Crumbs Mania

Crumbs Mania

Originally uploaded by dordognequilter

Nearly back to normal.

In between rebuilding computers and generally
pulling out what hair I've got left, this is what
I've been doing.

I thought I said I was going to do one small
central square, then a border, then log cabins and
then letters. Forget the last bit! One ever
growing square, small border and then cabins (in
fact it's grown since this photo!).

It's gone from being a table runner/cloth to a big
grown up wall hanging. DH loves it!

Google Reader has well over 250 blog entries to read
so I've marked them all as read and am starting
from scratch, which will account for not leaving
any comments, or returning the complement - sorry :-(

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An Interlude

An Interlude

Originally uploaded by dordognequilter

Big computer problems. I've had to reformat the
hard disk and reload everything. Aaarrrrgggghhhhhhhh.

Thanks for all the lovely comments on the last
post and sorry I haven't been able to reply to
them all. I will do as soon as I can. In the
meantime, mistletoe on friends trees taken a
couple of weeks ago.

Hope to resume normal service as soon as possible.

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Madame Printemps Arrivée

I'm not too sure how this is going to work out.
I'm sending this via email/Flickr.

Yesterday was glorious. The walk to the bus in
the morning did not require a torch or a coat and
I could smell Spring. The birds were singing and
the sun was pouring through the Velux in the bedroom.

Max temperature was in the top teens Celsius

Today is going to be just as gorgeous.

Alex breaks up today for the 2 week winter break
so my computer time is going to be cut to a
minimum :-)

Right - here goes. Let's see if it appears.

Well it did - 3 times!

So here are the photos in one post. Hope your RSS feeds weren't upset.


Madame Nellie Moser has decided to make an appearance

Shy Mademoiselle Violet peeking out from behind the Bee Orchid leaves

Bold Madame Cerise showing off

Sunset on the cottage in our courtyard.
This was the boulangerie for the hamlet many years ago.

I like this!!!

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Crumbs from my Table

Which is what the crumbs quilt is going to be called.

I was lying in bed this morning looking at all the blocks and I've decided to turn this into a table runner/cloth.  Not really my sort of thing, but the design wall is roughly the same size as our coffee table and, most importantly, it will be hell to quilt because of all the seams.

I'm going to make that central block bigger and put a small border round it.  Then I'm going to make up another border of log cabin crumbs, then a small border - say an inch wide - and then "crumbs from my table" and then bind, or possibly another small border, but I think by then it will be huge!

How on earth do people manage to quilt these type of quilts with loads and loads of seams.

I'll be back tomorrow with some spring photos - the violets are out, the cherry is just about to come into blossom and the rosemary bush has got a blue tinge to it.

Note to self - change the white sheet on the design wall.  That photo is awful!

That's better!

I've Cut It!!!!!!! (or a Housewarming Party)

I cut into it. I did. I really did. I've been saving it up for ages and ages, taking it out, looking at it, ironing out the creases and refolding it. It's been in my stash ever since The Great Fabric Find. If you look at the link, its the first photo top left.

This is what it looks like now.

I cut it up for Bonnie's Housewarming Party, which is being organised by Tonya. This is my contribution.

If you haven't done any wonky work before, now's your chance to say a big thank you to Bonnie.

Alex has just walked in and I've still got a web search to do for train tickets. I'm off on a jaunt next month and, no, I'm not telling you where I'm going *s*.

That's yer lot until next week. Have a good weekend and I hope the weather picks up for all of you across The Pond.

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