Back to the Secret Mission!

I have my quilting head back on! horray! I ventured up into my attic room and proceeded to tidy up but got swayed by the pile of unfinished squares staring at me so in the end I made even more mess! Now I have a few ideas of how to proceed after submersing myself in all the creativity of 'blogland'. Will return to update with photo's very soon....

Things I love in July.....

The Wimbledon final:

Even though Nadal didn't win!

Strawberries and Cream Tea's:

Even though I like coffee.

Light, summery evenings:

Even though there are so few of them.

Here's hoping that we have a few more of the latter and that we can make the most of them, because when Autumn rolls around I know I am going to be busy again and will like to look back fondly on the times we spent in the late sunshine with a cold of glass of something nice!

Camping Blanket ~ DONE!!

I am happy to report that my camping blanket is finished and to be honest it didn't feel like the marathon effort I am used to when trying to finish off a craft project. You know, when you can see the finishing post and you are hell bent on getting there so you end up sitting for hours to finish it off. Well this time, it was a more leisurely stroll to the finishing line. I hate, hate the last job of any crochet or knitting project that is darning in the ends! So tedious! But I can report that whilst sitting next to my other half whilst he was watching something violent on T.V, I went about my business of sewing in all the loose ends and there were loads!!! So in all its glory here is our new camping blanket:



Finished off with borders and a shell edging.

It is BIG ~ drapes over a double bed nicely although I wish I had added a few extra rows so that it reached the top of the bed better!

It can be used both ways really! And when we are camping we tend to huddle together anyway, so it is probably the best size!



I am happy with my colourful summery camping blanket and can't wait to use it now! The colours are bright and a bit more intense than I would tolerate normally but as it is for camping I think it is GREAT! Roll on the sunshine!

June Here ALREADY????

Well just a quick catch-up to say that I am nearly finished the camping blanket and hey-ho! ready to start embarking on the border!! So excited I can't tell you! I am planning a funfilled afternoon with a bit of hooky in front of the telly watching Rafa! Although I should be saying watching Murray but Nadal is more my style, secretly keeping my fingers crossed for him equaling Born's record of 6 French Open titles.

Book update: well I have been on a roll and can swipe off, Coram Boy and The other side of Truth which I enjoyed reading but would argue whether in the case of Coram Boy especially the subject matter was really 'children's' material. Well I am sure my next study course will instruct me one way or the other!!!

till next time ~~~~~~~~

May nearly gone...

Well I can't believe how quickly time is running away from me! I can report that I have crossed a few books off my reading list, including Inkspell, The invention of Hugo Cabret and Harry Potter (although for some reason it's not on my list but should've been!!!)

My camping blanket is nearly big enough for two big-sized people but I don't think its going to be finished before we go camping, but it will still be used! I will post some pictures very soon....

My quilting has been non existant lately but I am planning on making a trip up to the attic this week to get back in the swing of sewing!

Today is my little sister's birthday - sweet sixteen! I have made her an album of photographs to give to her and I really can't wait to see her face! But before all of that I have to walk the dog, clean the house and go to work! So I had better crack on!
Till next time......

Things I love.......

The start of a glorious sunshine filled day

My Wisteria beginning to burst in bloom



bright flowers in pots




home-made Hot cross buns - even if they are a bit rustic




The beach! Oh how I do love to be by the sea-side.

Our Easter holiday in pictures - treasured memories!


Holiday days.....

We have been enjoying some lovely, lovely weather here in England and for once the sunny spell has managed to make it over the children's holidays too. We have been working hard as well as taking some much needed chillax time too. The garden looks beautiful and my Wisteria has burst into bloom (the earliest ever) which has made me very happy as I love sitting under it listening to the bees buzzing and the birds chattering as they like to have their daily conferences there which winds Bobby up no end.

My camping blanket is growing and I made a very rash decision late one afternoon and re-ordered my wool so that I could make it even bigger and could contemplate doing bigger borders too. And then what happened as I planned out how much wool I would need to finish off the last 100 or so rows and borders I calculated that I would have   plenty of wool left over so my brain quickly began to plan what I was going to do with the left-overs and before I knew it my I whipped my crochet hook out and began playing....

... a day later and I have a fully planned second granny camping blanket. I am  normally a 'one at a time' kinda girl and it is quite a strange experience for me to have two blankets on the go at the same time ~ the positive side is that when I get bored with making granny squares I go back to my stripy blanket and vice versa. The negative side to it is that I feel like I will never be done with both of them!

My book list is reduced by one! I got through Treasure Island ~ only because of necessity, pure grit and determination. I have now picked up Inkspell and am looking forward to being totally submersed in the fantasy of that story. Inkheart was a good read for me so I hope this one won't disappoint!