I have been in my bed for most of the day as I I fear I have man flu. 
From where I am though, I have an excellent view out of the window and I have been watching the birds. Sparrows, blackbirds, starlings , a male black-cap and a brightly coloured red-wing. 


At lunch time we went in to the hospital to see Granny and had a picnic in the day room. The bairns thought it was great fun. Not too sure what the nurses made of it all though especially when I opened a small bottle of white wine for the old girl. 


I have finally got a design for my Christmas table runner. 
Elf shoes. 

Of all things I was inspired by a pair of mittens hanging up.
I have drawn out a plan, made a template and chosen the fabrics. 



This morning I cut out the paper templates and started to sew the fabrics on to them. One shoe done, three to go.

I am also making a small felt Christmas decoration in the shape of an elf shoe.

 I'm really enjoying making this. I have started to embroider this now and if I have time I'll make a little soul to go inside to neaten it all off.

Whilst with Granny I showed her the quilt I'm making for her and got her to choose a Baltimore pattern to go in the middle. She has chosen a lovely vase picture with mixed flowers. The main flower she wanted was a purple Iris. 


The rest of the week has been quite uneventful. Work, visits to granny, youth club. You know how it is. Oh I remember .. on Friday we had a new member of staff start. Gosh she is good, and such a lovely lady. I am so lucky having such nice people to work with.

I have had a lovely week.

On Monday I got my fabrics for my Flickr Table runner swap.

I have started to make plans. Oooh I can't wait to start.


Friday was my Birthday and I had a lovely day.
My gift was a trip to a Scrap-booking course on Saturday.

                                                     This is the first page we made .


Jenny our tutor is amazing.
 It was such fun.
  It opened my eyes to a whole new way of scrap-booking.

First ramblings.

This is my first attempt at writing a Blog.


I have no idea how this works so anything could happen.


This week I started to use Flickr for the first time too, I think that's what it's call, as a friend had told me about a quilting swap I wanted to join in with. I'd never been part of a swap either.
After a few stumbles and false starts I think I have commented in the right places and put up the right photos. 


So just a few more runkles to sort out ... like how do I send email on this computer which is so different from the one at work.


Other than the computer ineptitude I've had a good week.
I have managed to sew some borders on to a Baltimore quilt I am making. I have sewn together the blocks of a quilt which has sat in a basket for 3 years and I have learned how to upload photos on to the computer.

( This is the quilt before I put the boarders on. )
As I work 6 days a week , have 5 children and a husband who works away 5 days of the week, I can only write on this once a week which is more than enough for my inept ramblings.