tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9391936292341113212024-03-13T07:14:03.855-07:00Yon Quilting WifeYon Quilting Wifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05084129889916319888noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-939193629234111321.post-15117138659494271432013-06-15T15:32:00.000-07:002013-06-15T15:32:11.772-07:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
Honey moon</h2>
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This is the amazing Hotel my lovely husband brought me to for our late honey-moon.</div>
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I have always wanted to stay here since I was a little girl.</div>
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Poor hubby, I told him I don't want to stay any where less comfortable than this !!!</div>
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On Saturday we went over to Whitby. This is one of my favorite places. I love the smells and sounds and sights of the place. I just want to bottle it and carry it with me. I feel so at home here. Every few year I need to get my Whitby fix and have a visit.</div>
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Of course it wouldn't be a trip to Whitby if you didn't climb the 199 steps. </div>
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It's just these days I need to stop and admire the view a few more times on the way up than I used to.!!</div>
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If you have visited and climbed the steps, have you ever noticed there are never the same number of steps on the way up as there are on the way down ?</div>
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In the after noon we gate-crashed my Aunty Julia's 80th Birthday party. </div>
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It was so nice to see the family.</div>
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For me family is so important.</div>
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I am very proud of my family, all of them, and would move heaven and earth to help any of them.</div>
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On Sunday, we climbed Roseberry Topping. It used to be Mount Roseberry but there was mining in the area and the mountain shrank !! It didn't feel like it had shunk by much mind. It took us two hours just to get to the bottom of it. Every time we thought we were almost there, there seemed to be another field to walk through or mini forest to navigate. We lost the darn thing several times, and the map made no sense.<br />
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I canna remember it being this steep last time I climbed it, but then again I was 17 at the time !!<br />
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These were perhaps not the best shoes to climb a mountain in !!</div>
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On the way down we saw these trees .....cuddling.</div>
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How sweet is this ?</div>
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Then in the afternoon, my favorite time.</div>
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Pimm's on the terrace with my patchwork.</div>
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Seriously, could life get any better ?</div>
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When I got back to Shetland it was lovely to see my girls again. </div>
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There house was immaculate and Grace made these.</div>
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Perhaps I should go away more often. </div>
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I have done some sewing .. honest.</h2>
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I can't remember what day it was, but our Alice and I took a drive down to the Knab in Lerwick. I sat and listened to radio 3 and did some more on my crochet. Alice sat and drew this view. Just like that with pen and paper. I should have taken a photo for you all to see.<br />
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The rest of the week was a bit of a struggle at times. My slipped discs in my neck have been playing up, Granny has been in and outta hospital and my best friend is having a tough time, which made me sad. Then at work two of my reps have let me down with orders and samples. Ugh. Any way that's enough of yucky stuff.<br />
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Sewing; I have made bunting, mended trousers, fixed the laundry basket, designed and made a prototype for a skirt ..... but forgot to take any photos. Oops !!<br />
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After a lazy start to the day, it was lunch then out into the garden to enjoy the sun shine. Fresh rhubarb was picked and made into another yummy pudding. Not sure what it's called but I put the rhubarb in a dish. Our Grace made up a cake mix which we put on the top and then baked in the oven for about half an hour. This was served with lashings of custard.<br />
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Emi and I went round the garden looking for what's growing and what's gonna grow. We found these red current babies, lovely tulips.....<br />
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Slowly but surely I am trimming the hedge. I'm taking it down by about 5 feet and in by about 6 feet. I can only manage one fence width at a time, but I'm getting there.<br />
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The lasses were roaming around the garden, giggling, fighting, running, building dens, mixing perfume, bouncing on the trampoline and generally being bairns. At one stage they did disappear on their bikes, but in the main they were rummaging around the doors. A fresh hole seems to have been dug in the drive and this unusual sculpture appeared in the sunken garden.</div>
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I finally got some of my raspberries moved, under the watchful gaze of Ginger.</div>
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... and in what will be the raised veggie beds, the toadstools are doing well.</div>
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Wednesday I spent the afternoon with my girls at my eldest daughters. It was so lovely to sit in their midst and listen to their chatter. Boy they are gonna be a force to be reckoned with when they all grow up.</div>
