Thursday, 29 November 2012

In a Bind

I don't think I have ever
in my Quilting Life,
EVER
had 2 large (king-size)
quilts waiting for binding.
Never EVER!
And yet, I have no time
to bind them.
 
However, as the nights draw in,
I am looking forward to binding them,
but just one more Christmas market to go!
 
The quilt on the left
is my first ever quilt,
started in circa 1986/7/8/9... in
 Laura Ashley etc fabrics
with the help of my mother.
When I put the first pictures of this quilt
FINALLY (after all these years) quilted
(that had been taken by Chris),
my Mother sent me a text message saying:
"Had a look at yr Blog
but nothing new only yr quilt..."
(she did say "it looks lovely",
but that ruins my story LOL)
"Glad u put the blocks 2gether
and not made cushions!"
Say no more LOL.
 
I had wanted to take more photos of the unbound quilts,
but my camera is playing up so I had to use my phone.
When I uploaded the above photo,
I found these photos on my phone too...
taken over the last few months..
 
Autumn: the road to Slaidburn:

Sunday: the flooded road to Ripon
(taken out of the window by DS2, age 6)

The terrible trio:
 
 

Monday, 26 November 2012

Secret Santa Sent

 I had a helping hand
from my special little person in wrapping
...hence having to open the parcel
and rewrap one of the gifts
as a small part had been mislaid
and only discovered after the envelope was sealed!
But it's off.
Happy travels
and I hope the recipient likes it!

Thursday, 15 November 2012

I know, I know!!

I have been seriously
Missing In Action on this blog!
 

This is because I have been crafting
for Christmas and beyond :)
- which includes some (terribly) secret stuff
for Secret Santa swaps,
crafting for Christmas fairs etc.,
as well as the odd sick child,
school holidays...
and life in general of a Mom of 3!
*****
Normal blogging to resume soon,
I hope!