of quilts and other things....

Not all the days this past week have been sunny and bright....

..perfect for doing a spot of sewing..

 cut out and got the top of a quilt for a cot made up, I need to quilt it and back it yet.  Most of the fabric was from my 'stash' except for a small bit I got in town and once I got it home found it was too harsh a green so stitched some old lace over it to tone it down  and it has come up quite nicely.

This week I also got a call from the lady who was quilting the larger quilts I made earlier in the year  so picked them up and now just have to trim them and bind them,

This one is entirely from stash fabrics...and is big enough to cover a queen size bed.

 

...A rose one...

 

you had to layer on each petal for the rose and snip out the fabric at the back for each piece, this quilt took quite a few hours.

 

A bird one...

 

 

 

 

I love some of the fabrics in this quilt.

In the garden this week some pretty poppies that appear every year...

 

 

A very tall lily which has not appeared for many a year decided it would adorn the front door area this Christmas...

 

..and speaking of Christmas, I have been very slow at getting the decorations up this year.

 I did get out one of the first quilts I ever made from years ago though,

 

and hung up the newly framed Strawberry Fields Xstitch I did not so long ago, and put a few twiggy decos underneath....

 

My lovely girls are flying home soon for Christmas so I have the chirpy christmas robin pillowcases I made last year on all our beds!  ...so Christmas is sneaking in slowly here...

 

'Oh bed! Oh bed! Delicious bed

 that heaven upon earth

to the weary head'

(Thomas Hood) 

 

 Have a happy week and enjoy the exciting days leading up to Christmas

xx