Light & Warmth

It's been cold, but quite bright today,

so I decided to try a few photos thinking about

yesterday's photography taster session at Aspire.

I could have done with a bit more light, 

but it was nice playing around...

while sewing...

And then this next photograph goes against all the light rules,

but it is a protest photo!!

While I wait for the heating to be fitted in my studio,

it is too cold to work in there (and has been for months!),

I have plonked one of my sewing machines on the dining room table

to get a bag made for a friend.

A Story in Pictures

Here are a few(!) pictures

from my tablet to show what I've been up to 

over the last few months...

 

Baking, quilting, kids..

pretty much sums things up!

Wordless Wednesday - New Bag for Going to Nursery!

School Holiday Sewing Slump

The title of this post doesn't sound great,

but school holidays generally, with 3 children,

mean that I get very little sewing (and housework) done.

And it's true!

the days are filled with kid stuff

and the occasional treat

which tends to be seriously hard work,

but hopefully full of memories...

like a tour of the Manchester United Stadium...

On the 'slumpy' sewing front...

I have managed to get borders 

on my purple Oceans quilt

and I have pieced a backing for this quilt too.

A purple one!

I have put together 3 new kids/baby quilts

as I am all out of baby quilts at the moment

Hopefully, there won't be another baby boom 

among friends too soon :)

While keeping my Mother company in the evenings

I have cut loads more Applesauce blocks

and there are now about 80-90 of them

in various stages...

Here are a few of the latest finished ones....

I've started keeping them in groups of ten 

and putting them away when done

so as not to lose them...

And I am hand appliqueing some felt on a bag

for Miss Kalico...

More to show on this when it's done...

Looking at all this, it may not look particularly 'slumpy',

but it certainly feels like it to me!

Hexagon Birthday Bag

Turns out Little-Miss-Kalico

shares her birthday with at least

4 of my friends!!!

One of these friends made my little girl a beautiful

hexagon quilt when she was born!

So for her birthday

and to thank her for the beautiful quilt...,

I handstitched this hexagon bag.

I believe it is happily living in Wales now! :)

 

*****

Yesterday. we had birthday cake!

I hope all my friends

with mutual birthdays did too.

Although, Little Miss-K

didn't like the candle very much!