tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550140991559968482024-03-17T10:19:41.398+00:00The Quilt QuineSnippets of a Quilter's Quirky Life
www.thequiltquine.comThe Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.comBlogger743125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-83335845675769040822024-03-17T10:18:00.003+00:002024-03-17T10:18:57.481+00:00Visiting Quilt Direct in Tavistock<p> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; text-align: justify;">I was so determined to make a good impression at Quilt Direct that I got everything organised and was pretty much packed by Monday! I had got all of my customer quilts out of the way so I had to give myself something straightforward to do for a couple of days. I received the new Bernina 475QE that I intend to take with me on teaching trips when I go by car. It is smaller and more modern than the 710 that I have set into a table. I had coveted the turquoise Kaffe Fassett version but there are no more available in the UK so I have enlisted Tracey Pereira’s help to design some jazzy decals for it.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDjdlJD9y92nfjcnOD8PlOrN_JHym9dXXWRrFS0h5xshAFug0GwcOotdXprd-GjhQqJS2-vpLqN0fa5wxwReylT1qTqGMQQlo7QrkwsZyOsA2PfyywmwVlKSqI8fpAkCjw4ic5m_iznAgjd6emmYQ0UkvZ727QzJr7TA885G20Bt1wgQZcAB-_ruCGfBK/s4032/IMG_8418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDjdlJD9y92nfjcnOD8PlOrN_JHym9dXXWRrFS0h5xshAFug0GwcOotdXprd-GjhQqJS2-vpLqN0fa5wxwReylT1qTqGMQQlo7QrkwsZyOsA2PfyywmwVlKSqI8fpAkCjw4ic5m_iznAgjd6emmYQ0UkvZ727QzJr7TA885G20Bt1wgQZcAB-_ruCGfBK/s320/IMG_8418.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSB1sfJuST8EGtQ-o11SNljDto_cJNQEUM0tUKRA9ac2V_d9tQC5X3Z6pKr3sl7huyrgirGrgce6LpuWGxuQ-PgXnDp-iOrWkJXzsMQjI78rYOj5dkwJ6vCBYXjB6nFO3RZqjOJXnOMdD1Ol87301vRIEagWZIqL2uEYYg1SFwmbOGXFIFn_7CeIAtSEV/s2668/IMG_8432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="2629" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSB1sfJuST8EGtQ-o11SNljDto_cJNQEUM0tUKRA9ac2V_d9tQC5X3Z6pKr3sl7huyrgirGrgce6LpuWGxuQ-PgXnDp-iOrWkJXzsMQjI78rYOj5dkwJ6vCBYXjB6nFO3RZqjOJXnOMdD1Ol87301vRIEagWZIqL2uEYYg1SFwmbOGXFIFn_7CeIAtSEV/s320/IMG_8432.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I quilted a second iris panel in blue, using basting stitches instead of pins to secure it. I think it was a bit smaller than the pink one and I admit that I did not spend quite as much time lining it up precisely to get the digital designs to fit - it looks great but if you look closely, there are a couple of annoying pattern overlaps. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">A dozen sheep appeared in my garden and were behaving so naughtily compared to their friends in the field. They were scoffing the grass and looking around to check that a sheepdog was not about to round them up. I penned them in with hurdles so they could not get onto the track then road and called the farmer. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I have been making a concerted effort to have more of a presence on social media in order to get people to book for my classes. It is quite an effort to come up with posts, and then check in for views and comments. My social media presence fizzled out around 2019-2020 and I must admit that I did not miss it. It amazes me that some quilters have thousands of comments and views on every post. How do they achieve that? I don’t actually want to be super famous or popular - I just feel embarrassed and a bit of a fraud if my classes don’t get fully booked;)</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Quilt Direct is a well known UK quilt supplies online store and Bernina dealer. They have a lovely open and bright showroom on the edge of Tavistock with every single Bernina machine on display. I don’t think I have seen ALL of the machines in one place before. I was obviously very busy because I took very few pictures during the classes. I must make a sign that I take to classes reminding me do do that. My pupils were very diligent and said that they enjoyed their classes. I did one day on Northern Lights inspired improv/freestyle piecing and the other day was all about the Q-Series. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGRb2nII_9RgccEVzVJ8aisOXMb_EVa6KXhlQJ0yTPKFQ2nnviFMLPcXYNSlYvBnm-_a5zUcXd2PvmGbfigDwBeP158gIu3Sv71KIhG_gQPdypOd0da6cpwZfGeGvfPjoydXTQEhl2jpPLpF7wvjrNUWsOFukaUAId_N6heBG4WOxzKSWklohyJ0ea-rC/s4032/IMG_8453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRGRb2nII_9RgccEVzVJ8aisOXMb_EVa6KXhlQJ0yTPKFQ2nnviFMLPcXYNSlYvBnm-_a5zUcXd2PvmGbfigDwBeP158gIu3Sv71KIhG_gQPdypOd0da6cpwZfGeGvfPjoydXTQEhl2jpPLpF7wvjrNUWsOFukaUAId_N6heBG4WOxzKSWklohyJ0ea-rC/s320/IMG_8453.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8RB8qg0jp98-keWzRvYY-d-_oakPQC9K1P9BlPrU2FNrh7wJJzphxhU8qLBzZDjAC7SvchMnHJ5Ydldd5APTmCU73teGiyqVUzVlmQ-JF4XNKlUSmsOr43z3FSDoAfET66gVdQ9sm6fo-pHs3vsKUkgfCBmSLruv6hSnShyphenhyphenCYoZykYZiN1tCz9smwSXy/s1399/IMG_8454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="987" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI8RB8qg0jp98-keWzRvYY-d-_oakPQC9K1P9BlPrU2FNrh7wJJzphxhU8qLBzZDjAC7SvchMnHJ5Ydldd5APTmCU73teGiyqVUzVlmQ-JF4XNKlUSmsOr43z3FSDoAfET66gVdQ9sm6fo-pHs3vsKUkgfCBmSLruv6hSnShyphenhyphenCYoZykYZiN1tCz9smwSXy/s320/IMG_8454.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">There was a cream tea, pasties, and a lovely bunch of folk who deal with customers, machines and orders. I stayed with the owner, Katherine, who made me most welcome in her 400 year old farmhouse on Dartmoor and met 6 ponies, plus Oreo the cat, Kiera the dog and Graham, the head chef:)</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The publisher of my (flopped) E-book, Vivienne Wells, came for a visit from Exeter and we reconnected as she has relaunched my book and changed its title from “Deviant Quilting” to “Machine Quilting with The Quilt Quine”. It first came out almost 10 years ago so it could probably do with a rewrite but I don’t think I want to go there.</p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After a hectic few days, my pal Mel, who moved to Looe from Banchory last year collected me from Tavistock and I will spend the next day and a half exploring her part of Cornwall. I hope the sun comes out just for a little while so I can see the sea!</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-76423302468653682282024-03-10T16:24:00.001+00:002024-03-10T16:24:28.152+00:00Social Butterfly<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQ6I9CFuhyphenhyphenWxw_Dn63c1Y7W6WVsmansE63MgEfvDvcUABnFAMo5ksalC9E0SChokbUnBb43_05qMZ1R5E2cmp2CZ5hbRGsqT_tpHu92-gIQ8W0mgcsE9sFfJGec5IMW75Y9v1b29WTVOdACZ5O_VLUNsjdg6Lp5agCmmX0mR35T3VU_UNCtzJ2_v3AmXu/s4032/IMG_8377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQ6I9CFuhyphenhyphenWxw_Dn63c1Y7W6WVsmansE63MgEfvDvcUABnFAMo5ksalC9E0SChokbUnBb43_05qMZ1R5E2cmp2CZ5hbRGsqT_tpHu92-gIQ8W0mgcsE9sFfJGec5IMW75Y9v1b29WTVOdACZ5O_VLUNsjdg6Lp5agCmmX0mR35T3VU_UNCtzJ2_v3AmXu/s320/IMG_8377.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">I have not done much social media since pre-Pandemic and I have not missed it! With courses to promote at Quilt Direct in Devon, I have really had to push myself to get back on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube to remind quilters that I still exist. It is more time consuming that you might imagine, searching for photos, coming up with a caption and checking back in for comments. Freya told me that I needed to learn how to make cool online posters as well as making short movies about what I am up to. Hopefully, my classes will be well attended.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_sKLGhwmQi0tmul58uZVTJo8TMKZSMXGkGALa7BpARhmv1q9PmHsybi6NYNbiOgo8Gh56yyhWcoRlaqScYi0DEnSrqG5pvGvuwMexslZkrNaJpXG8BZEPnOJ5ANRu4puEysT41v4kIupaleeEvTHWMYa5YW05N6HwNZQKETE9Fw3KZMQAdgHnENLuTIF/s968/IMG_8397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="967" data-original-width="968" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_sKLGhwmQi0tmul58uZVTJo8TMKZSMXGkGALa7BpARhmv1q9PmHsybi6NYNbiOgo8Gh56yyhWcoRlaqScYi0DEnSrqG5pvGvuwMexslZkrNaJpXG8BZEPnOJ5ANRu4puEysT41v4kIupaleeEvTHWMYa5YW05N6HwNZQKETE9Fw3KZMQAdgHnENLuTIF/s320/IMG_8397.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Vd4B6xKtdNN3ZtW6TqbVMpqUSr7OLL0QkQjZgUKoigawfCIn9bWf72LU5RzmwcsMzd_F5cAk9SqeGdQxZ6L-mrLSJ5srLjwYWf6e6SkRuzkb_QUwFCX0QbXvUkwOoUKLvCx-McFt0UuQCiYHg-rnJ-wCYGGXwvxZrRPVAs_i0SCe_ouH3WkoUCELm_Fw/s1814/IMG_8398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1814" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Vd4B6xKtdNN3ZtW6TqbVMpqUSr7OLL0QkQjZgUKoigawfCIn9bWf72LU5RzmwcsMzd_F5cAk9SqeGdQxZ6L-mrLSJ5srLjwYWf6e6SkRuzkb_QUwFCX0QbXvUkwOoUKLvCx-McFt0UuQCiYHg-rnJ-wCYGGXwvxZrRPVAs_i0SCe_ouH3WkoUCELm_Fw/s320/IMG_8398.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;">Just for fun, I decided to make a mini series on Youtube about everyday gadgets from around the house. I have mentioned a mechanical pencil sharpener, jumper shaver and milk brother, to name a few so far. Some have had over 400 views, which I find quite bizarre.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I caught up with a couple of pending customer quilts, quilted out samplers for my teaching weekend in Devon, made 3 handy “Clam-Up” pouches, and a Youtube demo on how to make side-clamp extenders for the quilt frame!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqB0UakfYsBOyXMbEgsgIBcZboIuwuNazPs_KYwUKGBzCjgZYC6szJxoyF_3EPdRwc6D8PrZKCT1jJHpv420q30R5z8K36975mEtcsOJhquopHJ8X9QB7fivOMusugWdQEPW2VeWRA6MBnyHf3vsjWsPbFyDIT2l7lh_eyFIPbkfvYu6LYWmUzzLyFZuO/s4032/IMG_8283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqB0UakfYsBOyXMbEgsgIBcZboIuwuNazPs_KYwUKGBzCjgZYC6szJxoyF_3EPdRwc6D8PrZKCT1jJHpv420q30R5z8K36975mEtcsOJhquopHJ8X9QB7fivOMusugWdQEPW2VeWRA6MBnyHf3vsjWsPbFyDIT2l7lh_eyFIPbkfvYu6LYWmUzzLyFZuO/s320/IMG_8283.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcXeMqS4cjqHI2e60x_O4OHkdBcy-ClZYESjfup7K8lWKR2esfT_Y1gLgmLu6cDGri9U6-l-Zb16oIS5lPKyjB8ZPfdLUECfSmcIdz4B1r2JKiFyZw6zWB1Qxy_tkja5TdDLQ1GPcZD5Z76ppQ4E3ePdh_qPjrRzQgmmWCuUvMZ5M4naO8wJooNZrQekU/s4032/IMG_8312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipcXeMqS4cjqHI2e60x_O4OHkdBcy-ClZYESjfup7K8lWKR2esfT_Y1gLgmLu6cDGri9U6-l-Zb16oIS5lPKyjB8ZPfdLUECfSmcIdz4B1r2JKiFyZw6zWB1Qxy_tkja5TdDLQ1GPcZD5Z76ppQ4E3ePdh_qPjrRzQgmmWCuUvMZ5M4naO8wJooNZrQekU/s320/IMG_8312.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On Saturday I travelled to Glasgow by train to attend the Scottish Quilt Show for the day. It was lovely to see other quilters from around Scotland and brilliant that “Help ma Boab!” won Gold in the Contemporary category. In addition to a nice, red rosette, I also won a box full of useful haberdashery items, some of which I will try to find other good homes for, since I don’t really “need” any more supplies;)</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDHwlpPH0DvD5cZEpCOBVCCJYoyaMlxrqsNe6dB372aBqFfZvEzSJQwtdMEtBsCv3lTvdeEKDq-MAetvNm4LLjAC032-EF7oNWKN7r4PWKZx28O0Ym0jRnSMs9cPgYeBLcG6vmu-DNzvXSCGJcxx7X6ihNU65l1R5CW_EXuc9IOiwe0xk2FI7QD8MRlTy/s963/0FF876FF-EFE6-4BDB-BDA4-4E7C10516E36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="963" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsDHwlpPH0DvD5cZEpCOBVCCJYoyaMlxrqsNe6dB372aBqFfZvEzSJQwtdMEtBsCv3lTvdeEKDq-MAetvNm4LLjAC032-EF7oNWKN7r4PWKZx28O0Ym0jRnSMs9cPgYeBLcG6vmu-DNzvXSCGJcxx7X6ihNU65l1R5CW_EXuc9IOiwe0xk2FI7QD8MRlTy/s320/0FF876FF-EFE6-4BDB-BDA4-4E7C10516E36.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvN45PWPyy1FYfa0aDZvE_xkJxyI3TBc52meO-7lf6FEykMLDcPj8vecO4vx5GABpX7bLIAwdIcGg7v6BB68OhXcheEiotN4MQGlr3O-RfGroN2F52vfk41LWwqL3WCMmlIUNzLUYKQT3eZgLKi3qH-YjgFOXaIZ2cJYDXIpqlAjVEQMhx-fpxObxZyCNo/s4032/IMG_8395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvN45PWPyy1FYfa0aDZvE_xkJxyI3TBc52meO-7lf6FEykMLDcPj8vecO4vx5GABpX7bLIAwdIcGg7v6BB68OhXcheEiotN4MQGlr3O-RfGroN2F52vfk41LWwqL3WCMmlIUNzLUYKQT3eZgLKi3qH-YjgFOXaIZ2cJYDXIpqlAjVEQMhx-fpxObxZyCNo/s320/IMG_8395.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmmyRlGwDZfMC0NsIbtVeBUQCdW2jAIUgAOQoO7y8F7I1tsPQ46hMmJT0I8VdRwwBxsFdSpZtg3FhZ-Z9RZXo9hIQ6JlglqcAt9WJLXhy9nr8UQS0gI4UIHMLNdLDahdXJoenlPs1SoTl3u0E57wT6xwBShd5BJBcYbNOnn1znJGuKxKXmLTVWRCRGDyp/s1257/SQS2024.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1257" data-original-width="1256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmmyRlGwDZfMC0NsIbtVeBUQCdW2jAIUgAOQoO7y8F7I1tsPQ46hMmJT0I8VdRwwBxsFdSpZtg3FhZ-Z9RZXo9hIQ6JlglqcAt9WJLXhy9nr8UQS0gI4UIHMLNdLDahdXJoenlPs1SoTl3u0E57wT6xwBShd5BJBcYbNOnn1znJGuKxKXmLTVWRCRGDyp/s320/SQS2024.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-53692107494999022612024-03-03T16:31:00.002+00:002024-03-03T16:31:08.197+00:00Let Me Get This Straight<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyfD2q43XyEqrrheo96ea-lhrf1asm0y7Plyc_YRYA7BbQ78ipzGlpcBaBEeMIKDhI1Eow36OSiaSM59Duzn9cMadKWdBC8fQrNPGF_Wd-NsaaHVpNPb5AIIuRpiUg62omIX8UJQlMVBG7jM2wA8HGKkGnD0WScAr1o5BUSFnF03UDCIPDd56xJXhyphenhyphenesO/s1595/IMG_8277.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1595" data-original-width="1081" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyfD2q43XyEqrrheo96ea-lhrf1asm0y7Plyc_YRYA7BbQ78ipzGlpcBaBEeMIKDhI1Eow36OSiaSM59Duzn9cMadKWdBC8fQrNPGF_Wd-NsaaHVpNPb5AIIuRpiUg62omIX8UJQlMVBG7jM2wA8HGKkGnD0WScAr1o5BUSFnF03UDCIPDd56xJXhyphenhyphenesO/s320/IMG_8277.PNG" width="217" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">I have embarked on a childish challenge to grow my hair as long as possible. I was never allowed to have long hair as a child and my Dad recently disparagingly asked how long I was going to grow it for to which I replied, peevishly, “Until it reaches the pavement!” I don’t go to the hairdresser very often because they usually want to chop 6” off but every now and then I have to trim my fringe (bangs) with dress-making scissors, sometimes pinking shears, usually in the reflection of my workshop window. I have been getting it remarkably straight and apart from filming myself for Youtube tutorials, I don’t get out much and can even wear a hat;)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I have been sitting in front of my computer for hours this week, mostly checking that I am ready for my Devon teaching weekend. I also did a quilt for my friend, Ellen. She said that she was sick of the sight of it because it just would not behave. I think there was a conflict between the rather stretchy Moda fabrics and the stiff white-on-white background fabric. It would definitely have been challenging on a domestic machine because it was pretty large. I just did simple wavy lines to keep it fresh and modern and I think it turned out well. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroyGy0Tzm5xenAOXWRbmja3LhyphenhyphenEJx1HjAGRdeYzxW25F_mXownUOWKsDgFhIzVreW-9B5pE_76EJjuz0XSB7H-82ufiGBCGN7VAC_h9p2q7ECe-osCCQQuG7UZVns0WZNwXgCvl8ANmOCw7QzF89KAe0vVd6AQw_lUANL7rGr_N8U6ka2ntPngQgMKxRg/s3534/IMG_8247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3534" data-original-width="2651" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroyGy0Tzm5xenAOXWRbmja3LhyphenhyphenEJx1HjAGRdeYzxW25F_mXownUOWKsDgFhIzVreW-9B5pE_76EJjuz0XSB7H-82ufiGBCGN7VAC_h9p2q7ECe-osCCQQuG7UZVns0WZNwXgCvl8ANmOCw7QzF89KAe0vVd6AQw_lUANL7rGr_N8U6ka2ntPngQgMKxRg/s320/IMG_8247.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0-80nFlm4xy3qUzQTAaU2VXEU8h4-gWSYx4YgSv8MiHCg6zS137uFeE8r8Qqj1-WaBoqASCtXljgu0g_uKK_0dQRLeoDmkvUDZaq-1TGRvBqI6pa3vpjznDo9cZpLSn3hrCPk9v4AnorSmlVD512LZ3RWIEEOiR6vec8I7HL_2ifR-jtVBu3mp0QMavM/s4032/IMG_8248.