It's cold and dark and I can think of nothing better than being fireside with some un-picking on my lap. This quilt is hand stitched and I'm removing the tacking and paper backing. It's a great lap job.
As usual, I do what ever I do with an animal audience and laundry drying from the heat of the fire. I'm sure you can see how happy I am just quilting the night away. I love to spend some time every evening making something useful and being purposeful with my hands.
I love the way this quilt has been made and I would love the time to finish it by hand but it's going to be machine sewn. I'm so honoured than a dear reader donated this unfinished project for me to finish. I can no longer imagine just walking into a shop and buying a blanket or quilt. Every quilt I work on tells its own story which is retold every time it keeps me warm.
When I use this quilt, I will remember winter evening burning the cherry tree branches which ranged around the fire to dry. I'll remember Tiger growling at me because I won't let him sit on my lap and the dogs at my feet whilst I picked at the stitches.
I'll get back to the quilt.
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxxxxxxxxxxx
What a beautiful beautiful post ; you certainly know how to live !
ReplyDeleteThe sewing on your blog is really good, you make some lovely things.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy knitting on a dark winters evening, with my family around me and a blanket over me,sheer bliss...just what winter is all about.
Sure you look like your enjoying the job on your lap, but if that is your brand new husband taking the photo.....I think you luuurve him....I think you luuurve him!!! Happy days! Lovely post. You have your priorities dead right girl.
ReplyDeleteSounds idyllic to me :)
ReplyDeleteThat quilt is going to be beautiful. I never saw a quilt hand sewed with paper on the back until now. You have a big job ahead of you. I'm not very good at sewing points like this. Maybe you can show us the trick to getting perfect points, or near perfect...
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And doesn't quilting keep you warm? I rag rug and look a bit like your picture, but I have been so warm in the past week with this great big project on my lap and my fingers going like crazy. No heat required! I am very jealous of your wood burner though. How lovely!
ReplyDeleteYou look so cozy. I've not been doing any quilting, but I have been working on my knitting with the help of my orange kitty "Tigger." I've given one niece a sweater, finished on for my nephew, and cast on one for my hubby. Keeping a knit project in my lap adds a layer of warmth. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe Hammonds are enjoying the quilt you ran up for me as a thankyou for services rendered: bartering at its best!
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ReplyDeleteLovely quilt!
My 2 cats usually want to sit in my lap as I sew,crochet,etc.but as of the last two nights, one of our cats is missing and we fear the worst. I only wish I had her here to sit on my lap once more.
So cosy and peaceful!!!
ReplyDeleteI envy you that woodburner. And getting your washing dry.
ReplyDeleteThe quilting looks good too : )
I looks fab!!! And I am so envious of that fire!!!! Allie
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post, as relaxing to read as you look doing the quilt.
ReplyDeleteA happy home is one where everyone is content, humans and animals alike and yours looks like a truly happy home.
Sue xx
That is a beautiful quilt Froogs and I like your furry friend Tiger. Its lovely to sit down and do 'inside' work this time of year. You look very cosy and content.
ReplyDeleteSo peaceful. I often get a lot of help from my felines. They seem to regard themselves as experts on all things craft related and have frequently offered a friendly paw to rearrange a ball of wool for me or act as a paperweight on fabric I'm sewing. Clever little things!!
ReplyDeleteLinda xx
So peaceful. I often get a lot of help from my felines. They seem to regard themselves as experts on all things craft related and have frequently offered a friendly paw to rearrange a ball of wool for me or act as a paperweight on fabric I'm sewing. Clever little things!!
ReplyDeleteLinda xx
A lovely post Frooge. Looks very peaceful with you, your quilt, and your furry friend.
ReplyDeleteLike you, I dry clothes on a clothes horse, but I keep it in a spare room, rather than in our living space, after reading this article:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20176376