Chez Budsmam: June 2022

I sit here writing this as yet another dose of cak has hit the work fan, seriously August cannot come soon enough 😂

Anyway where were we? ah yes June! What has been happening in June?

I have been working on this, it’s Quiet play BOM - in the garden. I have finished all my blocks now just figuring out final layout, i think one below will be it, i was using up darker liberty fabrics, this will be one of my Alice Caroline quilt SOS this year.

I have been slowly picking away at my mandalas from Carina Craft Blog, these will go with my temperature embroideries from 2021. This was my last one!

I entered a quilt for the FOQ!

We went away for our first hotel stay in 2 years!!! How amazing and the weather was incredible.

Finally the weather up here is nice enough to sit outside, my garden has been such a sanctuary these past two years, love it.

But mostly THIS!!!!! As of 30th August i will be only stressed about which quilting pattern to do next. And after today it cant come soon enough!

I can post this now!!! now that the news about my retirement is out in the open i can post about my fantastic retirement weekend with the loveliest bunch of chums!

I started planning this last August, at that point i thought i was going to leave in may of this year, for a variety of reasons that got delayed and i will now leave in August. i was handing in my notice in May so we all sttill went ahead. I put together a group of lovely chums, chums who have helped me through the years.

What to Take? What to pack? Well I picked a rather special pattern from the Jenni Smith sewing with liberty book. I want to make the Discovery quilt in liberty.

Oh my goodness I almost wept wheni saw this lovely entrance again. We were in what I like to call the ballroom, lovely airy spacious room.

I popped into the Cayzer room for a look.

I hadthe same bedroom as before!

All setup waiting for chums to Arrive!

On the Friday night we had a show and tell! Here is lovely Sue with her lockdown makes.

Cath with her makes!

View from bedroom window.

I was blown away by this, lovely lovelyJo bought us all these metal water bottles 🥰 made by her daughter Emily, @sovendebjorn how utterly amazing are these!