ALQS6

http://anotherlittlequiltswap.blogspot.com/  Hi everyone. This is a great quilt swap to take part in.  Why not visit the blog and get all the details. Here is a lovely little quilt I received when I took part in No. 4 swap.

summer things

 First thing a significant birthday at beginning of June. This quilt themed cake was nearly too nice to eat...I said nearly.... it was delicious.

 On the birthday with my kids.

 Another day and my grandson rescued this......

 from this rascal....Amber.

Then a lovely wedding, where the bride made all the floral arrangements, even her bouquets. Look closely, not a fresh flower in sight.

Then another birthday in July. GS has eyes only for the chocolate cake.  It is his mum's 39th.  Have I really made her 39 chocolate cakes..............oooooh!!

Well, June and July have been busy.  With birthdays and sunshine days away, not much stitching done.



We spent a few days at the north coast last weekend.  The weather was glorious.  I even braved travelling in a boat to Rathlin Island.  Not a lover of boats, but it was a great trip.

The Lock keeper's house.

This morning my 2nd D and I had a good walk along the old Newry canal towpath. It was a beautiful morning.  There was masses of this plant along the canal.  It looks like a wild orchid. The canal is only used by canoeists and fishermen now.  Once it was a busy trade route.

I have done some stitching. ALQS6 is on the go. A little glimpse.......

tray cloth for Auntie

Made this little tray cloth for my aunt using Beth's tutorial for disappearing 9 patch as the centre.  The little dog is an embroidered badge from Patsy May. The border is printed to look like pieced, so it was a quickie to brighten her day as she is confined to the house because her mobility is restricted.

Tablemats and Birthday

This is a quilt I have made for my sister's 50th B'day. It is a bit random, but I think she will like the fresh summer colours. Wondered what to bind it with, pink, turquoise, any suggestions.

These two lovely swans look like they are out for a romantic dinner for two on our local lake. They are two of many this year. We had lots of Graylag geese too this past few years, but I can only see one couple this year. Maybe the lake was getting overpopulated, and they went to pastures new.

I made some tablemats and a runner for my youngest D. Look closely Jess, and you will see I used your lovely gift of fabric to bind them. It was the perfect colour.

It was a lovely sunny Spring day or a few, so I took the stitching outside and did the binding there. In the meantime, I am getting along with my Pond House BOM. I enjoy the hand applique when I am doing the school run, and waiting in the car for my grandchildren :-) Love to all. B.

Wedding Day

I have just spent the day watching the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. Such a beautiful wedding. THE DRESS. I loved the lace and the elegant lines of her dress. Her sis did a great job as maid of honour. The little girls and boys were sweet. I am being super soppy here, but I did enjoy the whole event. And... the prince.. well, he was as gorgeous as ever. I did however get a little stitching done on a runner and some table mats I am making for my youngest D. A day is never wasted when some stitching is done :o) Will post pics when I have loaded them from my camera

Post from Jess

Hi everyone. Look what lovely things I got in the post from Jess of Scrappy n Happy. I won the mug rug in her giveaway. It was wrapped in this beautiful paper. . . . .

which was double sided, with a lovely design on the inside too. Then when I opened it there was a surprise along with the gorgeous mugrug. Jess sent me some of the fabric she used for binding. I am sooooo blessed. Thank you Jess.

I put one of my favourite china mugs on it to show it off to the family. There is no coffee in it. Some day I will summon up courage to use it with a real drink of coffee. It is so pretty I just want to look at it and stroke that lovely fabric. This just made a sunny day even brighter.

Happy me.

Giveaway by Vreni

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