Retro finish

This is what happens when you aren't paying attention and put a whole row of Ani's heart pattern upside down - you get a space invader....

Winner, winner, brocholli and cream cheese bake dinner

We had a challenge at Rocheberie, we were given half a yard each of the red and blue fabric and wadding and were told to make what we like. My quilt won 3rd prize out of 39 quilts! I won a package of four fat quarters. Tonight I am like the cat that got the cream!

Full moon

I received an email at work today telling me there might be some disruption as some building works were carried out to the outside of the building. I looked out of the window to see this:

Not my idea of a Diet Coke moment....

Doorstop

In my bid for Total House Domination, I needed a doorstop for my Fabric Stash Room - so I had to make one.

Learn and move on....

A while ago now I signed up for a patchwork competition - it was for the Make and Mend festival in Leicester. The outline was to make a practical patchwork item from recycled fabric. I made my City and Guilds bowl from shirts:

The festival was yesterday and I dragged Mark over there so I could pick my bowl back up. The place was packed -people everywhere - some of them unwashed. We had to ask where the competition entries were because we couldn't find anything to be told the winning quilt had already been taken home. We went to look for my bowl - couldn't find it. There were about 3 quilts and one shopping bag on a wall -no bowl. Had to ask again and the lady took us back into the room and produced my bowl - still in the cardboard box I had posted it in - from under a chair. She said she really liked it but was worried about displaying it. Mark and me came out laughing but I won't do that again.