Post Xmas

Well I can relax now our big family get together went off very well no one had histerics (not even me when the roast potatoes would not go brown) no one felt sick and for once no quarrels. Everyone enjoyed them self and I really should have got a photo of the youngest granddaughter after her attempt at eating a very rich chocolate pudding!!!! and it was great to have our daughter and her boy friend here with us even for just a day .
In case anyone is wondering we seated 12 people for dinner and everything is now cleared away and life is getting back to normal-----(even the table-clothes have been washed!!!!) we just have some leftover meat to eat today.

Post Christmas

having a quiet day here after a great Christmas lunch with son daughter-in-law 3 granddaughters and our DIL's parents, yesterday. Today was a late rising day and then walks with the dogs , unfortunately in the rain and now a very light lunch and a quick wiz around to make sure everything is easy to reach for sat when everyone will descend here for more (if somewhat belated) Christmas cheer!

Slow progress

This is as far as I've managed to get with the demo quilt for our next raffle quilt at the quilt group, this will be in pink and white and the raffle quilt will be red and cream.

The 3 1/2" and 2 1/2" strips have all been cut and just need sub cutting into squares which I will do just before I assemble the blocks---this will be the first job after the new year and I can get a baby quilt top ready for the third week in January when we have our next meeting---wish me luck!!

Intoducing Homer

Meet Homer our elderly lurcher who came to live with us just over 12 months ago. His elderly owner had had a heart attack and Homer was in the house alone with him before his barking attracted attention, eventually he came into Greyhound Gap rescue kennels a very withdrawn and obviously grieving old boy, we took him as a foster but after a week we asked to adopt him -- he was 10+ years then and we just fell in love with him, he is so kind and gentle and adores our grand-children.

He's curled up on my Parker Knolle arm chair and covered with a quilt (it was a very cold day) I really don't know where he puts his long legs!!

This is taken from the opposite side from the first photo.

The saga so far

Baby quilt no.2 has still not been gifted as the baby has decided it doesn't like our winter weather is  not keen to be born!!! Mum-to-be is to be admitted to the hospital for a C-section so we should hear some news soon.
Very little sewing being done at the moment just a quick book cover and a test run for the next group quilt which we will start after Xmas.
If I don't get time to post again before the festivities Have a happy and prosperous Christmas and New year. xx

Book cover for a fellow teacher with my daughter

The blocks for the raffle quilt.

Workshop

Fantastic workshop with Liz Wall at Blackpool quilters . We did a wall hanging -- a tree, photos will be in the New Year as I still have to finish the baby quilt. It will be a top by tonight so layering up tomorrow and the some diagonal straight line quilting, machine stitched binding and it's a finish.  Oh and of course a photo!

Baby quilt no.2

I've only six more blocks to make before I can decide on the lay out and finish the top for the baby quilt -- gosh this quilt has been so slow, I just don't seem to have been able to find the time. Monday food shopping and just about one hour in the sewing room so got the cutting finished -- Tuesday migraine all day so wiped out and nothing done and DH ate out of the freezer I had dry toast much later in the evening -- Wednesday , quilt group meeting lots of laughs and a good catch up with some of our members who can't attend all the time (good day), finally Thursday and into my sewing room and with interruptions for meal making and eating managed to get down to the last six blocks phew!!! Tomorrow is a workshop at Blackpool quilters with the wonderful Liz Wall so no home sewing so, fingers crossed I will get the top finished and hopefully layered up on Sunday, then it's all out for a finish as I saw the mum to be today and she really cannot be too far of  giving birth!!

A cutting day

Thank goodness for the rotary cutter!! have just spent the whole afternoon cutting fabric. I don't know why I didn't cut out the second baby quilt out last time as I'm making the same pattern and you can cut two blocks from one WOF oh well another lesson learnt in the art of making life easier I suppose. I have also cut out and made various sample pieces for the tree block for a Christmas quilt/wallhanging or with a twist or two a cushion/pillow so just to write it all up and I will be ready for Wednesday and I might even finish the cushion. We are baby sitting the youngest  granddaughter on Sunday so will have to push on tomorrow as I will not get near the sewing room when she is here.
Now for a quiet evening watching Children in need on the TV and hopefully an early night as my back is playing up with all that cutting!!!

