More on Ricky Tims in Oldham...

I apologise that the blogging of my hand

(which is healing nicely, thank you)

may have made it seem like I hadn't had a good time

at the Ricky Tims talk, but I did. I really did.

I loved hearing all about his life,

his work, and seeing his quilts, right there

in Oldham, Lancashire,

which are AWESOME!!!

So I thought I'd show

my Ricky Tims Convergence quilt

made in 2008

for my friend Toni, The Quilting Pirate:

- hence the 'converging' of pirate fabric ;c)

Ricky had some great suggestions about convergence quilts...

unfortunately he didn't have any suggestions

about how to find more time in my days LOL

Here are a few more photos from his talk

on Caveman Quilting:

 As I was taking this photo,

someone flipped up the quilt to look at the back...

 Loved these flower quilts

and really fancied making one, but I can't.

I really can't!!

 I need to make a dent in my UFO's first!

But I have come away feeling

very proud of my hobby

and very grateful to all the people

who create and inspire all of us who enjoy it.

Thanks Ricky.

Right, now, who's next?! LOL

Occassionally I quilt

Not only do I send and gratefully receive a lot of parcels, but sometimes if all is right in my sewing world, I get to quilt a little something too...



This is the Miniature Booty quilt that I made Toni (a-la Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts).



I put far too much chocolate in the parcel and so it weighed a ton. Because of this fact, I stupidly sent it surface mail and it sadly took forever to arrive. Thankfully it finally has and so now I can show it.





Unfortunately due to DH getting a move on with the renovations all creative sewing has pretty much ground to a halt! We are like the Higgledy Piggledy pigs, living in a higgledy piggledy house! (See, I read far too many children's books!)



And mummy pig is right "it's not a muddle! It is a pigsty" LOL



We have an almost completed bathroom next to an old kitchen.


(Before tiling above and after tiling below!)



We also have a work in progress utility room next to a stripped bedroom and nowhere to put anything!!!!



Apparently a new sewing room will be my reward for living like a Higgeldy Piggeldy Pig LOL