Aunt Christine

Well, here I am again - having just published the Westdene changes post. I thought I'd give you the pleasure of seeing some photos. Over the school Easter holidays we went to the Isle of Wight, and I was able to meet my niece, introduce myself to her, and give her the quilt.

This photo was taken just after I'd picked her up for a cuddle, as she'd been in the Moses basket and was crying. I was quite happy to hold her and try to calm her down. You can see that she's not looking too happy. She did calm down, which led to suggestions that we should go over to the island in the summer, so that others could enjoy some of the festivities! I suspect that we will not act on those suggestions, but we have made the offer of hospitality in Westward Ho! to Maisie and her parents.

Doesn't Grandad Banks look happy! And a natural as well! The photo of Maisie in the basket shows her with her sock off - she didn't manage to keep one on - as soon as you replaced one of them, she managed to get rid of the other one! Anyway - the photo on the right here shows Maisie and her mum (Charlotte - my step-sister), after she had come back from the chiropractor. Maisie was as good as gold for the chiropractor, which was to the surprise of most people I think!

Anyway - the reason for this blog is to show off my handicrafts - so I'd better get on with it!

The photo on the left shows Caro with the quilt I made for her 30th birthday this year. This photo was taken in February, just after my sewing machine went a bit funny - it's all sorted now! Anyway, the photo was taken before the quilt was finished - I took it up to Caro so she could see it. The photos following show the finished quilt - both front, back and the label as well. Some of the photos show the quilting as well, which took quite some time to do!

The next set of photos show Maisie's quilt, with the label.
I was pleased with how the quilts finished up - and as you can see, I've kept to my usual habit of using really bright colours.

So, what is the next project? Well, I've started a bit of cross stitch. I saw some pieces that would make some good presents - so I'm not going to say any more about them, but I also saw some that would be good for the music room. I got them from the website 'House of Patchwork' - it's no good anyone else looking for the bargains on this particular website, because it closed down - the bargains were the closing down sale. So, I've augmented my stash considerably now - but I had to do it - I mean, a girl can never have too many quilts. That's all for now - keep looking back for more updates.