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in the bleak midwinter

Oh my goodness it is COLD! Cold but beautiful.  As we type, the low afternoon sun is burnishing the thatch of the cottage opposite with a warm copper glow and the distant granite tors of Dartmoor are tipped with winter fire.  There are even rumours of snow (which for...

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what a summer that was!

15 September 2017 It's back to school time, but if we're being completely honest we're still feeling a bit jaded after all the fun we had over the summer (the last hurrah Aperol spritzes didn't help matters either).   In between making bags there were country shows to...

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it’s bespoke bag time again…

This week's bespoke bag is a particularly gorgeous shiny mahogany beech workbag with carry handle and detachable strap.  Before it left for its new life we whizzed it round to our friend's house for a quick photo amongst the rubble of his demolished kitchen...and...

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mystery objects competition

12 May 2017 These came into the workshop to be mended earlier this week.  From time-to-time they play a very important and very public part in life down here in our wonderful rural community in Chulmleigh. For those of you who have never seen these items before...

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