Back from a long long break ....

Made some curtains, but not the patchwork

grew some bulbs in spring

garden survived a hailstorm!

managed to keep an orchid alive for a year and grow new flowers!

Sad ;( finished brownies, and the unit closed none else wanted to run it.

Francesca's installation at college

made a gift for a friend

a paper gardenia I made

Ellies birthday cake

Two special birthdays for the girls this year

Ellie on her birthday with grandpa

a party to mark the occasions

Baddesley Clinton very near to us, Ian and I spent our wedding anniversary visiting.

Francesca's off to university

a room with a view in wales

first homemade soup of the year

a felt rose made into a brooch

sunset over our garden

first patchwork this year!

looking after Pedro for the day, went a walk in the rain!

Coffee Cups..

I have recently tried out the tutorial for a coffee cup cozy found on
house on hill road, and although it needs enlarging slightly for this size cup
I love the finished article and it has been admired in the coffee shop.
I'm please with the vintage button too !

Talking of coffee cups, I am following(not joining in yet) Green week, and saw the same Ikea coffee cup being used as a cup on a friend to knit with , this was my use for the same cups.

Unfinished...

I enjoy cross stitching from time to time, and this project worked on 32 count brown sugar linen has been around for a few years now. I tend to get it out around Christmas time and work a bit more and the it sits back in it's basket for a while longer. This year I'm pleased to say I have almost finished the goose girl and started on the geese and chickens about her feet. The pattern is Butternut road and is called feathers and friends.

Then I finished putting together a birthday gift for a work colleagues special birthday, Cath Kidson mug filled with goodies.

Happy Wednesdays

On Wednesdays, I get home from work a little earlier than usual, today I didn't need to make dinner as Francesca was cooking at school, making quiche, so I did some crafting instead.

Firstly I finished a skirt I started in the holiday ready for summer.