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Well not so much lazing but still not a lot to show for it. Do you ever have one of those days where you drift from one job to another but don't seem to get much done ?<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">We started by trimming the hedge, but after about 4' and being scratched a lot I went and trimmed a tree in the sunken garden. This nest fell out. It's an old blackbird's nest, I think. Not in use, what ever it is.</span><br />
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And finally .... I don't know if you remember the rhubarb patch I was working on ? Well today I picked this years first crop. I mixed it with a couple of eating apples and made a lovely crumble. the rhubarb was so tender.</div>
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I feel I have had no time for anything or anyone lately, and yet I have precious little to show for it. Between hospital visits, work and well just stuff , I feel I have missed the important things in life. My family, friends, my home and my sewing.<div>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Here are my lovely boys. Still as daft as brushes. I keep having to hawk them back in to the house as they are eyeing up the nesting birds. But the good thing is there is no sign of mice in the house at the moment.</span><br />
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Last week we all headed down to the beach for the Redd Up. This is when folk all over Shetland head out armed with green bags and pick up the bruck that has been blown on to the beaches in the winter storms. There is a fairly small window of time when this can be done. It has to fit in between the last of the storms and the birds building there nests. We gathered a huge pile of rope, bags full of bottles, fishing floats, 3 left shoes and other bits and bobs. Coffee and biscuits were brought to us and the bairns enjoyed some fun and games in the back of a trailer.</div>
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I have never seen swans in the sea before. They just bobbed around us the whole morning.</div>
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I had an amazing Friday-Night-Lock-In which should have been at the shop but was re-located to a friends house. What a giggle. I laughed til I cried. This was one good night. We had a pizza delivered and the most delicious -flaccid- garlic bread with mushrooms . Followed by lots of chocolate and tea.</div>
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I hope you all have a fabby week doing the thinks you love with the folk you love best. Do let me know what you're up to and thanks for taking the time to pop by.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a class Sarah and I went to yesterday in Lerwick. Out teacher, Rosalind Johanson, had traveled up from England. The idea was to be inspired by what's around you, sea, sky, the beautiful knitting that's produced up here ...... alsorts of things. Of course I forgot to take my pictures in with me so I was working from memory. I had set out to do an applique picture of a puffin but this is what came off the sewing machine !!. The picture on the left is what I have so far but I'm not too sure about it. I think there's too much pale fabric. I have taken another couple of pictures with the pale folded out and I may slash the picture to cut out the lighter bits. Let me know what you think I should do ? </span><br />
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A lot of my blogging friends have been showing their to do lists. This isn't exactly a to do list more a "this is what's laying on top of my sewing machine at the moment" list.</div>
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This wasn't made by me, nor did I quilt it. I'm just sewing the binding on. Not my favorite job in the world but needs doing. Almost there. Half way round.</div>
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This year the Easter Bunny very kindly brought four bikes for the lasses from the Shetland bike project where they do up old bikes and resell them on. It means that people like us can get bikes at an affordable price. All the bairns have been out riding, well Emi is almost riding. Her Dad has had her out in the field today and although it's brally cold they seem to have had good fun. </div>
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Look what I got yesterday. I am so lucky. This is from a very dear friend of mine in America. There are some people we are so lucky to have in our lives and this special lady is also one of my friends.</div>
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These beauties were made by my friends talented Mam. They are place mats but I am going to put hanging loops on them and put them on the wall.<br />
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Another friend of mine is making a friendship quilt and she gave me a block to make. The rule was it had to have a heart on it somewhere. I love doing Sun Bonnet Sue. The little sign says Quilt shop. I thoroughly enjoyed making this and in my dreams I'll make an album Sun Bonnet Sue quilt. Wouldn't that be fun ? Hmm now would it be general album or should it be specific to Shetland ? If you have any suggestions I'd love to hear from you. </div>
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Our David was flying away tonight to go to France in the morning so the house has been some what unsettled and my attempts at domestic normality all seemed to well not quite make it. Cleaning was a bit sporadic. The tea wasn't cooked in the right order and my baking was a down right disaster, but it tasted good. This is what it should have looked like.</div>
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Part of the problem being I have poorly staff at work so I'm covering their shifts and the bairns have been under the weather , but thankfully are improving now. So all in all I feel like I've been running just to stand still. But big sigh, I seem to have caught up with most things and finally my neck, which I hurt before my trip to Birmingham, is now pain free so you'll be pleased to know I'm not so grumpy now and feel I can start writing my blog again. </div>
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I had a lovely Mother's day and was thoroughly spoilt with chocolate , flowers , a Mary Berry cookbook and a trip to the Chinese with Granny. I love Chinese food, although I wish you could get a decent pudding there. Are there any Chinese restaurants where you can get a good pudding ?<br />