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0-80nFlm4xy3qUzQTAaU2VXEU8h4-gWSYx4YgSv8MiHCg6zS137uFeE8r8Qqj1-WaBoqASCtXljgu0g_uKK_0dQRLeoDmkvUDZaq-1TGRvBqI6pa3vpjznDo9cZpLSn3hrCPk9v4AnorSmlVD512LZ3RWIEEOiR6vec8I7HL_2ifR-jtVBu3mp0QMavM/s320/IMG_8248.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I have made an effort to get myself noticed online a bit more so the bookings might go up at Quilt Direct. Before 2019 I posted daily video snippets like a “Thought of the Day” but Nella’s illness and the Pandemic cancelled them. I filmed, edited and posted 2 tutorials onto Youtube as well as launching a daft mini series on my “Gadget of the Day”. So far I have posted a mini tripod that has one leg that is a carabiner and a jumper shaver. I have already had several hundred views which is bizarre!</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I must focus this week and not get sucked into a Youtube vortex. It is a good job that I have some tasks written down, including 3 zip-up clam pouches because I really wanted to make something easy and useful. </p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-86611859276330954042024-02-25T17:11:00.001+00:002024-02-25T17:11:14.539+00:00At Your Auntie's<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTloHisokvhbxB3Z637m6BB0BOktUW54cShnz-pdlmmFKTa_Igb3RwTJSH2HpGAgeJU9rAh9UK3c6vMRpPfLpbAIJx1Gp1aJS04qClNLY4vT9lcVgyVU1SLfWoTOp_f06YXAQCzSV5F3Kyz32oHlcCnqRiUjf53zKMwywdIe4_1C7qaPhKIVlaVnc5QwwZ/s4032/IMG_8213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTloHisokvhbxB3Z637m6BB0BOktUW54cShnz-pdlmmFKTa_Igb3RwTJSH2HpGAgeJU9rAh9UK3c6vMRpPfLpbAIJx1Gp1aJS04qClNLY4vT9lcVgyVU1SLfWoTOp_f06YXAQCzSV5F3Kyz32oHlcCnqRiUjf53zKMwywdIe4_1C7qaPhKIVlaVnc5QwwZ/s320/IMG_8213.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>When I was little if you were “At your Auntie’s / Granny’s House”, normal rules did not apply. My sister and her boys came to visit for their half-term hols and they were allowed to do pretty much what they liked;) Luckily, we had decent weather almost all week so we went for long walks with Nessie and had a trip to Aberdeen on the wet day. Other than that it was very relaxed with video games, crafts and snacks. The boys thought my cluttered house was great as it contains every known gadget, book and musical instrument yet there is no cold water in the bathroom and the kitchen ceiling threatens to collapse at any time.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiW_bstCIvz0iVsZPbE3wVYpp1oViRJCpaf4unDDezXc8NVwqVJSIMPFF1LN49tYAzTKR_ByC786-AhqlynZT9nn7J-W-6Fx1zvZsdfsXj_Bg9z0n2fSEQiQwCO4vnVz3WNP848VMkrRsrtHyTzrk4ddI73_DjdcynXfiZSi6DhegQkiTj01yyxvjtjZkv/s3840/94CB66CC-C5D9-4E49-87A9-7E85B448ED40.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiW_bstCIvz0iVsZPbE3wVYpp1oViRJCpaf4unDDezXc8NVwqVJSIMPFF1LN49tYAzTKR_ByC786-AhqlynZT9nn7J-W-6Fx1zvZsdfsXj_Bg9z0n2fSEQiQwCO4vnVz3WNP848VMkrRsrtHyTzrk4ddI73_DjdcynXfiZSi6DhegQkiTj01yyxvjtjZkv/s320/94CB66CC-C5D9-4E49-87A9-7E85B448ED40.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eDEssM96PFy5Uu0RC2G5yURUOIt5KPPIBX_5U0BW7b_EuFNZ4SH7BYzm5ZkWcMj8mMBRgdie8xlJY0-y5Tf6eFtWmfSRJmG4iUjMAenNE0soJ7-nqS7RYx7eB8o918iSXj222DMW1esxkWCPrnUl_p121esmRs2ENeXr7VKJIrbo0LqhbHY8fWCLsdqJ/s4032/IMG_8194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eDEssM96PFy5Uu0RC2G5yURUOIt5KPPIBX_5U0BW7b_EuFNZ4SH7BYzm5ZkWcMj8mMBRgdie8xlJY0-y5Tf6eFtWmfSRJmG4iUjMAenNE0soJ7-nqS7RYx7eB8o918iSXj222DMW1esxkWCPrnUl_p121esmRs2ENeXr7VKJIrbo0LqhbHY8fWCLsdqJ/s320/IMG_8194.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9goARyHtS05c7HMHsJkrEFVPAoo7gER_4ZjPQLiPCmxt3bgG3S38G2UnScffvRYGePG5ryGvbso_fa2Z5PJiFYmHdONnPNXwxj2rwoAYKB9la4c17gqmmJPAoi2O2_EUegttScOTEvCIgIC7aErkaVTVBd3V_rkPRRg2GkvLjFYzO0uoedAXl0zOg-UJ/s4032/IMG_8197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9goARyHtS05c7HMHsJkrEFVPAoo7gER_4ZjPQLiPCmxt3bgG3S38G2UnScffvRYGePG5ryGvbso_fa2Z5PJiFYmHdONnPNXwxj2rwoAYKB9la4c17gqmmJPAoi2O2_EUegttScOTEvCIgIC7aErkaVTVBd3V_rkPRRg2GkvLjFYzO0uoedAXl0zOg-UJ/s320/IMG_8197.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41nSCBPHOroJlbV-Ax8AU535YKoi20_I9smi86oUJfpN1x04azT6jBfqRj4t8vVluQ2oPQ4LvU-lfCJ3a8TuM01Sco1NQV8Y3TaYegG13D7_iemshExozTAxjoFF1L_WsBw0ZsOwNx4cr9FkkcR3OBpkany5bkxUFAa0NVfp4heZVB5Hl4o51KW7KmKQH/s4032/IMG_8208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41nSCBPHOroJlbV-Ax8AU535YKoi20_I9smi86oUJfpN1x04azT6jBfqRj4t8vVluQ2oPQ4LvU-lfCJ3a8TuM01Sco1NQV8Y3TaYegG13D7_iemshExozTAxjoFF1L_WsBw0ZsOwNx4cr9FkkcR3OBpkany5bkxUFAa0NVfp4heZVB5Hl4o51KW7KmKQH/s320/IMG_8208.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">My only quilt related activities were sending “Help ma Boab” off to ICHF Events for the Scottish Quilt Show and making a couple of short promotional videos for my forthcoming teaching weekend at Quilt Direct in Devon. One of the videos was a tongue in cheek scone test, wondering if Devon or Cornwall won on the jam vs. cream debate. I have a bit of an admin / catch-up type of week ahead and will make sure that I am thoroughly prepared for my teaching trip. I might even practise those blasted Beziers!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1kJUuiaP6RBpSQyYZJk-KBEar7uddTSsLtKiHIbG196JmyffezGlTFxGJ1PBUqLTgOzy7oegKJuR80MQn6hMfTbtSAMQNnNtEkVfssz_G5eLUJjfGwkignSEtc-XWiTNBMSERVSmkmH3dpKEHzG7t7D5ZPsLdLAlTeWvXeGhuJuASEdA6hT3fV3fxMlw/s4032/IMG_8240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha1kJUuiaP6RBpSQyYZJk-KBEar7uddTSsLtKiHIbG196JmyffezGlTFxGJ1PBUqLTgOzy7oegKJuR80MQn6hMfTbtSAMQNnNtEkVfssz_G5eLUJjfGwkignSEtc-XWiTNBMSERVSmkmH3dpKEHzG7t7D5ZPsLdLAlTeWvXeGhuJuASEdA6hT3fV3fxMlw/s320/IMG_8240.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-20084329648126862572024-02-18T11:52:00.001+00:002024-02-18T11:52:06.179+00:00Brainpower Required<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPyUa5hhjWc1qvm2zYX8VL7kZXc-1vUDZpe14x0rbtj9cY78_TquPWTgnPBySTQv7r0EJrYK50CKku7KYOvg6YxjbW64mq15VeDIKP8BpzX5q-CTq7gSddeDW0_DqVKZzyo8LnVxNfwetUEWxbWRQjTKdNPDA242Y66-T8Ribd9g5I_8cQy2BHJXn0SFs/s3840/CBE99CA2-E54C-4EB2-869D-7DBC5C693264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPyUa5hhjWc1qvm2zYX8VL7kZXc-1vUDZpe14x0rbtj9cY78_TquPWTgnPBySTQv7r0EJrYK50CKku7KYOvg6YxjbW64mq15VeDIKP8BpzX5q-CTq7gSddeDW0_DqVKZzyo8LnVxNfwetUEWxbWRQjTKdNPDA242Y66-T8Ribd9g5I_8cQy2BHJXn0SFs/s320/CBE99CA2-E54C-4EB2-869D-7DBC5C693264.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">As a person who owns several cameras, these days I take very few photos which does not adequately document my week. I had a huge customer quilt that took 2 days and a DIY quilter who spent 2 days here custom quilting.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHSCKywjkxHNQA-qiZadSpkQ623BzKCuT62L9QPpunz4OjfvP1j_PsUUQRbyX6MbEyYvdsZixMSVZdItEKzmWX5ieXbyssONxeUedkaeabMzxHYk2J0ZUu3pNHOvRPETsSorb3RwGXnr1quJs6t7toh6Kd_nIfzI3r4Wr2xYq3TEK5f-3q2v2YE-oqfUa/s4032/IMG_8170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHSCKywjkxHNQA-qiZadSpkQ623BzKCuT62L9QPpunz4OjfvP1j_PsUUQRbyX6MbEyYvdsZixMSVZdItEKzmWX5ieXbyssONxeUedkaeabMzxHYk2J0ZUu3pNHOvRPETsSorb3RwGXnr1quJs6t7toh6Kd_nIfzI3r4Wr2xYq3TEK5f-3q2v2YE-oqfUa/s320/IMG_8170.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I considered starting on my Tula Pink butterfly quilt kit but that would require my full attention so I decided to dip in and out of the Art & Stitch manual. I think I am absorbing it more easily and it was pointed out to me that I don’t actually need to know it off by heart - I can in fact, consult the manual if necessary. My nemesis seems to be drawing on the computer using the Bezier tool. I hate it but feel that I need to conquer it in order to explain how it works, even if I never put it to use. Concentrating does use up a lot of brain power and I was able to keep going with a date and nut snack boost mid-afternoon. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Since my QGBI Zoom lecture is done and dusted my next milestone is to prepare for a teaching weekend at Quilt Direct in Devon, mid March. I re-wrote the Northern Lights notes and calculated how much fabric would be required to make the whole quilt. The original Bifrost was made in 2015 and it was interesting to look it up on my blog history to see what decisions I made during the construction. I have no idea why but the photos I took at the time were terrible - low resolution and blurry. I don’t know whether I took them with a small camera or an older iPhone but it has made coming up with a slideshow rather hard!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMQv-JB9HW8bZ1tqMahHtmegTJ1eAUYAznpScGDqNZJRv2ShmXQRnPh0h1h9fYzGSe1Y-mQjUI5EHlbN7NJ5xanzbDiQQu5iqPlabNN9g8NeLf7sGs2UYxbhWFt3JzdSMuuV0CirGx30BDDy1dxNPIN2f74EdQflkxUpjQ8_1FDmDNYFG24UbDkoXujLt/s4032/IMG_8177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWMQv-JB9HW8bZ1tqMahHtmegTJ1eAUYAznpScGDqNZJRv2ShmXQRnPh0h1h9fYzGSe1Y-mQjUI5EHlbN7NJ5xanzbDiQQu5iqPlabNN9g8NeLf7sGs2UYxbhWFt3JzdSMuuV0CirGx30BDDy1dxNPIN2f74EdQflkxUpjQ8_1FDmDNYFG24UbDkoXujLt/s320/IMG_8177.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Freya was here for the week to continue her dentistry saga and it was lovely to have a companion for walks when she wasn’t working. Nessie was delighted to have someone else pay attention to her. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCe_Kbsdb3MqmD9Uc1q_1-rwa0XK7_EAT4m7j9gtIHpXaypjG_JP2Cpe8AGWin4GEnNMvtlSy_dL4oF4fiCwiSEVngSTBCOJQqkEyeZ_WMkIYlHyL4nE_as8mkp0vE1Lj_kKEQnw9f3tZmdP0Q8MaK-CVgzy07dmQXDzuMuG_EZMXV0ctXVPCTdqPIVUh/s3612/IMG_8182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3612" data-original-width="2506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCe_Kbsdb3MqmD9Uc1q_1-rwa0XK7_EAT4m7j9gtIHpXaypjG_JP2Cpe8AGWin4GEnNMvtlSy_dL4oF4fiCwiSEVngSTBCOJQqkEyeZ_WMkIYlHyL4nE_as8mkp0vE1Lj_kKEQnw9f3tZmdP0Q8MaK-CVgzy07dmQXDzuMuG_EZMXV0ctXVPCTdqPIVUh/s320/IMG_8182.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This coming week is going to be a holiday week since my sister and her boys are coming to stay. They have not been to Scotland for a while and it has been ages since I had guests other than the kids’ sleepovers. I had to find quilts and towels, make a meal plan and activities list and hope they don’t mind cobwebs and clutter that we don’t see any more…</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-70819992284803364012024-02-11T10:29:00.002+00:002024-02-11T10:29:31.658+00:00Triumphing over Tech (in the end)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQs8sv2hxC65TfpJyr3Qg0runbIndjsy6u3nQBYD-W0Ps1TL1S8MlodWsvetyof6TnwMtkWfbeDLahCT89wThFWCWQQtLUQKnQfOfcQNFo21EgVAU4gGhOeBH31SYTG-kNCrKI72nf4TXkF2xlwpOiIajPAEyzPn325jP27ZoFTalkxLJBBvMVEMxp691/s4032/IMG_8141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQs8sv2hxC65TfpJyr3Qg0runbIndjsy6u3nQBYD-W0Ps1TL1S8MlodWsvetyof6TnwMtkWfbeDLahCT89wThFWCWQQtLUQKnQfOfcQNFo21EgVAU4gGhOeBH31SYTG-kNCrKI72nf4TXkF2xlwpOiIajPAEyzPn325jP27ZoFTalkxLJBBvMVEMxp691/s320/IMG_8141.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">I spent a lot of my week testing out the Tech that I needed to use to do my Zoom lecture and demo for the Scottish branch of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles. I was using the MacBook Air that I got from Music Magpie and a usbc hub since the MacAir hardly has any ports where you can plug in gadgets. It turns out that there is more than one version of a basic usb port! I wanted to use 2 Camlinks in order to livestream images from my 2 GoPro cameras but they needed a faster port than usual, 3.0 instead of 2.0. Having ordered a new usbc hub I had to return it because the ports were too close together and the 2 quite fat Camlinks could not both fit. Let’s just say, the Postie was kept busy with my Amazon exchanges until I got the right gadget;)</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2vI6eTsVPLp7s6JYz5MsuURvjFeRm5LPFZ6z8b6ztySj6lhbUnHjhq84LngRFVExUq0uvNSgAm3bYIHjFFzbzMyE23TcW37_rZYso92knkremXHbfcUpvBzoZLfnrG6L1x7T91zEa4CL69LquYOc1YT0ooFMl0b83d31C82NBSgos4klgawnEGR5Msjl/s4032/IMG_8120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2vI6eTsVPLp7s6JYz5MsuURvjFeRm5LPFZ6z8b6ztySj6lhbUnHjhq84LngRFVExUq0uvNSgAm3bYIHjFFzbzMyE23TcW37_rZYso92knkremXHbfcUpvBzoZLfnrG6L1x7T91zEa4CL69LquYOc1YT0ooFMl0b83d31C82NBSgos4klgawnEGR5Msjl/s320/IMG_8120.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPbZYAyX2kuTftTr4JHFDsFh0DwAPEXZMk_mJ8OLCKX3jiJ77y9dPmBjGLbjXYSXJZAcsg3110K__UQ4gj2Y_uuRcYiYstgVqA3t7LUdnK9-p5vBSkjtkBPqNzmIXY36BMxW35cgtbOnh_Ei-lG75Va4lCCzS9hBTIzjVlQM088_crmN8QFotQSIcpChr/s4032/IMG_8142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPbZYAyX2kuTftTr4JHFDsFh0DwAPEXZMk_mJ8OLCKX3jiJ77y9dPmBjGLbjXYSXJZAcsg3110K__UQ4gj2Y_uuRcYiYstgVqA3t7LUdnK9-p5vBSkjtkBPqNzmIXY36BMxW35cgtbOnh_Ei-lG75Va4lCCzS9hBTIzjVlQM088_crmN8QFotQSIcpChr/s320/IMG_8142.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">That was not the only stumbling block - I could not get a microphone to work reliably until I realised that I had one that could connect to the Mac via Bluetooth. Despite that, when I practise Zoom with my sister there was no sound. I was so paranoid that I also did a practise run with the Region co-ordinator and Nella. None of this was helped by the fact that the wifi was also being temperamental. To my horror, when I logged onto the meeting 15 minutes before the start there was again no sound but in the end it was suggested that I leave then rejoin the meeting and after that everything ran smoothly. I had a face camera, a slideshow and 2 work stations with day 2 other cameras. What a relief when I got through the whole presentation and people seemed to have enjoyed it:) </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">That was my first big commitment of the year. The next one to concentrate on is a teaching weekend at Quilt Direct in Devon in mid March. I was asked by one of the Zoom participants if I was going to enter FOQ this year but I said that I was not going to push myself to a deadline when I need to concentrate on my teaching commitments without getting my knickers in a twist;)</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In addition to all of my Tech trauma, I managed to get 3 smallish customer quilts done. The forthcoming one this week will be another big one at 100” square.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpTQqw5k0XywIUQI-5j5uP5GXbqSXUxuienLcLSX2aEkscrpeSZ8QE1_cpExWhE0MWFewHPuxb-njq4DnRgpyc-PKxAnsusRkKQHMnVjGkbuoBuoqitT_P3txcMmD7-1JRz6HHK_-Ckx-Zz891w_GTamMaHmqnwRJZeVpxdW2CoAcH762LegRmWG8AQ0W/s4032/IMG_8119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpTQqw5k0XywIUQI-5j5uP5GXbqSXUxuienLcLSX2aEkscrpeSZ8QE1_cpExWhE0MWFewHPuxb-njq4DnRgpyc-PKxAnsusRkKQHMnVjGkbuoBuoqitT_P3txcMmD7-1JRz6HHK_-Ckx-Zz891w_GTamMaHmqnwRJZeVpxdW2CoAcH762LegRmWG8AQ0W/s320/IMG_8119.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I had intended to make a short Art & Stitch video this week but I went a bit off-piste wondering if an old drawing tablet might be useful (it wasn’t) and I tried to get to grips with computer drawing using a Bezier arc/line tool which I found almost impossible. