Back Posting

It's been a long time since I last posted and can safely say that not much sewing has been going on. Creating a new garden and outside events have taken priority.

I have been to the Malvern Flower show followed by Quilts UK  , The Cheltenham Jazz Festival, I watched the olympic torch being carried through Ledbury and my own Jubilee party for my quilt group and  also visited numerous garden nurseries buying plants .

A few cushions  have been made with still a couple to make but I have to make hay while the sunshines as they say and spend as much time creating my own new out door space.

Just going to put lots of pictures up for you to enjoy.

Lovely Tulips at The Malvern Flower Show

Gorgeous Agapanthus

This lovely red and white quilt at Quilts UK in May reminded me of the wonderful Infinite Variety of Red and White Quilts in New York last year.

The Winner - small but perfectly formed

Liked both of these very much

A great fun quilt

Ready for Shipton Quilters Jubilee supper

The Olympic torch being carried through Ledbury

 last but not least Abi

Well their we have it just some of what I have been up to and as you can see from the above photo you will guess who is the biggest  distraction from  me doing any sewing. We seem to do lot of girlie shopping as she is growing at a fast rate of knots.

I have been holding my breath all the time I have writing and putting pictures up that blogger wouldn't do anything nasty and crash on me which it had been doing constantly on my last couple of post's . It  had rather put me off posting as it had been such a hassle but hey it's behaved so you might see me back here sooner than you think.
Sue

Pour L'armour du Fils

Kathy Doughtys  Room Set

Linda Koenig

Brigitte Giblins Dancing Dollies

Sue , Linda ( Quilts in the Barn) Randi, Me, Claire, Bev and Virginia.

Brigitte talking with Linda and Randi

I have just come back from the Pour L'armour dul Fils in Nantes with my PIC Sue .

I couldn't believe how small the plane was but even smaller was the room at the hotel with a glass shower room- thankfully it had a modesty curtain that you pulled round it.

We meet up with friends from around the world again some of which we hadn't seen since the Infinite Variety of Red and White quilts in NYC last year and had a lovely dinner together on Wednesday evening. I don't know how we do it but we always seem to be the noisiest group in the restaurant. It was a fun night  and few days.

Going to leave you with photos taken over the last few days.

Sorry for any peculiar order that this has posted in but blogger had crashed 3 times on me. What is it with me and blogger I feel totally frustrated with how it works now. If it isn't broken blogger why do you keep messing about with it

Very odd to have a glass shower in the corner of 
the room but hey ho we were in France !

Brown and Pink

A couple of weeks ago I did a  show and tell  for a quilt group who had asked to see my quilts. So before  I packed them away I took a few photo's as they might not see the light of day for a while again.

I love quilts with brown in them and this has rather a lot of brown  with  double pink.

Isn't it nice to get your quilts out from time to time and just look at them and see them with a fresh eye.
Pauline who asked me to do the talk took lots of photos and it's nice for me to see them from a distance. Sometimes that's the best way to view them LOL .

Brown and Pink Medallion.

When Pauline asked me to do this talk a year ago  for Poppy Down Quilters I thought OK-  small quilt group 20 people- no problem. Then the week before she told me they had sold 120 tickets and did I need a microphone. At this point I nearly died and had some sleepless nights in the run up to it. Thankfully it seemed to go well . So thank you ladies for being so appreciative and making the day fun.
Happy Easter to you all
Sue

A Gift of Quilts

This morning we set off to London to Olympia to see the 500 quilts that have been made for each of the countries particpating in the 2012 Olympic games. This also includes the Paraylmpic Teams too.

I have had a lovely Mothers Day as we went as a family  It was DS suggestion we go as he wanted photos of me and Abi with the quilt I made . It was history in the making as I know for sure I won't be around to see another Olympic Games here in the UK but hopefully Abigail will and she will have her own little bit of proof that she was at something OLYMPIC in 2012.

We also got the oppurtunity to find out what team was getting my quilt called STARS UNITED and it's the Paralympic team of Mozambique .

My Pumpkin Patcher's and Shipton Quilters who I am a member of also made quilts  and the Pumpkin Patchers Quilt  called UNION STARS  is going to the Bahamas and the SHIPTON ALL STARS quilt to Mauritania.

It adds another interest for me now to see these teams in the opening cermony and watch how they perform throughout the games.

STARS UNITED AND ABIGAIL'S FIRST QUILT SHOW.
She dosen't look very happy about it.

SHIPTON ALL STARS MADE BY SHIPTON QUILTERS

UNITED STARS MADE BY THE PUMPKIN PATCHERS - TEAM MEMBERS, MAUREEN, JOAN, CAROL, JACKI, SHEILA AND MYSELF AND QUILTED BY ROSEMARY ARCHER OF FROME VALLEY QUILTING.

All types of Everything

Have received my copy of Civil War Quilts and it is full of wonderful quilts and project's and am really glad I bought it.

Seem to be back on my Prickly Stars again and have another 3 to add to the pile.

My mojo is slowly coming back and am enjoying going through my fabrics even if it's just stroking them and imagining what I could be doing with them LOL. Spring is really on it's way here now and have started booking a few trips and days out. The first one is this weekend to London to the Stitch and Craft at Olympia, London. The main reason for going is that the 500 Olympic Games quilts will be hanging for all to see before they go of to the recipient's of each country . will post photos of these next week.

I couldn't go without given you a little sneak peak of how Abigail is doing. 7 weeks old already and given us all the run around.