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We got this lovely soft linen mix in to the shop last week and it reminded me of the soft linens me Nana used to have around her house. I'm sure when she made them they would have had quite vibrant colours, but when I knew them they were faded and soft. That was what I was trying to recreate with this lavender cushion for Daisy. It's not quite finished as I'm needing to sew some buttons along one side before stuffing. Oops, I tried to center the heart but forgot that my 6" square was infact 6<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1/2</span>" D'oh ! The other one is for Emily. She decided she didn't want any of this wishy washy stuff and chose her own colours. I did make and finish a needle case in the same style for a friend, but I forgot to take a photo. So that was my random act of kindness for March. </div>
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The sun has been beating down today so after a lovely swim .... did I really say that ? ...... I bashed together a banana cake and whilst it was in the oven I played outside with the bairns and the cats. It was so lovely to see them all charging round the garden pulling and chasing ropes. I think there is no nicer sound than children's laughter in the open air.</div>
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Last week I went away on a business trip to Birmingham for a trade show at the NEC. On the Saturday I had a tentative trip into the city centre to do a wee bit of shopping. I will be honest I was well outside my comfort zone. At one stage I was growled at by a young lady with vivid pink hair, bumped, pushed, splattered with milk shake and generally disorientated. <br />
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So I confess I spent the rest of the trip either in my room, the bar or over in the NEC. That sounds terrible me in the bar, but it's where I had my meals and the steak was outta this world. I usually go to the Show with my Mam and I really missed her this year. But it's a very full on 3 days and and this year she was having a rest.</div>
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As always things were a bit mad once I got back to my beloved Shetland after the show and just at the moment I am struggling with my memory again which isn't helping, so it was really nice to go to a class on Saturday. I'm not sure what the class was called but it was all about doing an ideas book for inspiration and experimentation.I really enjoyed the banter and the laughter. The other ladies produced some wonderful work but having missed the initial talk I felt abit outta me depth but the crack was good.<br />
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Yesterday, as we only had two bairns at home, we decided to give Sunday dinner a miss and instead packed a flask, headed out into town, bought fish and chips and drove up to the Knab in Lerwick where we had a picnic in the car before going for a walk and watching the sunset. It was lovely to watch the fulmas on the cliffs and hear their chitter chatter.<br />
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I haven't got much sewing or blogging done this week so I'm hoping to get back on track over the next week. Thank you for calling by. I hope you have had a good productive week. <br />
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This is the quilt of one of my students. We did a course on making Baltimore style quilts.</div>
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I love the bright colours that have been used and the rainbow binding, which is made up from the off cuts. Block 5 and 12 are from other classes we did. The two blocks that have been left out were a needle turned star and an intricate needle turned wreath, but I think the Dresden plate works really well here. Also some of the blocks have been altered to add the quilters own personal twist.</div>
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I decided to give away one of the phone cases as a random act of kindness.</div>
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Straight line quilting ........ I think !!</h2>
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I was so inspired by the wonderful work she has been doing that I decided to have a go my self.</div>
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There's a bit of a runkle, but hopefully I'll get better.</div>
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I have managed to do a quarter of the quilt in one day.</div>
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So much quicker than hand quilting.</div>
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This is a quilt top my Mam has made, I'm just finishing it off for Project Linus.</div>
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I'm on a steep learning curve putting this blog together.</div>
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I'm hoping to do some homework this weekend.</div>
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and Ginger with the hand sewing !!</div>
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So here it is finally finished.</div>
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One of the bloggers I follow was making a wonderful quilt, which she did some amazing straight line quilting on. I have tried to do this in the past with disappointing results. I hadn't realized all the stitching has to go in the same direction. It seems pretty obvious now, but most of my quilting is by hand so I had just dismissed my disasters and plodded on with my thimble firmly stuck to my finger. Just before Christmas I became the coordinator in Shetland for Project Linus, and with the best will in the world, there was no way I could hand quilt all the quilts I need to finish off. So I have made a tentative start. </div>
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My lovely family have done this for me.</div>
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Almost Finished...</h2>
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This is a UFO I had forgotten about until I was packing up my craft room.</div>
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Today I finished the embroidery and sewed on buttons and beads.</div>
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Before sitting down tonight , I cut out the binding and hanging loops.</div>
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Tomorrow I will haul the sewing machine through to the kitchen and try to finish this.</div>
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I think I shall send this to a girl-friend.</div>
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My husband gets quite frustrated with me as he says I tend to give everything away that I have made.</div>
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Yesterday was Up Helly Aa here in Shetland.</div>
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It was an amazing day.</div>
