It's A Start

I'm trying to be good and I've made a start on my homework for Spectrum. I have transferred some sections from my journey painting to my sketchbook. I'm hoping I will have time today to start making patterns with some of these images and then think about making stitched samples. This is taking me right out of my comfort zone but teacher says it has to be done.

At last I've finished a cushion cover for the tombola. I've made lots of cushion covers over the years and never had a problem but for some unknown reason these two just wouldn't go right and that's why there's only one. The other one is going to be made into a wall hanging. 

Cushion Cock-Up

Pam is doing another tombola for the Quilters Guild in May so I thought I would be very very organised and make a start on a few things for it now. I've also been very good and used up some of my left over fabrics to make a Log Cabin cushion cover. Now you would think that something so easy would be easy - well it wasn't. Even though I've made plenty of cushion covers in the past everything that could go wrong did but never mind I will get there in the end.

Today was much better and I made this bag.

Then I used up some more scraps to make this zip up bag which I gave to Pam. This is the front.

This is the back.

Yesterday I had a call from John the picture framer to say my holes were ready so Neil was despatched to go and fetch it so I would have it ready to take with me on Wednesday to the next Spectrum meeting. This will give Gina a chance to check it over before the exhibition. 

We have had a busy week in the shop with Thursday's social stitching being no exception but we had a special visitor Julie came all the way from Grantham to see us. It was lovely to see her and she bought some of her work with her to show us. The work was lovely and it was so nice to see what Julie had been up to first hand. I'm now going to go and make some more cards.

Surprise

This is my first proper patchwork block - Log Cabin, and it is going to be a chicken- honestly!

These shoes do not belong to me, they were a surprise find this morning. They are my daughters. She has decided to tidy her bedroom (it's going to take her all year) and when I went in there this morning these shoes were there on the floor. I've never seen them before not even on her feet. I haven't seen her floor since I don't know when.

I was so surprised by this discovery that I thought I would share it with you.

The other thing that surprised me about this find, is that it's so out of character with Steph. Normally she can only ever be seen in jeans and trainers. I didn't know she owned anything like this.

It just goes to show that even at the tender age of 21 children can still surprise you.

There is a new blog out there in Cyber World, and I recommend you go and have a look - the work this lady produces speaks for itself http://www.sarahlpayne.blogspot.com/