Gloomy day

Weather awful fine rain which soaks you through got so wet dog
walking AM had to change when I got home. Sore hand having banged it hard yesterday saving myself when I tripped over one of the patchwork greyhounds Urrgh. Now hubby tells me I'm not using my computer correctly as I don't want or use it set up like his!!! It works for me so how come it's wrong -- male logic at work again!!!
All in all a c**p day think I'll go and fine a good book and a cup of hot chocolate and a quilt and just chill out----tomorrow will be better.

Thank you Bonnie Hunter

A big thank you to Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville Blog this is from her book Leaders and Enders

 I really enjoyed making this and I suppose it made a little dent in my 2" square tin!!!
I haven't made any progress on anything else this week as I returned from London with a sore throat and tickly cough which developed into a full blown head cold (my pet hate ) so have spent most of the week feeling sorry for myself and very unmotivated. Right that's enough moaning and I must start the week with something constructive ---- a workshop for a group I belong to and when that has been written and samples made onto another baby quilt using the remains of the jelly roll from last week as this baby is due in a couple of weeks!!! Also I must start some of my Christmas baking particularly the cake as it needs to mature and be fed with alcohol for about a month to be perfect for Christmas.

Baby quilt

This is becoming my go to baby quilt as it is fast and easy and uses less than half a Jelly Roll with the same amount of contrast and less than half a metre for the binding if you don't want to use the left over strips of jelly roll. Actually you can make two quilts from 13 strips so it is very economical and they can both be cut at the same time and the second one made as needed---I don't know where I saw this idea but I'm sure it isn't unique to me.

Now been gifted to the new baby of a friend of DD and she is called Indi Rose.

I'm back

Just got back from visiting my daughter in London. We shopped and laughed and eat some good food xs three days and of course set the world to rights chatting into the early hours of the morning, any way home now to hubby and the hounds glad to say all pleased to see me.
It will be back to sewing and reality tomorrow so will have some photos to share as I was very close to a couple of finishes before I went away.

More finishes

The raffle quilt is finally finished for Barton Patchers and we are selling the raffle tickets to the group so by the time it is won at Christmas we should have a bit in the kitty for fabric for our Linus quilts.

This photo was taken on our super king sized bed so the quilt is a useful size, you never know maybe I will win it myself!!!

Princess Polly

Let me introduce you to Princess Polly the boss girl of the Patchwork greyhounds here doing what she does best!!

"Yes this is me Princes Polly sleeping on my favourite sofa, although sometimes I have to let my humans share with me but I don't let the other hounds share.  A girl has to have some standards!!!"

A bit of this and that

Well actually it's a lot of this.

It has only been straight line quilting even in the border but it still took a few sewing sessions to get it finished.
Then it was quite a bit of this.

I think it was about 350+" of binding made and attatched, and finally a few evenings of this (it seems to take hours for me to hand sew on the binding )

Tomorrow if the weather is fine it goes in the washing machine and then the selling of raffle tickets can begin!!

The builders

We are now the proud owners of PV panels on the house roof so we have been entertaining electritians ans fitters for the last two days -- infact they were all very good and efficient but of course there was some disruption mainly to my sewing room where the converter is located. The big job today put everything back where it belongs ( that will be a novel experience as clearing up after a project can sometimes be minimal) , it will have to be done ASAP as I can't get to my machine!! Back soon when I have any progress to report.

Pictures of the great finish

As promised in the last post here are the pictures, I think you can just about make out the appliqued butterflies that cover the little hole and the others to keep it company!!

I think you can just make out the machine quilting on this one -- white on white is so difficult to photograph well

I'm really pleased it's now finished, by the way the binding is the fabric the butterflies have been cut from.

It is finished

Yes that's correct you are not reading a different blog the refurbished quilt is finished ( big sigh of relief all round) I was so tiered of it by the end that I just wanted it done and on it's way , I don't think I have done so much free motion quilting on one quilt before it was a great learning curve!! It is now in the washing machine so photos will have to wait till it's dry so watch this space!!

Grandma to the rescue!!!

Wednesday evening and just about to have our evening meal and the phone rings. It's a panicky phone call from eldest GD -- Mum is not answering her phone (she was at swimming with the other two and had no signal) and poor girl has had an accident at netball practice and dislocated her little finger and after an X-ray it was also showing a break, so grandma  (minus food) goes to get her and take her home to collect warm clothes for a trip to local A&E. At home we catch up with mum who has finally got the messages on the phone so she has to organise someone to pick up middle GD when she finishes swimming training and brings the youngest home for grandma to put to bed whilest she and the eldest go to A&E .FOUR HOURS later they return grandma having got the other two to bed and dealt with the middle ones blood tests and insulin -- still without tea!! Finally got home after 1pm so it's taken till today Friday for me to get back to normal !!! The poor girl has to go back to fracture clinic next week for another X-ray to check that the joint is stabilizing and will probably be on weekly visits for up to six weeks so no ball sports for at least that long. Good job this grandma had rugby playing boys and can take all this in her stride!!