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">At least I have found my planner useful… it was really good having decided what to eat each night, even though I have a lot of risotto left over since Fergus decided McDonalds would be more appealing. Because it was scheduled in, I went swimming twice and things actually felt a little less chaotic. I need to keep up the good start;)</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-71737244771909563612024-02-04T11:18:00.001+00:002024-02-04T11:18:06.777+00:00Time to Redeploy a Planner<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2OMVJLR10hWT8emufHKSycm5KbQ1QGeRK4kiA2imt3u5TtKS-x-2EbsnM7u0qRCR1yDR2GlocpDyWBlp5vDNRnDZglWnJBaaUQ1u7VWt31kr3k6WJIZbZW6k6bukAgB2arBIJZnnpvIr9GOS_W9wqNvlIGfyMtUk3_q3C8he7EnWgoMUlRUX7HgzHmp8/s4032/IMG_8073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2OMVJLR10hWT8emufHKSycm5KbQ1QGeRK4kiA2imt3u5TtKS-x-2EbsnM7u0qRCR1yDR2GlocpDyWBlp5vDNRnDZglWnJBaaUQ1u7VWt31kr3k6WJIZbZW6k6bukAgB2arBIJZnnpvIr9GOS_W9wqNvlIGfyMtUk3_q3C8he7EnWgoMUlRUX7HgzHmp8/s320/IMG_8073.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">While my kids were still at school, Life was pretty busy, getting them to where they needed to be, running a business and entering quilt competitions but at least there was a schedule. These days, I don’t have many time commitments so I can please myself how much work I do. The trouble is that I make myself try to get too much done, all at once, so I hardly ever allow myself any down-time. I felt so harassed that I dug out a planner that I used to have in 2019 up until Life came to a grinding halt when Nella was ill. I don’t know whether keeping a planner again will help but I think it is good to see what can be done realistically when it is written on paper. The thing is - I do keep a notebook where </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">everything</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> I think of gets jotted down but it is a bit messy and difficult to see what are appointments in amongst the scribbles.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I have in fact got all sorts of things done work-wise but I have not brushed Nessie every day, gone swimming, caught up with friends or done any fun sewing! That is not a good balance between Life and Work…</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The BIG job that I had to do this week was a custom red and white quilt. The blocks were too big on-point to quilt in one go so I decided to use triangle blocks instead. These had to be precision placed so everything would line up. I also had to fit in a border and corners, do stitch-in-the-ditch and a million one-inch circles. It all took almost 20 hours!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma87B0KWCqQeQQTC60REPibC-fHm4-RTE726A7V5KU0xeLtnvet0qysOLBUVIsnhkFeQedcvgBXdRM4WPvyLQzfZmJsEyKfriyYLQQD9VSquwqwo2RQ478CRyGqiGVTLSbz3GwIkRtbnCHLH_P6j-AW2u5LE1xHQ-JpwgOEwfMG-xvcFJ59V3jFAukWYE/s3725/IMG_8042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3725" data-original-width="2794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma87B0KWCqQeQQTC60REPibC-fHm4-RTE726A7V5KU0xeLtnvet0qysOLBUVIsnhkFeQedcvgBXdRM4WPvyLQzfZmJsEyKfriyYLQQD9VSquwqwo2RQ478CRyGqiGVTLSbz3GwIkRtbnCHLH_P6j-AW2u5LE1xHQ-JpwgOEwfMG-xvcFJ59V3jFAukWYE/s320/IMG_8042.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsr_YtsX8a1iLg3vHO0DOcLwWhqO-CrAY8NtWdX5Cz95eXkvfWMwbRXAflmXIcQ6ra26efvYQ_aIslLjW3Qttb3LFa0FLs49g0mO6GFecBHedKi2kqioOJtbIW7yGo5bwrZ68mhhOw28zkpBNMCPCxBZUrzfRebmT-VsJsr-KZ2uyu3msbcW80RLiVtpO/s3704/IMG_8052.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3704" data-original-width="2778" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsr_YtsX8a1iLg3vHO0DOcLwWhqO-CrAY8NtWdX5Cz95eXkvfWMwbRXAflmXIcQ6ra26efvYQ_aIslLjW3Qttb3LFa0FLs49g0mO6GFecBHedKi2kqioOJtbIW7yGo5bwrZ68mhhOw28zkpBNMCPCxBZUrzfRebmT-VsJsr-KZ2uyu3msbcW80RLiVtpO/s320/IMG_8052.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTETUIzPSlYDr_SV1800DuUFTm7J3twH5JDAj1DMdjA7-cfYGBPkLWiUvwgC_evJalmTjjQeLNOCoasf_6k9wgcLETKwyaQYeWKTwZLgHHDBnjqmol82OwsHSOzgwhLjwatz7drSsQ0gyPdn4nSKRhDwsj4GZls4Y7ryOSLoXWcUrmcwFDXPGfNCAszgRA/s3729/IMG_8055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3729" data-original-width="2797" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTETUIzPSlYDr_SV1800DuUFTm7J3twH5JDAj1DMdjA7-cfYGBPkLWiUvwgC_evJalmTjjQeLNOCoasf_6k9wgcLETKwyaQYeWKTwZLgHHDBnjqmol82OwsHSOzgwhLjwatz7drSsQ0gyPdn4nSKRhDwsj4GZls4Y7ryOSLoXWcUrmcwFDXPGfNCAszgRA/s320/IMG_8055.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqqo-aH1L0ien9gELoevuzlttURAhb7HqxsAx1yxYVztcmQ6vpgwEjsTogDumvwvtg_7AbAqxI4DNF2NDsQPz6-I3EZt9YWiBkcnsQBW-zaVRpkm32hKrRbvyOuE5Tm5X1tc-Q0Bz-TF8Ae7TfVBret2Oq-5tHpOgGV90n7sqhV5O1oRoQpcdm7agU_nZ/s2930/IMG_8064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2753" data-original-width="2930" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqqo-aH1L0ien9gELoevuzlttURAhb7HqxsAx1yxYVztcmQ6vpgwEjsTogDumvwvtg_7AbAqxI4DNF2NDsQPz6-I3EZt9YWiBkcnsQBW-zaVRpkm32hKrRbvyOuE5Tm5X1tc-Q0Bz-TF8Ae7TfVBret2Oq-5tHpOgGV90n7sqhV5O1oRoQpcdm7agU_nZ/s320/IMG_8064.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">It was a relief to go from that to all-over basting a quilt that a customer wants to tackle herself with straight line walking foot quilting on her domestic machine. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I had to finish making and photographing samples for my Zoom lecture for the Scottish branch of the QGBI next weekend. I also had to write instructions in case anyone wants to make the whole quilt. This involved working out fabric quantities which I did not do in advance when I made it;) Two slideshows will accompany my lecture; one of step-by-step photos of the construction process, the other showing the development of the original ”Help ma Boab!” quilt.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aoCTYkw0XNa-TSebMqCXK4HKsWXquuvfPYVOH4Sm-SCjjeYmD-7UJZHywIOIcffelDhOG0iWn7mNbt4_t-yqfeAJWXks7vGzCALhKQZkHmhSmlp-aLYmFOUOK5q6ynO-LBv_tBkzkFSRy4g9URA7pQ0vE_5yIqsx87GbYXP8rWBgh3zLkPwN3bAQ5-cE/s4032/IMG_8039%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aoCTYkw0XNa-TSebMqCXK4HKsWXquuvfPYVOH4Sm-SCjjeYmD-7UJZHywIOIcffelDhOG0iWn7mNbt4_t-yqfeAJWXks7vGzCALhKQZkHmhSmlp-aLYmFOUOK5q6ynO-LBv_tBkzkFSRy4g9URA7pQ0vE_5yIqsx87GbYXP8rWBgh3zLkPwN3bAQ5-cE/s4032/IMG_8039%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tCoy6vvY87Uu1DW-bdlTHphX6uzWsScEdD7BAq6bNp9RjGbiNUWy8rH5dhmSuUF6QOhqG1g16WAfI6-FYTUeZvTe0HR4439yLZy67t0EviHYroyem3r9WSM7WTyrMhnVCbVswzU19GCDOEs12J3Guu6BOjnM2iu-KS0I_3hsaspLMyMbeFToLdLaSgv2/s4032/IMG_8082%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tCoy6vvY87Uu1DW-bdlTHphX6uzWsScEdD7BAq6bNp9RjGbiNUWy8rH5dhmSuUF6QOhqG1g16WAfI6-FYTUeZvTe0HR4439yLZy67t0EviHYroyem3r9WSM7WTyrMhnVCbVswzU19GCDOEs12J3Guu6BOjnM2iu-KS0I_3hsaspLMyMbeFToLdLaSgv2/s320/IMG_8082%202.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aoCTYkw0XNa-TSebMqCXK4HKsWXquuvfPYVOH4Sm-SCjjeYmD-7UJZHywIOIcffelDhOG0iWn7mNbt4_t-yqfeAJWXks7vGzCALhKQZkHmhSmlp-aLYmFOUOK5q6ynO-LBv_tBkzkFSRy4g9URA7pQ0vE_5yIqsx87GbYXP8rWBgh3zLkPwN3bAQ5-cE/s320/IMG_8039%202.JPG" width="240" /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeK14e7l1mU8vsX3pWUrlTx2nHXCN_ZZ2auaWK1XR4Lkbgb-jbWsUmNxQKkvkjdvYb3wc1D5CPVIfa-mwTtGtUJH0L4OgWR9JDL2hJzwXLZ5DCaJ09Ug8Ts0Idbgj61OJnbvPIpyzeZE0neIJ-49l9JrEebpBo6XmmkmDvo3KKAjoREuoz29bShUOdomQ/s4032/IMG_8090%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeK14e7l1mU8vsX3pWUrlTx2nHXCN_ZZ2auaWK1XR4Lkbgb-jbWsUmNxQKkvkjdvYb3wc1D5CPVIfa-mwTtGtUJH0L4OgWR9JDL2hJzwXLZ5DCaJ09Ug8Ts0Idbgj61OJnbvPIpyzeZE0neIJ-49l9JrEebpBo6XmmkmDvo3KKAjoREuoz29bShUOdomQ/s320/IMG_8090%202.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The other major task was to sort out all of the “Tech" that I plan to use for my lecture. I have a lot of Tech but I needed to round it all up, charge it up and work out how to place it. My plan is to have a laptop so I can speak directly to it and show slides but also a wireless mic so I can move around and 2 other cameras (with lights) at my cutting table and sewing machine! The Go-Pro cameras also need battery packs because they use up their batteries too quickly. Of course, it should all be straightforward but isn’t - despite having the correct cables the laptop would not pick up the mic I wanted to use so that took a lot of time faffing around until I found the solution. Afterwards I had a whole lot of reorganising to do. My plan is to practise on Tuesday so I can sort out any glitches.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I hope this week is less frenetic - I have even managed to write a meal plan to take out the stress of deciding what to cook at the last minute. One thing to be positive about is that we have now passed the darkest 10 weeks of the year and there are signs of Spring:)</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmyklQzd01Ma41iaHJGTDKVD6MBxmyS14619sgQaGGFP3rd2AdPB5D18Cnb3rdrWjAT1g9hlP3x8p4w5p8Mun-b8z_VvQz1TUsFH8bXfChP4SpgIj4Vi22_DrlZuOCFb-htVu4HwT0rGwaCbMvFnDQNUeUVwRoaV0Aog_xrcag0aINLVCOnQqRRUIsrnj/s4032/IMG_8071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmyklQzd01Ma41iaHJGTDKVD6MBxmyS14619sgQaGGFP3rd2AdPB5D18Cnb3rdrWjAT1g9hlP3x8p4w5p8Mun-b8z_VvQz1TUsFH8bXfChP4SpgIj4Vi22_DrlZuOCFb-htVu4HwT0rGwaCbMvFnDQNUeUVwRoaV0Aog_xrcag0aINLVCOnQqRRUIsrnj/s320/IMG_8071.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-10663089467430899012024-01-28T10:40:00.002+00:002024-01-28T10:40:55.054+00:00In the Pink<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOitGZ7Rh6wPrhDf-emUKNau3ibYA4nx6TrWgLhxr2ee0mHaM-QS0LPonuwvQcLXoOvhmocCos6bXkXahwQiVN2b-LWM2KeQaUHdrGyOgArRkq84xuhREnFzzsu_Viag_B4nMoB1aFYpx0Qo7ZbMkGDbqueUdpCXtePvtGlxGYb-NxOjmUCsatnX7fFgKc/s2571/IMG_7978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2393" data-original-width="2571" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOitGZ7Rh6wPrhDf-emUKNau3ibYA4nx6TrWgLhxr2ee0mHaM-QS0LPonuwvQcLXoOvhmocCos6bXkXahwQiVN2b-LWM2KeQaUHdrGyOgArRkq84xuhREnFzzsu_Viag_B4nMoB1aFYpx0Qo7ZbMkGDbqueUdpCXtePvtGlxGYb-NxOjmUCsatnX7fFgKc/s320/IMG_7978.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>I was 56 on Monday which means it is almost 16 years since I started blogging! I have been thinking… do I have a good work / life balance? Am I creating enough? Am I having fun? Does any of it even matter?! I certainly don’t seem to travel as much, mostly due to Nessie, costs and probably the state of the world. I am trying to be more focussed as I am easily distracted and that can be overwhelming. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I “allowed” myself some time off for my birthday and had a lovely lunch out with a friend but I still felt guilty for not being busy all day.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb5qT8oDmpyqkANRjLc70xXGl89A2TD_da1KCLvawNgTl90m5x-xLgeLhk5hZSZJhmlxkkqC-ZBnPzGTDrvptaMqtSBK02LvgAYU6TaukyEH5rMPwqPXMN5tlGMywf56Rs7I1x-GQAkqk2SAZ2rcgW8AX6VtVY2hyphenhyphenpYGRCZOga1DnmXkPzzFcJmJwK-V1/s4032/IMG_7981%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimb5qT8oDmpyqkANRjLc70xXGl89A2TD_da1KCLvawNgTl90m5x-xLgeLhk5hZSZJhmlxkkqC-ZBnPzGTDrvptaMqtSBK02LvgAYU6TaukyEH5rMPwqPXMN5tlGMywf56Rs7I1x-GQAkqk2SAZ2rcgW8AX6VtVY2hyphenhyphenpYGRCZOga1DnmXkPzzFcJmJwK-V1/s320/IMG_7981%202.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAOk_ol3PHhgt_0h1l6LHOmXm6lAseaAB4BZxhC4Y-rw-8Y3qmbgzOjG4fhfm3IgCO7PaGGmVrAAbWkT18hTfUtIk4AX8R7e8lzW9XUzsGT7cg9UGkWIoX5FJfZ-FUWrQ8bz3Cfxxqct4ZCFEIZ2VIh1Po4_2c9YldaqHLdNnPJFHcSE__Biso9KSrmqv/s2627/IMG_7988%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2627" data-original-width="2573" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAOk_ol3PHhgt_0h1l6LHOmXm6lAseaAB4BZxhC4Y-rw-8Y3qmbgzOjG4fhfm3IgCO7PaGGmVrAAbWkT18hTfUtIk4AX8R7e8lzW9XUzsGT7cg9UGkWIoX5FJfZ-FUWrQ8bz3Cfxxqct4ZCFEIZ2VIh1Po4_2c9YldaqHLdNnPJFHcSE__Biso9KSrmqv/s320/IMG_7988%202.jpg" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I guess I made up for it for the rest of the week. I tentatively started the pink iris panel with its computerised designs. The advice had been not to move anything on screen and there was actually only one place where the designs overlapped a tiny bit. It was tricky, not placing the designs using markers and there were often undefined areas on the fabric where it was difficult to see if there was an actual petal. It does look good though and I would like to do it again if I can source the panel. It only seems to be available from the USA at huge shipping costs. Speaking of which - the Tula Pink butterfly quilt kit that I ordered from America cost me £68.00 in post followed by the same again in customs so I probably ended up paying the equivalent of the £300.00 that Cotton Patch UK charges for the kit!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTsICssQCWKdKvxnnw3uLSTzexbDAdIWn6-TB8IwgS8Y001i2Ui9Yn0-Ly-7UxlOUoIF1jKBicDfXGbb0texYKrS81oaARFGb50Z16y4-73cHGF_ptKImI4m0MRoUV3b5Liw9yZ9i0gra7pDLFLzFrIFvzhTJAVHasfPjXfqLHL0Be1dSMoJBLTY9EiD0/s4032/IMG_7980%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuTsICssQCWKdKvxnnw3uLSTzexbDAdIWn6-TB8IwgS8Y001i2Ui9Yn0-Ly-7UxlOUoIF1jKBicDfXGbb0texYKrS81oaARFGb50Z16y4-73cHGF_ptKImI4m0MRoUV3b5Liw9yZ9i0gra7pDLFLzFrIFvzhTJAVHasfPjXfqLHL0Be1dSMoJBLTY9EiD0/s320/IMG_7980%202.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I plan to make another short Art & Stitch video, mostly so it sinks into my own brain. I have read the manual and watched all of the available tutorials but the programme still confuses me sometimes. I am trying to learn it inside-out to become an expert well before my teaching retreat in June.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In February I am giving a Zoom lecture and demo about “Help ma Boab” to Region 16 (Scotland) of the QGBI. Apart from checking that my tech all works, I need to write clear instructions on constructing a block. I had my usual rough notes and some photos but I had to start from scratch in order to write a pattern. I suppose I don’t know at the start of a quilt project that it might become one that I need to recreate;) I discovered that the blocks are far more complex that they seem at first. First there is the reverse appliqué hole, then the rickrack and silver lamé attached by tiny, accurate blanket stitches. Then there is the cutting and placing of the vinyl circles, decorative machine stitching where all of the thread tails need to be sewn in, followed by kantha-style hand stitching!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AlN3lZsGfPSv78MKftVtM2l7veozrRBTZSq7ElqL9AsCtBQoNWxmMTxql1Hb55ArnDXwPeyvj3aDAYvATHZbnoS_taXg9FQLopR7hNm_FULghs29jH6XW_BxL_HhJBx97YvJy4fx_XI6zC-i6DYbNvqkPh0E-vR_7boOhPTN6ds2u74-0prZijERUHOp/s3702/IMG_7999%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2777" data-original-width="3702" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AlN3lZsGfPSv78MKftVtM2l7veozrRBTZSq7ElqL9AsCtBQoNWxmMTxql1Hb55ArnDXwPeyvj3aDAYvATHZbnoS_taXg9FQLopR7hNm_FULghs29jH6XW_BxL_HhJBx97YvJy4fx_XI6zC-i6DYbNvqkPh0E-vR_7boOhPTN6ds2u74-0prZijERUHOp/s320/IMG_7999%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl93K_CSRUZPasLD8AVmI7CWrrYnHr8H3mv_LqBKbV2OA7hj5C5Dhq7MQDTPTCdCs6BY3ncruLSr_Mfh5SIW5ydf3zTYWsxq6pjxSLWrqbCkDo_RC1V5jhwhNNWrAKBKbAXqT0AcUfzZ9iR9tsIktXgluy2GILBT7mdESkXsGIaDiRintdesaEkLi9SdiU/s4032/IMG_8017%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl93K_CSRUZPasLD8AVmI7CWrrYnHr8H3mv_LqBKbV2OA7hj5C5Dhq7MQDTPTCdCs6BY3ncruLSr_Mfh5SIW5ydf3zTYWsxq6pjxSLWrqbCkDo_RC1V5jhwhNNWrAKBKbAXqT0AcUfzZ9iR9tsIktXgluy2GILBT7mdESkXsGIaDiRintdesaEkLi9SdiU/s320/IMG_8017%202.