The floods

I`ve been too busy to write this week, I have had a job interview today, for lecturing on soft furnishings. I had to write two, two hour lesson plans and make small samples of work that I would do with the students. Its an adult learning lecturers job and is well paid. I won`t know if I will be accepted for two weeks but I felt it went well. I have now to get down to finishing my quilt for the 3rd August, thats the latest acceptance date. I think I`m growing webbed feet this rain barely stops, but I guess I`m lucky, I have not been flooded out. My heart goes out to those people whose homes lay in ruin, I had tears in my eyes when one elderly lady who had lost everything, said well they are only possesions. Guess I really don`t have anything to moan about.

I have been busy in the garden this weekend, dead heading and tidying in between the rain, and I took this picture of starlings in my bird bath, by the time I had fetched my camera some of them had flown. It is really funny to watch them fighting to get into the water.

miss pussy cat

I am posting a picture of " miss pussy cat" the colour does not look too good I tried several different lights and positions, the fabric is silk velvet which I dyed, the eyes are assorted green beads. I used one of the fancy knitting yarns for the owl.

Charity buys

mr owl

This is Mr Owl for my " Owl and the Pussy Cat" quilt , you cant quite see his eyes but they are teddy bear ones and look good.
I went to Kenilworth yesterday, they have a market there the fruit and veg are very fresh. Found a shop that sell haberdashery, these shops are few and far between, bought my eyes some new threads and iron-on backing for my owl. I could not resist the charity shops and picked up a dressmaking book which has really good tips, also some pretty edging which needs a wash but will come in use for one of my future projects. I also found a sewing pattern for a doll and dolls clothes. All for 50p each.

My quilting

This week I have started to make my quilt for the festival of quilts, I am doing the owl and pussy cat as my theme, I have dyed the fabric for the actual quilt and made the quilt up, I am now making the owl and pussy cat figures, it is going to be approx. 1mt x 75cm, this is to be my second time to take part. The work has be finished by the end of the month, as the weather is not looking any brighter I have something to keep me busy.

EUREKA!!!!!!!!

I have found the right way to write my blogg, if at first!! I lay in bed last night thinking "how is it done? and now I can move onto the next problem.

trying

I have been trying to design my blog in a similar way to other bloggs that that I admire, but I still do not know how to put date and comments to it. I will still try every day until I get it right.