This week was the big reveal of
Higham Piecemakers 2015 Christmas Challenge.
This year we were given a fat 1/4 and a clock mechanism.
Off you go !
We were given this Challenge in December and by January I had drawn up my design
Printed onto tracing paper
Made friends with my Add an Eighth ruler again
And began to sew the panels
Making some rookie errors when trimming!
Then the panels sat for a while because I was worried that they might not actually fit together!
But they did, and I am happy with the results. I even found a
little mouse button to add. This will go in Little Miss' new bedroom when they have moved home next week.
There are lots more clocks o see if you pop over to
Piecemakers Blog here
After all the rain that we had had last week, the weather had improved and on Sunday we wandered down the
Greenway to the lakes to see what the water levels were like.
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| The river very high but had gone down considerable since the day before |
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| Fields still flooded |
The sunshine made for a very pleasant walk
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| the ducks didn't know where the field finished and the lake started! |
On Monday, whilst waiting to give a lift home from the hospital, I managed to crochet two more
beanie hats for the Shoe Box appeal
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| nice rainbow yarn |
And I have finished knitting my
"Nurmilintu" shawl
Which needs blocking but I am in love with this
super soft squishy yarn
I pulled these out of the knitting basket and have "turned a heel" and have got to the toe shaping so am cracking on with these.
And then ......
Last week I had an email asking if I could make a cake for
this stall
There is a group of us in the village that make cakes for anyone who is having a stall, but I also got a request for any "tra la's" to pretty the stall up. On an Easter theme so Bunnies would be lovely.
All other projects were put to one side and a couple of simple patterns and pretty fabrics were found
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| 30 of these |
some Bunny Pails
These are great for an Egg Hunt
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| 10 of these |
I had also popped a note onto the Piecemakers Blog, asking if anyone had the time or the inclination to make a
bunny or two I would be grateful. I was thinking if we got 10 -15 items that would be a nice selection to pretty up the stall.
When I got to Group on Monday...... Well they had done it again
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| So many bunnies!!! |
The Wednesday ladies added to the mix
and the 10 - 15 items???
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| 125!!! |
Yes - 125 bunny and chick items to be handed over with the cakes later to day.
Thank you so much ladies
I owe you one !!!
