Wow. Wendy...that is so cool ! I love playing in wool !! Your friend did a wonderful job !

Back on page 82 just a week or so ago I posted my silver birch quilt made as a challenge swap. I've now received the birch felt and thought you'd be interested in seeing it.
I'm thrilled it's gorgeous.



Not again!!! I'll be back in a bit.



that's better

Just one fat quarter Lorna?

I've not been to IOW for donkeys years. I seem to remember coloured sands and little glass jars.

Warmer here as well and sunny but still some snow by the walls. We went walking from Bakewell this morning it was wonderful and lots of little lambs in the fields. I've just had dinner and finished off a yummy Bakewell pudding

Happy anniversary, Limbania. So glad to hear that your white blood cell count is back up.

Rosemary, Sounds like Izzy had another wonderful birthday celebration. Tell her Happy Birthday from Roger and I.

Beautiful quilt, Lotti.

We just returned from the Isle of Wight. There was a lovely little fabric shop in Newport that I picked up a fat quarter at. Friday was miserably cold and windy, but dry. Saturday was surprisingly warm (compared to the day before). We had a great time sightseeing around the island.

Lorna

I am again, and again, surprised and astonished when I don't see people getting up to give their seat to the elderly, anyone older, pregnant women, women carrying small children or anyone with a physical handicap, walking on crutches, whatever... I don't know why I'm still so naive, but I still believe in the good in mankind... And every so often, I get a surprise that chivalry, manners and plain common sense are still here, albeit generally spread very thinly on the ground!
As I spend quite a bit of time with colleagues and visitors from all over the world, I must also say that many of the Arabic, African, Asian and Indian men could teach most of their western counterparts a lot about manners.

Rita,
I remember those day's way back in the 60's or 70's
Ah! happy days
Anne

Well done Rosemary, it sounds like it went well and there were no broken bones or teeth! Yes table manners seem to be a thing of the past, along with a few other manners as well My father was telling me about getting on a bus the other day and there was a woman with two young children sitting in the seats reserved for OAPs. He asked the children to move up so he could sit down before the bus started to move and the woman said "eff off, I paid for them kids to sit there, you're on the bus for free!" Charming isn't it. Gone are the days of mothers telling their children to stand so that an older person could sit down.

But she'll always remember what a great mum you are and your rabbit jellies

Oh Wow! Thank (expletive of your choice) for that - it is all over for another year!!!!!!!!!
I swear their table manners are getting worse every year! And yes, they were at the top of their voices - even Izzy started complaining about the noise towards the end (she likes her peace & quite). The diet is competely busted today and I don't care - off to write up a fuller version on my blog.... once I have refilled my glass

Terrific "modern quilt " ! That's the descriptive buzz word these days... tho we know we've been making
them all along !! I'm sure your folks will love it....crisp and clean !

Your dad's quilt is wonderful, Lotti. He's going to be thrilled!

Nancy

Love the Daddy quilt, Lotti. Isn't it just fun to make a quilt out of something different than thin cotton?

Love your Dad's quilt Lottie, very modern. The fabric looks great. I am sure he will be so chuffed with it.

Thanks for the kudos, ladies. I must say I'm quite pleased with the result, especially as I took just about every shortcut possible. Since speed was of the essence and I had wanted something that is soft, warm and cool, easily washable, quick to dry and fits into my parents' lounge:
I made it in panels, each of the backing fabrics is one panel, all piecing was directly onto this and quilt as you go.
Most of necessary quilting was done to the individual panels, just leaving the outer border I quilted, partially sewed, so that I could sew them together easily without requiring an additional fabric strip.
Not a single thread was buried instead, I did a little backup-sewing to tie the threads at the beginning and end every time and it SHOWS
My parents house is all natural wood, most of the furniture is wood, sofas are off-white, carpets cream, and everything very light and 'natural', so the colors are perfect, and the modern, geometric, come what may pattern is also quite fitting... I came across the fabric at a quilt shop in Switzerland early in the year and bought it with my parents' in mind. It's not printed but the patterns are woven ( for my mom who used to weave her own curtains), I bought everything they had in the store, and am so glad I did, have a little of the dark and cream fabrics left, everything is used up... ( that's why the different colored panels on the back, had wanted to make the back all blue - but not enough of it - it's of the same woven fabric, and there are the same blue threads in some of the fabrics).
I love the feel of this fabric, it feels and looks a lot like linen - and my moms quilt is going to be all linen, when I eventually get to it - I've been collecting all 'natural' colored linens I've come across for the last two years...

So now you're all up to date... I'm off to watch doctor who, and then an early night