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This was the scene out-side my shop at just before 9am.</div>
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I love the colour of this years Jarl Squad's suits.</div>
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At 7.30pm the men all light up their touches and march around the streets before setting alight the Galley boat, then everyone gets ready for a mammoth party from 9pm until 9am.</div>
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We decided to leave the party early as we were soaked to the skin, and I mean to the skin.</div>
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The Great Quarff Bake-Off.</h3>
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The wee ones and I had a baking day today. Emi , 8, made Mary Berry biscuits. Daisy, 10, made James Morton banana cake, Lily, 12 made savory pin-wheels (her own recipe) and I made lemon and lime curd for my delivery boy. It was great fun. I was a good mammy and stayed hands off until help was asked for, which wasn't easy believe me, but I was really proud of what the bairns achieved on their own.</div>
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The Boys</h3>
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So we are all back to work tomorrow and I'm gonna be all confused as I'll think it's Monday with having a day off today !!</div>
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Oh they may look innocent now !!</h2>
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This is Ginger sweeping up the evidence of crashing my tenderly loved lychee plant onto a rather chewed succulent. </div>
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Mittens pretended to be asleep despite the broken pot behind him, and Ginger tried to bury the remaining evidence.</div>
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A bit of progress in the study. </h3>
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After a swift phone call to a girl friend's husband to discuss this recipe, I decided to bake bannocks to go with my husband's Reestit mutton soup.</div>
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That was the first course for our family Burns Supper.</div>
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The Day Light is Returning.</h2>
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I love it when the sunshine returns to the isles.</div>
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I took this a couple of days ago.</div>
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Although a red sky on a morning is supposed to herald a rough day ahead, it was actually a really nice day.</div>
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By contrast, today it was pouring down.</div>
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However I did manage to move the final 10 bags of muck in the garden, before breakfast.</div>
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It was way to wet to take pictures, when I came in I was soaked.</div>
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My boys.</h3>
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These are also from a couple of days ago.</div>
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I canna believe how fast they have grown.</div>
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The Decorating has started.</h3>
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Phase one.</div>
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We washed the walls and woodwork.</div>
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Phase two.</div>
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The first coat of paint went on.</div>
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Oh my, it looks terrible, surly it can only get better.</div>
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Phase three.</div>
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I decided to abandon the decorating for to night, I'll have another go tomorrow.</div>
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A bit of a disaster, turned into something pretty.</h3>
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I was looking for a new book to read this morning, this treasure has sat on my book-shelf since 1989.</div>
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I ran a bubble bath after my soaking in the garden this morning and settled down to read. </div>
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To my dismay, I discovered 40 pages were missing !!</div>
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I remembered a friend showing me how she made flowers from old, damaged books.</div>
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I had a raid through my stash and this is what I came up with.</div>
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The dove was made for me by a neighbour. </div>
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It's made from thin ply wood and painted with two coats of crackle paint.</div>
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<u>Step one.</u></div>
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Tear out a circle of paper and rip it into a spiral.</div>
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Starting at the outside edge of the spiral, start to roll it up.</div>
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Dab some distress stickles on the edge of the flower.</div>
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This didn't actually show up on the first photo I took, so I put the bottle in the picture and you'll just have to believe me.</div>
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The centre of a couple of the flowers opened up so I set a pearl gem on the middle to fill the gap.</div>
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I made a selection of flowers in different sizes and glued them and the leaves in place on top of the dove.</div>
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I was really pleased with the way this turned out and have it hung on my mantle-piece in the sitting room.</div>
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Up Helly Aa is almost upon us.</h3>
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I love this time of year when all the final preparations are being made for Up Helly Aa.</div>
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I have a trail of bearded men coming into the shop asking for elastic and pins and "I don't know what you call it, but d'ye ken what I mean ?"</div>
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In the school the Up Helly Aa song is being sung and at the Youth Club, even the boys are joining in the craft sessions to make their UHA effects. </div>
