£1 please

Something else up . I hear today it now cost £1 to order a book from the library , even if children order.

SHARP PRACTICE

I have just been into my local shop Co,op . I live in a small village and co,op have the monopoly , 2 shops , one each end of the village .

In the section where they put reduced stuff on it's sell by date -- 2 packs fresh garden peas but not so fresh because they are on there sell by date , price, £1.55 , "how much originally " ask I , "£3 sez he ," " but it also says buy one get one free " sez I , "does that mean I can have both packs for £1.55 " " No sez he " Is this a conundrum ? am I right or is he ?

Please think about it and leave me a comment .

My beautiful Purchase

This is the fabric I bought at the Festival of quilts. If you notice the little vase of flowers has the same shades . I love colour and I,m wanting to get started on a quilt using this fabric but I must put the finishing touches to two projects almost finished . These are Rowan fabrics and when we go to the Malvern show I hope to purchase more .

At present I'm having difficulty leaving comment on blogs . Please don't think i,m ignoring you . NEVER! I love reading and being nosey as to what others are up to . I must get my laptop sericed or cleaned whatever it's called . It's slow and not doing what I ask of it .

Not only that , My t,vneeds retuning , Woe is me .

The Final Five

I do hope you enjoyed the quilts I have been showing . We could have spent lots more precious time photographing quilts but there is so much to see .

We always say we will stay overnight and do workshops too , perhaps next year .

I think this quilt is so wonderful . I am full of admiration for people who are able to do this kind of work

These arches , full of mystery , what is there when you go through?

This one again wonderful . The blossom on the tree is tiny organza flowers , each flower has 3 little beads in the centre .

I like this , I just like quilts and pictures of buildings and also the real buildings

I always raise my sight above eye level to see what is further up above the doors and windows . That is often where the best aspects of design can be seen .

Not so long age bluebell and myself looked out over the high rise car park at the roofs of the buildings in Leicester where we live . It was fascinating , try it where you live .

RUBY,RUBY

A good set on my crab apple jelly, clear as a bell . I have just give it a wiggle and it's gelling nicely

I like to cap my preserves when they are cold , and then the pinked circles of check fabric go on top of the lids .

There will be a jar for a neighbour who brings me all kind of goodies . These people only moved in feb,. just gone but are very giving and sharing .

A jar for a neighbour who is well in his eighties , he brings me tomatoes and lots of blackberries . Last year I told him how to make blackberry vinegar . He told me he had no colds or sore throat last winter .

Of course there will be a supply for bluebell

Now for the crunch!! the jelly is free but there is a £30 deposit on the jar .

Now this fellow , I don't think it is the same one as yesterday , It's a different shape . I almost put my foot on it . I tried to avert a squashed frog , wobbled and nearly fell over but all was safe . he jumped out of the way . Mmmm might have had frog legs for supper .

Dripping a drop at a time

This is my heath robinson set up for letting my crab apples drain overnight . The cloths are hanging on my ironing board .

The tree is a new one this year , it yield 15 1/2 lbs of crab apples . Non for the birds this year from this tree but if they look in my back garden I shall leave the crab apples on that tree .

This is the latest little creature to take up residence in my garden

And here , another one come out of the border to sunbathe .

More Festival of quilts 4th blog

Enjoy

Festival of quilts 3rd lot

This quilt is the popular Meercats . It attracted a lot of attention , eeeek

This quilt is like a floriana , really lovely , lots of colour, enlarge to see the detail

Beautiful with a hint of sadness looking at the barren landscape




Lots to look at in this quilt . Perhaps it is illustrating various festivals . I didn't have a programme so !!!

This quilt also attracted a lot of attention . I felt you could get in there . There is a woman walking her dog half way up right side

More tomorrow

More Festival quilts

The quilts I'm showing were of interest to me . I hope you enjoy them too .

If you have never been to a major quilt show but decide to next year you will be astounded .

The quilts at Birmingham, Festival of quilts are so different to the quilts at Malvern . Both shows not to be missed.

I'd enjoy looking at this every day

To me , this in it's simplicity says GREECE all over

More tomorrow

Festival quilts at Birmingham UK

I'm always besotted by quilts with houses or buildings

Beautiful art deco quilt

I shall post more tomorrow

BirminghamUK festival of quilts

This sunbonnet sue is a quilt I'm working on, how did she manage to get in there ?

Bluebell and myself went to the festival of quilts last Thursday .

I shall show a few each day of quilts I found outstanding , that is not meaning I am being judgemental . To be in the show means they are worthy but impossible to film them all

Full complement

The little darlings you see on my last post are now 12 pieces , embellished and ready to be sashed together . They look very pretty , hopefully it won't be long before I show you the finished quilt .

Father time

I thought father time was an old man but I'm coming to the conclusion he can move faster than I can .

At present I seem to have just enough time for all the necessary things that have to be done .

I have spent 2 days shopping with bluebell this week though .

These lovely sunbonnet sue came to me from Barb, at bejewelled quilts . They arrived from America on Tuesday morning . I thought I would finish one to show but I sat last night and did 3 .( I had a coca cola about 8 o/clock, always gives me energy ) When I have finished the 12 I shall embroider the blocks to give more interest. Maisie Sue the 3rd one along the row already has a butterfly on her hat .

Come back tomorrow , there will be more .