An appropriate title
for this time of year don't you think as I dust this place down and finally do a blog post!!!! Somehow July turned into August, August into
September and, here we are, almost to the end of October......
Life has been busy
and there really hasn’t been too much stitching going on, anything creative has
been more on the quilting side and my stitching mojo continues to take the long
route home but I'm not giving up on it yet!
I will start off
with some stitching, not my own though, but a long overdue sharing of a sweet
birthday gift that I received back in the summer from my dear friend Carol who
many of you know from her wonderful blog Stitching Dreams.
This package arrived
in perfect time for my birthday and, as ever, it was a delight to open. Inside was this lovely scissor fob from an EE&F
design, a sweet chart from With Thy Needle & Thread and these lovely quilt
notecards. I did thank Carol at the
time but thank you again my friend, the fob has been much admired and I look
forward to stitching this chart.
We had a major event
in our family this summer……our first grandchild arrived! Daniel made his entrance towards the end of
August and, what can I say, he is a total joy! One of my daughter’s best
friends was getting married and they made the journey home when Daniel was 3
weeks old. I will always treasure this
picture, my 91 year old mum meeting her great grandson for the first time……
I have been making regular
trips back and forth to England to spend time with him, my daughter and my son-in-law. He is now 9 weeks old and DH and I are off
again next week to spend a few days.
I’ve taken two quilt
classes since I last blogged. First up
was this Plus Quilt. It’s a cot size…….. no guesses who it’s for!!!!
While I was making
it we still didn’t know whether it was going to be a boy or girl so you can see
that I went the route of covering all bases as regards colours!!! The fabric I used was from the UK company
Dashwood Studios and their fabric line Prairie.
I’ve recently
finished a class where I made this giant hexie quilt. I decided to go way out of my comfort zone
and go with bright colours.
My first time going
with a scrappy binding…..
The hexies are made
from a layer cake and I went with Moda Folklore by Lily Ashbury. If you’re interested in the pattern you can purchase it here.
Christmas seems to
be just around the corner and I do have some seasonal stitching I need to get
too so, maybe just maybe, I’ll have some stitching to share next time round.
Hope all is well
with you and yours.
Until next time…