Is it finished???

Well it almost is, by this I mean the quilt I'm refurbishing is almost finished. I had thought to try something clever (don't know why after all I don't know anything clever ) in the setting triangles but I think it's going to be a loose meander to match the border and then a quick gentle wash and yippee A FINISH!!! and of course the photo.

Too much excitement

I really must get out more!! I'm so excited by this but if you could see my old one I'm sure you would agree it's a cause for celebration when you buy a new ironing board!!!

This one is much bigger and I can iron yardage in one go instead of having to go in two halves.

On a different topic all together , last weekend while our DIL and 3 granddaughters were in London  ( the end of the school holidays) visiting her parents  the least  practical of my children --- their father managed to wreck the washing machine so I took the two youngest to school whilest Mum waited for the repair man and of course talk turned to the broken machine and the middle granddaughters comment was "We really shouldn't leave Daddy on his own he just can't cope". How true he would sit in the dark than change a light bulb good job he married an engineer!!!! Still he is an excellent cook!!

Same old!!

Looks like today could be a slow progress day -- a trip to the super-market is on the cards.
My shoulder, neck and back are playing up and I am still waiting for my sticky finger gloves to arrive so working with the old ones is just making things worse so I've decided that being a couple of days behind schedule will be better than a couple of weeks which is what will happen if I am not careful.
OMG I sound such an old crock!! but it does make me a bit of a misery -- never mind I have a good book and cuddling up with a good book, a cup of tea and a quilt and a greyhound or lurcher or two does sound very appealing if not essential.

Quilt up date

Just a couple of photos to show the quilting on the refurbished quilt. I'm afraid any wobbly bit will have to stay as the fabric is so soft it is almost impossible to unpick anything without making a hole!!
This pick is one of my practice pieces and gives a good idea of what I'm trying to do.

This picture is on of the motifs in situ.

I'm about half way through the squares but I can only quilt about 6 at anyone time before my back and shoulders are tired so it's going to take a week or so to finish and then the quilt can go back to it's home and I can get on with the next project on the list!! Or maybe start something totally new (oh dear better not too many UFOs to finish)

Slow work

Now trying to finish the refurbished quilt but it's a bit slow. I'm now quilting in the squares between the sashing and guess what my sticky-finger gloves are no longer sticky!!! and gosh is it hard going I immediately got on the computer and ordered another pair, I know I had 2 pairs and one pair was better than the other but I could only fine one pair and of course they had to be the rubbish ones so as soon as the new ones arrive the old ones are in the bin!! and then progress should speed up and another finish will be in the bag.
The raffle quilt for our group has now been layered and pin basted so it is now ready for quilting lots of straight line with the walking foot I think as it needs to be finished ASAP as the raffle is at the beginning of Dec and we haven't begun to sell tickets and I also have to start planning next years and making a lap quilt sample to show the members what we are aiming for but that isn't till Jan 2014!!

At Last

Yes at last no 4 is a finish
, the binding went on today

This is my friends Linus quilt but the fleece backing came from my cupboard and I thought it would appeal to a little boy and the above picture shows the machine  sewn binding with a blue variegated thread.

To complete my summer list all I have to do is finish the refurbished quilt and quilt the groups Christmas raffle quilt !!! not far to go.

Number 4

Well it was nearly a finish for no 4 -- a Linus quilt I'm finishing up for a friend but I've had to re-attatch the border it was rather wavey and would only have machine quilted if I had put a pleat in it!!! not my style at all. Now it's nice and flat and quilted with some parallel lines to give a nice strong finish and with a machine sewn binding it should withstand so dragging around by a small boy. I'll not get to finish it tomorrow as I'm off to the Harrogate quilt show -- will I buy anything well maybe some threads and I'm looking for some fun fabric to make some easy cushions, so we shall see!! and of course there will be lots of lovely quilts to drool over.

