Noooooooo!

Memo to : Mr David Tennant

From : Mrs Emma Jellybelly

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I didn't mean it when I said I wanted to be your assistant...

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I didn't mean to scare you.....

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Please come back.....

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*sniff*

The Tale Of The Fairy Godjelly

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away actually, there lived a Fairy Godjelly.

She lived in a colourful world surrounded by fabric, buttons, ribbons, pins and tape-measures.

She liked to to call these trinkets her "stash".

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One day, the Fairy Godjelly sent a picture to a land called "flickr" showing off one of her exciting bits of "stash".

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A visitor, to "flickr" saw the picture and left a comment

The Fairy Godjelly did some research with the help of a friend from the land called "craftsforum" (a highly addictive land that the Fairy Godjelly doesn't get much time to visit these days) to find out this visitor's home address.

She secretly sent some of this "stash" to the visitor, called Roseberry Crafts
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The visitor was so excited by her gift, that in return she sent the Fairy Godjelly a present made from the "stash".

When the Fairy Godjelly saw the sweet card, she decided that the visitor must be a tiny little fairy because of the intricate hand-stitching, and sighed slightly wistfully because she realised that she could never have the patience to make such a project herself.

The End

I ♥ An American

I'm ever-so-slightly fed up with hearing about these Americans day-in-day-out on our news...

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(Enough already, just vote!)

I'm very fond of watching these Americans....

I'm not overkeen on this about some Americans....

But there is one American who made me squeal with delight yesterday.....

Just look at what she sent me as part of the Camper-Van Swap.,

The most fantastic camper-van bag I've ever seen.

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It's all quilted, and even the lining is gorgeous.

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There is also this dinky mobile-phone holder and this zipper-pouch-purse.

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.It has already had it's first outing with me.

And here's the truly amazing bit (I can hardly breathe) we are currently in discussions about selling them on the JB*JB website!!
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She truly is a sewing-genius ....

she has even sat next to Amy Butler this past week!
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.Go visit her blog and see her other amazing talents (like being a mum to six!)

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.I have received quite a few goodies in the post in the last few months and I plan to dedicate the rest of the week to showing you more....

Tell All Tuesday

The question for today's Tell All Tuesday is :
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What embarrasing things have your children said and to whom have they said them?
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My answer
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boy*jelly once said in a loud voice "that lady's very fat" (she was) and when I had a little part-time job, he told my manager that his teeth looked like Spongebob Squarepants (they did)

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My friend's son once waited until he'd got to the school gates where all the mums were waiting before declaring in a loud sing-song voice

"my dad's got hairy nuts!"

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Rules

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If you wish to answer this question on your own blog, please leave a comment so we can all see how people have answered.
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Worst Album Covers In The World .... Ever!

Welcome to the first ever award ceremony for the "Worst Album Covers In The World ... Ever!".
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The first category tonight is

"What's The Best Thing To Do With A Gospel Axe?"
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And the winners are:
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Moving on to the next category,

"Most Interesting Singing Partner" ... and the award goes to:

Next is the

"Try And Look Happy About It Love" award:

We have joint winners in our next category

"Erm, That's Just A Little Bit Creepy Actually".

Now a highly coveted award within the music industry,

"Most Startling Hairstyle", with the award going to:

And now let's take a look at the winner of the category

"How To Make Your Cleevage Look Twice As Big As The Rest Of You"

Which leaves our last category:

"Oh Dear, How Sad"

We hope you enjoyed our little award ceremony.

Wanna Play?

I enjoyed answering your questions so much, I have devised a new blog MEME
(click here for a definition of "MEME")

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I have called it

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Rules

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(1) Each Tuesday I shall post a question / topic suggestion / idea for a blog post and you decide whether you want to join in on that day

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(2) Post a comment on the Tuesday post to say you have joined in and then we can all see how everybody has answered!

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Please feel free to add the button to your own sidebar by copying and pasting this code into an html widget in your sidebar:

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Stand-by for Tuesday's question!

You Asked For It

I have been left some interesting questions, and I shall do my best to answer all of them...

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Buffy asked: "what is the most embarrassing / foolish thing you have done out of love for someone?"

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As soon as I saw this question, I groaned a bit, because I really don't embarrass that easily, let alone out of love for somebody.

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I wracked my brains and the best I could come up with was; when I was breastfeeding, I was very successful at producing the goods (think Pamela Anderson crossed with a Heiffer).

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Let's just say my story involves an excess amount of squirtage on my part and the mopping up of a friends' sofa about 2 feet from where I was sitting, and leave it at that shall we?
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momof2gr8kids wants to know: what you would be if you had your dream "job"

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Well I know Dr Who is without an assistant at the moment, and I would love to star alongside the scrummy David Tenant...