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http://www.uphellyaa.org/up-helly-aa-2013<br />
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My first memory of UHA is John Noakes on Blue Peter.<br />
The other good thing about Up Helly Aa , it heralds the return of day light.<br />
Long awaited and much needed.</div>
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By contrast this has to be a very sad sight indeed.</h3>
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I am packing up my craft room as we are having a major move around and decorate.</div>
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My room is gonna be the wee ones' room. </div>
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My craft room/study will be Grace's room.</div>
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Grace's room will be the spare room/craft room and the wee ones' room will be my room.</div>
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Simple !!.</div>
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Keep fit started ...</h3>
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A girl friend and I went here yesterday.</div>
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This has to be one of the best kept secrets.</div>
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It was amazing.</div>
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First off it's warm. </div>
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It's like doing exercises in the bath, but without the danger of wetting the floor.</div>
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No one can see you.</div>
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It does ney smell as bad as the main pool.</div>
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So I .... a none swimming , pool hating chic .... am going back next week.</div>
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I am not spaggied but I can tell I have done some exercise.</div>
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What I need to do now is write out some exercises and laminate them to have at the side of the pool.</div>
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Not sure what exercises to do though.</div>
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I want to loose my mummy tummy.</div>
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Any suggestions as tummy crunches etc are out of the question due to a damaged neck.</div>
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Tardis project alert.</h3>
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I know I'm not supposed to be starting any thing new but it's a tardis !!</div>
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I want to make a new teacosy like a tardis.</div>
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My dilemma do I make a wee cosy with the spout and handle hanging out ?</div>
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In which case should I distort the shape of the tardis, make a whopping big cosy with no distortion or keep the tardis in proportion and add space at the edges ?</div>
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I told me husband what I wanted to make, thinking he would poopoo the idea, but no, he said "I'll give it some thought."</div>
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A lovely busy day in the garden.</h2>
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My first job of the day was to move about 40 bags of horse manure. </div>
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One of my neighbours kindly delivered this for me. </div>
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It used to be a rhubarb patch, but over the last couple of years it has become neglected and over grown.</div>
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My youngest offered to go down to retrieve the bruck that had mustered in the most inaccessible areas, well she's shorter and could fit in no bother, I went in and removed the bigger, heavier and half buried items. </div>
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They turned out to be nettle stems which have a particularly vicious sting on cold unsuspecting fingers.</div>
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I was delighted to discover signs of life and counted about eight rhubarb crowns readily springing forth with new growth.</div>
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I canna wait for the rhubarb to grow.</div>
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This used to be my onion patch but has been quite unproductive for a few years now.</div>
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I had managed to dig it over for the last two years but any veg I tried to grow were weedy looking.</div>
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So, I moved the bags of grass I have rotting down , weeded, dug it over and gave the whole area a good covering with more manure.</div>
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I think I will plant some raspberry canes in here that are in another part of the garden, but seem to have gotten a bit lost. They can grow by the wall and at the front, I'll grow something little like strawberries or herbs. However I am open to suggestions if anyone has any ideas. </div>
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Mittens and Gingy woke me up at stupid o'clock this morning.</div>
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As the house was nice and quiet, I had a rumble through one of my boxes of UFO's.</div>
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I found two "Our House" wall hangings at the same stage. </div>
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They were left over from classes I did, and were looking a bit sad in the box.</div>
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I was amazed, I managed to do this embroidery in just under an hour.</div>
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There's still quite a bit to do but I am happy with the mornings progress.</div>
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I got loads done.</div>
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There was also a hefty amount of cake consumed and the most delicious pancakes which one of the ladies made and we served with butter and some of my homemade bilberry and apple jam. </div>
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The bairns were thrilled that the day began with snow. </div>
