Sorry it has been so long since I posted we are still very busy working on the Bungalow and Christmas is fast approaching so I am busy with shopping , I am enjoying buying things for Jude and Freddie. I have also been finishing a quilt it is now complete I will take a photo and post it for you to see, I love it I think it's the best one I have made.
I hope you are all well and getting ready for Christmas, it is such a busy time of year and I don't really enjoy it until Christmas Eve when I can relax and know there is no more I can do other than cook the meals, we are going to my sons this year as my kitchen is in a state of flux and I wouldn't trust my cooker to cope, we have done such a lot of pulling down, filling holes, plastering rubbing down and much more, we still have to rip out all the cabinets and lay a new floor but I think we will have a bit of a rest through December and have some time to ourselves, the carpet for the bedroom is coming next Friday so that will be another room finished I am really looking forward to putting my pretty things up in the bedroom it will be my little oasis.
I will post my quilt soon.

Jude and Freddie

Jude and Freddie  are so lovely, I love this photo, we will see them tomorrow and I cannot wait.
Tony and I have been busy today sanding walls in the bedroom and I have started stripping paper in the porch. Kathleen called in this morning and I walked to the Dr.s with her where she got results and her cholesterol was normal, I think she will celebrate with a bacon sandwich.
The tickets arrived for the Malvern quilt show we will go on the Friday, it's a lovely show we love it, because it's small and you get to see everything, I am quilting a large quilt at the moment and it is taking me ages to finish but it is looking lovely. I have started a baby quilt for one of Kate's friends who  had a litte boy last week,my life is full and happy and I am very grateful.

Hello Everybody, we took time out from decorating on Tuesday 24th to go to Leeds to see Rod Stewart in concert at the new arena, it was BRILLIANT! we have been fans of Rod since forever and have been to lots of concerts but we hav'nt been for a while so this was a real treat, he was so good we loved every minute and sang along with all the songs especially Maggie May. We arrived in Leeds at lunchtime and as we had never been there we had time for a good look around, they have some lovely Victorian Arcades full of nice shops and the indoor market building was amazing, I spent all my time looking up at the balustrades and balconies, very pretty all in all we had a good day.

I would love to make some soap, I have no idea how you do it but I would really like to try, Kathleen and I spend hours in TK Maxx smelling the soaps they are so gorgeous one of my favourites is Violet this smell is so sweet and reminds me of when I was a small girl and every Good Friday my friend Jean's Grandma used to take us to Peddars wood and we would pick Violets and Primroses and take them home for my Mom for Easter, the smell in the wood was wonderful and the flowers like a beautiful pale yellow and violet coloured carpet. such happy innocent days. Does anyone have a failsafe way of making soap?  I would love to know.

This a picture of Kathleen (cottonreel), it was a beautiful day and we had  been to the hairdressers, we are in a village called Market Bosworth which wins a lot of awards for it's lovely flower displays, it also has some nice little shops which we love to browse, Market Bosworth is famous because of the Battle of Bosworth where Richard 3rd died, recently there has been much excitement because they found his body under a car park near the cathedral he is to be interred in the cathedral. The coffee and cake is good in Market Bosworth too.

Hello people, I am still here, the picture above is of my Beautiful Jude and Freddie they get more precious every day.
We are still working very hard on the bungalow, we now have a completed conservatory with  tiled floor as soon as it is furnished I will post a picture, we have carpet in the lounge and our furniture should be in  place within the next two weeks, I actually emptied 3 more boxes yesterday it was lovely to find my Chintz China and put it on the shelves.
Kathleen and I have been to the NEC quilt show since I last posted, we had a great day, spent too much money as usual but saw some beautiful quilts.
Our little sewing group is having an exhibition of some of our quilts so that people in the village can see what we do, there are some lovely quilts and smaller pieces too.
I cannot believe that summer is drawing to a close I do so love the light evenings when it is still daylight at 10.0.clock, now the nights are drawing in and soon the winter will be upon us, I am trying to think of something I like about the winter but there is not much. My son Andrew is getting married next July so we are looking forward to that, I am busy making bunting their theme is Garden Party so there will be lots of flowers about tied to trees in jam jars and all sorts of containers.
I will post again soon !

Hats galore, these are hats for Age Concern, they are put onto Innocent Smoothie bottles in the supermarket or any where  the smoothies are sold and for every bottle sold 25pence goes to age concern, Kathleen and I have been knitting them, they are so easy to do just 28 stitches and then you decorate them, apparently it has been going on for a few years and they have collected lots of money to help elderly people through the winter, I do have a pattern so if anyone would like to knit  them I will post the pattern.