar

Tonight was the opening of the exhibition, Cornish Myths and Legends, at the Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery.

Arghans by Sue Hill and Pete Hill (with a little input from me!)

The hair and little creatures

Discussing the creation

Sue and L, in a very beautiful coat, talking about the exhibition

On the ride home

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on March 30, 2026 in art, Beauty, Celebration, Cornwall, craft, embroidery, environment, nature, Postaday 2026, sculpture

Christmas Topper

23 Dec

Just want to say what brilliant treatment we had from our surgery today. My lovely Mr S was not fit to go to see a Dr so the surgery arranged for a paramedic to come to check him out. S spent 30 mins with us and made sure all was well and left a prescription with us. Hoping now that a corner will be turned.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on December 23, 2025 in Christmas decorations, craft, crochet, embroidery, knitting, Postaday2025, Redruth, Uncategorized

Posy, Wall Hanging and Useful Words

14 Aug

I picked a little posy of marigolds and purple sweet peas today.

I love the wall hanging seen a couple of weeks ago in Truro Cathedral that says thank you to their volunteers.

The following very useful information came my way today and I thought you might appreciate it.

With thanks to Steve Bartlett

We’ve had a lovely time today as friends we made on holiday in Tuscany last year came to visit, brought us lunch and lifted our spirits enormously. As on holiday, we talked and talked, laughed and laughed and shared so much that matters.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 14, 2025 in Cornwall, craft, embroidery, friendship, garden, Kindness, nature, Postaday2025, sewing, Truro

Tags: Steve Bartlett

Exhibition at Truro Cathedral

09 Jul

Regular readers will know that I love textiles and creativity and today we saw the most amazing exhibition of beautiful textile panels in the Cathedral. Threads Through Creation is a wonderful depiction of the story of the creation as told in the Bible. If you live anywhere nearby or the exhibition comes near you, do go to see it. I want to go again when I have more time. Here is a gallery to give you a flavour of this glorious work.

Adam and Eve and the snake

Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge

All hand stitched!

The waters of the seas

Detail

Jacqui Parkinson, the artist, has spent ten years on this work. Read about it all here.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on July 9, 2025 in art, collage, craft, embroidery, Postaday2025, sewing, Truro, Uncategorized

Tags: Jacqui Parkinson, The creation story, Threads Through Creation

A Book, A Poem and New Gloves

09 Feb

Last week I told you that I had bought a beautiful new book, “What you are looking for is in the library’ by Michiko Aoyama, and I have just finished it. It has been an absolute joy. I wholeheartedly recommend it as a relief in these difficult times. It’s a bit of magic in a troubled world.Here is a short poem which I really love taken from the story:

I like to wear fingerless gloves at choir so that I stay warm but can still hold the words when I need them. I bought some new ones but although very cosy, they were very boring so I have embroidered them to make them pretty.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on February 9, 2025 in art, embroidery, Postaday2025, Uncategorized

Tags: Heat Holders, Japan, librarians, Michiko Aoyama, translator Alison Watts

Fashion Resisters, Special Days and Special Clothes

21 Oct

Just in from a brilliant evening……

Today is International Repair Day, which is the bread and butter of our lovely Make A Mends shop in Redruth.

and it’s also World Earthworm Day. You may remember the cardigan that I posted about last week – as the rhyme suggests worms are vital for soil health and consequently, our health.

700+ words beginning re in the Oxford English dictionary, all embroidered on the skirt by Sara.

Among the re words, one not in the dictionary

Martha in the beautiful coat she made in honour of her Grandmother

Such beautiful work.

Enhanced by Make A Mends

I won a worm!

We are so lucky to have Make A Mends in town.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 21, 2024 in Celebration, community, Cornwall, craft, embroidery, Postaday 2024, Redruth

Tags: International repair day, World Earthworm Day, World worm day

Storm, Buttermarket and Our Town Crier

21 Sep

It should have been the Mining and Pasty Festival today but some of the day had to be cancelled and the rest moved indoors as there was the most tremendous storm turning our main street into a river. There was thunder and lightning throughout Cornwall and a local photographer gave me permission to show you his amazing photo taken looking over St Ives.

Photo by Gary Phelps – who managed to get this picture this morning 😁 St Ives, Cornwall, UK 21st September 2024

Our ancient Butter Market is undergoing renovation and should be opening next month. We were allowed a walk around today and it is looking very good indeed.

Our Town Crier Max was about town doing his thing and kindly stopped for me to get some photos.

Max, our young Town Crier wearing the Story coat, showing my patch of Gracey Briney

One of my “Gwennap’ patches, at the bottom and my Gravestone patch

Bottom two are mine too, using some Senegalese fabric from my stash.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 21, 2024 in Celebration, community, Cornwall, craft, embroidery, environment, nature, photography, Postaday 2024, Redruth, sewing, St Ives, Uncategorized

Tags: Gary Phelps, Kernow Captured, lightning, storm

Squash, More Squash and The Dollies

10 Sep

A busy day at Roots today. With a friend I sowed 17 trays of leaves for the winter – lettuce, mizuma, rocket and others while there was lots of busy activity harvesting the squash and putting them to ripen.

The boat full of dollies has arrived at its destination. The big reveal will come in a couple of weeks.

Thanks to Sue for these last two photos.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on September 10, 2024 in community, Cornwall, embroidery, growing, nature, Postaday 2024, sewing, Uncategorized

Sewing and the Power of a Smile

02 Sep

I mentioned a while ago that I have a new sewing project. It has been on hold while the family have been visiting but today I have done a bit more. It’s another patch for Redruth’s storycoat and is representing a war grave in St Euny graveyard and a story that was told in our show, Until the Day Break in 2017. I’m showing the stone as it was in May that year with primroses and bluebells at its foot. It’s very small and on soft material as this one, along with lots of other smaller ones, will be in the folds of the coat.

I used to read this delightful poem with my Year 7 classes. We loved it then and I love it now. I have always thought it was by Spike Milligan but on looking it up I discover that it is by Jez Alborough, published in 1991.