My Country Quilt

I have just finished this quilt and I love it, it's what my friend Kathleen calls a countryquilt. It is four and a half inch squares squares al sewn together I have used lots of scraps and I am really pleased with the result. The yellow floral fabric is the backing and I machine quilted this quilt it is not perfect but I keep practising and it is getting better. I will definitely be doing this again I have lots of scraps and it is so easy to make.

Spring is definitely on the way.

We have had a really lovely week of bright sunny frosty weather. The sun has had warmth in it and it felt very good. Kathleen and I have started walking early in the morning and we definitely feel better for it, it is lovely to walk around the village and see spring starting to burst forth. Tony and I went shopping for our new bed yesterday and we found a lovely French style bed with a carved swag on the headboard 'I love it' it will take about four weeks to be delivered which gives us time to get the new carpet fitted.
We are hoping to go away in the caravan for a few days we were going to go in February but it was so cold we decided to wait, so now the weather is slowly getting better we will risk it. I bought some lovely Mable Lucy Attwell fabric on Friday at the fabric guild it is so pretty and will make lovely cot quilts. so thank you God everything is good in my world at the moment. Happy Sunday.

Busy Times

Sorry I hav'nt posted for a while but I am so busy at the moment, lots of sewing and decorating. We have had a lovely two days the sun has shone all day and we began to believe that spring was actually on the way, Not so!! by Friday there is to be more snow. Kathleen has had visitors for two days, I went out to lunch with them on Monday we had good food and good conversation. Tony had a day owing so he took it off yesterday and had his first whole day in the sun fishing he came home a very happy relaxed boy. My curtains are finished and ready to hang we are going to choose a new bed and a carpet and then I can start prettyfying. The little cottage you see is in Devon it was so pretty I could'nt resist taking a picture, I loved the clematis Montana climbing up the chimney. Must go now we are off to the Garden centre, always a good day.

Oh No!! Not more Snow

O.K I have definitely had enough now, we woke up to a lot more snow this morning, the poor birds don't know what to make of it, we are putting lots of food out for them, the Blackbird is still in charge and tries to see them all off he's a real bully. Kathleen and I went to Bramble Patch on Friday it was the first day of their 2 day sale. I had never been there before and we had such fun finding it, I am not very good at directions and usually go and extra couple of miles before I find what I am looking for but Kathleen quite enjoys this she sits there like the queen saying" ooh I like this village I could live here look that house is for sale" and with all of this chatter I am trying to find the place we are supposed to be going to. We eventually found it and it was worth the search they had some lovely stuff we bought quite a bit and had Coffee and cake which was lovely Kathleen is now searching for a recipe for Brownies as she liked the cake so much. I met someone I had not seen for 13 years from the village in Worcestershire that I moved from it was lovely to catch up on old friends and gossip and to hear how our children were all getting on. There are some lovely workshops happening at Bramble Patch so we are going to choose one to try. We had a lovely day!

A Lovely Sunny Day

Hello People, today has been really beautiful the sun shone nearly all day it was lovely to feel some warmth and to see people looking happy, it was still cold but with the sun shining who cares!. Kathleen and I went into town to browse around the shops, the summer clothes are starting to appear there are some pretty fabrics this year floral and feminine. After a good browse we went for lunch that is always a treat. On Friday we are going to Bramble Patch this is quite a famous quilt shop in Northants and it is their two day sale so we are off to have a look. I have never been there so I am quite excited, Kathleen has been and she says it is a lovely place they have lots of workshops there throughout the year so perhaps we will try one. I hope you all had a nice Valentines Day now I must go and sew, I am putting together my Shabby Roses quilt which was a BOM on Elefantz Blog it is really pretty.

Lots of love in the Air.

I hope you all have a nice Valentines Day, it's nice to think of each other in a special way and even if you have lost your partner it is nice to think of all the lovely times you had together. My daughter and future son-in-law have gone to London for the weekend they are doing a show and having dinner somewhere special. My son is taking his girl for a special meal and will have a lovely pressy in his pocket for her ( Ihave seen the pressy) it is so lovely to be young and have your life in front of you, live it well my children it surely is a wonderful life.

A Quick Look

This is the material I bought yesterday for my new bedroom curtains, we are decorating at the moment so I have to wait a bit before I can see them actually made up. I was talking to my sister-in-law last night she lives in Hove which is near Brighton in East Sussex she was very excited it is her birthday on the 27th Feb and her son who lives in Toronto is coming over for a week, she has'nt seen him since last summer so she is one very happy lady.It is still very cold here with snow and Kent is very bad again, I was looking at the news and they showed Washington D.C. it was horrendous everywhere was completely deserted. I have just been out to take extra food for the birds poor things! I am off now to make a large mug of coffee mmm!