New craft learnt…………..

Patchwork and Quilting!!!

After many years of toying with the idea of learning patchwork and quilting, and what I would use it for, I got that chance to attend a beginners course, close to home, at a lovely shop called East Coast Quilting,

http://www.eastcoastquilting.co.uk/

I absolutely loved the course, and whilst I never got to actually finish the quilt, I only have the quilting and binding to do and it is done!  So here is my work so far :

My fabric selection, the floral squares is my main theme, the pink and green are for the 3.5″ squares, the teal checked is for the borders and the solid teal is for the backing!

My 6.5″ and 3.5″ squares all cut and ready to be assembled!

All the squares from another angle!

3.5″ squares assembled into 6″ squares!

The quilt so far!  I am thrilled how it has all come together!  I have just the quilting and binding to do and it is done!

I am sure this will not be the last and rather the first of many!

LIFE……………..

such a little word, with such alot of meaning!  Life over the last month or 6 weeks since my last post has been manic, calm, fraught, peaceful, stressful, in control, fun, tiring, enjoyable, and generally all over the place!

Thank goodness the summer holidays are over and we are now back in a proper weekly routine of nursery, swimming, work, singing, fitness and crafting!

The one part of my life that seems to be more up and down than any other is my weight-loss and exercise side!  I have been doing Bootcamp now for a while and I love it.  I had gotten into a really good routine of walking / jogging 2 – 3 times a week, attending buggyfit on Fridays and Bootcamp on Sat, my exercise routine was sorted!  Then………….I caught a mild chest infection, not bad enough to have me on medication, but bad enough to make me feel pretty rough and run down, and the exercise and weightloss routine has now gone!

Not great, especially as I have a 2.5kms fun run to do on Sunday 11th Oct and I have spent the last week on my backside!  I am hoping, to try and get out tonight and get this routine back on track, but once again I need to see how I am feeling!  Or maybe I need to just put the excuses aside and do it!!!!!!

Holiday project update!

I took the opportunity whilst on holiday to try some different crochet projects, whilst also working on some of my knitting projects!  This is what I managed to achieve :-

 Project Name : Bainbridge Scarf :: Yarn – Louisa Harding Grace Silk and Wool

 Project Name – Toasty Snood :: Yarn – Jaegar Extra Fine Merino DK

 This is a sample of the Crochet Bag made by Attic24.  I was using some scrap yarn I have to make sure I get the concept before starting the actual project, although I am liking these colours together!

 This is a pot holder I made with some left over Rowan Handknit Cotton DK.  It was really easy to do and only took 2 nights.  Could probably do one in a day if I sat at it!  Am liking small projects!

  I have always wanted to be able to crochet the Ripple pattern but for some reason have never been able to get my head round it!  That was until I found the instructions on Attic24’s blog!  The women is a god!!!!  Voila, my ripple sample, am totaly psyched to make a whole blanket!!!!

I also managed to weave in the ends of a few of my granny squares, but still have about 3 to do!  I think I will make a point of weaving in ends at the end of each square rather than leaving till the end!

So craft update – done!

July – Hopton

Wow, July already! I am just back from a week in Great Yarmouth, well Hopton to be exact!  We decided to rent a caravan for the week and take Luke to the seaside, etc etc.  It was lovely to just get away and have a bit of a break!

My family came and visited on the Saturday after we arrived and we took them into Great Yarmouth to have a look around.  They seemed to have had a good time.

We spent a fair bit of time looking around, and whilst Luke seemed to enjoy most of it, there were some things he didn’t!  We went to the Sealife Centre, the miniature village, Pettis Petting Farm, and couple of other places.

Luckily the weather was very kind to us and it seemed to rain at night or late afternoon, which was great!  Here are some pictures of our holiday!

 Great Yarmouth beach

     Miniature Village

 Luke enjoying the beach!

 Our caravan!

 Luke enjoying the swings!

Been a while

since I did an actual update on life, so here goes!

Luke is now 6months and growing very well.  He is onto three meals a day and loves food, so much so, he does not really want to take his bottle anymore!  We bought him a walker a few weeks back and was the best thing we ever bought, he loves it!  He prefers to stand now rather than sit, so I think he will walk before he crawls!  Although put him on the floor and he rolls all over the place!  All our groups are going really well.  At Water babies this week, we not only put him under the water but then let him go so he could swim to the surface! 

 Here we have Luke learning the swimming position.  As comfortable as he may look it is really hard on my arms! LOL!

My mom finished the hat and jumper set for Luke, and it turned out really well.  It is so easy to put on him and is lovely and soft and warm, he loves it!

Not alot else has really been happening.  I have had a dreadful cold for about 3 weeks now and is not shifting.  Luke now has a stuffy nose as well!  But generally we are fine!

I have been busy with the cross stitch sampler for Luke, which I finally finished last night, and also working on Luke’s jumper, and once again I have fogotten to photograph it!  But I am nearly done!

Well another busy week is ahead, just hoping the weather gets better, don’t fancy going out loads in snow all week!

Cross stitch update

Yes you read the heading right, it is a cross stitch update!

      This is what my cross stitch looked like at the beginning of the weekend, and this is it after :-

  This is at the end of Saturday

 and this is at the end of Sunday.

Not loads I know but some is better than nothing!

 

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