May 2026

 The time is whizzing past again and we find ourselves in June.  The heat has been a *little* out of my comfort zone, but I did do some making:

The Chertsey ladies made these woven bowls (thanks Plum)

Two lovely lads did a great job on the last chunk of garden finishing my courtyard

We added new garden furniture and a recycled shed for the cushions.

The Tula Pink giant hexie flimsy was finally finished, and has gone to Sharon to be layered and quilted . . .

. . . which meant I could start on a batik FQ pack she gave me last year.  This is going to be a hand-sewing-on-holiday patchwork, and luckily I was away first with colleagues from over 30 years ago

Half square triangles, 

Flying geese

and 1/4 circle of flying geese

I also took along a sewing project for them to make a vinyl pouch - all completed

A few Gingers for various National days: nurses

bee keepers,

and National Smile month

One of my bonus daughters had a baby boy, so James needed a quilt

Then I went away on holiday again!  I went to Croatia with friends from the girls' primary school.  We all had children in the same 3 or 3 school years, and we all worked as teaching assistants at the school.  It was hot outside, but cool in the house so I had time for sewing alongside the chatting!

Mixed EPP hexies

New York Beauty block

EPP plus blocks

and beach huts

No holidays now until September, so there might be some at-home-in-front-of-the-TV sewing.  I'm not really sure where it's going, but I'm loving the colours!

Keep cool

September 2025

Hello again, thanks for visiting!  Let's see what happened in September

A very good friend of my mum's became a great granny, so an I-Spy quilt was, of course needed

The Chertsey ladies made what we are calling Iris bags: the handles were part of the huge haul I collected from Iris's craft house after she passed away some years ago and we had great fun using them and reminiscing about Iris

I made a ginger pirate for National Talk Like A Pirate day!

I took some hand sewing with me on holiday and had a lovely time EPPing in the sun, by the pool, cocktail in hand!

I didn't have quite enough fabric for any of the projects, but there are two baby balls (one for our munchkin, one for spare) and what is going to be a robin - you'll have to believe me!

Sadly my niece went back to Aus after 3 months in UK and Europe: she did fly out in the evening so we had a lovely final day together - what a treat: it was my birthday

My lovely friend Jane made me a chicken for my birthday

And the equally lovely Sharon sent me a most amazing stack of fabrics.  I'm planning what I could do with them but for now I'm having to keep them wrapped so I don't get drool on them!
 

We had a great Crafty Church session in our new Studio

And then the family had a terrarium making session which we all enjoyed 

And now it's October 😳 How did that happen?

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, 

2025 March

 What can I tell you about March?

I retired from working from the church (thanks you Niki and Plum for my lovely cards), although I still seem to be doing some of the same stuff but as a volunteer😂

We had a lovely 10 days in Lanzarote with blue skies and sunshine

And this pile of mini hexie flowers . . .

Finally started to fit together

(Not sure what it will be mind you!)

Niki's flat sale and house purchase seems to have stalled sadly, but the New Home (Hive) quilt top has been assembled and is ready for quilting then binding

I started looking at all (some) of the unfinished projects laying around various rooms in the house, and listing them: I don't even have enough magnets to put them all on the board, but at least now I can't say I don't know what to next!

So with a to-do list like, that the obvious answer is to start a new project!  This was near the top of the board so I don't feel too naughty!

The lovely Sharon brought all the shapes pre-backed and pre-cut and it only took 2 afternoons to be assembled and ironed into place.  Thank you Lisa and Brian, and all the Crafty Church ladies for helping

I'm now negotiating with a long arm quilter to get it finished - watch this space

And finally the UK had Mothering Sunday at the end of March so I made a few dozen of these for the visitors at church.