Quick Quilt

Yesterday afternoon I had a quick quilting interlude.  During the morning I'd got up to date with the wedding quilt, everything pieced is now quilted too.  DH took me out for a lunch at our local café, bless him, and then it seemed a good time to make a cot quilt for a friend who has just had a baby. Dixie-May was born on 10th February and I will be meeting her next Monday.  Knowing I would be pushed for time I bought a lovely panel from Wendy at Camelot Crafts and yesterday afternoon I made it up into this quilt.  I'm very pleased with it.  The borders are simply pieced, the centre is simply quilted.  Maybe it wasn't as satisfying, creatively, as other things I do but I'm very pleased with it.  Bright, simple and perfect for a new baby.  I hope Dixie-May will like it.

Warning - Man in Quilt Shop

Yesterday was a wonderful day with scrumptious Sam and today is a momentous day for today my beloved Alan made his first purchase in a quilt shop.  Admittedly it wasn't exactly a fabric or a thread but I do believe it might be the start of something all the same.  Here he is at Wendy's lovely new craft shop in Friskney Eaudyke (isn't that an evocative place name?)

Wendy has not got her website complete yet (she's working on her C&G) but her shop is a treasure trove of crafty goodies, not just quilting related.  Well worth a visit if you're in the area and do keep an eye on her website if you're not local.  I'm looking forward to when she launches her full programme of workshops at Camelot Crafts, in fact I've already asked if I can move in!
Oh yes, what did Al buy?  Well, it's the strange-looking thing on his face - no, not the beard.  He bought a pair of Daylight's clip-on magnifying lenses to help him enjoy his antique pocket watches in close-up detail and he was daylighted (ha ha) with them.