… to use up the "stash" is continuing. Slow but sure is the method I am going with xx
A Linus quilt is ready to be handed over …
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using up bits and pieces... AND an "odd" piece of fleece ..
.. that I have no idea where it came from .. but it doesn't matter as it is now used x
I did not have enough wool for a full adult cardigan BUT I have a daughter who loves stripes .. and enough for 2 half cardigans (!!)..
.. she has seen the pictures and claimed it .. good as that used up more stash x
The granddaughter has 2 more cardigans...
and another on the way …
….that will be all that wool used up as well … and a ton of buttons x
The garden has been well watered and has not suffered too much from the EXTREME temperatures we have been having...
My helper has been here …
...her idea of watering the garden is to pour the water onto the flags and then splash in the puddles x … sshhh don't tell the water board. Although the hose pipe ban does not start until tomorrow .. and she is using old milk bottles not a hose pipe x
Hope you are all staying safe x
Diane x
… that I had not told you that the July Shawl Club is in!!
I finished it at the beginning of the month .. and am getting round to telling you about it ..NOW!! lol x Better late than forget all together!! lol x
This is only a small one .. so it knit up quickly. I found it an interesting knit .. with lace in the main body and then a feather and fan border.
I will just show you the pictures...
It is on my wall at the moment..
….and my granddaughter INSISTS it is a moth!! Well.. if the heat has brought us a moth THAT BIG... I'm off!!!
Diane x
… life being busy.. as usual!!… I have managed some sewing this week x …. AND IF FEELS GOOD ….to be able to say that x
Some of you may remember that last Christmas Congleton Quilt group had a block raffle and I was "unfortunate" enough to win some of them!! Well.. while trying to find something else I found the blocks in a bag!!
I was going to put them back .. BUT .. I thought if I did that I would most probably forget them again until the week/day before the meeting when they are to be returned having been required to make "something" with them !! …. and then I would be saying "why didn't I work on them at that time "!!
SO... YESTERDAY I spent some time layering and tacking..
…. then to-day I quilted and added a little inner border.. Ta-Da..
I now have "something" made with the blocks x It took a little "inventive" (ie. fudging ) piecing to get 3 blocks of different sizes to fit together, they were SUPPOSED to be 12.5 inches.. well that didn't happen!
I also spent time layering the single bed sized quilt that I am making as part of Sandbach Quilt groups "year of making a quilt" . It is destined for my granddaughter .. but I am not going to get time to quilt it just yet. Not to worry , the hard work of layering and tacking is DONE xx
I hope you all find time and a project that makes you happy x
Diane x
….. "crafting" this week has centred around my kitchen walls! I was having a clear-out and found 2 part tins of paint that I thought would work well together .. one a milky chocolate brown and the other a cream. I mixed them together and made a lovely creamy colour that made me happy ... and began to paint!
NOW my poor arthritic shoulders know what I have been doing …. even though I went slowly and took the whole week for the project.... I am happy its DONE x ….AND the kitchen has had a good clean as I went along!!
I knew there would not be enough for the whole kitchen (remember I live in a Victorian terrace and ..its BIG!!) … but I also had some white that I knew would work with it … I got a bit creative with the wall I started but couldn't finish...
.. its above a cupboard ..and I can live with it SO that is all that counts xx
My black current bushes are LOVING the hot weather and EVERY morning this is what I am getting ..
SO tasty .. and I am sure my vitamin C levels are well up x
I will leave you with some colour from the garden as I go and find the gloss paint and … THINK about starting to paint the woodwork xx …. has cost me NO money ..just energy so far .. it is a bit like using up the stash!!
Have a good week x
Diane x
.. the bees are loving the poppy's and foxgloves..
..they LOVE them xx Their back legs get loaded down with pollen and it looks like a strain to fly! However they keep doing it so I can only imagine its good stuff x
We had MORE cake last week...
it was my sons birthday..
..and of course there was LOTS of sharing of cake..
… that is a word we are "encouraging" at the moment ..SHARING not CAKE!! lol x
I finished a scarf that I started while mum was having treatment..
..it was ideal in plain stocking stitch with the occasional garter bump that took NO thinking about!! lol x AND I used up some left-overs from my cardigan to make a jumper for the youngest grandson ..
..they are going into winter in Australia (as I am sure ALL of you already know!!) and it will come in useful I am sure x AND less to go to the stash!!
At Congleton Quilt group we had a session about positive and negative.. I came home and found some time to play.. (OF COURSE I made a bag with the bits!!)..
.. got to keep the granddaughters obsession ( 2year olds get SO obsessed!! lol x) with bags going xx
I notice that BLOGGER has STILL not fixed whatever is going on with notifications.. I think I have kept up with replying to comments .. if not I do apologise .. will try to do better x
Diane x
