Completed!

If you look at these pictures you can see what has been neglected as I spent time doing these wallhangings instead.....the garden!
I have so enjoyed making these and will start another one today hopefully with some of the fabric given to me for my birthday last week.

I finished sewing the binding on this one during the 10 O'Clock news last night....it was a welcome escape from all the depressing political news at the moment.
Well, off to mow the lawn now!

Vintage and Handmade Fair & landscape pictures

These three are the latest works in progress, I'm trying to get all the machine bits done now so that I can take them on holiday in a few weeks time and do the hand embroidery there.

This one is based on a place I saw when on holiday in Wales last year called Abereron, the houses were all different colours. My family says it looks more like Tobermory on the children's TV programme! I have still to do the borders on this one.
The last one is a bluebell wood, I have used different colour netting and fabrics and wools to make the texture. I will do a tree canopy in wools and chiffon I think.

These are fun to make as no two are ever the same.

Changing the subject I went to the Vintage and handmade Fair in Chipping Sodbury on Saturday, it was lovely although very crowded...but that is good for the stall holders! The teas and cakes served on delicate vintage china looked wonderful but we didn't try any as the queue was long and no seats so we had another look round instead!

I was very restrained and only bought a couple of magazines and some very pretty ribbon. I hope they all did well as they had all put such alot of effort into it.

A quilt for how much...!!!!!!!

I happened to visit a charity shop the other day and picked up this lovely dish for only £2.00, I think it's a very shallow fruit bowl, but I shall use it for fairy cakes.

But....today I found this quilt for only £7.99p, it's hand quilted and very pretty. I know it is one of those quilts sold for a lowish price in the shops, but not that low. I have washed it and it smells and looks wonderful. My Great Uncle who is well in his ninety's sent me £5 for my birthday so with a little added to it I bought this.

I am so pleased, I never usually find bargains but for once I did!

Sheep on a hill teacosy!

I don't know why I made this teacosy, I have plenty but this design just made me do it! A friend at work showed me what to do and off I went home and did it. It's meant to be sheep on a hillside. It's fun anyway.
I have decided to buy the Bernina as it is very good value for the make it is, they are known as the workhorse of the sewing machine world.

Nearly finished but not quite!

This is the picture I put on the blog a week or so ago, and it has changed quite alot. I changed the bottom two fabrics and framed it. Put embroidered flowers in the fiels at the bottom and changed the fields round a bit. I'm quilting it now as you can see from the pins. I can see lots of things I would change and as this is the first time I have done one of these textile pictures I shall use it as a practice piece.

It's still meant to be Kimmeridge in Dorset although next time I shall just do an imaginary place to allow more freedom.

I still think the headland looks like a hedgehog and I think the sea may be going uphill!

Below is the picture as it was before I fiddled with it.

Village quilt

Yesterday we went for tea in Wimborne St Giles village hall (if you want to see more click on my Snowgoosey blog on the sidebar).
This lovely quilt caught my eye. You can see by the size of the people how huge it is but I have got alot of reflection in the picture sadly. However if you click on the picture you can get a better look. It's of the village and appears to be very accurate. I would have loved to have asked someone about it but the ladies were so busy I didn't feel I could bother them...another time maybe!
It has alot of applique and embellishment too, a real work of art.