April 2026

 Welcome to my April furtle

My orange car was replaced by a seafoam green car: our first brand new car, and our first all electric car: quite a learning curve but I think we are getting the hang of it!

I bought this fabric when I visited Jackie: I love it but I wasn't concentrating and bought jersey rather than patchwork cotton.

It made a lovely sun hat for Jack!

I did some customer embroidery

and made some Gingers: Annual different limb day

And annual Puffin day 😂

The collection of giant pin cushions has grown

And a friend has become a grandma again

Gorgeous munchkin is a happy boy: this was taken at 5 months

This EPP patchwork has been under construction for a few years, but I've now started the plan to finish it

An evening class at Chertsey went well: kawandi as applique on tote bags

Not much else this month

Keep safe and stay happy

February 2026

 Hello from February's Furtle!

Lets have a look at the February photos

Some fab peacock Easy Stack blocks from Chertsey

An I-spy under construction

An Auschwitz memorial Ginger

and a Mothering Sunday snowdrop Ginger

A cuddly bear in the garden

I used a few left over easy stack patches to make a useful basket 

I made Jack a mini quilt to go with a new book.  I may have spelt Jackesaurous wrong but as it's a made up word, and his spelling is currently worse than mine, this will do!

 

He seems to like the book!

Another national day ginger: National Hug Day

Grandson's age now being measured in months not weeks!  Where did that time go?

Step mom asked for a pickle ball ginger

A little friend came to play in the sewing room

Lisa and I went on a locked latch course

A few nearly ready quilts - you may count 6 quilts . . . the sheet of paper on top has 7 names on it!

Gingers celebrate national dog walking day 

and national chips day

Brian needed to do some work on the heating so my sewing room is even more untidy than usual! 😶

Niece Tara and I had a day at Hampton Court.  Do zoom in and see the amazing detail on this dress

and the beautiful fabric behind the beading

and then take time to appreciate that whilst the dress would have been made by hand several hundred years ago, we are looking at a painting of the original dress

OhMyGosh!!!

I also spotted a few ceilings that would make great EPP projects!

Finally we had Crafty Church yesterday and made a few winter hats for charity

and couldn't resist the temptation to photograph them in use!

Happy 1st March, see you next month x

2025 June

June started with a lovely afternoon at Chertsey Museum: ladies brought in their slough bags for show and tell . . . 

and we made Quilt As You Go blocks for the June session

 

I finally decided it was time to replace this birthday chart: it's complicated to add extra dates, and I've always wished it had Birthdays or Congratulations on the top rather than Friends

So I had a fun afternoon with a calk board and liquid chalk pens (I managed to miss a few dates so this needs a bit more work)

I've made some EPP hexies towards covering the peace sign, although I have also removed all the black yarn now.  I need to stabilise the knitting then decide what I'm doing with the EPPs.  It can wait until colder weather!!!

A lovely week in Spain

And a hand sewing project, mostly completed in Spain

I popped over to Lisa's to feed her cats: I just had to take this pic which showcases patchworks and a cat basket that Lisa made

I volunteer with our local Repair Café, and was asked to repair this Platypus (Plucky).  Plucky is clearly very loved but is a bit too damaged to be within my comfort zone.

I have a friend, Heather, who is a bit of a whizz at mending cuddly toys, so I am hoping she can help with advice  or support

  🤞

  

Our Stitch group (www.WraysburyStitch.blogspot.com/) has decided to support local women: We've made up these boxes for the toilets in the local churches and village halls

In my best Bugs Bunny voice,