THIS MORNING...

... I was baking .. and had a thought .. that I am sure is not original... that baking and sewing are so similar ... BOTH take an assortment of items .. mix them to-gether .. and produce something wonderful...HOPEFULLY anyway !! lol xx

This morning I made apple (bananas not ripe enough .. and I had some apple puree over) bread..

...and to-night I am not sewing .. BUT I am pulling together an assortment of items that hopefully will give you something interesting to read xx

I forgot to show you this ..

mums birthday cake .. yummy and sadly just a memory ..on the hips!!.. now xx

A girl I used to work with is having a baby in October .. I asked her if she wanted a quilt .. and the answer was .. can I have one of those bags with pockets to use as a baby bag? ... well they are quicker to make .. I can use scraps ... and she asked nicely xx So ..

 

 

I made her a bag xx

I also thought it was time I made one for me.....

 

 

... I have decided what to do for the bag swap..... will post sneaky peek pics when ready xx

When I got home yesterday There was a parcel on the mat.. it was the lovely mug mats from my partner in Australia xx .. and some lovely "extras" for me to play with x

I have something to read through the post to-day..

...some tempting items in ..AGAIN xx

I am STILL searching for those blades... and in the search I have found things .... some I didn't know were missing! One of these was a piece of embroidery ....

I decided to make it into a cushion ....

... as I have lots of stitches on my machine that I NEVER use I also decided to use some of them on the cushion ..

 

 

NOW I am wondering ...WHY .. didn't I use them before? .. He-He .. must remember to use them again xx

I hope it worked and that you DID have something interesting to read x

Diane x 

 

TO-DAY HAS BEEN..

... gloriously sunny here in Cheshire ... it has also been my mums 83rd birthday x Her choice of how to spend the day was to go into North Wales ... and the weather played along and came with us xx

We started at Colwyn Bay where cups of tea .. walks along the prom and a toasted tea cake were in order..

.. me and dad HAD to join in of course xx..

The day progressed with walks by the sea and .. of course fish and chips while looking at the sea ..

NO picture of the fish and chips ... we ate them to fast!! lol x

The day ended at Prestatyn with an ice cream...

WHAT a hat!! ..dad was NOT eating 2 ....he had to hold mine while I took the pictures !! lol x

Hope you have had some sun to-day xx... seems to make everything better x

Diane x

ARE YOU READY....

.. for more pictures from the Malvern show? Here are a few more to wet the appetite and fire the inspiration ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(the 2 (above)I LOVE they are small journal quilts ..made using inspiration from photographs taken with an electron microscope of sections of plants)

 

 

 

 

 

 

hope you enjoyed them ... I'm off to make the most of the glorious sunshine we are blessed with to-day xx

Diane x

AS WELL AS ...

... the weather being STUNNING on Sunday ..at Malvern... the quilts were too xx The pictures are of the ones that caught MY eye ... there were over 300 ..so there were going to be a FEW that I liked!! lol x

I will put up some to-day and some tomorrow ... don't want to have you all over- dosing!!

Some quilts were lovely but did not /were not hung well and it was a shame because they lost "something".. some of the winning entries and winners were NOT to my taste .. and as always there were some that .. to my eye .. the judges were DRUNK when they chose them as winners!.. but HEY.. what do I know ? lol x

Enjoy the show xx...

A BIG well done to everyone who entered xx SOOO brave x

Hope you found some thing you liked xx  

Diane x