Puddles and a finish (almost)

OOOh just look at these puddles...Whats that Mum? Oh please stop waffling on about those big stones, I have puddles to jump in.


Managed to get away at Easter for a few days and have ordered lots of yummy fabric because I have five weeks. Yup just five weeks and this crazy crazy year will stop...phew...I'm clingy on...barely...now where did I put that lesson plan?

The machine has made an appearance...

yay!

A very good friend of mine is having a baby boy.

I was determined to make the baby a quilt.

So this afternoon I put together a small quilt top.

It was hard, just getting the machine set up took forever, then trying to design a pattern.

I even had to go buy a new cutting mat...who knows where I've hidden that!

But its done, just ordered the wadding and backing and one more afternoon and voila!

Halfway through...

and I'm still alive...barely.

Who knew teaching would be so emotionally draining as well as physically and mentally.

There hasn't been anything creative done in months, in fact my sewing machine is still packed away from the move last August.

That is unless you count the art I made with my 11 year olds, made with paper instead of fabric but based on these....we did all the seasons and had a big display (cant post sorry kids in it..)

I was hoping for some balance to the year, bu there isn't any its all work, I barely see my four kiddos. 

But we have a grand vacation to Italy planned in August...

so here's holding out till then...

and hopefully Ill see everyone soon.

...

My final exam is on Thursday.

I have one quote I can remember.. 'I am Heathcliff'

The kids are stuck indoors due to a rainy June and driving me mad.

What is a sewing machine again?

See you on the other side....

March Fresh and Funky Bee Block

A confetti block was asked for and here's my interruption.

I have spent the weekend decorating my living room, I wallpapered for the first time and am very pleased with the results. Unfortunately the boys buried my camera in the sand at the lake and so I can't take photos.  Think warm stone, red  and sprigs of bluebellish flowers (which arent blue)
Now I need a quilt to match for my sofa...

Hi from Germany

I made it

Six months late and two small boys in tow

We have 30 degree heat and sausages...doesnt get much better

What we have been up to the last two months....

 Finishing up quilts

 creating Mrs Fox and a tiger for world book day

 having teeth knocked out by your baby brother and his dinosaur

 having 4th birthday parties in the garden

 learning to ride bikes

going to museums for birthday treats...yes that dinosaur on the right is the culprit

We've also had cats having surgery, Sascha is fine just had a major op to remove a foreign object from her intestine!

Made a three tier wedding cake

Finished up some bee blocks

read Bleak house and reread Dracula, Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights for the exam

Wrote 3000 words on the Victorian detective novel

Enjoyed the very hot weather we've had here in England

Saw Frankenstein at the theatre, bloody brilliant

and trying to contain unruly four year old twin boys!