Super little presents.

I spent a little while the other day making some little holders to put paper tissues in.

They are really and quick to make and make great little gifts. The instructions came from the Quilting Board, here is the link
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutorials-f10/super-super-easy-tissue-holder-t107636.html

A new cushion and a new experience!

There is a new cushion on the armchair now. It is the latest in my idea of having lots of cushions in all different techniques to add interest to a drab sofa. They are taking a long time to acquire!!

This was a pattern form the France Patchwork magazine which had about 30 of these made into a quilt.

The new experienmce was a trip out to sea from Roscoff on the motor sailing boat owned by our friends Rudolf & Karin. I was a bit scared I must admit but it was a beautiful day and we had a wonderful trip. I was allowed to take the rudder for a lot of the journey and, thanks to the sea sickness tablets I was fine. Here is a piccie of the boat and of Ron with Rudolf at the helm!

It was a shame we didn't do any fishing but there's always another day.

New shoes.

The family has gone home and we have had other friends staying for a week so not too much time for sewing or posting.
While our friends were here we went to a couple of markets and I found these hand sewn leather shoes - not my usual style but I was feeling adventurous at the time!!

I have a friend here who has a black Scottie dog so when I found a piece of material at a sale with Scotties on it I couldn't resist. It was her birthday last week so I used it to make her a bag.

I am so looking forward to September when all our sewing groups start again, I am missing my patchwork friends a lot!

A new neighbour...

As I was looking out of the window over my sewing machine yesterday a new neighbour moved in....

He is beautiful, huge and amusing. I love to watch him rolling around in the grass, then he takes off for a canter around the field and the earth vibrates, he is so heavy. I think his 'family' live along the lane and they show him at the Breton horse shows.

The third FWSQ block is finished, it's going more quickly than I planned but it's nice to have a small piece to work on sometimes.

Sewing will be less this week as Ron's daughter and her family are coming to stay for a few days. It's always nice to see them but it is a bit of a shock to our systems (including the water heater and washing machine) when there are six people in the house instead of the normal two! We just get used to it and then they are gone and we have to readjust again! Emmy has to share her bedroom with the girls, Alice and Grace, luckily they have two cats at home so are used to being jumped upon in the middle of the night.

More finished projects!

I am doing well at the moment finishing off things. I think my stitching will slow down a bit now as I have made a promise to myself to do more of the dreaded and hated boring housework and not get so easily sidetracked by other, much more interesting things. I'm aiming to do chores in the mornings and stitching in the afternoons. On verras! (We will see)

I finished the little wallet made from the machine crazy fabric we made at the Loperec group.

I also made a little piece of bunting.

This is for the president of our Finistere group of France Patchwork. As she has to give up the presidency this year we have all been asked to make one piece of bunting decorated on one side and with our names on the other side to give her to remember her time as president. As there are usually about 150 of us at each patchwork day we should have a lovely long string of bunting to hang up!

Also, the second FWSQ block is finished.

Jeanne and I are off to the exhibition of the patchwork group at Kerlouan tomorrow. We are taking a picnic and meeting friends at the beach to eat together before we all go to the expo! Fingers crossed for the weather.

New bag!

A month or so ago I arrived at our patchwork group in Roscoff to be met by my friend Jeanne who told me she had a present for me! She produced a little roll of fabric which was plasticised... and covered with pictures of little cats. It was really cute, she had gone to our local fabric shop and had found the offcut. As it was plasticised she thought I could use it to put Emmy's food bowl on. Well, I immediately had other plans for it and here is the result.

It is going to be very useful. I added a zipped pocket inside so I can carry my purse without fear of it falling out.

Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt

I have just bought the book for the Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt (FWSQ) and plan for it to be a long term scrap quilt project probably taking many years to complete! I chose to do this one as lots of ladies here do the 'Dear Jane' quilt and I wanted to be a bit different.
Today I have finished the first block. I'm not sure how large a quilt I am going to do - I have plenty of time to make that decision. I'm not sure about the colours but as it is a scrap quilt I have to wait and see!