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Not a huge amount, just enough to stop me using my useless car, so it was the bus for me today . </div>
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I can't say I shared the bairns enthusiasm.</div>
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The walk from the bus into work was bracing.</div>
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Gee it was cold.</div>
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Work was so busy. </div>
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Brilliant, but really busy.</div>
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After lunch I went to see a girl friend and chilled. </div>
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I had my first taste of gluten free bread.</div>
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It was lovely. </div>
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It reminded me of the toast me Nana used to make with lashings of real butter.</div>
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There was a hint of something, malt or honey,but I can't quite put my finger on it.</div>
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I had the privilege of seeing an amazing craft room. </div>
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I feel so inspired, and when I get the chance to set up my craft room again, I have a better idea of how I want to do it.</div>
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I also met this little fella.</div>
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Such a friendly wee soul, although looking a bit glum here as she wanted the fire switched on.</div>
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She was so funny, giving the big Puss-in-boots eyes to get her own way. </div>
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The walk to the hospital, Tesco and finally up to the bus stop was so pretty. </div>
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I love the colours of the sky. </div>
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So gentle.</div>
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I would really like to try and interpret these colours and shapes in to a quilt.</div>
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I made this for pudding yesterday.</div>
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It is a brilliant way to use up bread.</div>
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For this I used organic whole meal bread, but really only because my Mam had bought it when she was visiting. None of the bairns would eat it in its original state and it was too expensive to waste. I have also made this using white bread, tea cakes and brioche.</div>
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Slice up the bread and butter on one side.</div>
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Place butter side up in an oven proof dish.</div>
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Pour over a large mug of milk. If you like a moist pudding, add another half mug of milk. Then place both hands flat on top of the bread and milk and squish slightly to encourage the milk to soak into the bread.</div>
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Sprinkle with dried fruit like sultarners or fresh fruit like bill berries. </div>
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Fabric Box made at the Shetland Needle Workers</h3>
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Ok, I know I said I wouldn't start anything new until I had finished six projects I already have on the go, but I had put my name down for this class before I had made that decision. </div>
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Also, I haven't really broken any rules as I have finished the box on the same day I started it. </div>
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I had intended to take a picture of each stage, but when I tried to take the first picture, I realized I had left the memory card in the computer. </div>
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However I am really pleased with the way this has turned out. </div>
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This one was made using the new fabrics we've just got in to the shop -Peacock Parade.</div>
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Starlings in the garden.</h4>
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These cheeky chappies are starlings. </div>
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They are one of my favorite birds. </div>
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It's not a very good picture as it was taken through the window, and the windows need cleaning on the outside because of all the sea salt, but there was no way I was going outside just to clean the windows for this photo. </div>
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The starlings are just starting to get yellow on the sides of their beaks. </div>
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I love orchids. </div>
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I'm not an expert or anything, I just think they are so exotic. </div>
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I had thought they would be really difficult to grow, but mine seem to thrive on neglect.</div>
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When I lived down in Great Ayton in North Yorkshire, I used to pass a house that had quite a few in their front room window. I got a book from the library and decided that one day I would grow orchids. I have six up to now. No not many by some peoples standards but it's a start.</div>
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I did a little bit more work on Anne's quilt. </div>
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The iris are almost finished and I hope to have started to sew them onto the quilt tomorrow. Then I can start on some of the other flowers.</div>
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Mittens has been so full of mischief today.</div>
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Today I set myself the challenge of making soup for only five of us, instead of the industrial quantities I usually make.</div>
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Remove the lid and add the sweetcorn,</div>
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and sultarners and bring to the boil.</div>
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I hope you like this. The bairns and I did. If you don't serve this with garlic bread you could always add the garlic when you put in the leeks. </div>
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