OOPS! IT'S BEEN A WHILE!!!

http://www.buyhandmade.org/  It's been a while since i've been to my blog to write anything with very good reason i've been suffering from february-itis as the ladies on bql call it.
So i haven't really had much to report as i haven't really done much shame on me un-like some of you bloggers who i must say are extremely productive.
I do intend to do alot more this month,one which i have already started is a quilt top that i have been piecing for the last 7 years! Yes you heard right and not even that complicated a quilt top just something that i started then decided i didn't like the colours of and now have decided that when hamish my youngest child is ill and i sleep downstairs with him it would be handy for me to have a nice light weight quilt to sleep under.
So i have picked up the offending quilt top to finish piecing i shall machine quilt the whole quilt as i need the practice before i attack alice's quilt with the sewing machine.

ARRGH DISASTER HAS STRUCK!!

HOW CAN THIS HAVE HAPPENED I WENT TO PROUDLY SHOW OFF THE SLOW PROGRESS ON ALICE'S QUILT TO A FRIEND OF MINE (JUDITH) ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THERE IS A YELLOW STAIN ON THERE THAT LOOKS LIKE FELT PEN ARRGH!!!

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP WHAT CAN I DO?

friday night sew in slow progress

i'm ashamed to say i have no photo's of fantastic completed items in fact no photos of anything at all!!
i have to say yes i did participate and yes i did work on alice's quilt but progress is slow and i don't like to have too many sewing projects on the go as i might be tempted then not to finish them.
so there you have it some sewing done but nothing to show..

OUR 1ST BANTAM EGG

This is our 1st ever bantam egg,we aqquired some little black bantam hens before christmas and were told they were at pol not so it would seem as we had to wait some six weeks til now to get an egg,but wow it was worth the wait the beautiful bright yellow yoke and the lovely rich flavour.Sadly the other 4 hens still show no signs of laying.

A LITTLE BARGAIN!!

Today i got alice a real bargain a little pink and purple singer sewing machine in a local charity shop for a pound and it works it runs on batteries has it's own little foot pedal and it actually works,when alice got in from school today and saw it she was so excited i told her i took one look at it tucked away in the corner of the charity shop and new a little girl who would absolutely love it,she said it must have been made just for her because it's pink and purple her favourite colours.

MY 1ST EVER QUILT PROJECT

I finally finished Hamish's quilt on the 2nd of january this is the first chance i've had to take a picture of it as he hasn't wanted to part with.

I feel really proud of myself and can't wait to start my next quilt. i really am hooked.

nearly finished YIPEE!!

Hamish's quilt is nearly finished only 19 months in the making with more stops than starts,it would have been finished new years eve but Hamish has been un-well and every time i set to it to sew a bit more he tugs on the corner of it wanting to cuddle it,he is laid asleep in his rocking chair this evening cuddling it with about 5" of the binding left to sew.
just as soon as it's complete i shall post a picture or 2.