slow, slow, stitch stitch slow.

hello and welcome to my last blog of the year!   Its been a lovely, peaceful Christmas,the family have visited, some dear friends have visited, I have spent a lovely day with some of my quilty friends and we are no longer haunted by turkey, gammon,sausage rolls and quality street.[this is mostly because I have eaten them all] I hope it is not a bad omen for the year that I have spent most of the day ironing the laundry mountain, it seems like all people do in our house is eat food and wear clothes, but I have fitted in a bit of sewing, some of it here and the Dresden plate quilt is coming along nicely, I have quilted the entire centre panel and am starting on the sides, its been quite hard on my fingers because  I am using 80/20 as a wadding,  because the quilt will be washed a lot.   I would much prefer  to have used some of the beautiful wool wadding that I buy from bramble patch-- its the very best I have come across,---but I don't think it will stand regular  hot washes the way the cotton wadding will.

anyway, my new years resolution is to give myself a day a week to sew and insist on it because I am getting a bit frustrated with always sewing at night, when I am tired and the kids have gone to bed.     I am going to ignore visiting relatives[ even the small cute ones]  and hungry shedmen and annoying small dogs who gaze at me with mismatched eyes  hoping for a long walk and just sew! my wish for every one else?  eat more midget gems and SEW a lot more!Happy new year wishes to everyone....