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">February starts next week - as well as keeping on top of the projects that I have started for Art and Stitch / Qmatic consolidation, I need to pick up the pace and get back onto customer quilts. No wonder I have to write basic things like, “Brush Nessie” on my do list or they just would not get done!</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-74211636935801827942024-01-21T19:02:00.000+00:002024-01-21T19:02:00.370+00:00Allsorts Achieved<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjyAGHD6oO54_YDCowUvszR-dqAsH9Tzw_-ckFDOj3qOX344b5xRP6tyMZirDNRevw98OsldQeQVBXK4JwIKnf3j5XkL1vxB8JJs0BUCqnGU6ACjD73mUIlpck__1Yjw10kijYqlRAupa4AxtTlFz90nBByM2ST5lMck1eaSt2Zvgtfc_ihLZtx7bdje0/s4032/IMG_7933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjyAGHD6oO54_YDCowUvszR-dqAsH9Tzw_-ckFDOj3qOX344b5xRP6tyMZirDNRevw98OsldQeQVBXK4JwIKnf3j5XkL1vxB8JJs0BUCqnGU6ACjD73mUIlpck__1Yjw10kijYqlRAupa4AxtTlFz90nBByM2ST5lMck1eaSt2Zvgtfc_ihLZtx7bdje0/s320/IMG_7933.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">It was a snowy week - not </span><i style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">that</i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> much snow to be honest, although the roads were bad but it was COLD in my workshop. I have just got a digital thermometer out there and yesterday when it was beginning to warm back up it was only 5 Celsius! I was not out there very much unless dressed like an Arctic explorer. I managed to quilt a second sofa cover from fluffy fleece and anti-slip-rug-stuff. I had a bit of a panic when I got an error message that the Q-matic system was not recognising its motors but I discovered that cables had got dislodged by accident when I left a drawer open underneath so it was easily fixed.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpP1nzZ4kf6Wsoji-Uf9_SmMCm7Z-zIaV-PfLUpn7L2FS9cHm_zBeq9ppvs5BEuEvGt9YvzxMp2Q_wlqKrt__C823DhGQKjN-2Ef6FhICCdp06Ur1h6hOFrxTtjWKAnaXzrKxCPsyV1ZFTBITIuLHcZrBwxrhrpEy80hStHzgXFnFOya29BzkO83BdqNP/s4032/IMG_7921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpP1nzZ4kf6Wsoji-Uf9_SmMCm7Z-zIaV-PfLUpn7L2FS9cHm_zBeq9ppvs5BEuEvGt9YvzxMp2Q_wlqKrt__C823DhGQKjN-2Ef6FhICCdp06Ur1h6hOFrxTtjWKAnaXzrKxCPsyV1ZFTBITIuLHcZrBwxrhrpEy80hStHzgXFnFOya29BzkO83BdqNP/s320/IMG_7921.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aYEeKhMPgCrSgDCSLkISSJx7oRj5rUtMdinnVk76-U3odJZ7HLgq3bYZnEEvNUJR-n5G0Pml0co7IalEJWhePj7aEi_tAQcAjw8Jt6fLoxAomPF6Z2jI1fBP1ICGgMWgKcgb4EdDsprr7HK3uQ7BatG-iSupQWwHR_JKFoRTAfTKWNrd1Ro15OgIo4Vq/s4032/IMG_7943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aYEeKhMPgCrSgDCSLkISSJx7oRj5rUtMdinnVk76-U3odJZ7HLgq3bYZnEEvNUJR-n5G0Pml0co7IalEJWhePj7aEi_tAQcAjw8Jt6fLoxAomPF6Z2jI1fBP1ICGgMWgKcgb4EdDsprr7HK3uQ7BatG-iSupQWwHR_JKFoRTAfTKWNrd1Ro15OgIo4Vq/s320/IMG_7943.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilE70FHcti1RQOnWAG2ffzJuq5invfhGVXCYsM1g1NN01mdTkS-oNAbeK6UKSQg-7gZPTLcTnyYsJIa4UlQTC-BVlN0vR0v4epolEDMjUvDohrdtNKQ5xtCBFzmUeqWUj7BKlkKS4UiiBWkPOwMUFo-tLSUkaOFrAdk4yPPpphLJ5whryuYEbbme3JbsQe/s4032/IMG_7944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilE70FHcti1RQOnWAG2ffzJuq5invfhGVXCYsM1g1NN01mdTkS-oNAbeK6UKSQg-7gZPTLcTnyYsJIa4UlQTC-BVlN0vR0v4epolEDMjUvDohrdtNKQ5xtCBFzmUeqWUj7BKlkKS4UiiBWkPOwMUFo-tLSUkaOFrAdk4yPPpphLJ5whryuYEbbme3JbsQe/s320/IMG_7944.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I have loaded a digitally printed panel to practise using complex Q-matic designs. I am following the advice of a closed Facebook group and have basted it with a million pins which took me hours. I have even ordered a suede welding apron so I don’t snag my clothes on the offending stabby pins every time I lean over it.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3jKeoD8A7O9m5FG2BSH_kzgOUrExF-UG0-vFV99VnMDGptZ2I6-rYO2WubZA6T-8suxsbMKTEdHTbaHY7uhDsHuO0RJIPnkE5EPwixXjIQ_ImcKUqEc3bp_Ta8xIhwk5VlGG8Lsjlw5s0OGMPLQv7u6dM4NN5xHBL_DCRPJjdI_fwK6by8VGUoM8C5i1/s4032/IMG_7960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD3jKeoD8A7O9m5FG2BSH_kzgOUrExF-UG0-vFV99VnMDGptZ2I6-rYO2WubZA6T-8suxsbMKTEdHTbaHY7uhDsHuO0RJIPnkE5EPwixXjIQ_ImcKUqEc3bp_Ta8xIhwk5VlGG8Lsjlw5s0OGMPLQv7u6dM4NN5xHBL_DCRPJjdI_fwK6by8VGUoM8C5i1/s320/IMG_7960.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I spent a lot of time on my computer this week which always feels a bit of a skive because it is so easy to get side-tracked by Youtube and online shopping. However, I did reorganise lots of documents, sent some files off tho Quilt Direct relating to the Art & Stich retreat in June <i>and</i> I made a video explaining how the backdrop tool works:) I “wasted” some time figuring out how to customise the boring blue folders on my Mac desktop but now I can easily find the folders I want. I admit to doing some procrastinating as I actually sorted out the pantry where everything just gets piled on top of each other (by other members of the household).</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I had a blustery but lovely day in St Andrews with Freya. It is such a nice small town which even has a seaside and she enjoyed reminiscing about her Uni days there. I left early to beat yet another storm home. Hopefully it will not be too bad this far north - fingers crossed that any rain gets dried up quickly by wind because I can’t stand the thought of mopping up yet again.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIX0ZrGv9oZJl7ZOJG6mpJyQq3lzdmKr7IQKvJIoxIdgKX2TSbCwrmMMZ9JVpQVPUn_bwC2SQ94itpVftIQbxIdOczEvhG8StXugIDEl_RryLbMbFURMOwePyAtV2TQOAwj4KfUCKG87bW88cNo5yZ5K-vNLB-D0acMlt45DcW9te1fjjk-AazPtJ4RdW/s4032/IMG_7965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIX0ZrGv9oZJl7ZOJG6mpJyQq3lzdmKr7IQKvJIoxIdgKX2TSbCwrmMMZ9JVpQVPUn_bwC2SQ94itpVftIQbxIdOczEvhG8StXugIDEl_RryLbMbFURMOwePyAtV2TQOAwj4KfUCKG87bW88cNo5yZ5K-vNLB-D0acMlt45DcW9te1fjjk-AazPtJ4RdW/s320/IMG_7965.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBExvP_Uc8nGAzGzufZVJv_wZwE77h-7MeUpND_xOnxDvo1L0MCRJ-nIU_QzbvHSEPlzw1UzeYZqeo62MN2zmRtS2AIWyXrUn9Igh1oaxC_LiROs9rXa87KudDgRjVOPJdVZ0abkiL6UJ3yxPEQIKMojbs2d4oDSBp3GmudMUg9FmrRxny5M0U3ta9Zmgc/s3088/IMG_7970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBExvP_Uc8nGAzGzufZVJv_wZwE77h-7MeUpND_xOnxDvo1L0MCRJ-nIU_QzbvHSEPlzw1UzeYZqeo62MN2zmRtS2AIWyXrUn9Igh1oaxC_LiROs9rXa87KudDgRjVOPJdVZ0abkiL6UJ3yxPEQIKMojbs2d4oDSBp3GmudMUg9FmrRxny5M0U3ta9Zmgc/s320/IMG_7970.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-89589077630135897742024-01-14T12:12:00.005+00:002024-01-14T12:12:40.424+00:00Crunch Time<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbZXMbhidJcU46pMQGSbKgV4pOhfE7NTwGz0u6AJ9Hf9jseAQ-djP_j5Ge9oel5PkfeB_FMMTKF81i-Lx0xGuKVRFel5_J9rDaVs4S2jyjmJM1owwQr7k9ciH0Ukh8gEwvCh9DvcmXg6InwXvDqZHJErNN_9B1yKAQfFaET1mqa4rzg3xn_tr6T5Lx-q7/s1127/IMG_7884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="833" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmbZXMbhidJcU46pMQGSbKgV4pOhfE7NTwGz0u6AJ9Hf9jseAQ-djP_j5Ge9oel5PkfeB_FMMTKF81i-Lx0xGuKVRFel5_J9rDaVs4S2jyjmJM1owwQr7k9ciH0Ukh8gEwvCh9DvcmXg6InwXvDqZHJErNN_9B1yKAQfFaET1mqa4rzg3xn_tr6T5Lx-q7/s320/IMG_7884.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">I drove back from Norfolk listening to an audiobook which passed the time easily - Kate Atkinson’s “Normal Rules Don’t Apply”. Even though I had taken some craft projects with me I did not even look at them. I made a slightly rash purchase of the Tula Pink butterfly quilt kit and companion digital designs. I think it was due to a combination of not having a planned project and feeling that working with the digital patterns would be a good learning curve.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;">Freya was home when I got back to get her broken front teeth fixed (again). I had been meaning to book a dental appointment myself as I have not been since 2019 and one of my molars has been bothering me. I was angrily crunching breakfast cereal and thought there was something hard in the mix. A large chunk of tooth had broken off! Fortunately, the dentist was able to mend it the next day. My hideous 1970’s metal fillings were the culprit. These were liberally used as a preventative measure if any sign of decay was spotted in children’s teeth but they expand and contract, causing cracks. It is a crying shame that there are so few NHS dentists these days as it is so expensive to get check ups and treatment.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyhvPtvWugjlqlEHazu_uhc9a-_OsB0bqYoBQrnJdXPWhzUTg-Ibwh4225bt3SGDhtFJOgPmCuVoD9ed7vYrtnW-v_t2cxz0yVTX0Rcz1C7fGWaDg0UPFZZrQO7COBaOOmsCPm-mr6U0F9MZnF_c6Mmatn7ftAo_ii_ivV2z1uzHdsB5fIwZOwMgOtWCY/s3088/72677021886__8C4803CC-5D3F-429B-BADC-F64D32E3CB4A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyhvPtvWugjlqlEHazu_uhc9a-_OsB0bqYoBQrnJdXPWhzUTg-Ibwh4225bt3SGDhtFJOgPmCuVoD9ed7vYrtnW-v_t2cxz0yVTX0Rcz1C7fGWaDg0UPFZZrQO7COBaOOmsCPm-mr6U0F9MZnF_c6Mmatn7ftAo_ii_ivV2z1uzHdsB5fIwZOwMgOtWCY/s320/72677021886__8C4803CC-5D3F-429B-BADC-F64D32E3CB4A.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I used the excuse of having a visitor for not getting back into my workshop which feels COLD. I eventually gave it a surface-level tidy and plan to get back in on Monday, starting with an easy second sofa cover. My main focus is to put together course-work for my classes and retreat at Quilt Direct in March and June and promote it on social media. Firstly though, I have an online talk and demo on Zoom in February so I need to practise setting up all of my Tech. It feels like a lot to get done but if there is a List then I can work through it;)</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-48584598041894048902024-01-07T21:29:00.002+00:002024-01-07T21:29:49.142+00:00The Year is Still New!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3zyf1MLqk9pbgrWQhjIOpuN19L53FOcEwmZoavU9w6dukeYeydxtAPITh9SHw6b7gp1zUGiVIowJjEtXCiLJq0u0xDARiymSffGHD8PrnHGEZznRaUgZH6MWO2UB2sHm1zOO-bkICENbxkwKUlQ1E5eYOHOCnZwiouFdx3NghsME6YH8xLFOQ9CtZjdy/s4032/IMG_7865.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3zyf1MLqk9pbgrWQhjIOpuN19L53FOcEwmZoavU9w6dukeYeydxtAPITh9SHw6b7gp1zUGiVIowJjEtXCiLJq0u0xDARiymSffGHD8PrnHGEZznRaUgZH6MWO2UB2sHm1zOO-bkICENbxkwKUlQ1E5eYOHOCnZwiouFdx3NghsME6YH8xLFOQ9CtZjdy/s320/IMG_7865.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RAdSoqqETiaqLUOUkZCV4d4_KA03Ynz1QorDBo0fSErEeqVjqAwXZeu69TIvbLaqQXFUAEmtM8t53V5MDHTrLgtKWLnhhbO7mKEiPRIdovM8NFUVwwluNl9zDATgBU0W62euyNJJ6wnykR9qCm77lyNQaMA5w8SDh7zcdbUaoW4ohBGpoEunSUjVo45O/s4032/IMG_7875.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RAdSoqqETiaqLUOUkZCV4d4_KA03Ynz1QorDBo0fSErEeqVjqAwXZeu69TIvbLaqQXFUAEmtM8t53V5MDHTrLgtKWLnhhbO7mKEiPRIdovM8NFUVwwluNl9zDATgBU0W62euyNJJ6wnykR9qCm77lyNQaMA5w8SDh7zcdbUaoW4ohBGpoEunSUjVo45O/s320/IMG_7875.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJW3joHLrdS3pBGTGaR95nQ6wJ-WNm6EG-Ra3onxHgocSQj5HMWMM4NH1DQPyWxrUozSYLGz7ytTB_Yb0ufzWvD-3W6Y0Ew046XaoBPXAFkP7DAedRflVvLjy0fXudI51kAOWjfmRcDs6_VXX0unSrQAtDiZsnHETJmCeZggX6fY5ztvNMOgezNjwx1TUb/s4032/IMG_7878.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJW3joHLrdS3pBGTGaR95nQ6wJ-WNm6EG-Ra3onxHgocSQj5HMWMM4NH1DQPyWxrUozSYLGz7ytTB_Yb0ufzWvD-3W6Y0Ew046XaoBPXAFkP7DAedRflVvLjy0fXudI51kAOWjfmRcDs6_VXX0unSrQAtDiZsnHETJmCeZggX6fY5ztvNMOgezNjwx1TUb/s320/IMG_7878.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">This winter holiday seems to have gone on for while! I wonder if it is because the main holidays were on Mondays. I kept meaning to give my workshop a really good tidy and clean but the wet weather has gone on and on so there did not seem to be any point. I did eventually do some of my new 100-piece puzzle which seems to be quite tricky. It is funny how I can decide I will do it for an hour but still be fiddling with it 3 hours later.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Nella crocheted at light-speed and rattled out a couple of hair scrunchies and even a granny-square balaclava. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We binge-watched The Buccaneers (an Apple TV adaptation of Edith Wharton’s novel) and loved it. Nella and I drove to Norfolk mid-week and enjoyed listening to its audio book but the reader’s accents were really weird. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">It was nice to see my sister on her birthday and the next day Nella and I visited Oxburgh Hall near Swaffham. We have both really enjoyed using our National Trust memberships for outings such as these and will definitely renew them when the time comes. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I don’t plan to stay long as I really need to get properly started with the New Year - I feel like I have been “on holiday” for weeks!</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-12603699802632366412023-12-31T15:41:00.003+00:002023-12-31T15:41:42.389+00:00Christmas Chaos<p> </p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAz-Y4zUzomEmImDRbqQnzSha4tTXLmX707B3HnXoDeM0J6Zl0g_-oLPY0qkIuyD19_brCsm5O1_T4l6HVEWRWdBgsOR-dkJGaxPXn1YREje9VhvsEHonm4SSCb8P6LT4N4Krm7cBBvQ36Glymg_Fbhd8uQIGvRxPnm6T2L0gOWx6VLDPHw1_rHWrjFUV/s3840/790B4B26-402E-4D98-945F-9013BC172A7D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAz-Y4zUzomEmImDRbqQnzSha4tTXLmX707B3HnXoDeM0J6Zl0g_-oLPY0qkIuyD19_brCsm5O1_T4l6HVEWRWdBgsOR-dkJGaxPXn1YREje9VhvsEHonm4SSCb8P6LT4N4Krm7cBBvQ36Glymg_Fbhd8uQIGvRxPnm6T2L0gOWx6VLDPHw1_rHWrjFUV/s320/790B4B26-402E-4D98-945F-9013BC172A7D.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII3eKe4RQe5uKjZzSoB9sMjzQnHsaqWwZM65W4OiaxJdD1rgTbsyx0XCzdu9S3CmYV8hVFEZMFue0WEfi706GMuFkf8jUqK5CmsUxBXCRsYZVT_vqdx2vOR0AUgt1QX50c9Pam-DOS3VvjYVwaD1GzhzOPWHZEF-3rV39VGorI3H4VU2406Wf3-OrKQHD/s3841/IMG_7841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3841" data-original-width="2881" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII3eKe4RQe5uKjZzSoB9sMjzQnHsaqWwZM65W4OiaxJdD1rgTbsyx0XCzdu9S3CmYV8hVFEZMFue0WEfi706GMuFkf8jUqK5CmsUxBXCRsYZVT_vqdx2vOR0AUgt1QX50c9Pam-DOS3VvjYVwaD1GzhzOPWHZEF-3rV39VGorI3H4VU2406Wf3-OrKQHD/s320/IMG_7841.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Christmas with one extra person and a dog seemed more chaotic than usual. I did not get to do my jigsaw puzzle much because there was nowhere safe to leave it out. I have often accused Nessie of eating one piece so leaving set up with a curious puppy did not seem like a good idea. Nessie ended up mostly opting out of the sitting room - she and Fizzle kept out of the way, probably hatching plans for revenge.<p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Freya made me a cute little sconce from clay, Nella gifted me a non-alcoholic blood orange cordial and Fergus got me edibles (chocolate - not magic mushrooms!) My sister gave me a fabulous swimming hat with rubber petals because I expressed a desire to try out the local pool. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We had 2 bouts of very heavy rain which caused more flooding hereabouts so I have not bothered to give my workshop a pre-New Year tidy as I still have sandbags and towels by the door. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The kitchen was a bit chaotic - George brought a haunch of venison that did not fit in the oven and he was not accustomed to our casual approach to oven temperatures or timings. I got a bit flustered and accidentally turned the top oven onto the grill function so my hot oil for spuds created one or two slightly alarming flames. