I get so distracted...

I was meant to be working on my brown strips.. They are going to be Bento Boxes or something. I can't decide, I guess that's why I'm not working on them...

Then I started working on these..

(Note the little person who kept grabbing them!) They are from Bonnie's wonderful Quiltville site and are called Pineapple Blossom
Lots of people have done wonderful versions of these and it's a fun block to make plus it's using up almost all of my butterfly fabrics that were just sitting in my stash making me feel quilty.

But then I signed up to make Maple Leaves for a BlockBuddy Swap. These are already cut and in rows ready to be put together so no pictures yet.

But while I was doing those I wanted to make someone special a block...


But then I realised the reason I can't focus is because of all my mess and clutter in my life, so I started tidying my spaces. Why does it always look so much worse before it looks better???

Access denied

This is the sorry state of my sewing room! The outside is covered in thick black plastic because DH is currently taking the roof off of the conservatory.
The conservatory is directly above my sewing room. I have been dreading this moment. Yesterday the plastic was put on. Today I begged for a slit and therefore some access. Luckily I have been in strip and piece cutting mood for a few days now and I have a few projects on the cutting table. I slowly and ever so quietly moved some cutting equipment (small table, mats, cutters, fabric, iron...) into our old bedroom which is now quite bare and I have been quite productive with the old rotary cutter and so much space to use it in.

The whole house is to be renovated in stages and at every stage I get the jitters. I worry I will have no access at all soon especially when a door gets bashed through into my sewing room making it accessible from the house.

On a happier note, the sun shone and we took a short drive

to picnic and to 'pick our own' raspberries. It was great for the kids, they even had a sandpit and a tractor Wonderful!

The great British seaside

Today saw us taking a train to the seaside.

It was DS2's first ever train ride so it was very exciting LOL. Here are some pics our first ever trip to Morecambe Bay...



It was bl**dy freezing and the wind was blowing a gale, poor Toby took shelter in his pram,
but Jack and his friend took no notice of the elements
No self-respecting seaside trip would be complete without a cup of tea...

or an amusement park!


And for me, of course no day is complete without something sewing related. I purchased this dinosaur fabric, not thin enough for patchwork, but it may make the boys some nice curtains or bags or something. Oh and I bought some bag handles, but I'm not sure where they are now... oh, and the dotty background fabric is a piece of pvc-coated fabric for our kitchen table. Oh, and...just kidding!

On the actual sewing front, I have been using our old bedroom to cut strips for my next few projects (hopefully never to be UFO's!). A while back I collected butterfly fabric for a project for my DSIL, but then she changed her decor to brown...

I have brown LOL