Home again after a day at Nantes for the patchwork show. The theme was Australia and some of those quilts were superb but others were very old fashioned in both shapes and colours. In fact, a lot of the other exhibits were similarly old-fashioned and I reckon a lot of the people selling fabrics were liquidating old stock as I'd seen it all before. Didn't buy any fabric except for some Sashiko stuff to keep me busy in July - 5 days in hospital with only French TV!
Met up with old friends from machine patch classes and went with another from our patch club so it was an enjoyable day. Came home via the Vietnamese shop (rice wine, decent soy sauce, spices, pastes and lime pickle for OH) and a fabric shop that is moving and has everything at 50% off so now I have some cotton jersey to make a nightie for hospital. Have now ordered the fabric for a double bed quilt online.
No gardening other than watering and checking my chooks. SM run tomorrow and then some more squashes to sow and some San Marzano tomatoes if I still have some seed. Didn't find any at the plant fairs so i'll be as late as you @Hostafan1.
Have a great time in Cambridge and environs @punkdoc. I love Cambridge. Sorry you had to come home early @Dovefromabove. Hope you and OH stay well and MIL enjoys her cake.
Onwards and upwards for your daughter @Yviestevie. Good luck to her.
Good luck with the nightie sewing, @Obelixx I couldn’t find a maternity nightie I liked when I was expecting my daughter, so decided to make my own. I used some very glamorous chocolate coloured satin, and added a lace trim. However, as I did it in a rush, I didn’t finish off the cut edges properly and the satin frayed, with trails of what looked like brown candy floss! I remember the nurse who was trying to assist me into it, asking if I had made it myself. I wondered how she had guessed, until the drugs wore off and I noticed the brown cobwebs everywhere.
It'll be fine @Ergates as I sow most of my clothes. Haven't seen a cotton nightie I like here but then I haven't really been looking as I tend to limit shopping to the SM, DIY and fabric shops these days. Avoiding shops. The last time I needed a nightie was when I had my new feet in 2012 and then a neck op in 2013 so the two I had for that are now just a tad worn out.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Here are the tomatoes from my little seed saving effort. I’ve been covering them with bubble wrap. Our nights are getting very cold now. Down to zero last night.
This rose was a gift from my son a couple of years ago. I love the colour.
Morning folks. Well youngest daughter moved into her nearby house yesterday. Talk about leaving everything to the last minute (didn't get that from the parents) totally flaming disorganized!!! Funny, about the nighties,I was thinking about putting a thread.... what do folk wear in bed. I wore them 50 years ago, when they were scratchy nylon,neon colours. Now it's PJs,.... cotton, camisole strappy top,"shorts" bottom. I get really hot,and am very restless. Hubby thinks it's extraordinary that people underdress for bed,then put anything back on. At least I don't have to go 80 mile round trips to collect stuff for my daughter,that's been exhausting. Dove,much love to your MIL,my bestie (stroke specialist) had to cancel my visit,3 "dose" of Covid. My neighbour,her first. I've got 2 blooming styes in my left eye!!!
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And talking of colour, I have shared West Dean’s amazing ranunculus with you before, but am going to do it again….
Have spent a lot of the day “spot” weeding. Apparently all gardens on the tellybox are miraculously weed free 😉
I sowed my tomato seeds this evening.
I KNOW it's late but I'm taking it as a positive sign that I'm thinking ahead and not just existing day to day.
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Met up with old friends from machine patch classes and went with another from our patch club so it was an enjoyable day. Came home via the Vietnamese shop (rice wine, decent soy sauce, spices, pastes and lime pickle for OH) and a fabric shop that is moving and has everything at 50% off so now I have some cotton jersey to make a nightie for hospital. Have now ordered the fabric for a double bed quilt online.
No gardening other than watering and checking my chooks. SM run tomorrow and then some more squashes to sow and some San Marzano tomatoes if I still have some seed. Didn't find any at the plant fairs so i'll be as late as you @Hostafan1.
Have a great time in Cambridge and environs @punkdoc. I love Cambridge. Sorry you had to come home early @Dovefromabove. Hope you and OH stay well and MIL enjoys her cake.
Onwards and upwards for your daughter @Yviestevie. Good luck to her.
Some sumptuous colours there @chicky.
I couldn’t find a maternity nightie I liked when I was expecting my daughter, so decided to make my own. I used some very glamorous chocolate coloured satin, and added a lace trim. However, as I did it in a rush, I didn’t finish off the cut edges properly and the satin frayed, with trails of what looked like brown candy floss! I remember the nurse who was trying to assist me into it, asking if I had made it myself. I wondered how she had guessed, until the drugs wore off and I noticed the brown cobwebs everywhere.
I woke with a soft weight on my tummy this morning. I think she wanted me to get up. I took my sweet time and got up at my usual time after all. 😂😂