feeling zesty and nesty.

 Yep it's still cold...

best get on with living,

feels like we could wait a lifetime for spring this year.

We always seem to be drawn to dogs on beaches...

I could be falling in love with an idea...

This is what the south of England looks like today

from Hengistbury Head.

This is our third walk in as many days

 in an effort to keep fit and keep eating cake,

I'm keeping track on my calorie deficit.

 5 hot cross buns versus 3 walks...so far.

So that was the zesty bit..now here's the nesty bit.

Nope no nests with eggs in here.

We have a nest of tables!

How very sophisticated of us.

With that stunningly tenuous word linkage

I shall wish you all a Happy Easter!

*table details to follow....I didnt paint them.

make something

 This week I made a little something from the discarded scraps of my latest make.

An exercise in improv and a scissor rest in one.

 As you know I have been trying to take a break from traditional quilting,

(a lot harder than you would think)

well the penny dropped a number of times.

I think my word of the year should have been freedom.

I can highly recommend this little project

for anyone interested in improv.

I'm not entirely happy with the stitching colours,

as I'm not generally a matchy matchy quilter,

I actually have a hard time deciding on the quilting.

Practise makes perfect.....
ps
there was a bright thing shining in the sky this morning
can anyone tell me what it was?
xxx

making something

out of nothing.

something old something new...

something wonky something blue!

A quilt top in a week?

That's a first for me.

I dashed outside because the sun came out...

but then it went in again!

You cannot see the vibrancy but then again you cannot see the wonkyness either.

And I know you are shouting what wonkyness?

my point exactly.

As a stubborn 'indie' quilter

I learn by my mistakes 

so I can pass them onto you.

My lessons that is

not my mistakes!

The wonk is subtle,

created by me sewing my rows in one direction.
It does make squaring up a challenge,
a bit like levelling a table
a bit off this side~ a bit off that side!!

I suppose everyone has their way,

if like me you have tendency to lean one way

(even with a 1/4'' foot)

this tiny lean can gradually increase with every row.

So...if you are having a go at this style

alternate your direction.

Pinning your seams may also help hold the fabric straight...

but there's no fun to be had playing with pins!

ps

anyone else crushing on Justin Timberlakes latest tune?

pps

spell checker thinks wonkyness should be kinkiness or windiness

both awesome words but I'll stick with wonkyness thanks x

something old something new

old tulips...new quilt top

hello weekenders.

As there was so much interest in my latest endeavour

thought I should share my progress.

Thursday my machine and I had a sew in.

We managed to sew 29 rows in all!

Alas not finished yet 

time to get cutting and piecing.

My strips are 2 inches (before sewing)

if anyone is interested...

randomly chaotic thursday

 Linking up here today.

something old something new

 something borrowed something blue*

When I make something 

I am either chaotically random with my choices

or

have a rough plan.

In an effort to break free from tradition

I am going back to basics,

probably a bit backward,

but I'm someone who came out the womb hand first.

(sorry Mum)

All I had to do that day

 was to be born

and I couldn't do that without 

mixing it up!

imbecile individual from the get go!

Back to the stack.
Nothing special
remember
it's not what you got...but what you do with it!

Although it does look chaotically random

I do have a rough plan,
which may involve stripping.
wink wink

*I'm already married

The title just

sound apt.