Jennie's Threads

I am getting withdrawal symptoms..... I have been in Germany n business all week, and although I have brought some embroidery with me, I haven't had a moment by self when I haven't been absolutely total muede (knackered).... :( myabe this weekend (providing I get home) I can do some of the Farmers Wife quilt....

I had a play this morning - what do you think of my new look?

I've been bad this evening. Michael is out at a beer festival, so I'm sitting here, browsing the internet on my own..... I found the quilt a long group for the Farmer's Wife Quilt block. It's a sampler quilt with 111 different 6 inch blocks. As we've nearly finished the Nikki Tinkler Sampler Quilt (by nearly, I mean I still have a long way to go, but my mind is wandering to my next project already), I though this would be a lovely next project. I've joined the Flikr group, ordered the book and can't wait to get started. I'm thinking a black background fabric to unify it then all sorts of different batik fabrics... I can do some shopping and browsing at the quilt show in Harrogate in September (if I can wait that long). Meanwhile this week I have made another two elephants, the first for a girl at work who is leaving (above). Gave it to her today and she loved it and apparently the fabric (from Durham Fabrics) was spot on. I work in a German pay...

Bearreraig Bay The second post yesterday was only half finished, so here it is.... Today we got back from a week long holiday in the Isle of Skye in north-west Scotland. It was fantastic and by some incredible flook we had lovely weather for most of the week. Normally I just talk about embroidery and patchwork here, but I shall indulge myself and share some photos from my holiday. Archie and Charlie THE JOURNEY So, it turns out that even starting our trip from as far north as Newcastle, the Isle of Skye is still quite a long way away and we maybe underestimated our journey time slightly... it took 8 and a half hours but the journey route was lovely. We crossed through the Northumberland countryside to Hexham, then across to Carlisle. North on the M73/4 then the M8 (not the prettiest section of the journey), then across the Erskine Bridge, up the west coast of Loch Lomond towards Crianlarich then over Rannoch Moor, through Glencoe to Fort William. Past Ben Nevis, up ...

Hello - this will be the first of two posts today. Firstly I'll bring you up to date on what I have been sewing recently. Firstly, here are four of the six June Calendar Girlies in green and yellow with tiny buttons for juggling balls. Jane has asked for some stuffed elephants for her birthday. I thought I'd do a practice run, so here is a purple one, that I made for Michelle. In preparation for our holiday to the Isle of Skye I wanted to finish the piecing for blocks 2 and 3 of the Vignette quilt. Here are the results before any embroidery