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">It was lovely to have guests for the holidays but I think we all (especially Nessie) secretly heaved a sigh of relief when they departed. I will be heading to Norfolk with Nella so it will feel like an extended holiday but at some point January will hit me hard and I will have to get stuck into lists/projects/quilts!</p><div><br /></div>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-26971690215312729262023-12-24T10:42:00.002+00:002023-12-24T10:42:34.120+00:00Festive Drama <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLms2jftvYOaE4TauUvR-oUhM94XrC0ZweDNL7uDWPuz5q_6nJxTLJpnIUrGyuNQHzgCXZSCmC8n0x_OzGMjZJNrwshBVR4gd6LlAGnesH9i8fx3YgBTDg6zt6DiYarJxazA24DfwzN7ViBivUieOZphB7NXD55E5sQl9OPSN5GvxaMp8YkK3jUgCJvnC/s3570/IMG_7777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3570" data-original-width="2700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDLms2jftvYOaE4TauUvR-oUhM94XrC0ZweDNL7uDWPuz5q_6nJxTLJpnIUrGyuNQHzgCXZSCmC8n0x_OzGMjZJNrwshBVR4gd6LlAGnesH9i8fx3YgBTDg6zt6DiYarJxazA24DfwzN7ViBivUieOZphB7NXD55E5sQl9OPSN5GvxaMp8YkK3jUgCJvnC/s320/IMG_7777.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIgi5IGocxm3uNJNNBzpEyuo1BeLqckWvnHw46r_a-YhwzWA5P8h7SsvD6liN5FxTD7GBjJ0aWQgUUuwyeUJLacI9eMJFRWc2n1EJEzuYFjbVEJIcDEn8UnDsdPR0adL5u5n2E99tomzYDyA6VXLsWFX8fubUpxkKUL-p0AhLnS9dlshgVOtEYlTFzsfy/s4032/IMG_7785.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIgi5IGocxm3uNJNNBzpEyuo1BeLqckWvnHw46r_a-YhwzWA5P8h7SsvD6liN5FxTD7GBjJ0aWQgUUuwyeUJLacI9eMJFRWc2n1EJEzuYFjbVEJIcDEn8UnDsdPR0adL5u5n2E99tomzYDyA6VXLsWFX8fubUpxkKUL-p0AhLnS9dlshgVOtEYlTFzsfy/s320/IMG_7785.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>I had to collect Nella from Aberdeen bus station so went for a wee wander around Union Square shopping centre while I waited. I went into the new Seasalt shop which already had a sale on. I stroked the velvet dresses to see if they were as wrong as the ones I had seen in Norwich and to my horror, I discovered that all of the nap was running in the wrong direction. When I helpfully informed the sales assistant, she insisted snippily that the designers would have requested that. It made me shudder to think that if I ran my hands down my imaginary party frock, the fabric would feel bristly!</span><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The week was spent endlessly making grocery lists, trying not to eat the food that I was stock-piling for Actual Christmas. In between hot chocolates and schmaltzy Christmas films, I did at least some “Art and Stitch” practice.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Freya arrived with boyfriend, George and his rather scatty young collie, Poppy. Poppy has made it her mission to terrorise Nessie. Freya unwisely got in the middle of a dog fracas and got hit in the face which broke off her front tooth crown (that she smashed when canoeing at Uni). Obviously, dentists are all closed for the hols… Poppy has also decided that it is a good idea to poop under the Christmas tree even after she has been outside to go to the toilet. The seagrass matting that we have is not the ideal type of flooring from which to remove squashed-in poop. Nessie and Fizz have decided to spend Christmas together in my room, minding their own business. On Christmas Eve morning everyone is walking on eggshells, hoping there won’t be any more drama. I honestly think I should write a sit-com. I am almost tempted to pour a large gin and cranberry, despite having been teetotal for almost a year;)</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-73649399614060344602023-12-17T10:50:00.000+00:002023-12-17T10:50:05.684+00:00Only a Week to Go!<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3jdWyIyrT_fnRK8AvyGoNSWCa0Jgfu35pXedkjhCuKwlfYIX0Y0ZvSjbnPhSfgGalz3uTMUql4jQPAqpCam_10z8Z-V01HSOiOeopWoe2Xdqnms5kQ9-Eh0_Sgx-WbrEUpgf2omDbEaPL8Entd1dOseBHycVHp7DeDJe79yQz769oEpKm3-dygtDkqOG/s3840/3FA434F8-4A11-4663-87A2-776490EB7F6C.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3jdWyIyrT_fnRK8AvyGoNSWCa0Jgfu35pXedkjhCuKwlfYIX0Y0ZvSjbnPhSfgGalz3uTMUql4jQPAqpCam_10z8Z-V01HSOiOeopWoe2Xdqnms5kQ9-Eh0_Sgx-WbrEUpgf2omDbEaPL8Entd1dOseBHycVHp7DeDJe79yQz769oEpKm3-dygtDkqOG/s320/3FA434F8-4A11-4663-87A2-776490EB7F6C.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">When my children were younger Christmas did not begin until after Fergus’ birthday on December 11th. We have an artificial tree now so it has been up with only its lights on, waiting for Nella to “dress” it when she arrives home. I must admit that I sort of miss the frantic round of Christmas concerts and performances. The trouble is that since the festive season starts so early nowadays, the whole thing is spread out and there seems to be no definite Christmas period (for me, at least).</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">All of the Christmas Fayres are over already and I never go into Aberdeen where there probably are not any jolly carollers anyway;)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbMFzAwcvmQu8J-1yTTNis-DNhp_S3GcAmbTUXX1U69aF7IXINwMMfQzFNAA6UM6LOVAlpnQ8mY2rO8v9B-gfJACUQ5KRg7jFAelPgkeoNaCkSybBQXy0KiaBteIQh8e7nLcRlDajzrcq7G9gqlOmdg6ZSFV6TyjhBW2827XJPhwgbPL0N5kxs7xNf8gK/s3279/IMG_7758.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2816" data-original-width="3279" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWbMFzAwcvmQu8J-1yTTNis-DNhp_S3GcAmbTUXX1U69aF7IXINwMMfQzFNAA6UM6LOVAlpnQ8mY2rO8v9B-gfJACUQ5KRg7jFAelPgkeoNaCkSybBQXy0KiaBteIQh8e7nLcRlDajzrcq7G9gqlOmdg6ZSFV6TyjhBW2827XJPhwgbPL0N5kxs7xNf8gK/s320/IMG_7758.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>Fergus was 22 this week and I made him a semi festive cake. It was gingerbread with cream cheese frosting and cranberry sauce in between the layers. It was meant to be one of those “naked” cakes ie. inexpertly iced. I had a shortage of plain cream cheese so mine was a bit bald. I had bought 3 cartons of the stuff but had not checked the labels and discovered that they were the garlic and herb version! It tasted great - the sharp cranberry sauce helped to cut through the super-sweet frosting. I put together a fancy breakfast box as he is a bit of a foodie. I was going to order it online but the company did not deliver here. He was very pleased and gets to keep the IKEA crate.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiri26MnNvLpFZWy0TJhMA7QTdgAQ5g5MTWucb8omlqCxll-E7BVFlXtqI_sEwx5dHZUcQMmOcjs2O8SxaKCObxiJBp1CEEkpIVpPyh5PTdBFCmu58F6q1syEsdPkhyMr8DnSxwSWADD0pGk-sZ_geX7EEiQmWU_5QulgKnsNuvepFRyoI4AuynDc0MNlMn/s4032/IMG_7752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiri26MnNvLpFZWy0TJhMA7QTdgAQ5g5MTWucb8omlqCxll-E7BVFlXtqI_sEwx5dHZUcQMmOcjs2O8SxaKCObxiJBp1CEEkpIVpPyh5PTdBFCmu58F6q1syEsdPkhyMr8DnSxwSWADD0pGk-sZ_geX7EEiQmWU_5QulgKnsNuvepFRyoI4AuynDc0MNlMn/s320/IMG_7752.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I finished the bunny cushion but forgot to take a photo before I wrapped it. A DIY customer who has been waiting a while came and completed her grand-daughter’s quilt. I continued to work my way through digitising tutorials for Art and Stitch. There is a lot that I don’t feel I would ever want to bother with but I need to know how it all works. I have also signed up for a pricey digital Quilt-a-Long but I am treating it as a learning experience. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Other than that, I have tried to wrap some gifts, scrawled a few cards, done some grocery shopping, and cleared the junk out of Nella’s room that had been dumped by other members of the household who did not want it in their rooms! Nessie had a pre-Christmas trim and was not impressed while Fizz remains oblivious to everything.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7NACoqP4FxX79lJKfCM2AtSzOERs9qyKcVeqgHcSPY8aD14T8yA0pJG1pL8z8IxWQ2GkVqsuAjePD4-_8BeVaA6-nDcY4Bj5FS9ezle21X6IecZu8eMWtzFVhL-gX1m_4pJ-5xkJXDRfAHaFh9EPG13Dk-fityJzO4fTp-z0xZVehczMT8O7ueBD4Xmz/s4032/IMG_7769.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7NACoqP4FxX79lJKfCM2AtSzOERs9qyKcVeqgHcSPY8aD14T8yA0pJG1pL8z8IxWQ2GkVqsuAjePD4-_8BeVaA6-nDcY4Bj5FS9ezle21X6IecZu8eMWtzFVhL-gX1m_4pJ-5xkJXDRfAHaFh9EPG13Dk-fityJzO4fTp-z0xZVehczMT8O7ueBD4Xmz/s320/IMG_7769.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJ-EQfz9Y-hMXR0rUJnIfpRPeEVyMAfz0123jS6Um0K2Q-qJIJFMTZzj4GLELiWyNie8-P5S3WYUyUaHncs9L6rKS8rpLcTEDddoyYHIKWYIBTakkJDeoYeHIWBiuPaa_oxicHkmGDNrnsN90VJNm5KFOe9zfhrMoADXm10FiHOyh-cx4O3LXUZPby9dU/s4032/IMG_7768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJ-EQfz9Y-hMXR0rUJnIfpRPeEVyMAfz0123jS6Um0K2Q-qJIJFMTZzj4GLELiWyNie8-P5S3WYUyUaHncs9L6rKS8rpLcTEDddoyYHIKWYIBTakkJDeoYeHIWBiuPaa_oxicHkmGDNrnsN90VJNm5KFOe9zfhrMoADXm10FiHOyh-cx4O3LXUZPby9dU/s320/IMG_7768.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-52852571393346277102023-12-10T10:25:00.001+00:002023-12-10T10:25:38.615+00:00Woeful Weather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFGQrRbakeRulHM5t37xBDEwBXkB072fNqP6r1L2ULS1bi14tarjAsoCN9Zc4lPrwezC8rcwvq-oEzDZ2E4dJvCxCmaLjCbtHJY0eiEUdcEh_WaXSXGpCCyhX50GIwBbbhXDwI-ELXLG9zMtntwv6-M4i9K8uaeUlC4m6CKY3l9ZaSxexWNwlwbkc09MS/s4032/IMG_7712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFGQrRbakeRulHM5t37xBDEwBXkB072fNqP6r1L2ULS1bi14tarjAsoCN9Zc4lPrwezC8rcwvq-oEzDZ2E4dJvCxCmaLjCbtHJY0eiEUdcEh_WaXSXGpCCyhX50GIwBbbhXDwI-ELXLG9zMtntwv6-M4i9K8uaeUlC4m6CKY3l9ZaSxexWNwlwbkc09MS/s320/IMG_7712.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">Nessie and I travelled back to Scotland by train which is a long way with a dog on your lap, sometimes the floor. She was very good, especially at Edinburgh Waverley where we had 10 minutes to change platforms. Thistle (Fizz) was delighted to see me and was especially pleased that she could get access to my bed. Meanwhile my room had been turned into a recording studio and Nella’s room seemed to have been filled with the junk that everyone else had decided they no longer wanted in their rooms. It seems that I will have some serious sorting to add to my list of pre Christmas preparations and my general ever expanding To-Do list.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxa8TfOuDalylpSuoHko9V-aE1nzY3T0vPGkGs37PZ1H_eX_oph0zUc-XB0FaNgTVmLBEqcKEtBg6WpOPsnY7FNmbtshPaJqSAdrsm41apIH_UJ17RlDkoa45H_qbmTyH1GC4_rmAK9hNAmrbXvpYgZPjmMUw1RtpZM-fU56iU0FbWqy1Wsn9fr4CIiKdB/s4032/IMG_7718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxa8TfOuDalylpSuoHko9V-aE1nzY3T0vPGkGs37PZ1H_eX_oph0zUc-XB0FaNgTVmLBEqcKEtBg6WpOPsnY7FNmbtshPaJqSAdrsm41apIH_UJ17RlDkoa45H_qbmTyH1GC4_rmAK9hNAmrbXvpYgZPjmMUw1RtpZM-fU56iU0FbWqy1Wsn9fr4CIiKdB/s320/IMG_7718.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAPOmgUWCufm8offhThogoBhUK3aObPzFJXdX7CqPjbpmvYriuWinbhzFmXlZFJl0uXoOgeALNp2cL6sXxRSSAZ0H2x2i2DIQnGBW4dekuMMXoag0xuVKaWgZnF1c0dFJP6pIJG9YxaR8FdHrYQE_-8tlhPKcFbwzkkslf4_VYsYmZGHMkjjUlkK8KOya/s4032/IMG_7719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitAPOmgUWCufm8offhThogoBhUK3aObPzFJXdX7CqPjbpmvYriuWinbhzFmXlZFJl0uXoOgeALNp2cL6sXxRSSAZ0H2x2i2DIQnGBW4dekuMMXoag0xuVKaWgZnF1c0dFJP6pIJG9YxaR8FdHrYQE_-8tlhPKcFbwzkkslf4_VYsYmZGHMkjjUlkK8KOya/s320/IMG_7719.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">We had extreme weather again this week with temperatures so low that it was minus something in my workshop. Since I had received chase-up calls from customers wondering what had happened to their Christmas quilts (they did not say they were Christmas quilts), I had to wrap up and get on with it. I am so glad that I was on top of things before I went away so I “only” had to quilt 2 and bind 5! I have now declared that I will not try to do any more customer quilts this side of Christmas:)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVmwxOEd0HfojMdo4HdODYXlz7OyQMfQV0FEJOUJgY4fgH8SXbSzcJEsScUrcufpkyD87VS6klEvzM8AR1Wfj8RLH7yCfB5zGCU3f0QPXnBvStad-zLeaN43Hv_V1rcPA3KCuP9NdqDYzIARBEslJ-kY9dQLg2gelydhcbWLcTxAPC_4GHgRRl1msQJ8O/s3840/7465EF7D-2B19-48B0-8429-758612C0F33D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSVmwxOEd0HfojMdo4HdODYXlz7OyQMfQV0FEJOUJgY4fgH8SXbSzcJEsScUrcufpkyD87VS6klEvzM8AR1Wfj8RLH7yCfB5zGCU3f0QPXnBvStad-zLeaN43Hv_V1rcPA3KCuP9NdqDYzIARBEslJ-kY9dQLg2gelydhcbWLcTxAPC_4GHgRRl1msQJ8O/s320/7465EF7D-2B19-48B0-8429-758612C0F33D.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-QvZmpCJbUKNRvjMlCebLG8eUyYYzxz2Pb5yS2acGIR6fze1PkJQdCp6QTm_bQUZva-TfdWz6dwkxRCYGqYoKmENNyfY4JkxJw7fnXBMqXPbq2dyfYBzb0vlSNoJQSXAK9SBnur-9UQGR2Na2lHQoTryiM6zS4Wmo5_nom903_PqoKNeHEoXT-xlZf4H/s4032/IMG_7731.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-QvZmpCJbUKNRvjMlCebLG8eUyYYzxz2Pb5yS2acGIR6fze1PkJQdCp6QTm_bQUZva-TfdWz6dwkxRCYGqYoKmENNyfY4JkxJw7fnXBMqXPbq2dyfYBzb0vlSNoJQSXAK9SBnur-9UQGR2Na2lHQoTryiM6zS4Wmo5_nom903_PqoKNeHEoXT-xlZf4H/s320/IMG_7731.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyiZJwPu-530be-vSDTG1yyOs6KNXKjQ3qSuKWhhpv31fubZXZXSLC_iqE5olGhz89v3-K303uRKwQXyaD5uiC-UHAHu6rFxe3bA26xF5-ik6pmVsDyjlHzJwh45Bi6UYFFGhoLjBof2c_Mx7NKgfyCbqMgqt4ymEA4Gr5MY8vrtshaiROC2auRV1UWQs/s4032/IMG_7745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyiZJwPu-530be-vSDTG1yyOs6KNXKjQ3qSuKWhhpv31fubZXZXSLC_iqE5olGhz89v3-K303uRKwQXyaD5uiC-UHAHu6rFxe3bA26xF5-ik6pmVsDyjlHzJwh45Bi6UYFFGhoLjBof2c_Mx7NKgfyCbqMgqt4ymEA4Gr5MY8vrtshaiROC2auRV1UWQs/s320/IMG_7745.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After the freeze, we had rain and more rain and I had to put sandbags outside the workshop door as the water was rushing off the field and 6” deep in the trench outside. This used to happen occasionally but now it happens several times a year and I have to shift everything and hope for the best that I just have to dry the carpet out afterwards. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3D30W9jgnnU629IJrl53rl_U3-Mum2FFenRXMFLaFPq6zoU-COLDILYoK5omvO9rbRXWNXp4doV5AAAwbgkoze1oqTFN4W031_xYQohcPh7nqQzWNQZTTsFFgC5rTjtHC99qWRffwfrRUsKXIAk91j5k7Ct8j5GcbIscDNxJBl7UYDpG78Xthx3BltWm/s4032/IMG_7733.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3D30W9jgnnU629IJrl53rl_U3-Mum2FFenRXMFLaFPq6zoU-COLDILYoK5omvO9rbRXWNXp4doV5AAAwbgkoze1oqTFN4W031_xYQohcPh7nqQzWNQZTTsFFgC5rTjtHC99qWRffwfrRUsKXIAk91j5k7Ct8j5GcbIscDNxJBl7UYDpG78Xthx3BltWm/s320/IMG_7733.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I caught up with Mo and asked her very nicely if she would be able to staple some scrap fabric onto a swivel chair that I found in the yurt. She found some fabulous leopard-print corduroy and I had the chair back together later that day.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxR2CbGJYn_BMLBWCnh7FcJgRbhHukHpq21opKiQunNWCd6A9AQWfwD6xt2mbsz9gRzPJFi5tt1NXJYZQUYGxNtlOG-nAA43xhPOUNqHZbygsoP5P8iSwg5FmtlHe-PPEgDLWvWkE0SOA0lnr06URlRlyXceUrKQ0wpKgv6BeXFJLw8gK9n_LPMFhIwGe/s4032/IMG_7735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVxR2CbGJYn_BMLBWCnh7FcJgRbhHukHpq21opKiQunNWCd6A9AQWfwD6xt2mbsz9gRzPJFi5tt1NXJYZQUYGxNtlOG-nAA43xhPOUNqHZbygsoP5P8iSwg5FmtlHe-PPEgDLWvWkE0SOA0lnr06URlRlyXceUrKQ0wpKgv6BeXFJLw8gK9n_LPMFhIwGe/s320/IMG_7735.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxGC0RO7393_c2tXjFrrACh9F_FEHRRAzamLYS-M8W2IbbUiZJ1y3yA-RmSxJNHIu8jo2pySvP_GBE3ZeaTKY9xE7A8zWELqIaRUJqo_wPqj5PgoGGhzh0dv3P4pprBfJFnPAnXZEyJQMdLzPH8JdDyPwikobs3WmbOVph4phSrpQFkrkjy6mo1O3ntIL/s4032/IMG_7746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxGC0RO7393_c2tXjFrrACh9F_FEHRRAzamLYS-M8W2IbbUiZJ1y3yA-RmSxJNHIu8jo2pySvP_GBE3ZeaTKY9xE7A8zWELqIaRUJqo_wPqj5PgoGGhzh0dv3P4pprBfJFnPAnXZEyJQMdLzPH8JdDyPwikobs3WmbOVph4phSrpQFkrkjy6mo1O3ntIL/s320/IMG_7746.