Budsmams Garden Trellis quilt

Ta dah!!!

It's now finished and here is the tale!

Well where to start!!! I adored the Garden Trellis quilt pattern ever since I saw it in Todays Quilter and the designer, Deirdre Bond Abel (hat creek quilts) is just so lovely. I decided that I wanted to make it in capel, well its not like I dont have enough of it!! So I persuaded Mini Mini bud to let me loose on the capel box of love and away we go!

One of the main things putting me off starting it was that it has four main appliqué blocks, all very pretty but appliqué is not my strong point. But i had a rest day from the University and i decided since it was a ‘free day’ that i would use it to start this project and just DO it.

I used the wash away applique fabric recommended by the pattern writer DeirdeBond Abel and it worked a treat. Beautifully long armed by Cumbrian Longarmer I adore it! 

 

Real life sewing

I hope I never loose the gratitude I feel to be having real life sewing days again. There were three of us, a church hall and some tunnocks teacakes!
What a super time. As we say up North, it was the fair dab!

I finished my Quiet Play in the garden block. 

Elaine made this stunner!

Scoobs 50th

 So my Scoobs turned 50 😊 it was an adjustment for him. We all take getting older in our own ways. For me every day is a blessing, there was a time when I didn’t know if I would reach 50, but hey we all react in our own ways.

At first he didn’t want to do anything but then came round to the idea and we went to Oban for the weekend.

Gorgeous weekend, lovely bnb the weather was just fabulous 

We found these wonderful gardens , Ardmaddy gardens tucked away in the back of beyond, so beautiful and tranquil.

Of course being a birthday we had to have cake! So we got take away from the Oban hot chocolate shop, I had a fabulous white hot chocolate.

My Scoobs 😊 my world.

Taking the arthritis meds with a wee glass of wine 😂