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(Is that a sonic-screwdriver in his hand, or is he just pleased to see me?)
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Or, perhaps they'd consider me when they start to film "Ocean's 14"?

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But the job I have at the moment is pretty much my dream job ... being a mum, blogging, crafting, running my own business, showering when I want to and not having to wear make-up is pretty much as good as it gets!

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April asked : what is your favourite snack (sweet or savoury!)?

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When I was pregnant, I had a hankering a lot of the time for sweets like Haribo, and had loads of packs in case of emergency. Every now and then I still get a craving for them and that's when Mr Jelly tends to get a bit twitchy in case I'm, you know, the 'p' word.

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My savoury choice of snack would have to be crisps or cheese, or maybe the two together.

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In Blog-land My Name is Lola.... needs to know : How old are you, and how much do you weigh??

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Yeah, right.

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Tine wonders : I would like to know your favourite book or movie -if you have one ;-) What kind of music you like to listen to....

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I don't really have the time or concentration for books these days, but I do enjoy any book that Bill Bryson writes ... I particularly like this one:

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And I enjoy reading any of Julia Donaldson's books to boy*jelly.

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My absolute favourite film is "Stardust".

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Robert de Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer are fantastic in it.

If you haven't seen it, I strongly recommend it - it has everything; magic, romance, comedy, adventure as well as having a lovely, traditional-style storyline.

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As for music ... if the technology has worked, you should be hearing some of my music taste.

Leave it playing - some of my choices might surprise you!

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Rubyred asked : What are your three best and three worst qualities? (I'm sure you only have good ones!)

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Worst - being messy, having no patience, speaking before I think.

Best - I have a good sense of humour, generous, loyal

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Alison Boon asks : If you were a colour what colour would you be and why?
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Hmmm ... 3 guesses anybody?

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PINK !

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Because it can be both soft and gentle as well as shocking and vibrant.

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Pink Feather Paradise wants to know : What was the first artistic/creative thing you ever made and how old were you when you made it?
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I had to speak to my Mum about this, because I don't really remember anything in particular, and I certainly haven't kept anything.

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These are what I remember:

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I turned my Cindy doll into a skinhead ... I cut all her hair off so it was spiky, made her a white t-shirt and jeans out of denim and painted her feet black for Dr Martens. I think I may also have pierced her ear with a pin.

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When I was fairly small I made a patchwork cushion, which up until recently I still had, but I tried to find it to photograph and can't find it. I do know I'd used really funky, bright fabric, so no change there then!

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I seem to remember a brown, squishy shape that I painted silver glitter on and called it a hedgehog pin cushion ...

but then again, that might have been last week.

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ethel and edna's tearoom wants to find out : As we are fellow W(?)AH mums I just wonder, when you were in the 'real' world, what 'proper' jobs you have done and what was the worst one?

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Whilst I was still at school, in order to pay for my cigarettes, I used to work at a local hotel. I did the washing up. It scarred me for life and I can no longer do manual washing up (if it can't go in the dishwasher, I don't buy it) The piles of plates and dishes used to come in with all the leftover food still on them. I had to scrape the food into a giant black bin that was outside. In the sun. One time I peeked inside the black bin ... it was crawling with maggots. You've never seen anybody scrape plates faster than I did in those days.

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There was also a lovely lad who used to do bottle-washing and general bar duties. I married him. So there was a plus side!

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I think I count that as my worst job.

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After school, I started my *ahem* career working within the travel industry. Nothing very exciting, just general admin roles.

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My first ever boss sent me to college once a week to learn how to touch-type. I learnt on these rickety old-fashioned typewriters where you had to press the keys down really hard. I don't really remember much else about the lessons, but needless to say it stood me in good stead.

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When I first started working you could smoke at your desk (!) and I can remember lighting up a 'fag' whenever I had to make a phone call. How hedonistic!

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I used to have to type all the correspondence to European hotels on the Telex machine. One day it broke and an engineer came in to sort out the problem. He told me that one day soon we wouldn't be using telex machines any more - we'd be using something called a "fax" machine and you would write your words on a piece of paper and they'd come out the other end. I was so wide-eyed and innocent that I didn't believe him!

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We also didn't have any computers (double !!) and Annie used to type everything on a typewriter with carbon paper. I can remember the day she took delivery of her latest typewriter .... that showed you the words on a tiny little screen before they got printed out on the page so you could amend any mistakes without the need for Tippex.

