School holidays: Whitby

Wordless... What Day Is It?

I have  missed a few Wordless Wednesdays...

Actually I have missed so many blogging days...

Work...

3 kids...

Grief...

I am not on top of it all...

BUT I am OK!

I have several completed quilts to photograph,

 but the weather is not up to much at the moment....

A shame as it's the school holidays...

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I have been doing the odd customer quilt.

This one is VERY Vintage.

A few holes, 

quite a bit of repair,

what a story it could tell....

It's going to be fabulous when it's finished as it has a white backing 

and is being quilted with 'Wildflowers' in white thread...

It has been quite a job though

as it has very thick seams on the edges requiring quite a few needle changes

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Outside my studio window,

I get glimpses while I quilt

of the lovely roses planted by the previous owner of our home... 

What do they say?

"Plant a garden if you believe in the future".

A wonderful legacy to leave behind...

And I love seeing the roses through the window at night.

My Mother's garden was always wonderful.... 

She would have loved these roses. I do miss her so much.

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As I work, I can only quilt in the evenings these days...

On my trusty Longarm...

But I do enjoy it and it gives me a chance to think...

The studio cat comes and shouts to get in.

She is not permitted a cat flap

as she is an amazing mouser and she is still

 trying to teach us her wicked ways

by bringing in live mice to kill. 

We are not ready for that yet!

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I still enjoy baking although I have almost given up baking gluten-free.

Once I started losing a bit of weight by cutting out sugar,

I decided to no longer lead myself into temptation.

Although I did buy a cute button mould 

and I love to make chocolate buttons to decorate my cakes.

This one was for one of the designers at work.

Wordless Wednesday - Super Cute Baby & Quilt I made....

 (ps Thanks to the baby's Mum for the lovely pictures xxx)

Laura & Sam's Wedding (& Quilt)

On Saturday we went to a family wedding...

It was held on The Fruit Mount 

in the very beautiful RHS Wisley Gardens....

A beautiful bride.....

A gorgeous setting...

Stunning roses....

(metal ones on gates too!)

And a few very hot children!

Walking down the fruit mount, 

we saw apples and beautiful greenery....

and glimpsed two of the 'Kalico kids' playing so nicely together....

We even got a decent pose out of madam!

Wearing the fascinator I made to match her dress....

We all enjoyed this very special day...

And we enjoyed wandering around the gardens after the ceremony....

Lots to see...

And the view from above is very relaxing 

I believe ;o)

Flowers to make me homesick....

 I love these lilies...

And lush Bottlebrushes...

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At the reception, I was lucky enough to be entrusted with a 5 week old baby

He was a cutie....

I really enjoyed the baby snuggles!

The reception was held in the couple's garden...

One of my boys snapped this of Laura's dog 

(from under the table - great shot!)

A lovely day was had by all!

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Here's another pic of Miss-Kalico's hair fascinator...

(she had her bag packed and trundled it around for days 

in anticipation of our trip!)

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And another picture of the quilt I made....

I used 5 inch squares so it came up relatively large

considering it's only 3 blocks by 3 blocks.

It was backed with 'bicycle' fabric

and the song went through my head of 'Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...'

as I was quilting it :o)

 'We' (Miss Kalico & I) took the photos of the quilt in our garden...

And that is the 'end' of such a long post!!

In a Bind

Sometimes I amaze myself.

I was incredibly lucky again.

I didn't measure...,

I just cut a piece of fabric into binding strips

and hoped that it was enough for two quilts.

Even after I sewed the binding on the first quilt,

I didn't measure to check if I had enough for the second quilt...

Gosh, I must have felt foolishly confident

because the small strip of green in this photo is all I had left!!!

At the same time I cut binding for a quilt I am working on

for a very expedited project.

 Again...I haven't measured...

I'll keep you posted!

This is the work in progress....

 It feels like drawing with thread...

Perhaps swifter than I would have preferred,

but time is of the essence...

And done in an evening.

The longest day of the year,

so done in a day!

A long day!