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I have been frantically doing some online shopping without any success for Nella then realised that I had intended to make her a bunny cushion from an Elizabeth Hartman pattern. Luckily, I had already cut out the 60-odd tiny pieces to make a small bunny in dungarees. I took most of a Saturday to do the single bunny block then I made a random patchwork cushion back in case she does not want to see the bunny all the time. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-rdg2CqfLkRnxvORTXVG-quH1gAfJOlaobhUA3zCYx9Xv_uyMTAPFd49i_RV3FPS9Kwo-dAm6VQgRDXb4AHi229WwVsQeUT4DpfZBtf0_7f5LTYQkhOhXL8fLMLPkUiL2XL00GEhuUG1uS-J_mLU_aY05KVNypQMOzr9jKbhVNji3bEQNyRdFUSP8C9u/s4032/IMG_7748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-rdg2CqfLkRnxvORTXVG-quH1gAfJOlaobhUA3zCYx9Xv_uyMTAPFd49i_RV3FPS9Kwo-dAm6VQgRDXb4AHi229WwVsQeUT4DpfZBtf0_7f5LTYQkhOhXL8fLMLPkUiL2XL00GEhuUG1uS-J_mLU_aY05KVNypQMOzr9jKbhVNji3bEQNyRdFUSP8C9u/s320/IMG_7748.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzZRQ2b-W3DAhcnFuRkSfvl7A_a2qqb_l0maRnyEt6c8rsDXLSShCeUQmhoqbELWuRt2EwwADtZn11_jgZrm_sklRDcqDkI1_dAYbB3pYa5Yif7qczSo-D62t6epSQuIgqPRsqyrp1YvfYKBNdSJuewITZ0qe12TXCUYbe2fdGct5HCjOmtDE-dnjM92e/s4032/IMG_7749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKzZRQ2b-W3DAhcnFuRkSfvl7A_a2qqb_l0maRnyEt6c8rsDXLSShCeUQmhoqbELWuRt2EwwADtZn11_jgZrm_sklRDcqDkI1_dAYbB3pYa5Yif7qczSo-D62t6epSQuIgqPRsqyrp1YvfYKBNdSJuewITZ0qe12TXCUYbe2fdGct5HCjOmtDE-dnjM92e/s320/IMG_7749.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-65711607805802902692023-12-03T19:51:00.001+00:002023-12-03T19:51:59.601+00:00Festive Felbrigg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8peIc9o9X-MvG2UTG6NUMswu44GDr8YzIIqxFI18IEreSOw3VTpiKPKHgSaNbMlV1Qc9oLFwHWv7XuISNxUbO6b6RRfvq-BBLMHmdAN0Wy1aZTWbS0na_7SxbCnsS9akPuY2DrsDVDjHiJ6rqoAbS96rtijU-Bi9OR9ZXnkg3NnBFQ-0bVi8Dlgp-RhC_/s4032/IMG_7706.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8peIc9o9X-MvG2UTG6NUMswu44GDr8YzIIqxFI18IEreSOw3VTpiKPKHgSaNbMlV1Qc9oLFwHWv7XuISNxUbO6b6RRfvq-BBLMHmdAN0Wy1aZTWbS0na_7SxbCnsS9akPuY2DrsDVDjHiJ6rqoAbS96rtijU-Bi9OR9ZXnkg3NnBFQ-0bVi8Dlgp-RhC_/s320/IMG_7706.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">This is my third and final Sunday in Norfolk. Things have been hectic but having routines has helped. My Mother is recovering well and arrangements are in place to lighten the load of caring for my Dad. My sister is nearby but cannot be expected to put her life on hold and she has not persuaded me to move to Norfolk;)</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I had an outing to Felbrigg Hall with Nella. It is a National Trust property in North Norfolk and it had put on a Christmas display of Christmas trees, lights and drawings of countryside creatures. I was intrigued by the notion of mushroom music but it was not even playing so I have no idea what it was meant to sound like. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyDDm1Aw946lQ1pv9ItcanJfB_5O40xlJ-u14y2_1FOLCXEWy7wXmfS-YpwW4zWajAfaje9_ay_00o2-B-Sjf9NZI0PGIyH4AaXwP5ikqdExhaPto69wOGZMlmouCx2KP5_TV8xt9Rq6VH_WaHS-RSjTd9lm9nwiUiytFlsjJlQ50vQiTGtEJ8glI5pCb/s4032/IMG_7700.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyDDm1Aw946lQ1pv9ItcanJfB_5O40xlJ-u14y2_1FOLCXEWy7wXmfS-YpwW4zWajAfaje9_ay_00o2-B-Sjf9NZI0PGIyH4AaXwP5ikqdExhaPto69wOGZMlmouCx2KP5_TV8xt9Rq6VH_WaHS-RSjTd9lm9nwiUiytFlsjJlQ50vQiTGtEJ8glI5pCb/s320/IMG_7700.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I am looking forward to getting back to “normal” back home. I am sure it will be a hectic couple of weeks as Christmas is looming fast with Fergus’ birthday before that!</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-69793145933024569242023-11-26T19:26:00.002+00:002023-11-26T19:26:23.397+00:00Organising Chaos<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-GKpA4m-HbV_bLIltFDCGp7pAam8BX_cW4bFeUrWDkGpWOdOcF38k1iG8syRG_8KChqerxgpxRTpNq3Z6v0l8JR_BnQYpQiel5s7HboXSr3Go_hgDLFFbO5IvNqSICugsXkZO1zVeaNTUliK_FKdZHkcoTmQXEFCSRS6rEgcZkqO9bwgJ2ve6MjL6gu_/s4032/IMG_7656.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-GKpA4m-HbV_bLIltFDCGp7pAam8BX_cW4bFeUrWDkGpWOdOcF38k1iG8syRG_8KChqerxgpxRTpNq3Z6v0l8JR_BnQYpQiel5s7HboXSr3Go_hgDLFFbO5IvNqSICugsXkZO1zVeaNTUliK_FKdZHkcoTmQXEFCSRS6rEgcZkqO9bwgJ2ve6MjL6gu_/s320/IMG_7656.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">It has been quite a week! I started out by taking my dad to the dentist then a care home for a week’s respite visit, then my sister and I took my Mum home from hospital. She is finding it difficult to rest and recuperate as she usually runs around after my Dad. She had become quite stressed and overwhelmed, which I am sure led to the mini-stroke (TIA). I have tried to find ways of simplifying daily life here. I don’t know whether it is because their house is spacious and has lots of cupboards but there seemed to be “stuff” stashed in multiple places. I find that organising things reduces stress so I rounded up all of the meds and first aid supplies, putting them into labelled boxes in one sideboard. I will probably find that everything gets returned to its original place when I leave;)</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofjL-AzlWQGnv9ZGWYM_oHxl-269aI8Gn7uyEb_vATvg3Q3rY3lTLB1XNzNEF7refiD35b2TBYj-9h0XmVGPNGjDpoY1zrpF_0j19j5GRAHg6WsZIlzfeNjsMOhBAV3Izxvzg4dhfSCzyb91uWRw8OictN7UnoWpa48zRiUFL6Jsbt2czO9_NAqB3Zg-O/s3840/C0DD9711-CF5A-45AA-9B23-D3CD6245F39E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofjL-AzlWQGnv9ZGWYM_oHxl-269aI8Gn7uyEb_vATvg3Q3rY3lTLB1XNzNEF7refiD35b2TBYj-9h0XmVGPNGjDpoY1zrpF_0j19j5GRAHg6WsZIlzfeNjsMOhBAV3Izxvzg4dhfSCzyb91uWRw8OictN7UnoWpa48zRiUFL6Jsbt2czO9_NAqB3Zg-O/s320/C0DD9711-CF5A-45AA-9B23-D3CD6245F39E.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;">Although I brought my laptop to try and do some work, my role as a temporary carer takes an astonishing amount of time, patience and brain-space. I admire anyone who deals with it full time and I feel that people who work with Old People deserve far better wages!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsV8FF7p7-Iof6PNo4oGkmu5hNjh_eIV9sSSpxBrvaH8ZanPPCnhuF7nTi5jfivlGZVcTQnTtUAWHov_r0AzZLl9lKrMydIr7osaq4p2KxaBarea3HFuo11lA48O2MgHB39mIjxg2PnBQC0sF0b_bpkfSrt7lnFNR0Vme8ggJXDlUJdvDY42OiNAnm4c_i/s4032/IMG_7670.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsV8FF7p7-Iof6PNo4oGkmu5hNjh_eIV9sSSpxBrvaH8ZanPPCnhuF7nTi5jfivlGZVcTQnTtUAWHov_r0AzZLl9lKrMydIr7osaq4p2KxaBarea3HFuo11lA48O2MgHB39mIjxg2PnBQC0sF0b_bpkfSrt7lnFNR0Vme8ggJXDlUJdvDY42OiNAnm4c_i/s320/IMG_7670.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I did go into Norwich one late afternoon for a mooch and met Nella for dinner which was nice. Nessie has been a very good dog and loves sitting on the back of the sofa to watch out for visitors.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbhRX6pw_SqLGvhgC2nIP2C_b2B1o0Uj0jm5MUxkjkNn92OuDn2ZVgRwgXJs47vK8-xmJVPe7OKIKLA7XwkZWsljxInA8GRTd0Qn-6QesNpQhrDjRRBlEYDnuOrZfNSH6ZC29cySyNbl8zJZAONpC0TJoGx5IHQE7ExWHz6Rw3KjZw_qC7lbYlY74qzTX/s4032/IMG_7654.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbhRX6pw_SqLGvhgC2nIP2C_b2B1o0Uj0jm5MUxkjkNn92OuDn2ZVgRwgXJs47vK8-xmJVPe7OKIKLA7XwkZWsljxInA8GRTd0Qn-6QesNpQhrDjRRBlEYDnuOrZfNSH6ZC29cySyNbl8zJZAONpC0TJoGx5IHQE7ExWHz6Rw3KjZw_qC7lbYlY74qzTX/s320/IMG_7654.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The coming week will be interesting as I will be the carer for both parents. My sister and I are trying to persuade my Mum to accept more help and once that is in place I should be able to head home. I think my Dad would like me to hang around as long as possible but I definitely want to be back for Fergus’ birthday in mid December at the latest.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-43650851131933216462023-11-19T21:26:00.003+00:002023-11-19T21:26:25.250+00:00This was Not part of The Plan…<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEt_Q8INPilBsBH5ytH0ryx_o7x1U9xdDIZUf7PAwWT-RXQPvEFPnvBZh-wZ4QUPntxEio1J-38H_remZvIv1UCa_GtRjtg8uSKtVCi5uIwbU7GsxLC-Wd5ek4ss9ctGBLV_nC2Jkra8IVLP6qYot6Dkr9ZkUq1TlZ1qIVHkJSbzLBatWnq_y6WXtSRVNn/s4032/IMG_7601.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEt_Q8INPilBsBH5ytH0ryx_o7x1U9xdDIZUf7PAwWT-RXQPvEFPnvBZh-wZ4QUPntxEio1J-38H_remZvIv1UCa_GtRjtg8uSKtVCi5uIwbU7GsxLC-Wd5ek4ss9ctGBLV_nC2Jkra8IVLP6qYot6Dkr9ZkUq1TlZ1qIVHkJSbzLBatWnq_y6WXtSRVNn/s320/IMG_7601.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Things were ticking along nicely in my workshop - I had to do a couple of customer quilts with binding and I planned to keep working through the Art and Stitch manual. On the side I was posting junk for sale on Facebook Marketplace.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Everything changed mid-week when my sister called to say that it looked like my Mother was having a stroke! I threw some stuff into a bag, booked a one way train ticket and headed to Norfolk with Nessie.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Things were up in the air for a while until we knew how serious the episode had been. It was what is described as a TIA with some other medical issues caused by the strain of being a round-the-clock carer for my dad. My sister and I have been poking our noses in for a while, trying to suggest how to make life easier but this has been a huge wake-up call and some changes will have to be made so my Mum can cope better and stay healthy.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I am a bit scared that I will be “told off” for clearing out the fridge and not rescuing the marmalade under a thick covering of green mould. My sister keeps reminding me that I am not actually 15 any more and am allowed to make some executive decisions. </p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-83297532192775844682023-11-12T10:27:00.000+00:002023-11-12T10:27:02.352+00:00Quilting Workout<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbWFnuK-CE4yZvHUjIeb0ijaZ0S-_sOca_mk0knUnSjJ-FQFUQJ7Wxdr9KNWlWAx8twWLYJOafqQhIqzUaFJ6wbHaG1KHWx_xPoE0cEHno0EoesHXBzv1enrsps1TfigZT3oJdlTojoD2TpPFiRHAglMG5RGuhTuhTFazvL403R9xmSQHrzIK8y0Au-4a/s4032/IMG_7557.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbWFnuK-CE4yZvHUjIeb0ijaZ0S-_sOca_mk0knUnSjJ-FQFUQJ7Wxdr9KNWlWAx8twWLYJOafqQhIqzUaFJ6wbHaG1KHWx_xPoE0cEHno0EoesHXBzv1enrsps1TfigZT3oJdlTojoD2TpPFiRHAglMG5RGuhTuhTFazvL403R9xmSQHrzIK8y0Au-4a/s320/IMG_7557.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>At the start of the year I declared that I would like to be fitter but I confess that I have done nothing about it. However, this week I had quite the quilting workout. Liz and Frances were here with an impressive collection of quilts. We had both machines going doing freehand and computerised quilting, using up more than a full roll of wadding. The results were super:)</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr87zDoyUnQbiriTWBjoqGeXPE6PR5tl_t3KXxOFiAlJKuz3zau9k6QijwM8HMJ-YTLnq2B4HfYDJ2GAd7XqeLn20N8MSmw48moyb2eIhzv2JVGCuI-djRm1u0xEcnaZFULxCQjUc-UvRTg7eFACyPlM-27GrPiLOgiHn_ugZrdZuQkFe8OEjWKqx5xUe4/s4000/20231110_120601.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr87zDoyUnQbiriTWBjoqGeXPE6PR5tl_t3KXxOFiAlJKuz3zau9k6QijwM8HMJ-YTLnq2B4HfYDJ2GAd7XqeLn20N8MSmw48moyb2eIhzv2JVGCuI-djRm1u0xEcnaZFULxCQjUc-UvRTg7eFACyPlM-27GrPiLOgiHn_ugZrdZuQkFe8OEjWKqx5xUe4/s320/20231110_120601.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhyphenhyphenzarm6Pbn2egjTxtjeZWQR-MtmEP5pTKf8aSQF3ZcyvtjJfqJC8ZoLrHhqYb_yoL07LNkcjTlCWLQflpe17bEWHibpouNRPnwAjj64cgl3-dqWWGbEjBIByGCG9AW8Q1B9oysh3NxKp_eYeMZa0GdgWX1w3g2jm3F2zV9VXg33r3DNVIMWvh9VQMz_W/s4000/20231110_120730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The other thing that had me dashing about was having a bit of a clearout - I had some success selling a few things on Facebook Marketplace and Vinted which has spurred me on to get rid of some things that I have been hanging onto. This week I will advertise my vintage sweet-shop scales and the Raeburn cooker which has sat dormant in the garage for years. As a self-confessed junk shop addict, my house, yurt, summerhouse and workshop are all bursting at the seams. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Sadly, I have to report that Pepper aka Blue Cat has died at the grand old age of almost 20. She was a bit of a weirdo really but a lovable character and we will miss her as we had her for 14 of those years. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilADZTdWufiWrrFPRIyRODnTLPdkhbcGiCy-W6krq8vz5Y8tkGEzOb_3qBPbVPymxDj9LsjdoLvXuzCaaWTXJxa373J9kCpyF_AjzvXxMHhsc_rlBQOND9nT6o5uXhm7QpM6yugarCtkyTVJAU7Y72MOv1AY7_AFBUomNsAbg9C3byVKnF4Zm43zIQGuUU/s1853/Screenshot%202023-11-11%20at%2020.08.18.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1853" data-original-width="1593" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilADZTdWufiWrrFPRIyRODnTLPdkhbcGiCy-W6krq8vz5Y8tkGEzOb_3qBPbVPymxDj9LsjdoLvXuzCaaWTXJxa373J9kCpyF_AjzvXxMHhsc_rlBQOND9nT6o5uXhm7QpM6yugarCtkyTVJAU7Y72MOv1AY7_AFBUomNsAbg9C3byVKnF4Zm43zIQGuUU/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-11%20at%2020.08.18.png" width="275" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZF7cyvvCCmyqKomM7jCGdsX2fxvVdj0mi6te5msOqjSeojIXPRe6LGV1dTM1TinY03hSwDmiuYHsXfzfcw6BC91fxoav_m-PYu8pO8iOd1hKu7EytkPGzudjvHS-yoX5iNCQIuHrZrcRUsEOM-8fyrQWrT7_q22OoXhOh0ggdABOZBEfKsuKnGF3A_j5/s1824/Screenshot%202023-11-11%20at%2020.10.54.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="1357" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZF7cyvvCCmyqKomM7jCGdsX2fxvVdj0mi6te5msOqjSeojIXPRe6LGV1dTM1TinY03hSwDmiuYHsXfzfcw6BC91fxoav_m-PYu8pO8iOd1hKu7EytkPGzudjvHS-yoX5iNCQIuHrZrcRUsEOM-8fyrQWrT7_q22OoXhOh0ggdABOZBEfKsuKnGF3A_j5/s320/Screenshot%202023-11-11%20at%2020.10.54.png" width="238" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Freya came for the weekend with her boyfriend, George and his border x bearded collie pup, Poppy. Nessie was not too impressed with the visitor who was a bit bumptious for her liking. She is good at putting cats in their place (she thinks) but she preferred the new dog to be outside. The Christmas hols are going to be interesting…</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpco6jp2aaDNL5gEC3w_MlbMYZl-k6Z3eXVVHHiGRdJ5n0PJ-Yu98uAxgE0rTmrZc9fD_iJpaYEPfGjqHgUWWg0iij539WMIF5qq1SWtEe2kDaFBV8Pu9bBsxX66dMNG0hDWEcO9250J_TWRS5PpkGTMNDnmO7FwM1xXbgfeAp3zgeD9Losk6KZsshABAo/s3088/IMG_0761.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpco6jp2aaDNL5gEC3w_MlbMYZl-k6Z3eXVVHHiGRdJ5n0PJ-Yu98uAxgE0rTmrZc9fD_iJpaYEPfGjqHgUWWg0iij539WMIF5qq1SWtEe2kDaFBV8Pu9bBsxX66dMNG0hDWEcO9250J_TWRS5PpkGTMNDnmO7FwM1xXbgfeAp3zgeD9Losk6KZsshABAo/s320/IMG_0761.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-49884015946820608722023-11-05T10:35:00.002+00:002023-11-05T10:35:55.276+00:00Fireworks and Fluff<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlZiTWIqVA-nHtKccSb01-uHaL0SYtwzv4l5mWdO6_5LZaAMbXZcJggPnqtR7HpXdcATEAE66-Ly1AJx__h4E_i3PBDlR1Z4MJGpJLOSQ6FXf1WyJSkcWr6euFQrbj3zHiZaa0XX42WltFkjQCr2GHcJ-VwiRoxbacvbZUZ2LHpzLH55znLz0LDZ3iGXJ/s2861/IMG_7497.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="2256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGlZiTWIqVA-nHtKccSb01-uHaL0SYtwzv4l5mWdO6_5LZaAMbXZcJggPnqtR7HpXdcATEAE66-Ly1AJx__h4E_i3PBDlR1Z4MJGpJLOSQ6FXf1WyJSkcWr6euFQrbj3zHiZaa0XX42WltFkjQCr2GHcJ-VwiRoxbacvbZUZ2LHpzLH55znLz0LDZ3iGXJ/s320/IMG_7497.