here's what new year's eve looked like here! yup, pretty darn exciting. cribbage and champagne, but actually i wouldn't have wanted it any different!
i hope you're not growing too weary of the x and + square countdown. here are 27, 28, 29 and 30! after laying it all out i have decided that i only need 12 more squares!!!!! oh yeah, make that 13 because i withdrew one. i'm not liking the yellows (and here i've done another with yellow, but it's ok), so i may have to rethink a few squares.
i also did a lot of mitten knitting this morning, and here it is 3:00 and i am not even dressed... at this point i may not even bother! ( maybe my new year's resolution should be to get dressed on my days off :) ).
look at this sweeeeeeeeet vintage fabric that i got from a trade with a flickr friend! i just love it! so, hey, denyse schmidt, if you're looking for a new fabric design, i think a reproduction of this one would be the best!!! (because i know denyse schmidt is out there reading my blog-hahahahahaha!)
happy 2014 to you all!
happy new year to you too ! my celebrations were of the quieter kind, prosecco and playing with my 2 year old grand daughter figured heavily until she went home to bed and we ate home made sausage rolls and chicken wings cooked up by son number 4.
ReplyDeletei do like the new quilt you have on the go, it looks pretty and very complicated indeed. i finished quilting my latest, a medallion quilt while watching the new series of 'sherlock' which began last night. i do the whole thing by hand from pieceing onwards because machine sewing really makes my back hurt, and in fact i find it really easy and comfy on the sofa feet up !!
your photo's throughout the blog are really good and a delight for the eye and i wish i knew how to do it like that.
the vintage fabric is lovely indeed, can you not send DS that pic to encourage her...
all the best for 2014. susan x
thank you, susan! wow, that's a lot of work doing the piecing by hand too! i really enjoy hand quilting, also for the sitting on the couch aspect :) i haven't seen sherlock-maybe i'll give it a look!
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