Finish no.3

This linus quilt has be made from orphan block from the box we collect at my quilt group. These blocks have been languishing in the box for some time as they did not seem to fit with any of the others there in fact the only thing they had in common was a creamish background I remade the pink and reddish star block to give it a better balance then used a couple or so metres of the green print that I had had for some time as it never quite went with any other projects so a double bonus, fabric used and unloved blocks put to a good use!!

Another finish !!

Another finish -- on a roll at last. This is my entry for the Linus challenge at my quilt group. The challenge is to make a Linus quilt about 40 to 50 inches square or about 45 x 50 inches but it can be smaller or a little larger so very flexible on size and also the preferred backing should be fleece, and at least one piece of fabric used must come from the box of fabric donated to the group for charity quilts,--- so here is mine using the strip sets from my scrappy trip around the world to make the 16 patches and the stone coloured plain is from the box (no one wanted it and I'm always a sucker for unloved fabrics)

and this is a close up of the quilting -- very plain and in close up a bit wonky!!

I used a bright variegated thread to add some life to the plain and I think it has made a cheerful quilt for a young child in need of a quilty hup.

A few photos

Having put the above title I hope every thing works!!

This is the quilt I'm refurbishing as you can see I've just scribbled in the border to give additional strength to the quilt and the binding is the fabric I cut the butterflies from ( these were appliqued over the holes in the top ) The centres of the chains will have a free motion flower motive to complete the quilt.

This is the binding on the friendship star baby quilt --- it was pieced by a friend (the centre) and finished by me I think it's for a craft fair at her church. I machine finished the binding with a fancy stitch which gives a strong edge for children's quilt, and has become my favourite go to method for children and baby quilts.
Hoping for another finish -- for Linus in the next couple of days so watch this space!!

Back to normal (of sorts )

Well back to normal of sorts back still sore if I do to much so although I've made progress it has not been as much as I wanted all very frustrating.

At least this is now a finish with a green binding the photos are not uploading properly so at the moment I can't show the finished article, the quilting is straight line on the diagonal the back is not upto much more
the refurbish quilt has been stabalized but anymore will have to wait a little bit longer. I also managed to get a top finished using blocks from the group UFO box but again quilting will have to wait.

Back to normal

 Thought I was back to normal having spent the last couple of days doing some pretty mindless scribble quilting to give some definition and strength to a quilt I'm refurbishing for a friend ( it would have been easier to remake it !!!) and then today got out of bed and my back has decided to spasm again !!! not good for quilting at all can hardly move around the house, out have come the rubs and pain killers and the hot water bottle . I hope things are better tomorrow as I have a free day and was hoping to get the binding on then I could spend a couple of evenings hand sewing it down----wish me luck.

Life

No sewing for the next couple of days as life will be just a tad too busy.
Friday is MIL's funeral so all our family will be here -- she was 94 and had been in residential care for almost 2 years and the last week or so she had not been with us that much. She had 4 children 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren so a good life.
Will be back when everything is back to normal.

Let the quilting begin

The weather is cooler and wet so time to shut away all my fabric and start concentrating on quilting. actually started some quilting yesterday and if I push on today I should get the centre of the quilt I'm refurbishing finished then a couple of days for boarder and binding and that will be no.1 crossed of the list only 5 more to go!!! no picture till it's a finish.

Patchwork greyhounds

Or should the title read patchwork greyhounds and lurchers, as the sewing is a little slow at the moment thought you might like some pictures of the hounds mugging my DH for treats

this also includes our EBT who usually gets pushed out of the way by the girls.

This is Homer a beautiful white ( with some small black spots) lurcher boy

Homer with our blue greyhound Polly and fawn greyhound Poppy Jess our other lucher had run inside with her treat before I could get a picture.
Next post should be patchwork but it will depend on any progress!!!

Progress!!

Well progress of sorts, below are the quilt tops I've managed to piece during this heatwave but it is still too hot to quilt even on the machine.

The 2 on the left are for project Linus , the next is a lap top for I don't know who!! and the 2 at the end  are tops I'm quilting for a friend, hope to get to them soon or else I will be far to grumpy having to quilt them all at one go !!

Half of my scrappy trip around the world quilt in the process of being joined together the other half is at the sewing machine being finished the quilt is 8 x 10 blocks and is for ME for my super king sized bed.
When I will get to the quilting stage with this I don't know but I am determinded to make it happen.

Raffle quilt

At last the top for Phoenix patchers annual raffle quilt is assembled and now to make the backing which will have two spare blocks in it as the members were very generous this year and we had two too many, then onto layering up but not till the heatwave breaks as it is too hot in my sewing room to machine quilt an 80" x 80" quilt!!