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>Unless I have a list to cross off, I feel as though I have achieved nothing in Life. That list can include walk / brush dog just so I feel I have earned the right to exist in the world. Of course, the Universe could not give a toss whether I make my bed, water my plants or brush my hair…</span><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I completed the experimental non-slip sofa cover which does a pretty good job. The red is nowhere near the shade of the original sofa which needs a really deep treatment of leather cream. Now, I should really make another one for the other sofa but it really was not a thrilling task. The worst thing was the amount of red, fuzzy fluff that got absolutely everywhere.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyx5HQFd5lV3pGRqqYJUlptWVZ76leCZoL_rFv20QrhLfSjJZkiU71J2fhmpEkojJYUToFHMwy5M0mO26146VTsiKr384hX75NZQ75Sk4RS_h5xkXjWRIiqUO3fxo1PbdcoKoUvQoFsJELW7O0_F-JpqZsEy4PqIgiwYhV9uYgyh0FRm1wd0rKFDtEeG2N/s4032/IMG_7491.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyx5HQFd5lV3pGRqqYJUlptWVZ76leCZoL_rFv20QrhLfSjJZkiU71J2fhmpEkojJYUToFHMwy5M0mO26146VTsiKr384hX75NZQ75Sk4RS_h5xkXjWRIiqUO3fxo1PbdcoKoUvQoFsJELW7O0_F-JpqZsEy4PqIgiwYhV9uYgyh0FRm1wd0rKFDtEeG2N/s320/IMG_7491.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Despite my Q-matic system occasionally going on strike because I have not yet fitted the new cables, I managed to get 2 customer quilts done. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9k6IrP9lZ7j5CL25jJVVXkYZVPUyq4_YUIWCUg5A-9yL7AtcFt5HJoEN7CAKLcec88crB2-WMf9u3m_3zxnCE_GX6fbvCXXYnYI7XtGTk3-QiZ0l4gAzfBPDQYi7UkONBI839DvB0mlVor6hWwBoCoZuFi3ZyebHe-X1QsjYWlMqBuuXHtiwTj6wzAxdn/s4032/IMG_7492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9k6IrP9lZ7j5CL25jJVVXkYZVPUyq4_YUIWCUg5A-9yL7AtcFt5HJoEN7CAKLcec88crB2-WMf9u3m_3zxnCE_GX6fbvCXXYnYI7XtGTk3-QiZ0l4gAzfBPDQYi7UkONBI839DvB0mlVor6hWwBoCoZuFi3ZyebHe-X1QsjYWlMqBuuXHtiwTj6wzAxdn/s320/IMG_7492.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The other major task I have set myself without deviating into any other projects is to become an expert on all of the ins and outs of “Art and Stitch”. I have been carefully working my way through the manual, getting more familiar with it all. I still don’t understand why things don’t always work out how the instructions explain it and I freely admit that I find drawing with Beziers (nodes and vectors) bamboozling! With perseverance, I hope to get there in the end.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I can’t believe we are in November already. Freya came for a visit and we went to the popular fireworks display in Banchory. It was muddy and crowded but we got a place right at the front and enjoyed the 30 minute spectacle and large bonfire. Instead of queueing for food there we had hot-dogs and soup at home which was far more civilised.</p><div><br /></div>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-27646953274451441742023-10-30T13:57:00.001+00:002023-10-30T13:57:31.224+00:00Spooky and Soggy<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfu3-IiWRTvqS1xPBm3M72tYMOs1ukw-cOT31TLu9rhSWDhfMTQMevbgz9LD4s_b9irtZHAU8JdFS9rS2qqXcCexrrlYVJ0DgmzNrUvxGMf48m1Fuq2vjmrLkytVkpKrtAjRcyl-tnCoaMXs_VidA_VTO-yGht1siobhh7Unqbzv5jVSAR39YnvpbpyL1/s4032/IMG_7425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfu3-IiWRTvqS1xPBm3M72tYMOs1ukw-cOT31TLu9rhSWDhfMTQMevbgz9LD4s_b9irtZHAU8JdFS9rS2qqXcCexrrlYVJ0DgmzNrUvxGMf48m1Fuq2vjmrLkytVkpKrtAjRcyl-tnCoaMXs_VidA_VTO-yGht1siobhh7Unqbzv5jVSAR39YnvpbpyL1/s320/IMG_7425.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>Freya and I celebrated Nella’s 20th Birthday with her in Norfolk. As a child, Nella always used to request a different birthday cake every year and this year it was meant to be a pink angel cake (vegan). Like a Bakeoff contestant, I should have practised at home because using egg replacement, an unfamiliar oven with a dodgy thermostat and oddly shallow tins was all a bit much and I ended up having 3 attempts until I had an edible result. The first batch rose, dropped bits all over the oven then when I thought I had switched it off, I had actually turned on the grill so I burnt it!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsiPRMcbe6oD2hVKoFZQ4iCEOPFW-euOqJVWBMngmHfKY3klLi7cUMqPLruNSEzEWAfEy3YDXy9Y00d4YcQ5LFAzJD7y_Z8QoDIeKghq0g5BquiwxSMonttD_9MOLvqufkypObtHXEl9iOk-udrdkWDu9rKDp98FuptM15yKbi9Z_Ui8RBMfk1lqVvCMv/s4032/IMG_7415.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsiPRMcbe6oD2hVKoFZQ4iCEOPFW-euOqJVWBMngmHfKY3klLi7cUMqPLruNSEzEWAfEy3YDXy9Y00d4YcQ5LFAzJD7y_Z8QoDIeKghq0g5BquiwxSMonttD_9MOLvqufkypObtHXEl9iOk-udrdkWDu9rKDp98FuptM15yKbi9Z_Ui8RBMfk1lqVvCMv/s320/IMG_7415.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKU0o_SeE07-8bUqEGS4j5Ncv5x3HgjRMzKzkOVt9v8hcv28BonJIXHLlEM1986VfUzaKJgobaW9YWSWmWGqv502V7cYzSeh22i3xxrLedqhiep8nmp0iDlJH9FarOhvESXl_sKMvpbsEz-Eco8bvOCl3WHOMEvEFrBwLFiAvTOUrg-R6fn5UlAnbWSS50/s4032/IMG_7416.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKU0o_SeE07-8bUqEGS4j5Ncv5x3HgjRMzKzkOVt9v8hcv28BonJIXHLlEM1986VfUzaKJgobaW9YWSWmWGqv502V7cYzSeh22i3xxrLedqhiep8nmp0iDlJH9FarOhvESXl_sKMvpbsEz-Eco8bvOCl3WHOMEvEFrBwLFiAvTOUrg-R6fn5UlAnbWSS50/s320/IMG_7416.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>I wore a frock to take Nella out for dinner but my Dad commented that it was a bit jazzy and was I dressed up as a Vegan?</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yUTKHgtzVL_2jyIOt4z4pBqtTkFlaRVaeHQq_y4yHQ8mIjLDRH9qZAZreI77Noz3XyDZf06zbJIjWK0ZZhio0eSXT-mXizqLq20f7y-yIOrqmUOMnj8GJeoy2_DOit45iyJrxgbUc4Iyak5zqTHNSqkRZk51gJ113y7ggwddTBLXdU-YJ8IcMSgzP1Ks/s4032/IMG_7427.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yUTKHgtzVL_2jyIOt4z4pBqtTkFlaRVaeHQq_y4yHQ8mIjLDRH9qZAZreI77Noz3XyDZf06zbJIjWK0ZZhio0eSXT-mXizqLq20f7y-yIOrqmUOMnj8GJeoy2_DOit45iyJrxgbUc4Iyak5zqTHNSqkRZk51gJ113y7ggwddTBLXdU-YJ8IcMSgzP1Ks/s320/IMG_7427.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQC5fli8dpoxBG6yAbf4j9W0dbehyphenhyphenlpeIvoOcU1-p6G-vyBo8PsjQ-NTngpMX1Z9EPvBDRGmkhtuUwZfSU7zVQYwlSqh1PUHfTlTVhSBz_P-kpFGQPncIyQmGMdhMWnQm1_eHMlrBRpgkM0Xh9rhBPOzrvMCHNIhyRNMN7RbTjdKzR0gNukXoo08V9Lft/s4032/IMG_7424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQC5fli8dpoxBG6yAbf4j9W0dbehyphenhyphenlpeIvoOcU1-p6G-vyBo8PsjQ-NTngpMX1Z9EPvBDRGmkhtuUwZfSU7zVQYwlSqh1PUHfTlTVhSBz_P-kpFGQPncIyQmGMdhMWnQm1_eHMlrBRpgkM0Xh9rhBPOzrvMCHNIhyRNMN7RbTjdKzR0gNukXoo08V9Lft/s320/IMG_7424.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Freya was busy working remotely most of the week but she had a day off mid-week and we went to a pumpkin farm. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZRrpZrzH2EPXnpj0kRa7q9eTanzErEVJjDwmNn0jqzleffNJBhFV2m-cfUeGegxLTfIOhNLuQRaRVgQkaXiVXpD18vs7oUNOH9I-XtcreFfcrlFwyj5iBfelngT_SoyaWrzjt7TdBYhijzvwSwkth9UtQafdnheZ0J8Bj1MMHFMp-KUA5HXaSkw2_ymW/s4030/IMG_7431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4030" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZRrpZrzH2EPXnpj0kRa7q9eTanzErEVJjDwmNn0jqzleffNJBhFV2m-cfUeGegxLTfIOhNLuQRaRVgQkaXiVXpD18vs7oUNOH9I-XtcreFfcrlFwyj5iBfelngT_SoyaWrzjt7TdBYhijzvwSwkth9UtQafdnheZ0J8Bj1MMHFMp-KUA5HXaSkw2_ymW/s320/IMG_7431.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I had originally planned to drive home in one trip but with more heavy rain forecast, I stayed with Freya overnight in Glasgow. She lives right next to the Botanic Gardens where there is a seasonal event called “Glas-Glow”. Nessie always enjoys a walk around there as she thinks she might catch squirrels. There was a super display of pumpkins there by local school children. I drove the rest of the way home on Sunday but it took ages due to the weather, roadworks and detours. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieEKnO4WfOnydc9eWpdg0ygtwRLpnMf12zMsZ9Uz8rcv0Rp2z9IVhUP_aQdUYYh0PjdFTiToW2l6o6rWSWCqtKAdFQkzSrzQGboHpAK7nKPPRLP6X_klaqVZOaXa5iMtRp-diHv7YZAoLDKVC0jdXjpz5Ud7ncIz1WoJOaWtz5KeYIec3TlW6trDsDO47/s4032/IMG_7451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjieEKnO4WfOnydc9eWpdg0ygtwRLpnMf12zMsZ9Uz8rcv0Rp2z9IVhUP_aQdUYYh0PjdFTiToW2l6o6rWSWCqtKAdFQkzSrzQGboHpAK7nKPPRLP6X_klaqVZOaXa5iMtRp-diHv7YZAoLDKVC0jdXjpz5Ud7ncIz1WoJOaWtz5KeYIec3TlW6trDsDO47/s320/IMG_7451.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I decided to leave my unpacking until Monday morning and after that I had to reorganise my workshop. Even though I had shifted some furniture in case of a flood, Storm Babet caused more water seepage than the last time we had a bad storm. Such events used to be rare but now they seem to be at least an annual event. Fortunately, it had all been mopped up by the time I got home and I just had to have a bit of a tidy-up. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I have loaded an experimental project onto my quilt frame. I am hoping to make non-slip sofa covers to replace the hideous stretchy nylon ones. I have 2 lovely red leather vintage sofas but keep them covered up so pets can sit on them too;) The “quilt” is red fluffy fabric and rubbery stuff to stop rugs from slipping (no wadding) so it will be interesting to see if that works. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_TRyCj_OLCRgjvXuCNJ7gGDY9Z-6-pG6t9uNnm0Y8afjdF2z2SFGts48dicmYw9XG8NWM781t9atIWrfKr_qGkXtCnquMcIHF6xMkKIZ7-mvgL6kadpY7U_XFiep5_3nhQgrPZB8xLCh6tDN-DireqFadUqVqcTag3Yb86KhPZYoUdI4iRiObFqgWpGN/s4032/IMG_7452.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_TRyCj_OLCRgjvXuCNJ7gGDY9Z-6-pG6t9uNnm0Y8afjdF2z2SFGts48dicmYw9XG8NWM781t9atIWrfKr_qGkXtCnquMcIHF6xMkKIZ7-mvgL6kadpY7U_XFiep5_3nhQgrPZB8xLCh6tDN-DireqFadUqVqcTag3Yb86KhPZYoUdI4iRiObFqgWpGN/s320/IMG_7452.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-9441420906726986902023-10-21T20:17:00.004+01:002023-10-21T20:17:39.747+01:00Storm Chasing<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DsmM5lOSAwETI2kX-Y5auod3szKZCVEUg5tWTxn6KW7RA457eegzqmJrY-eeWaxatJMG3GBlpwk8pzUPdfEyCcqgawmZIWfe4phHOByBZym4vCQ1D4XVfh9IArC6VvOFdlCFoExMmWapp2nDYEChn8eKWmyoGzc3kS-WHjwVEgiP-rw7e2WvC_6it0h2/s3639/IMG_7345.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2069" data-original-width="3639" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DsmM5lOSAwETI2kX-Y5auod3szKZCVEUg5tWTxn6KW7RA457eegzqmJrY-eeWaxatJMG3GBlpwk8pzUPdfEyCcqgawmZIWfe4phHOByBZym4vCQ1D4XVfh9IArC6VvOFdlCFoExMmWapp2nDYEChn8eKWmyoGzc3kS-WHjwVEgiP-rw7e2WvC_6it0h2/s320/IMG_7345.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">I am making myself study Art & Stitch so I know it inside out! Sometimes I find that it is not as co-operative as I would like in that things you think you have done before and learned, don’t always seem to work the same again.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFW3OGE5k9rWIUFOr2EsstDmDZ6YZn3JWjQ40QYInBeTZrBXDE1T5qBChzLqCCO2WZJ3QHb0rZabbDe-zKY9kmAi8AySorz1oN7yyZY9PQE0OQ_nI-95c8NAv6DBp7Zsmf3qZa0wiCfRSdSyoGI_dHFIM3YZnc13fbpXMEWmSE8eod1yUMS4Dt1ysC5Fi/s1170/IMG_7392.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="1170" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFW3OGE5k9rWIUFOr2EsstDmDZ6YZn3JWjQ40QYInBeTZrBXDE1T5qBChzLqCCO2WZJ3QHb0rZabbDe-zKY9kmAi8AySorz1oN7yyZY9PQE0OQ_nI-95c8NAv6DBp7Zsmf3qZa0wiCfRSdSyoGI_dHFIM3YZnc13fbpXMEWmSE8eod1yUMS4Dt1ysC5Fi/s320/IMG_7392.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilROUg4CaeUYD6NFmKrbLmiAmG3nrvZwejo65KkxSj_aDUtyolGlJxiCTiqJIpJ8TRKBlpe0iu2IpncEogc8ut-mc2IYHxd9VXt1qKRXeBIR_-qeDFrF4klfRs6AAycnnNYFKl1ECL2UvDtUCWlLgqg_u9uG955YMRP8Rr9dsQdzXgCHxLi_lvGlNxef1e/s1170/IMG_7393.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1170" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilROUg4CaeUYD6NFmKrbLmiAmG3nrvZwejo65KkxSj_aDUtyolGlJxiCTiqJIpJ8TRKBlpe0iu2IpncEogc8ut-mc2IYHxd9VXt1qKRXeBIR_-qeDFrF4klfRs6AAycnnNYFKl1ECL2UvDtUCWlLgqg_u9uG955YMRP8Rr9dsQdzXgCHxLi_lvGlNxef1e/s320/IMG_7393.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC69CO3Ms-BzklG8KLRI98Io393nDH-7_46-eb2lsFx4v_Z76R2ku8RPSWW25SQCgUxrUCZiYYr15xsWebrgLHtyyBpxJOpLp-6Sf6ACfCtO1UvWcPLoh4pDSQrGgvfExj6XjlTvuBm9MU1yKmmHoF_BPwX4Zj_oWUv_dlkRWkNs79-cM3XZEqakz7hlmI/s1029/IMG_7396.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC69CO3Ms-BzklG8KLRI98Io393nDH-7_46-eb2lsFx4v_Z76R2ku8RPSWW25SQCgUxrUCZiYYr15xsWebrgLHtyyBpxJOpLp-6Sf6ACfCtO1UvWcPLoh4pDSQrGgvfExj6XjlTvuBm9MU1yKmmHoF_BPwX4Zj_oWUv_dlkRWkNs79-cM3XZEqakz7hlmI/s320/IMG_7396.jpeg" width="308" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I planned to make my way to Norfolk on Thursday but there was a storm warning so I decided to set off on Wednesday to try and beat it south. I was not able to leave until after lunch so I only went as far as Glasgow and stayed with Freya. As the weather warnings got more serious, I decided that if I woke up during the night I would just get going. I left Glasgow at 2.00am, not really considering that it would be dark until 7.30am. It was very wet in the north but the roads were pretty empty. I stayed on the west of the UK which took me 2 hours longer than normal but I made it without any difficulties. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVq21y5n1JsdNxmsRY8XJ_jrySQDqSeUlibGkckd8jqq5eCCwgXtzMvohR6jfwBrNdas0Xbn-98rN4aS6gAFS-gUXRV1PHOC0rBOPwbvhCm4t5m_6xdya5-rllMrltXpB90OSnLeN5cbnaqXLxyjfMAUmLnn98jkOTjXwZyLA0QRhZNclgtPbQZvKCl-HR/s4032/IMG_7384.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVq21y5n1JsdNxmsRY8XJ_jrySQDqSeUlibGkckd8jqq5eCCwgXtzMvohR6jfwBrNdas0Xbn-98rN4aS6gAFS-gUXRV1PHOC0rBOPwbvhCm4t5m_6xdya5-rllMrltXpB90OSnLeN5cbnaqXLxyjfMAUmLnn98jkOTjXwZyLA0QRhZNclgtPbQZvKCl-HR/s320/IMG_7384.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIDYd813I9lLpfBUqTPLUVxy7xCc4qdcCBNDCWzAm-yhkUa5kV6bEv-rjjUcMuhqiKo6UqsTUt8sreumfx8PNmncUAA8irlPtNsfIAKW10_MndHgiSXgEPoBow65wnUeCCbJF92OyfEgzW04uL3-8niRqwUzKMOrqWRaxWQcXr62AOAAV_39UYQIQjBm0/s1293/IMG_7394.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1117" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIDYd813I9lLpfBUqTPLUVxy7xCc4qdcCBNDCWzAm-yhkUa5kV6bEv-rjjUcMuhqiKo6UqsTUt8sreumfx8PNmncUAA8irlPtNsfIAKW10_MndHgiSXgEPoBow65wnUeCCbJF92OyfEgzW04uL3-8niRqwUzKMOrqWRaxWQcXr62AOAAV_39UYQIQjBm0/s320/IMG_7394.jpeg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aMpciEQYwYdB5yOaCoZWQiDmiwd3LM7ASPXufLzWr0AP2HWOI_AQt3ebPE5bH2ugWHpWUxfnRvUbSV8wul76NxZQ71qpZF7SSYztjeUDU8UIU3yRRMEPqJlayGENTvGRQdfXuLdUPrsT66mUYgh2KQKe8q1FFF2_WECGpfgTiz5-WJwiFo0PFfESECcP/s1588/IMG_7395.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aMpciEQYwYdB5yOaCoZWQiDmiwd3LM7ASPXufLzWr0AP2HWOI_AQt3ebPE5bH2ugWHpWUxfnRvUbSV8wul76NxZQ71qpZF7SSYztjeUDU8UIU3yRRMEPqJlayGENTvGRQdfXuLdUPrsT66mUYgh2KQKe8q1FFF2_WECGpfgTiz5-WJwiFo0PFfESECcP/s320/IMG_7395.jpeg" width="236" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwFiXZ4teWL_gyDJWcWDum0Tfv6K_VpPhiJoPGB2v6XaxMkd4t8iY-Jr8SDGmhJ-aYA0ms_6y004q2AtrwIjFJfdx1NMfP8Y3c8EQRdMoQtdWYHv0OO7jVQ0NASnWPb38X1nKLnAaPd5H8JA1wSI6k3nk_1BdUu8OAS68IQ6s8iEh2kNrwh775UUxfXhe/s1235/IMG_7399.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="1034" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwFiXZ4teWL_gyDJWcWDum0Tfv6K_VpPhiJoPGB2v6XaxMkd4t8iY-Jr8SDGmhJ-aYA0ms_6y004q2AtrwIjFJfdx1NMfP8Y3c8EQRdMoQtdWYHv0OO7jVQ0NASnWPb38X1nKLnAaPd5H8JA1wSI6k3nk_1BdUu8OAS68IQ6s8iEh2kNrwh775UUxfXhe/s320/IMG_7399.jpeg" width="268" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">By Friday the storm had spread to parts of England and it was even wet in Norfolk. Freya had booked a train after work as she also wanted to come down for Nella’s birthday week but the train kept stopping for long periods and did not go beyond Peterborough. She had the foresight to book a hotel overnight and continued her journey by bus the next morning. