A happy ending
I know, I know I said I’d have a little blogging break,
but something lovely has happened and I just had to tell you:
You may remember this post about the beautiful photograph
I had found of the Ford Robertson twins and their mother, Marion (updated post here).
Well,
Marions’ great grandson in New Zealand stumbled across my post
and contacted me
and now the photograph of Marion and her twin boys has been returned safely home where it belongs.
The family have sent me a photograph of Marion taken in 1925. Such an elegant lady:
I told you something lovely had happened!
Now, isn’t that an amazing story?
End of term
It’s been a busy couple of weeks
what with the decorating
all the end of term school activities
and working late into the night
trying to get everything ready for the Festival of Quilts
(I’ll be on stand G4, teaching workshops and demonstrating on the Pfaff sewing machine stand, say hello to me and my Mum if you’re there!)
so now it’s time to finish things off, calm down and say cheerio for a while
I’ll see you all the other side of the school holidays!
Have fun.
Aged
The plumber has been!
We’re glad we waited for him,
because this is what our pipes look like.
Binding
Today, some 12 years after making
my first patchwork quilt I have finally learnt
how to make a continuous binding.
It wasn’t difficult
didn’t take long
and looks great.
Better late than never.
Hot chocolate?
My boys had a great time running through the sprinkler yesterday
stopping only when they were shivering blue with cold
then Joe asked for a hot chocolate to warm him up!
P.S. Still waiting for a plumber.
Down Beside the Seaside
As I mentioned in my last post
I’m just home from teaching in Newcastle
I was invited by Kim of
which is a very pretty well- stocked shop (you’ll want everything)
Over the two day workshop I taught the ladies how to make my ‘Down Beside the Seaside’ wall hanging
You can see how Pauline got on by visiting her blog
and if you are very lucky you might win a copy of the pattern in her give-away.
Don’t forget to say hello from me!
Colander
This vintage colander
planted with little Alpines
is just about all the gardening I’ve achieved recently.
And when I say ‘gardening’ I really mean
tipping the un-drunk water from our dinner glasses on it before we come in for the evening.
P.S. I’m just home from teaching at The Fat Quarters near Newcastle- thanks for a lovely weekend!
P.P.S. Still waiting for the plumber- so far we’ve had 3 here to give us a quote and still nothing…
Lounge
After 8 years we’re finally decorating our lounge.
We’ve had a wood burning stove fitted
and have chosen some rather bold wallpaper as you can see.
One day, when we’ve got carpet, furniture and curtains I’ll show you what it looks like finished.
But, I wouldn’t hold your breath- I’m still waiting for the plumber to show up. If only I knew how to move the radiator myself.
Welcome
If you were to visit me today
this would be the first thing you saw
upon crossing the threshold
2 slightly squashed bees
brought home by Henry to be made better.
He’s very worried about the bees. We took a short walk on Saturday and found no less than 5 dead bees.
This can not be good.
So, I’m going to do my bit and adopt a bee hive.
Six
Our Henry
turned six over the weekend.
Happy birthday gorgeous boy!
The only time he is ever still or quiet
(he talks in his sleep too)
is when he’s watching
Deadly 60 on the television.
Henry and his animals.
