Woo-Hoo Wimbledon!!

What a year for Wimbledon:

A British winner!

And Mom and I visiting on one of the rainiest days!!!

Absolutely NO sunhats were needed,

but we had lugged them all the way there

 and we were determined to wear them for

the all of 2 hours of tennis that we saw!!

 Rainy, but fabulous!

 What a place,

what a spectacle!

Loved it!

 We were wet, weary (from our travels),

but happy!!!

  

 A thrill to see Ferrer and Kivitova!

 And even from the cheap seats one had a good view,

until the rain covers came on again!!!

Which fortuitously meant that we actually made it in time

for a scrumptious dinner with Kate and her family and

Lana and most of her family.

Kate showed me how to make strawberry pie...

 And the kids have loved it!

Next up a quilty post!

A Finish for July

I didn't piece this top,

my friend Andrea did,

but I did add borders and I did quilt it

on my Longarm Quilting Machine.

 I had several distractions,

and so it took a while to set aside some time to just get quilting!

 But it's done!

 And it's been quilted with a pantograph called

'Popcorn'.

*****

 I have also managed to get borders

on my Scrappy Trippy quilt top.

 It was a bit windy for a photo....

 Now to decide which of these two quilts

will make a better picnic blanket wedding present...

Baby-Kalico and I will need to ponder this awhile...

Wordless Wednesday - That Lazy Patchwork Cat

Fame & Fortune

I almost forgot to share my 3 seconds of fame :)

The 'Web Wanderer' for British Patchwork & Quilting

picked this blog as June's blog of the month....

(My 1980's star quilt was on the blog at the time...

And she's right, I am a woman of few words lol)

However, my true fortune lies in the picture below:

My youngest son brought this home from school for me.

High praise indeed, from one of my most honest critics!!!

Gifties for Good Friends

I was lucky enough to be able to combine our trip

to Wimbledon with a visit to my quilty friend Kate.

I made her a little something with African fabrics
because for months (years?) we swapped African blocks

and I sort it sort of made sense :)

I also made her panda-loving son
a pencil case and coin purse to thank him

for giving up his room for us...

I haven't downloaded my tennis photos yet,

but will do that after I've taken some photos

of my latest finishes.

Beautiful Baby Boy!

Isn't it wonderful

when you get sent some photos

of a beautiful baby boy

on a quilt you made them!

Last year when I was in a full leg plaster-cast after

my 4th surgical leg correction,

Aga came and helped us out.

This year she has had her own little bundle of joy!

What a cutie!

He is a perfect quilt model

and it definitely helps that his mother

is a professional photographer.

I hope he gets lots of enjoyment on and under his quilt.

And thank you to Aga for sending me such lovely photos.

***

Here is his Mum

last year with Baby-Kalico.

They were very fond of each other...

And here's another photo from last year...

This one is of my plaster cast decorated by my youngest son

to make it look like I had a pair of sandals on :)

Wordless Wednesday - The Patchwork Cat

Wimbledon Hats - Take Two

As Mother suited the smaller hat

of the two hats that I had made

I gave her that one,

which left me with the larger hat.

I felt that this one in comparision

didn't have the same va-va-voom so to speak.

I was about to make yet another hat

when my husband suggested I just fancy this one up a bit...

So it's no longer reversible,

As I put a band around it

and made some roses

The band has made it a bit snugger

and a much better fit for me...

I just hope the sun shines for us now!

*****

I will be staying overnight with a dear friend

after the tennis

so I made her a little something...
She may or may not read my blog before my visit,

so here is only the tiniest of sneaky-peaks!

More to follow, when it's been gifted.

More Red & Green Appleauce (and a Traffic Jam)

42 blocks...

Untrimmed...,

so I can see why the pattern calls for so many.

Once trimmed and then sewn together

they will get lot smaller.

I am only getting time to sew on them now and then

so this quilt is not growing particularily fast!

*****

If I am not reversing out the way of a tractor

or a milk lorry, it's the neighbour's sheep...

Honestly, the 'traffic' around here is terrible :)

Wimbledon Hats

Mother and I have been fortunate enough

to get tickets to Wimbledon this year.

Neither of us have ever been...

So we are both super excited!

I'm hoping the weather will be kind to us...

As I've made us both reversible sunhats!

Both hats can be worn with either the green

or the purple facing out

And both hats have brooches that

can be used any way you wear your hat

or on your raincoat lol

On Being Anonymous & Other Works in Progress

My mother sent me a really strange text message the other day...

something about my blog and that she loved me

even though I was anonymous.

So I phoned her up and asked her what she was on about.

She said her friend subscribes to a UK patchwork

magazine and had seen my blog as June's Blog of the month.

At first I was flattered, but then

she went on to say that I was anonymous

and had lots of pictures, but not many words

(makes me sound a bit simple lol).

Now I don't have a copy of the article in my hands

as our local village newsagent was sold out

(A fact the Editors of British Patchwork & Quilting

might be pleased to hear about

and which they can safely take as a hint

that I would appreciate a copy!!)

I am anonymous insofar as
I don't publish my address, bank details etc on the web

because there are, sadly, a lot of crazy... people out there

and this I know to be true and why I have comment moderation on...

But if you are a quilter

or someone wanting to ask something about sewing etc,

you only have to comment and I am more than happy to reply.

So in an attempt to prove that I am willing to be less anonymous,

I will show you the other photos

my darling husband took of me

and some of my quilts the other day....

Here I am with my Heart quilt:

Here I am with my Berry Crush quilt:

Here I am with my ancient Log Cabin quilt:

Here I am with my Cathedral Stars quilt:

Here I am with the back of my Cathedral Stars quilt:

Here I am with the back of my Rose Hexagon quilt:

But enough about me!!

 Here are my latest Works in Progress:

A new quilt on the Longarm.

The top was not made by me,
but by my friend Andrea....

 (I did add the blue borders though)

A Scrappy Trippy a la Bonnie Hunter

being laid out as it will be a picnic blanket

(made as a wedding gift) soon (I hope!)

 A simple table runner
 in Dutch fabrics from my friend Nicolette...

 Quilted with a panto called 'Wildflower'.

Although the binding has been cut,

this was quilted while I had a few techinical issues with the machine

involving a lot of reverse sewing!!

So I am not sure whether to make a table runner

or a nice quilted bag...

And my Criss-Cross Applesauce blocks:

If you have Bonnie's book for this pattern,

you'll know what comes next...

'Make 186 blocks.'

I think not! :)

Hope you've enjoyed seeing the 'real' me.

Although I think I could get used to this anonymous stuff

and may start wearing my sunglasses
all the time around the village lol

:o)

Don't!

Don't ask your husband to take a photo of you

holding a quilt up in the wind.

He thought this was a good photo!

Now you know why I hang my quilts over the fence :o)