The patchwork greyhounds are feeling the heat so small meals and early morning walks and ice cubes in the drinking bowls and lots of sleeping not that the sleeping is anything new --- does anyone have a greyhound that doesn't sleep at every opportunity?

Will try to sew again for about an hour again tomorrow that seems to be enough each day at the moment!!

Slow progress

In fact very slow progress----we are in the  middle of a heatwave in  England with temps in the upper 20's degree C which for here is hot and my sewing room is in the attic so I'm on a go slow!! (no AC).
I am in the middle of refurbishing a quilt for the daughter of a friend --- she bought it cheap at a car boot sale because she liked the colours!! BUT did not check the condition --- loose wadding--- a cigarette burn and a few loose patches.Sooo have taken it apart from the backing and made a new one, mended any loose threads appliqued a butterfly over the hole and some more to keep it company!! now to layer it up an some machine quilting and that will be another finish.
I'm also trying to get the blocks done for our group Linus challenge in the Autumn so will have pics next time I post (fingers crossed)

A finish at last

About 2 years after making the top ( but not the borders ) the stepping stones quilt is finished!! and measures 108" x 98" approximately.

The backing is a large scale strippy so used up a good stack of material and the trimmings have already been fed into my scrap system a la Bonnie Hunter.

And just a pic of the bossy patchwork greyhound snoozing as only a greyhound can!!!

Binding

Yes the quilting is finished but no Photos till I've finished the binding, I've sewed it on by machine so now it's onto the hand sewing -- this will take me some time as I think the hand-sewing on a binding is a weak point so I like to make my stitches very close together and put a knot stitch in every so often, don't know if it makes any difference but it makes me happy! Also feel happy that this quilt is well on the way to being finished the top was finished about a year ago apart from the border so about time it went to a good home!!

Indigo dying

Today was indigo dying day at Blackpool quilters and what good fun, of course I've now got blue hands because I couldn't take out the thread wrappings or undo the knots with my rubber gloves on. I've given them a good scrub and cut my nails short and soon it will wear off.
I've washed all my pieces and now they are line drying so will get a pic when they have been ironed---then I will have to make something good they are not going to languish in a box!!!

Machine quilting

after 3 days of pinning this quilt

and a bit of this

I'm now starting the machine quilting -- just plain diagonal straight lines, I can only manage a couple of hours a day before my shoulders beg for mercy!! so maybe it will be quilted and ready for binding by next week!! Hope so I'm beginning to rather dislike this quilt now, never mind I will love it once it is finished I always do.

Backing!!

It has taken me most of the afternoon to make this backing

I managed to use three different lengths of fabric to make a good looking strippy backing, stuff that has been in the yardage cupboard for ages including an odd looking piece of Fossil Fern that looks good with the two pinks and will be all used up apart from the trimmings which will go into my scrap box,so glad I made the effort and now onto the layering up!!!

More finishes

The baby blue quilt went to London with DD last weekend so then had to press on with a quilt suitable for a girl. This quilt had to be finished by this weekend as DD is coming back to pick up a new car and she can take the quilt back with her, and I've met the challenge all it needs is the label and a lavender bag and off it goes.

I also finished the top of this bed quilt (100x108 inches) which is going to be a wedding gift.

Just to find a backing --- think it will have to be a scrappy backing as the backing cupboard did not yield anyone piece big enough despite looking like this after my search!!!!

so it's back to work constructing a backing and will see how many fabrics I use!!

Daisy May

Today we said good-bye to our elderly EBT she had developed cancer and given her age our only course of action was a trip to the vet and she went to sleep in my arms. Sleep tight we had so many laughs run free at the Rainbow Bridge no more pain and you can hear and see again.

No sewing just lots of tears.

Complete!!!

The baby blue quilt is finally complete and washed and packed away with its lavender bag waiting for my daughter to transport it to London. Just hope it's a baby boy !!! I am in the process of making a girlie top so maybe in a week or two I'll be flat out finishing that and that is it for baby quilts for a while!!

I love the backing for this I bought it (the remains of a bolt) when a local quilt shop closed and it has done 3 backings just  less than half a metre left now so the last of it will have a place in a pieced backing and then what will I use for baby quilts?

binding!!

