Malvern Quilt Show

We managed to get to Malvern for the quilt show and we had a brilliant day. It was warm and the autumn leaves were looking magnificent. The Malvern Hills were standing clear and proud, thats cottonreel in front of them. There were some lovely quilts I loved this circular one it was so beautiful and had lots of applique. We bought fabric and other bits and pieces I bought a book for my daughter and some fabric to go with it as a christmas present. There was a wonderful booth there called Rich Pickings and she was selling bags of lace ,satin, embroidery and all sorts of sumptuous bits which are ideal for crazy patchwork, we both went a little over the top here and bought quite a bit. So that we could get closer to the hall to park I explained that Kathleen has a bad knee which she has but it's much better now, consequently she had to limp when she got out of the car because the man was watching her and as in most things she really did a drama production, we giggled a lot. I hopeyou are all having a good Sunday speak to you soon.

Hugging a Tree

Hello, no shopping to do yesterday so instead we went for a lovely walk in Bradgate Park, this really is a magical place and as you can see the trees are magnificent and very very old, the little lady you can see hugging a tree is my friend cottonreel, we wanted to show you how big the trees are so she went and hugged one. We walked through this beautiful park and watched the children riding their bikes and walking with Mums and Dads and Grandma's and Grandpa's having a lovely time some were fedding the ducks there were lots of ducks and the deer were a little bit elusive but they are rutting at the moment and we could hear the males making a lot of noise trying to prove they were the best, we saw a field with lots of females grazing and a huge buck sat in the middle I presume this was his harem. The park also has a ruin of a house and it is where Lady Jane Grey stayed. If you google Bradgate Park Leicestershire England it will tell you the history of this beautiful place.

She's At It Again.

Yesterday I went to get my hair trimmed, I felt very relaxed and content and thought to myself, "I will call in and see Kathleen on the way home"
I did this and we chattted and she admired my hair we had a coffee and then...............
" I think I want to change things around"
"What things"
"I want the white chest of drawers back in my bedroom"
"O.k"
"I,m not sure it will fit, what do you think?"
"I think it will be o.k it was in there before"
Then I caved in and said "Come on then lets do it"
We then proceeded to move half the furniture in Kathleens bugalow so that she could have her chest of drawers back where it was in the first place. This chest of drawers has six drawers and was made in Cyprus and weighs a ton, but we managed it by removing all the drawers and sliding it along and lifting through doors we had to stop at one time because I was grumbling about people who could'nt make their minds up and we started to laugh too much to go on. Kathleen then of course wanted to move her computer table which was full of paper and files and every other thing she could get on there but we managed it, then her bedroom looked too cluttered so we had to move the Linen chest which weighed nearly as much as the chest of drawers. Finally she was happy and I left her filling the drawers and singing to herself because once again she had conned me. But I love her to pieces.

I Need Help

Hi. is there anybody out there who can tell me where to buy cake stand handles, you know the one's I mean that screw into the middle of china plates, I have looked everywhere but I cannot find them Please Help!!!!!!!!!!!

I Think It's Finished

Well here it is my blue and pink quilt, I did a little bit of free motion quilting on it and I like it, but I'm not quite sure that there is enough quilting on it Iwill have to ask my friend and champion quilter Kathleen. The quilt is very pretty and I want to make sure it is finished correctly. It is another lovely day here in Leicestershire we have had some truly lovely weather this week, I want to get my garden tidied up but there are still flowers blooming especially Roses and other stuff too and I love the colour. Well it is ironing time now si I had better finish here, speak soon.

A Pressy from Kathleen

Look what Kathleen made me a Jar full of fabric strawberries, they are so pretty, she id such a great girl with a big big heart. We have been out today for a couple of hours, the weather is simply beautiful. The sun is full on and this afternoon I am going into my garden to do some cutting back and moving around and I also have some plants to find a place for. Before we went out this morning we had a go at getting some of the pond weed from Kathleens pond not a nice job it was all a bit slimy but the fishes did'nt seem to mind when we delved in and pulled out yads od slimy stuff, sh gives me the lovliest jobs. Well I'm off to garden now see you all soon.

Getting Out and About again.

Hello People, I am beginning to feel a lot better and Kathleen and I have managed to get out and about on Thursday and Friday. We went to sewing class on Thursday and it was very busy we laughed and giggled our way through that (Ask Kathleen to tell you about The Prunes) and it was lovely to see everyone and they were all extremely noisy. On Friday we went to The Fabric Guild and they had some lovely fabrics all very pretty I could'nt resist the one with the Teapots on and the floral one was a no brainer, the pale blue striped with sprigs of roses on is for backing my blue and pink quilt and the roll of fat quarters in rich glorious colours was just love at first sight. We had coffee and a chat with different people everyone appears to be buying christmas fabric gearing up for the season, I love christmas but it takes me a while to believe it's really here again so I will get there but it takes me a while. I hope you all have a great weekend.