Keeping Busy........

I have had the last 2 days off work and have been kept busy making these hearts.  A friend at work is getting married in 2 weeks and asked me to help her out, she is going to put them on the wedding buffet table as favours for the ladies.  It is a smallish wedding with about 50 guests.  She asked me to make twenty two.  Not too many but enough to keep me busy for a few days.  I have stuffed  half of them with lavender and the other half with petal scented wadding.  They have been edged with sequins, some little gold and glass beads hanging from the centre of the heart and  a organza ribbon to hang .  If I have time I am going to make a ring pillow........... better get back to the stitching.

My small stash of Amy Butler fabrics........

I have had this small stash of Amy Butler fabrics for some time now, sadly not enough to make a quilt ........

but just enough to line this very useful shopping bag. I love these fabrics, so bright and uplifting.

I think I will be buying more soon.

Have you ever seen as many weeds in one place.....

Well I suppose it is that time of year again when heavy back breaking gardening is needed. The allotment is one of those duties that is essential if we are to plant any veg this year. Have you ever seen as many weeds as this.......



I am quite ashamed it is this bad, and DS3 cannot believe it either!!! I managed to bribe 2 of my sons to lend a hand.


Armed with all the essential equipment, we made a start on the raised beds.

Two hours later, we had made some progress........ Our energy levels low and quite exhausted, we called it a day. It is back breaking work and my back was certainly sore. Best not to do too much in one go. Hopefully, I will be able to get the boys to come back and finish the digging at the weekend.

Thinking of the weekend the Alnwick Spring Show is on this Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th at Alnwick Gardens, entrance is free to the show but normal admission prices to the gardens. The Alnwick Embroiderers Guild is having a stand again this year and this is a piece I am putting forward.

It's a piece I did at a workshop last October with Val Stoddard. It is a contemporary version of a Carpet Page, from the Lindisfarne Gospels.

New Sewing Machine

I am now going to relax and rest my sore back by doing a bit of light sewing on my new machine , I got it a couple of weeks ago, and have not had much time to play with it.

It does lots of automatic stitiches which I need to explore.