Don't you just love your postie?

There I was, commenting on Fiona's Little Apples quilt and telling her I was waiting for my charm pack when - THUD - a parcel in the porch.........

 As well as my charm pack, I have a fat 1/4 bundle of 1001 Peeps by Lizzy House - have been drooling over this for a week or so and when Sew Fresh announced their 20% sale last week I succumbed.
 The colours will suit my hexie project but they also remind me of Aladdin and my daughter's favourite Disney was Aladdin and now she is having her own little rugrat.........a possibility? Or when I mix my Little Apples and Sherbet Pips together, another possibility? Oh what a delicious dilemma.
I also have a finished project.....drumroll.........but keeping that for Lynne's Fresh Sewing Day tomorrow.

Swaps, & the kindness of others

The indefatiguable Hadley, from Flying Blind........, by her own admission, has her finger in many pies.

 One of the pies I took a fancy to, was the Mug Rug & Goodie swap being organised by Cindy at 

Fluffy Sheep Quilting. We get 2 secret partners and make each one a mug rug and a goodie. I had yet to make a mug rug despite the craze, so it was a good opportunity to have a go.

I have made a start today and this is work in progress on the first -

Meanwhile, my classes are all up and running - at class last Thursday, one of my lovely ladies who had seen me the previous week, thought I had "looked a bit fed up" and made me this -

I was really touched by her kindness. Thank you.

Rite of Passage

Got my eyes tested this week - my next check up will be in 2 yrs and thereafter, annually. A significant milestone said the optician....ha ha, so funny.

Getting older is weird, you still feel much the same inside your head but the body has forgotten how to work properly..............however, there are fringe benefits, oh, yes...................still with me?

I am going to be a grandma!! Woo hoooooooooo and I will be married to a grandad - how did that happen??

This was my very first quilt, made for Jenny - now I get to make one (or two........) for her baby..oooh, which fabrics, which pattern, such choices, what fun!!

Off to have a nanny nap...............

Doll Quilt Swap - receiving

Got home from work today and found a parcel on the mat - it was from Hartford, Wisconsin......

from my secret swap partner Shirley, Freidasew, and inside was this fabulous little gem -

Isn't it just adorable, it will sit very nicely on my wall beside my Brit Quilt swap quilt......our partners figure out our likes from our blogs, and our flickr faves..........Shirley got me bang on, I love it. I could become slightly addicted to these little quilts, and to swaps. It's very exciting to send one off around the world, and equally exciting to have one turn up from some far off place.
When Shirley was posting her wips on flickr she offered a choice of this little beauty or a wonky star quilt - as you will have spotted the wee pincushion, you will see I scored a wonky star too...win win.

Scenes for the Virtual Tourist

My classes started last week, it's good to be back in the old routine and lovely to meet up with old and new students and I just know the noise level will recede as we settle down.......................

......as well as my regular classes that I hold in Prestwick, I also run occasional day workshops and I thought some of you who are not local might like to see the privileged spot that we have to do our thing.

 

This is Alloway Village Hall, right in the heart of Alloway Village, now a suburb of Ayr  town...............

 and just across the way is the birthplace of Robert Burns.

 

Lucky aren't we? Sometimes it's good to smell those roses.

Doll Quilt Swap...giving

I took part in DQS11 recently and this morning I received a lovely message from my secret partner Ruth, of ruthiequilts (in Utah).........her request was for a doll quilt for her 7yr old son who loves snakes etc (not sure if real or toy....) So I came up with a little quilt made up of different scale HSTs to suggest snakes. As often happens, these things take on their own life and I pieced a ladder on the back.........get it? Snakes and ladders! Ruth had said she liked embellishments so I added a ric rac snake with googly eyes. It was fun to make but I am so chuffed to be able to show the pics she has posted on flickr..makes it all worth it!!

  

If you want to have a look at some of the DQ lovelies that have been produced, just click HERE.

Brad comes to town

Brad comes to town, a photo by bluepatchquilter on Flickr.

There has been a flurry of excitement in Glasgow this past week because...Brad Pitt and his production company have been filming scenes for his new film World War Z.

My husband has been in the thick of it as he works in the actual street fiming has been taking place........his building (HMRC) has been transformed temporarily into an accountant's offce - this apparantly has caused much mirth which I think Hadley might understand.

His street, and George Square have been disguised as downtown Philadelphia, can't imagine why they can't just use......hey, Philadelphia, and can't begin to imagine the cost.............filming has also taken place in Malta and Cornwall.

Big Al (my DH) managed to take some snaps on the way to work and from his office window..thought you might like to share the fun.