I am ready for the getgo!



Oh yes , I am soo ready!!!!
I have the  tea set, ready for my royal jubilee tea,
and the tray,



And the tea towel,and the travel mug- but I dropped it,
 AND the shopping bag,

and two sorts of bunting,

and the face paint????
and a big shopping bag that I forgot to photograph,
and actual union jack paper chains[I had to look for them]

And the car flags and the big flags and the kids have the tee shirts,
and the hair bobbles and sunglasses, I even had union jack MnMS yesterday
Mr shed man has the royal underpants and did I mention
five, yes five different union jack  sofa cushions,
The next village up the road is having a best jubilee decorated house competition, why didn't we think of this?
OOH YES, I am definitely ready......

Anyway, I had a good day today,I went to town to buy a watering can- hose pipe ban etc...blah blah
, and saw a basket of threads in the window of the charity shop,they had to come home with  me
,also three rather fine necklaces, gorgeous beads....

And a great hat with a good open weave, guess what I will do to it?

Did I mention my jubilee necklace?



Sewing? oh yes sewing,
well,
I am really excited about my new project, but you will need to visit my other blog to see it,
night night......Tina.



All present and correct



well, here it is, done and dusted
This little book is a birthday  present for Frankie,




I hope she likes it
I certainly enjoyed making it.



I love the way the pocket is also the hinge.

I found this little motto in a bag of fabrics she gave me for the kids, so added that as well.

Oh, I love these little books

I felt like a very proud mother last night, because, when I turned up at my local quilt group, several ladies had made their own version of the little book of pockets ,didn't have my camera with me so I cant show you, but ooh, I do feel proud.



Last Saturday, I was at the unique cottage studios- for sheep day, all the artists were demonstrating their techniques based on wool.
Angela was in her studio demonstrating dyeing wool,I was stitching a little picture ,made of dyed woollen blankets, and Wendy was demonstrating  needle weaving on the little copper wire frames- it was completely engrossing and we were all very absorbed in stitching these tiny little thingies.



Isnt it sweet....

I am starting a new project,dont know how it will work out, but its entertaining me,its a little meander book, keep watching to see how it goes




I found this scrap of a william wordsworth poem and it just set me off.........

  And then my heart with pleasure fills,and dances with the daffodils.

And if your wondering what this is, visit my other blog here.,

night night.

seems like yesterday

deepest apologies, I hadn't realised how long its been since I last blogged,
 I intended to post last week and do a review of the uttoxeter show, but my new sooper dooper phone refuses to move my photos so Iv been sulking.
not just sulking actually, Iv been such a miserable whiner for the past few weeks that my good friend Frankie felt obliged to make me three perfect little prayer flags to cheer me up.



I thought this one was a particularly good likeness-especially the hair, got that right.



very kind, thank you Frankie.
so what have I been doing lately?, well the doodly thing is nearly finished, I have just bought a little screen printing wot sit, so I thought Id add a bee, cool huh....



And a sort of indian paisley flower.



also machine quilting this little chap[I know, I'm rubbish , wheres Trudi when you need her]]

And here's some glimpses of an interesting stitchy thing, that will be a gift so only glimpses,I'm afraid.

I do love stitching- hope it looks indian...

And here's a shopping tip of the week;-A  precision oilier,
  fantastic for sewing machines, less than 10 pounds in a halfords near you, or possibly your hubby's toolbox, I can say this because Mr shed man doesn't read my blog,Trudi says everyone should have one.

And does anyone remember this?Mexican shibori...
its had a nice holiday in the wardrobe, now its time to come out and be
STITCHED-A LOT...if you want to see more visit my other  blog,
expeditionquiltart.blogspot.comexpeditionquiltart.blogspot.com

thank you and goodnight...

whaaaghhh  wheres my picture gone?--knew it was too good to be true...

seems like yesterday

deepest apologies, I hadn't realised how long its been since I last blogged,
 I intended to post last week and do a review of the uttoxeter show, but my new sooper dooper phone refuses to move my photos so Iv been sulking.
not just sulking actually, Iv been such a miserable whiner for the past few weeks that my good friend Frankie felt obliged to make me three perfect little prayer flags to cheer me up.



I thought this one was a particularly good likeness-especially the hair, got that right.



very kind, thank you Frankie.
so what have I been doing lately?, well the doodly thing is nearly finished, I have just bought a little screen printing wot sit, so I thought Id add a bee, cool huh....



And a sort of indian paisley flower.



also machine quilting this little chap[I know, I'm rubbish , wheres Trudi when you need her]]

And here's some glimpses of an interesting stitchy thing, that will be a gift so only glimpses,I'm afraid.

I do love stitching- hope it looks indian...

And here's a shopping tip of the week;-A  precision oilier,
  fantastic for sewing machines, less than 10 pounds in a halfords near you, or possibly your hubby's toolbox, I can say this because Mr shed man doesn't read my blog,Trudi says everyone should have one.

And does anyone remember this?Mexican shibori...
its had a nice holiday in the wardrobe, now its time to come out and be
STITCHED-A LOT...if you want to see more visit my other  blog,
expeditionquiltart.blogspot.comexpeditionquiltart.blogspot.com

thank you and goodnight...

hey, mr postman....

well, we all had a lovely time on Saturday at Angela daymonds open day,and as you can see, its a good job that someone brought some lovely extra cupcakes, because we ate all the cakes on the cake stand, it wasn't all me, I had help......
, it was a really busy day, nice to see old friends and make new ones....
and when it was all over I went to see the little lambikins. 

I finished my Little   pockets book and I am so pleased with it, its only about 4 inches square and I can see so many possibilities for another one

before I joined up the sides of the pockets, I stitched each one into the book cover like a signature, then joined the sides..

I allowed about a quarter of an inch gap for each one, the book has a lovely tall fat feel about it.

the cover is a long piece, wraps round and over the front

I really enjoyed stitching this, I also made another one, you can see it on my other blog herehere

what else have I done this week? well, I saw this at a sewing show on the janome stand for thirty squid. so I bought it for the smallest princess, she loves it..

here are two of my young ladies working hard..



 its nice in the school holidays to have time to really work on something


,
Our very nice postman called today with a small parcel--threads....hurrah
Trudi from quilting prolifically recently gave me a new thread to test drive, its an aurifil no 12 AND I LOVE IT !!!!!!
its like a valdani  thread but very smooth-- it just slides through the cloth,  wonderful.
but where can I buy it? searched everywhere and finally Trudi sent me link, so thank you new threads quilt shop of andover, hants.
someone told me about a great yli thread called Rio De janeiro, limes, purples and pinks and oranges,,,ooh yes- so i ordered one of those too....





must go play now.....nighty night...