August Adventures

While I was working this week Fergus, Nella and Nessie had several adventures to the beach, moors, Totnes and Exeter. He really enjoyed negotiating the narrow lanes in my Mini. We also had a couple of evening outings, including driving across Dartmoor to Holne where 2 companies of Morris dancers put on a spectacle outside a 14th century inn. 

At work, I quilted a machine embroidered class sample. It was quite different to a pieced quilt because some areas were bulkier than others according to how much stabiliser was used. The instructions for the quilting were almost non existent and I found that I needed to add some freehand background quilting to make it more consistently quilted.

At the weekend we drove down to St Just in Roseland (South Cornwall) and met my cousin who was caravanning in the area. The meeting point was a medieval church with a tropical garden graveyard. We walked around the headland via St Mawes which was around 8 miles in a fairly stiff breeze. Nessie’s little legs must have done many more miles than that so when we got back she had her tea then took herself off to bed! It was lovely to have 2 of my children staying for the week. Nella has stayed on and hopes to get some of her Uni dissertation done while I am at work. 

I plan to sort through some cupboards at work if I get a chance as not everything has gone back to its proper place since coming back from FoQ;)