Shopping, shopping and more shopping.

Hi everybody, are you all still doing as much shopping as me, I am nearly done all thats left now is to make sure we have all the food then I can relax and start to enjoy myself.
Tony and I always go to a farm to choose our tree, my husband is very choosy and we have to find the perfect tree so we slog around several fields before he is satisfied that we have the perfect tree and then we take it to the barn to be netted, and we bring it home we usually struggle to get it through the door but manage it, we sometimes have to trim a bit from the top to stop it touching the ceiling and then my favourite bit getting out the decorations and bringing our tree to life making it a tree of memories, this is when I usually feel that christmas is really nearly here Magic!

Dressing My Dresser

Hello Everybody, I have been having a lovely time dressing my dresser for Christmas, it looks so pretty with all my snowmen and father Christmas's. I get quite excited when I start getting out all my things some things you have forgotten about some are new and you have forgotten you have bought them and some are really old friends. Kathleen (cottonreel) and I spent a day just strolling around the shops in Leicester City today we had a lovely time, we were not looking for presents or anything we just browsed, there are some lovely things about and Kathleen bought herself some new clothes which she was'nt looking for but just came upon them that really is the best way to shop. I am off now to pack some more parcels.

The Twins Have Arrived

Hello Everybody, sorry it's been a while but all I seem to do at the moment is Shop, my feet hurt, my bank account hurts and now I have to wrap all the things I have bought, I'm not really grouchy I love Christmas but it is hard work.
Anyway thats the moaning over The twins I have been doing the quilts for have arrived safe and sound, they were good weights 6lbs 4ozs and 6lbs 3ozs poor Christy carrying that weight around the little girl is Sofia Andrea and the little boy is Harris Stephen, my daughter Kate is absolutely besotted with them. This is Harris's quilt which I have just finished, the little Bee came from Cottonreels she found me 3 lovely baby patches and I thought this one was perfect for this quilt. To day I am dressing my dresser with christmas things I will show you when I have finished.

Ive Been Learning some Good Stuff

Hi everybody, it's me again, I have been on a two day Heirloom Quilting course and I haved loved every minute. I have learn't so much about my sewing machine and what it can do and I have produced some lovely blocks, I still have to finish some of them but I will show them to you soon they are really beautiful.
Do you all know what a Bread Pudding is, my Mom used to make it for us when we were kids, if she had stale bread it was never wasted she would soak it in milk for half an hour and then add butter, mixed spice, an egg brown sugar and any sort of dried fruit she had in the pantry I also put in any glace cherries and candied peel and if I have any nuts I add them too, you then mix it all together and put into a greased tin and cook in a medium oven for one and a quarter hours, it is really delicious, you cut it into slices and eat like fruit cake, my family still love it and my husband and son have just been fighting over the last piece. I am off christmas shopping to-morrow. Speak to you soon.

Busy, Busy, Busy.

Hello everyone sorry I am not posting too much at the moment but I am so busy with shopping, sewing and helping Kathleen (Cottonreel) set up her bt. Vision. I do not know where the time is going at the moment but I am sure lots of you are also very busy it is that time of year. We are all looking forward to the christmas season it is lovely to see family but it is also hard work. It is truly horrible weather here at the moment and the poor people in Cumbria are really suffering with flooding there has been lots of damage and goodness knows when the poor souls will get back into their homes, it must be a nightmare when everything you own is lost, lets hope the worst of the storms are over. Have a great weekend.

Baby Quilt Finished

Here is the first of my two baby quilts this one is for the girl twin who is yet to be born, this quilt is called Sophie's Bears it has been lovely to do the little bears are so cute I love the pretty colours. The other quilt is mainly blue, it's lovely to do something so small and finish it quickly. I have quilted this by hand. I will show you the blue one when it,s finished. Hope you all had a good weekend. I have been Christmas shopping with Kate (my daughter) she is always fun to be with we had a lovely time and got lots of presents sorted. Speak to you all soon.

Rememberance Day

Today is Rememberance Day when all our war dead are remembered and thanked we always have a minutes silence at 11-o-clock wherever we are, all the shops stop what they are doing and everyone bows their head, not a lot to ask when you remember what these people did for us. I was watching the service in London on T.V. and they were explaining about the tomb of the unknown warrior. The body in this tomb was brought back from France after the first World War, there were so many unidentified bodies that they decided to bury this one with all the honours, he is buried amongst Kings and Queens. What comfort this must have given hundreds of parents and wives whose loved one's did not return, they could think maybe this was their relative and take some solace from that. It's a sad world at the moment and we are still losing loved one's to awful wars, God Bless them All and thankyou.