Just in time for the mailing window (and some sunshine!), I have finished the mini kaleidoscope quilt for The Brit Quilt Swap. Here is the back, with my partners name hidden by some wool. I did quite a bit of hand quilting with all my coloured perle 8. Because I was a bit disappointed that …
Mmmm… yummy, yummy! Here I am at Liberty of London last Saturday. Looking at all the gorgeous Kaffe and Amy Butler fabric. I was down for my neice’s Hen Do, and staying for an extra day with my best friend, Liz. Here’s Liz looking quite excited about the wool Sale! Yes, I timed things just …
You may have heard about this appeal for pretty dresses as there is a fair bit of activity around it on blogland at the moment. It is a wonderful idea, so if you haven’t heard about it yet I hope I can inspire you to join in. The charity is called Dress a girl around …
It was my birthday on Wednesday and my newly returned son Felix made me this scrumptious white chocolate and summer berry cheesecake! It is his own recipe and it tasted as good as it looks. My dear husband bought me a new camera! I have been using his old one, but it was a …
It’s about time we had some crochet here! I have been neglecting my crochet readers lately, even though I have actually been working on a new crochet blanket for the last few weeks (more on this soon). I have also been neglecting my owls and really need to top up the rather sad stock of …
Some of you may remember how sad I was when my eldest son, Felix, went away travelling back in September last year. I moaned on and on about it here. Well last night he finally returned! And this is what he looked like when we picked him up from the airport. Yes he really is …
I am taking part in the first Brit Quilt Swap. In fact I am a Swap Mama! We are a small group of UK based quilters swapping doll-size quilts. There are about 40 of us in this first round (I am sure there will be future rounds and more swappers next time!). So far I …
OMG!! I was absolutely blown away by the amount of entries I had for the Sew Mama sew Giveaway Day! Wow, you lot REALLY wanted to get your hands on that pile of fabric!! I never, in my wildest dreams, expected to get as many as 1220 entries! So please excuse me for not being …
Woo hoo! It’s Sew Mama Sew Giveaway Day! Last year I applied to join in a little too late but somehow my name still appeared on the list and I then had a lot of very disappointed visitors! So this year I am going to make amends by giving away this monster pile of fat …
Another day, another swap completed! This time it’s the first round of the Goodie Bag Swap on Flickr. Make your partner a bag (or purse as I believe our American cousins call them) and fill it with a plastic bag full of fabric scraps! I got paired with someone very young and funky, so I …