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFCHGt2jh-VKd0pOkcMbQ03QgvqTos8H1Lgighf0pPt8KXfGQy19qc-gA9opvUQ0fX-z86zVR_HNBkx1vxRL2IsKkXe1tQ5FfAK2ZhB3rtrh-_V939NAE4Acs7VH-wt9FD2chNmFIJtB0UnZTRBzQ9q0wQpKcMnh5asXjSLdMmfi6hErnD_R-mIhU4xNF/s1656/IMG_7391.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="1038" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFCHGt2jh-VKd0pOkcMbQ03QgvqTos8H1Lgighf0pPt8KXfGQy19qc-gA9opvUQ0fX-z86zVR_HNBkx1vxRL2IsKkXe1tQ5FfAK2ZhB3rtrh-_V939NAE4Acs7VH-wt9FD2chNmFIJtB0UnZTRBzQ9q0wQpKcMnh5asXjSLdMmfi6hErnD_R-mIhU4xNF/s320/IMG_7391.jpeg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Back home in Aberdeenshire the storm kept raging for 3 days straight with a Red, danger of life warning. Roads flooded, trees came down, the power went off, the sea turned foamy. I dread to think how soggy my workshop might be - apparently water is seeping up from under the floor!</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 13.8px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Hopefully, the weather will settle down on Sunday and I will take the girls and Nessie to the seaside. I am not sure what else we will get up to this week as Nella has managed to change her Uni course to Textiles and will have a far fuller timetable:) </p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-78431185984538865842023-10-15T10:12:00.001+01:002023-10-15T10:12:36.581+01:00A Lot of Stitches<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvyKdK3HqHvn1Ts_uAv4ucEPzzCU4e5uv29cSDc-nmGClGd1mdB9CQHQprbICgq-rLXhqb43AqIDa2M7Rqrh4tdQbK5XmrlticCFT0f3WUmr0fz8SyzzM3vNf815NYO3eBigl7v-zA5vop5VHmsxo3Ea69TSBFN1uecmDRRtk3WPjXoj6wff1ymsiynON/s4032/IMG_7277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvyKdK3HqHvn1Ts_uAv4ucEPzzCU4e5uv29cSDc-nmGClGd1mdB9CQHQprbICgq-rLXhqb43AqIDa2M7Rqrh4tdQbK5XmrlticCFT0f3WUmr0fz8SyzzM3vNf815NYO3eBigl7v-zA5vop5VHmsxo3Ea69TSBFN1uecmDRRtk3WPjXoj6wff1ymsiynON/s320/IMG_7277.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">After a weekend of torrential rain, the sun finally came back out on Monday and started drying everything out. Luckily, no water flooded into my workshop this time. The river was incredibly high when Nessie and I went for a walk. Instead of being a once in 20 years occurrence, it seems to happen annually now.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;">I set myself ups for a busy week, knowing that I am going to Norfolk later this week. I did some online teaching, in person teaching and a couple of customer quilts. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEU2z056i_1tigOR7ANWGUerx5kMstyAu1_dmCG6Q_L7jKTOQvnwqTiGDJGxZsbvHRUtSPQIuVh9eOymSE081RfrZZ6kbXqjBPHezBszxiGFkOnYHZuOIeKwvpGM-t8wTSfXyT1c11Ouuefbd0f0i88772PSn6Sskqgx4BAxQ2rbrcigDqAcJshhYVAkq/s3574/IMG_7302.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3574" data-original-width="3005" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEU2z056i_1tigOR7ANWGUerx5kMstyAu1_dmCG6Q_L7jKTOQvnwqTiGDJGxZsbvHRUtSPQIuVh9eOymSE081RfrZZ6kbXqjBPHezBszxiGFkOnYHZuOIeKwvpGM-t8wTSfXyT1c11Ouuefbd0f0i88772PSn6Sskqgx4BAxQ2rbrcigDqAcJshhYVAkq/s320/IMG_7302.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuGyIcRkAlPbUNK3guQfiqETtEMk4hsTe9Jeqesk4jEzKKQ0DBp7rv7g2RQiaX2yAUAvS5Er2_j8cEm8VH6CHqaucaGWPNVYbV-IWT74Jg6uhj08kkpMsCouSZxucHEE5kApetuYBtVx9zH0QUTb3KcjR-XEKfqe5ClIcg_Ah7Ddo6K4UiOkiW_k2mUKR/s3129/IMG_7303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3129" data-original-width="2792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuGyIcRkAlPbUNK3guQfiqETtEMk4hsTe9Jeqesk4jEzKKQ0DBp7rv7g2RQiaX2yAUAvS5Er2_j8cEm8VH6CHqaucaGWPNVYbV-IWT74Jg6uhj08kkpMsCouSZxucHEE5kApetuYBtVx9zH0QUTb3KcjR-XEKfqe5ClIcg_Ah7Ddo6K4UiOkiW_k2mUKR/s320/IMG_7303.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In a phone conversation with a Bernina Q-matic owner, she mentioned that her 1 year old machine had done 2 million stitches after 16 quilts which I thought sounded pretty high. Out of interest I checked my stitch counter, bearing in mind that I know it has been zeroed in the past and that I actually have another machine. I have had this machine since 2015, when it launched in the UK and it has done more than 51 million stitches! It is probably due for a spa experience;)</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I don’t seem to go anywhere interesting most weeks but I did have an “outing” to Asda. I hate Asda because it is so big but it does have a really good “exotic” section of spices and foods from around the world. I stocked up on spices because I wanted to recreate the Art Masala mix that Nadia Hussain made on her latest BBC cooking programme. I made her jalfrezi recipe and it was was superb - almost as good as the fudge doughnuts that a client brought from St Andrews;)</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfdEZSD60WdAWPAoW5b84b5dBkt26wvgwxNMnVqkNng6iHrOaItCIUoup5zxnIrlrderfX76TqZ64XKDbCQzWkLIdJ5hl4ncLNyRd3Uw2asdu9phBjajROpongJu1bxEYR5VA9ppuI7D5Ml-02qVsiA74SLh-BWZXXHd75MpLXPBdiyD2WX9nhBkkGdUy/s4032/IMG_7311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfdEZSD60WdAWPAoW5b84b5dBkt26wvgwxNMnVqkNng6iHrOaItCIUoup5zxnIrlrderfX76TqZ64XKDbCQzWkLIdJ5hl4ncLNyRd3Uw2asdu9phBjajROpongJu1bxEYR5VA9ppuI7D5Ml-02qVsiA74SLh-BWZXXHd75MpLXPBdiyD2WX9nhBkkGdUy/s320/IMG_7311.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I had to watch it more closely than usual so I was not able to go away and work on anything else, although I did manage to put a few stitches onto the quilted coat back. I have 2 front pieces still to go, depending on how much embellishment I feel it needs.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I decided to take my caravan on a Last Hurrah for the year to head north to Moray for a Scottie Dog meet up. The weather was not forecast to be great but there were signs that it would improve. I am fine with towing but not happy about stopping. I stupidly missed my turn and ended up making a huge detour via Fraserburgh and lots of coastal villages in some scary high winds. As I approached the camping field where I had booked to stay the road was closed so I went on another mystery tour, finally arriving hours after I had planned. It was raining heavily, rained hard all night and was still raining the next morning. </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">By now there was an Amber rain warning and water was starting to run off the fields onto the roads. Nessie and I had a walk on the beach at Nairn where we saw intrepid paddle-boarders and we got soaked. </p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk-C-dbvjB3w_gD9yGqPPmuyv62m9UR-zI2eQUUEFpcfHPIoSDXPkdygofvrYfkZBAkwDjQKNESW7iwdlezBlmTwKOIhcElrSllIR1gvCON85eJhEk4yZ19JixU2L5FknSQ21zUp3Ec7_GKEa3FdSVYyBrjQnC2ulkbHIIU0AUQeBMO65fdCXzKf7fc9j/s4032/IMG_7259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtk-C-dbvjB3w_gD9yGqPPmuyv62m9UR-zI2eQUUEFpcfHPIoSDXPkdygofvrYfkZBAkwDjQKNESW7iwdlezBlmTwKOIhcElrSllIR1gvCON85eJhEk4yZ19JixU2L5FknSQ21zUp3Ec7_GKEa3FdSVYyBrjQnC2ulkbHIIU0AUQeBMO65fdCXzKf7fc9j/s320/IMG_7259.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlmXCZtJyNwhmE7244Hu23ypB4hfxHIPhWp52pmkLlNhJwYfZdHWLuM3YmdBk9X_-i8XW8UU7TzykhnFaAcAY5TmsDw1Nsrk4VWGBrJwmBr-cuoZLVl6U0OJI-s1Ei4X_8RhaMdyLrmWeeIlJkE7YORAteOGVEpSm4ZdGsc-VJw7E3S8Z3qyth94luMB1/s4032/IMG_7267.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlmXCZtJyNwhmE7244Hu23ypB4hfxHIPhWp52pmkLlNhJwYfZdHWLuM3YmdBk9X_-i8XW8UU7TzykhnFaAcAY5TmsDw1Nsrk4VWGBrJwmBr-cuoZLVl6U0OJI-s1Ei4X_8RhaMdyLrmWeeIlJkE7YORAteOGVEpSm4ZdGsc-VJw7E3S8Z3qyth94luMB1/s320/IMG_7267.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Scottie Dog event was cancelled and the weather was worsening so I decided we might as well head home. The caravan had sunk into the field so I was not able to hitch up and I phoned the farmer in a bit of a panic to be told that everyone was too busy to come to my rescue. Eventually, I realised that I could crank the legs up a bit more to raise the tow hitch and we were able to make our escape! The journey home was uneventful and I am glad that we got out when we did because it just continued to lash with rain. There was quite a lot of flooding in Scotland and at home we had to dig a trench outside my workshop to divert the water running off the field. Nessie has decided that she won’t be going out until it dries up a bit which suits me fine as I will enjoy a cosy, lazy Sunday at home:)</p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155014099155996848.post-28099327964460037252023-10-01T13:41:00.001+01:002023-10-01T13:41:12.844+01:00Some Good, Bad and Ugly Stuff<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;">The lingering cold that I had after my Glasgow trip turned out to be Covid. I was not especially unwell but lacking in energy and had no sense of taste. I hunkered down in the workshop and just got on with some quilting. It was not that easy actually, because my machine keeps conking out and giving me error messages which I tell it to ignore before starting again. New wiring has been ordered which should arrive in mid-October so hopefully we will keep limping along.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h4ZJFiieUjMgRnr40IdtDr_zB1i_OtYkPIVb_bQ4tnrvyFTerUD-H9PLHjDBG93QwFTk-sWHkMa27oJHi1d9yaLb8jbSyx3yXRjCv3eYTYmfUvGpHC6P5NBFcWr8_JfS17jfeDHY3p2pn4-q_R5rg6G-ZWnHrBZLnlf5sHX7wK9bEbZY20aY8bxP8WLx/s4032/71733347129__A63A156F-3DA4-4A23-858E-3AC0A3D4B524.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-h4ZJFiieUjMgRnr40IdtDr_zB1i_OtYkPIVb_bQ4tnrvyFTerUD-H9PLHjDBG93QwFTk-sWHkMa27oJHi1d9yaLb8jbSyx3yXRjCv3eYTYmfUvGpHC6P5NBFcWr8_JfS17jfeDHY3p2pn4-q_R5rg6G-ZWnHrBZLnlf5sHX7wK9bEbZY20aY8bxP8WLx/s320/71733347129__A63A156F-3DA4-4A23-858E-3AC0A3D4B524.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UanrKw9NXkjypKk7Htqd0327M7FDet3XSoecqUdlY1jVQLGEkTICwGnf3WeFxEEcrHxhIDsVE8jnYGLwRHtTcFmMe636V1naStgpgMM3yhM6hsHH12rEOjIqJeQpJenGZefDnaxG_uqQk7sRlXjInU1BXpOxspWCnE8n10Q1HOgFugaMVu6owAMsoI9_/s4032/IMG_7199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UanrKw9NXkjypKk7Htqd0327M7FDet3XSoecqUdlY1jVQLGEkTICwGnf3WeFxEEcrHxhIDsVE8jnYGLwRHtTcFmMe636V1naStgpgMM3yhM6hsHH12rEOjIqJeQpJenGZefDnaxG_uqQk7sRlXjInU1BXpOxspWCnE8n10Q1HOgFugaMVu6owAMsoI9_/s320/IMG_7199.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbYXG7Mb8HLMxB3BSrk8RELi71lnWRHg1Ufj4CMHcn8ZF-pkHS-wsOVwufA83ljVAS736uh2pNROOBigE3hBeGJMkosY7OnacRCN1472YVQUy7BdSBsPPxwiMD2GoBXsV6OK6DvniGsNnF4kQJUjzsWOCn74hFSR2JszpJO83a8B8aI3bW0jCSc3wyqy8/s4032/IMG_7200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbYXG7Mb8HLMxB3BSrk8RELi71lnWRHg1Ufj4CMHcn8ZF-pkHS-wsOVwufA83ljVAS736uh2pNROOBigE3hBeGJMkosY7OnacRCN1472YVQUy7BdSBsPPxwiMD2GoBXsV6OK6DvniGsNnF4kQJUjzsWOCn74hFSR2JszpJO83a8B8aI3bW0jCSc3wyqy8/s320/IMG_7200.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV7LUnnK9Rdu0dEM7A5sB0Z5lJmnQDr_v_vB_q_PWWr4H6-psZ2cddzkdwlBisJkG-AQGMfG_egWx7tSudQfFkjLpVZvimV89duifX9uHxNEl0rN5F6SM5ycszsYsiU_gf2fp1tGOjL7FzJ1ZWd2h1XO8ZVjdvr8704JdpehZs_AeGVQy_9KPSDC8g1lu/s4032/IMG_7205.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYV7LUnnK9Rdu0dEM7A5sB0Z5lJmnQDr_v_vB_q_PWWr4H6-psZ2cddzkdwlBisJkG-AQGMfG_egWx7tSudQfFkjLpVZvimV89duifX9uHxNEl0rN5F6SM5ycszsYsiU_gf2fp1tGOjL7FzJ1ZWd2h1XO8ZVjdvr8704JdpehZs_AeGVQy_9KPSDC8g1lu/s320/IMG_7205.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHzIq3FXn0Ep51x2SKIIjPo4PgbKgbOSc2VKzo0DKBxKwxwGZbgnKNLSXHRQDLAbLQeZ9Zpw0RzJLY7URW-wJeQEMg0TBT6mUZZCsIk2QehdPjD89tDWndVbZ4SXmbHazzQ0CJIbCwTTx2LE0YItaXxVBgVmxGkunr87dAsoUL8rvBk8pNgIq75ro2o45/s4032/IMG_7213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHzIq3FXn0Ep51x2SKIIjPo4PgbKgbOSc2VKzo0DKBxKwxwGZbgnKNLSXHRQDLAbLQeZ9Zpw0RzJLY7URW-wJeQEMg0TBT6mUZZCsIk2QehdPjD89tDWndVbZ4SXmbHazzQ0CJIbCwTTx2LE0YItaXxVBgVmxGkunr87dAsoUL8rvBk8pNgIq75ro2o45/s320/IMG_7213.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>I received a letter from Police Scotland informing me that I was caught by a speed camera on the motorway near Stirling. I really have no excuse because the car has cruise control. I hope I don’t receive a huge fine or have to appear in court!</span><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I had to come up with firmer ideas and a list of requirements for the Quilt Retreat that I will be doing at Quilt Direct in Devon next June and it reminded me that I will have to be an absolute Q-Matic expert so I can answer any question that someone might ask. I have set myself the task of going through every single page in the ArtnStitch manual and have bought all of the advanced online classes. I did a couple of classes at Bernina University in 2019 but there is only so much you can learn in short sessions in a large class. I also took a couple of Zoom classes a while back but I confess that I did not really understand them at the time. The answer, just like with free motion quilting is PRACTISE!</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Speaking of free motion - when I taught my class in Glasgow I noticed that one participant had a BSR (Bernina stitch regulator). I thought that would be a handy tool to have when I give demos or lessons on domestic quilting so I looked them up online. I was shocked to discover that they are currently priced at £625.00 and even on Ebay they are selling for over £300.00 plus postage from the USA. I spotted one for sale in the UK with no bidders and “won” my auction for considerably less than that:) </p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I decided to spend my whole Saturday experimenting with ideas in my workshop. These are not necessarily ideas that will go anywhere but I wanted to see what would happen. As is often the case, gadgets and feet don’t always work as well as they say in their blurb and need some adjustments to be made. My current fascination is ruffles which are usually seen on garments, not quilts. I also wanted to have a go at making fringes and test out the BSR which arrived by post. By the end of the day I had not produced anything impressive but it was worth doing. I often think that is a useful exercise because some ideas turn out not to be good ones, while others need some developing. There was one good thing though - the “bargain" BSR works perfectly!</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq50jvhKwVq8FvxOKGHwdf0ozEEEW1jwN3Y9eQGDoRdOezJ9Gpb_tpN_e6igCE7HaJ-hHNkR_Xv-P8k-Xe4MVyhVklr7eLPGVqgdqMk5EgFk1-qaZpEy9C4OrC6VGWJcoRkkTzQh_jgLOhz3wmN3gxxVIJD8OrOA68zWrsZX7j8mln4fnVdZL6pTmImeWa/s3840/7C24F72C-0CBD-4040-B782-B2255BC684B8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq50jvhKwVq8FvxOKGHwdf0ozEEEW1jwN3Y9eQGDoRdOezJ9Gpb_tpN_e6igCE7HaJ-hHNkR_Xv-P8k-Xe4MVyhVklr7eLPGVqgdqMk5EgFk1-qaZpEy9C4OrC6VGWJcoRkkTzQh_jgLOhz3wmN3gxxVIJD8OrOA68zWrsZX7j8mln4fnVdZL6pTmImeWa/s320/7C24F72C-0CBD-4040-B782-B2255BC684B8.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_4UlQgWIHkLtv_z8rP-Q1xlN9XJSwd8ICQ5xZnDmtkf-UMUIHMRi7xPRdiEWwfJN7cSyx8A4xmC3n_1eX49A4tTb4m1pgApMECggGiaviovfPX4_csAEBUGViLb6guxG8qmePPk8iR42U814AKmZD_mdlyCbNK86L58Wq1QzNEjFSESNJz2rg1xyLHNj/s4032/IMG_7226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_4UlQgWIHkLtv_z8rP-Q1xlN9XJSwd8ICQ5xZnDmtkf-UMUIHMRi7xPRdiEWwfJN7cSyx8A4xmC3n_1eX49A4tTb4m1pgApMECggGiaviovfPX4_csAEBUGViLb6guxG8qmePPk8iR42U814AKmZD_mdlyCbNK86L58Wq1QzNEjFSESNJz2rg1xyLHNj/s320/IMG_7226.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The Quilt Quinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06095481440563796901noreply@blogger.com0