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That was my first job after leaving school and it makes me sound like I'm about 50 years old, but it was only 1988!

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This is the same model telex machine as I used to use. I had to find the image on a website that had "museum" in the title *sigh*

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After that job I had various similar jobs - sitting at a computer, answering the phone, pretending to do filing, buying sandwiches from a snack-van - you know the sort of thing.
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(To read other people's worst jobs, visit Sheena's blog)
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FeltFinland asks : What is your greatest achievement to date and why?

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That's easy ... boy*jelly.

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Because he has a gorgeous, kind, clever, loving and happy soul.

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Esther enquires: Have you ever broken a bone and if so how?

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My immediate response to this was a resounding 'no', but then I remembered the incident involving a matress....

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My computer sits in a fairly narrow little room (it used to be a corridor) and 2 years ago we replaced the mattress on our spare bed.

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The old one needed to be taken to the recycling centre, so we propped it up on it's side in the computer room.

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Each time I got off my chair, I would have to remember to make a swerve-motion to get round it.

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Except one night I forgot and caught my little toe on the ribbed-edge of the matress.

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Something made a "crunch" sound (it wasn't the mattress) and then somebody made a "holy £"!^&*)% *(%*%£" sound.

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Oooh, it really hurt.

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So I decided to sit down at the dining room table and do something safe like cutting out.

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How I forgot that the table had legs I don't know, but I did it AGAIN to the same toe.

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That time it actually broke. And I cried.

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Needless to say, I can't wear very tight shoes now without my little toe becoming numb.

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I had fun with this post - I hope you did too?

Maybe you could do the same on your blog?

Hats Off For Hats

Now that autumn is definitely here, and with gale-force winds forecast (great!), it's time to start thinking about keeping your head warm.

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Hand-knitted by my mum, (granny*jelly), they are all made from acrylic wool making them completely washable.
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To see the fab selection of hand-knitted hats, visit the jellybelly*jellybrain website (here)

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And what's more, you can have it knitted to your own measurements - perfect for babies, little-girls ... or big-girls like me!

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Tag - You're It!

I have been tagged by Piccalily & Blossom to share 7 interesting facts about myself.

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I thought as I did a similar MEME last month (here), I'd change the rules slightly for this one.

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What would YOU like to know about me?

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Here's your chance to be an investigative journalist and ask me some probing questions.

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Leave a question in the comments and I'll pick seven questions to answer.

"No. I Don't Mean Seven, Actually!"

This is boy*jelly's new pirate ship.

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It sails the heaven seas.

Somewhere To Stick Her Pins

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boy*jelly picked out a name for the blog giveaway, and the winner of the pink

pin-cushion is:

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I couldn't be happier because Amanda and the handsome man o' hers have just found out they're having twins after a successful round of IVF!

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I realise winning one of my pin-cushions isn't quite as exciting as that news, but it's the next best thing I'm sure!

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Pop over to her blog and wish her hearty congratulations ... no, not about being pregnant ... about winning my pin-cushion of course!

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Come Shopping With Me!

The sun was lovely and warm while I was driving on the motorway on my trip to the Bicester Outlet Village today.

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Want to see what I saw?

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(These photos have all been snapped on my mobile phone - I thought it was slightly less conspicuous than my camera!)

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My first port of call was, obviously, here:

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After I'd got over the excitement of the Kidston experience, I mooched around the rest of the village.

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Right next door to CK was this shop:

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These caught my eye, but they didn't have them in my size:

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I can just see me on the school run in these ... a snip at £145 ($290)

(Eat your heart out Katy at IAGM)

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By this time I was getting a bit peckish so I looked for somewhere to have a bite to eat.

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I didn't fancy queueing for my lunch :

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Or rubbing shoulders with the posh in here:

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So what's a short, fat girl to do for lunch when surrounded by beautiful, skinny, rich people?

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Diet Coke and a bacon and cheese panini, which, excuse-me, is just a fancy name for an expenisve toasty.

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I popped into a few other shops, just for you dear readers, of course!

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Spot the bored man in this shot!

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At one point a young couple passed me.

He was dressed in a short-sleeve shirt.

Her (in an exasperated tone) : "For Pete's sake, just go into Fat Face and by a coat. I'm not wandering round the shops all day listening to you moan about how cold you are". That made me chuckle. I bet when they left the house she asked him if he thought he should wear a coat as it was a bit chilly outside?

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And just because we don't see them nearly enough any more :

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Did you enjoy our shopping trip? It didn't cost you a penny!

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PS - Fabrics in CK have gone up from £8 to £10 a metre, which is still much cheaper than their other shops.

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