It's Oh So Quiet.....

Things have been a little quiet on here lately

for good reason!

Once again it is coming up to exhibition time

and I have been beavering away 

finishing my pieces of work.

Why not check out 

the artists taking part in 

Open Studios

this year and

if you're in the area

I'd love to see you!

Keeping it warm.....

We've now got so many ladies coming to our 

'Stitch & Chat'  group that we

really did need a teapot to make all

those cups of tea in.

If you've got a teapot then it needs a 

'cosy'......

So, here is our 'Stitch & Chat' cosy..

alongside the cosy is one of my

favourite cups from

Ballydougan Pottery

in Northern Ireland

Wrapping It Up....

Just finished making a couple of

sample book wraps for 

a workshop I'm hosting 

in July.....

More loveliness

       There has been much beavering away in this household...

Over the Christmas break more hexies got sewn together 

and the pile is growing nicely.

The quilt is starting to take shape as I've begun

to stitch the flowers together......

Only about another 200 to go!!!

A little while ago I found this fab binding.

It's been sitting in my workroom waiting for the 

right project to come along.

So........

What better way to pretty up a couple of plain

white face cloths

for our guests to use...

And finally.........

It's back to the pool once again after the Christmas break

and to be honest I can't wait.

I've missed my 3k swim every week!

In need of a new swim bag I found some fab vinyl covered

cloth and set to turning it into my new kit bag.

A little pocket on the front holds my membership

card, handy for getting out to gain entry to the pool.

Out of the left over bits emerged a small bag, lined in turquoise dotty

fabric to hold my make up and jewellery.

Honesty

The idea for these little Honesty seed head

decorations came from  Landscape Magazine

                                                                              

                So we scoured the local hedgerows to glean what few seed heads were left

and found just enough to make these little beauties which we then hung

on the Christmas Tree!

Passing the Time....

There's nothing better than spending these long cold

winters evenings in front of the fire with a little

project in hand.

Did I say 'little' project....

That might have been a slight under-exaggeration!!!

These little hexi blocks are destined to become

a King sized quilt for our bed.

My scrap box is once again overflowing

so in the true tradition of quilting I am 

turning them into something warm 

and homely.

That's 6 down.....How many to go?

.....maybe it will be finished in about 2 years

if i'm lucky!!

What could be better, on a long winter evening

snuggling up under a home made quilt, where every little bit of 

fabric used has a story to tell.

How I Love....

Those cold cold crisp Winters mornings.

We woke up this morning to find our

world had turned white with

a thick hoar frost.

Beautiful.......

The frost faeries had been hard at work

on the lilac tree!

Even the spiders webs looked amazing!

A very Christmassy looking ivy leaf.