Trying to finish the binding on the blue baby quilt so I can finish it and get a finish photo but life just keeps interfering.
Yesterday (Sat) the girl next door got married so most of the road outside to see her off to the church , then spent the rest of the day shopping (food) and then planting veg while the weather was good , so today it's binding or bust!!

The Patchwork Greyhounds

Thought that any one who sees this Blog would like to see the patchwork greyhounds -- it really should be sighthounds as we have 2 greyhounds and 2 lurchers.

 

 

On the floor is Poppy greyhound the others are on the

futon behind her

 

from left to right

Poppy AKA Princess Poppy / the boss a blue greyhound , Homer a lurcher and Little Jess a Staffie/

greyhound -- this is my husbands office and they spend a lot of time there when he is working. They

invade my sewing room if he isn't at home , otherwise they follow him around the house

 

On the quilting front the blue baby quilt is being quilted -- straight lines in the ditch!! and I have finished the last 10 scrappy trips blocks now having to be very good and leave them in the box till the baby quilt is finished!!!!

Visit to Empress Mill

Great visit to Empress mill yesterday. We took Libby (GD no.1) who is hoping to eventually take a degree in textiles so good for her to see some of the exhibits and demos. I forgot to take my camera so no photos but the exhibits were wonderful and gave me a few ideas and of course couldn't resist buying a few metres of fabric and of course some of Empress Mill's beautiful thread
We finished our visit to Colne will a fish and chip lunch so a good day was had by all!!

Baby quilt 2

Early stages of baby quilt 2 using leftovers from a blue jelly roll and some precut white on white. The half square triangles are cut using  an easy angle ruler it is really easy and quick no akward  X plus 7/8 to cut and the triangle pairs are ready to feed into the machine for chain piecing ,hoping to have the top finished over the weekend, it has to be finished by the end of may so my daughter can take it back  to London and save me the postage!!

It's finished

The teddy bear quilt is finally finished, washed ,parcelled  up and ready to go to the post office to post to my daughter in London and guess what the post office are on strike today and it has to wait till Wednesday, so even though the quilt was finished last week it won't arrive till Thursdayof this week!
I've managed to fit in another ten blocks of the scrappy trip around the world so now only have ten more to go, however, another baby quilt has to be made ASAP as the little one is due early June and it would be just my luck for it to be early! and I did take the Bank Holiday weekend off --- we took the hounds (2x greyhounds and 2x lurchers ) to a fun dog show to meet lots of other houndies and raise much needed funds for the rescue charity Greyhound Gap. We had a great day out and the weather was superb and our little lurcher Jess came 3rd in the recall competition---the others sauntered down the course smelling the flowers!!!

Quilting time

Teddies quilt all pin basted and ready to machine quilt, was going to start yesterday but developed a migraine so crawled to bed instead, must make the effort to start today as I want to post it out early next week. I have so many other projects I want to get on with so I MUST make the effort to start---once I start I will keep going but the starting can be so hard sometimes!!!

Heart quilt

Sorry missed of the picture

Oh dear sideways  the photo fairy didn't tell me about that!!!

Two finishes

Or rather a, and a half---the teddy bear quilt needs quilting that will be this weeks job then binding and posting to London
The hearts quilt is for Linus and is a finish and has been added to the tote for gifting to Linus in the Autumn when Phoenix Quilters hand them over.
Although not a finish I've completed some more scrappy trip blocks and now only have 20 more to go really want to get this to a finish.

Progress of a sort

Making progress on the Teddy Bear baby quilt but progress has been very slow. The teddies are machine appliqued so I find I can only manage a couple at a time or else my shoulders are not happy , now the blocks need joining and a boarder then layering, quilting and binding so almost a finish!!!
Must get it finished asap as it has to be dispatched to London, will really be glad to finish it and will post a photo when it's finished.

Easter fabric

I bo
ught fabric instead of an easter egg and also had time to debone 4 of my son's shirts . great easter all round.Now to have a family meal before our daughter returns to london am tomorrow

A finish or two

Finished the cat quilt so that is going to the care home on Tues.

Also finished the large bed cushion and that has been sent to Jackie and she has let me know she likes it so that's OK.

I arranged the blocks the same as the quilt so they matched and looked well together.

Now back to normal after a horrid head cold so should soon have more news --- a Linus quilt so close to a finish and a baby quilt cut out and assembley begun -- have put the scrappy trip around the world on hold as have another baby quilt to do and haven't even got any ideas for it yet!!! and the baby is due in June.