sun shinning in donegal

The sun is shinning here in the hills of donegal for yet another day I go for my operation on thursday next. will be glad to get it over with. I am still working on my double wedding quilt. Wsent out to dinner with hubby last night to the lodge hotel (it was o.k. had better meals there). Well today I have to start my so called spring cleaning. as all the new windows are in now got a lovely trim for my suit im making for our eamons wedding in aug. I waws in the quilt shop in derry yesterday and bought some nice flannel of baby colours. still working on my pram crochet baby blanket it is lkooking really good will take it to hosp with me. Alexis and I (daughter) went shopping for her summer wqrdrope yesterday as she is off to france for 12 days with her friend wish I was going . I think I wilkl go to the quilt day in dunfanahy on the 19th if im up to it and I might head to limmerick for their quilt festival this month as well then its off to the festival of quilts in birmingham England in aug .

glorious day at long last

Well here I am again and what a day we have here at the very top of lovely Ireland the sun is shining and all is well with the world definatltly be out in the garden this afternoon not to garden but read or crochet . I am considering buying a gracie 2 to finish off my quilts quiker Has anyone got one if so Id love to hear what you think of them Hubby says he will build me a studio to put it in along with all my fabrics, wool and oh not forgetting my knitting machine. He did already give me space in one of his sheds for my machines and fabrics etc, but as soon as I put my stuff in he said thats not big enough at all. so Now he is going to build another shed and Ill be all for littfle old me cant wait.Worked away yesterday on my quilt project a wedding ring quilt it is comming along nicely will be ready to quilt it monday I think . Our alexis is off to the beach with her friends on their bikes this afternoon. We live about 10 mins from the beach and in good weather there is no place better. Still not finished making my outfit for son Eamons wedding in Aug Just have to hem it really and that has to be done by hand. mayby Ill post pics of it when its finished I must get one of the kids to show me how to upload the pics. anyway off outside to sunbathe chatr to you all soon bye

I'm Back

I cannot believe how long it has been since I was on this blog golly it just shows you how busy I am being a full time wife and mother. Which by the way I love It really is my vocation.Well where tof start My last blog was about the amish in philladelphia last march 2009 well since then I have been quilting as usual . Also we are putting on and extention to our house Just waiting on the new windows and outside front door to arrive. Ive Been on facebook chatting to all of you quite regular. Now lets see at the moment Im making a wedding ring quilt the pattern is by elenor burns my favorite quilter. I used a white background with 6 shades of batiks for the rings and have a lovely floral print for the back so it should be nice
. My 2nd son eamon is getting married in aug so thatll be a fab day to look forward too. Our louise will be back from new york for the wedding vcant wait to see her she will be over working in new york a full yr by then even though were on skype every weekend it will be great to see her. My son and wife went over to new york last week for 2 weeks hols oh I wish it was me. We are haveing great weather here in donegal at the moment hope it lasts Got all my quilts aired on the line and even found some I had forgot I had Must get my other daughter alexis to upload my quilts to this site.Off now to watch elenor burns on sky t.v. at 1 o.clock

still on quilt show

At one as agreed my daughter ad I met at thee front door got our arm stamped {branded{ to make sure we could get in again and off we went to a lounge accross the road from the rds called madigans hore show louge and ordered our dinner and rested ourselfs for a little whil Apparently alexis bought herself some scarfs and enjoyed looking at all the stalls and she even made it up to the displays in the balconies which I never. Anyway off we go agoin cross the road ad i nto the show. there was so many quilting stalls there and a stall were you bought a kit to ake your very own unique to you handbag I was tempted but haveing blown the budget by this time I didnt indulge myself. but I got akl the detials and so in future I might. The show was packed I met the crowd from the Irish quilting magazine and signed up for a subscripton and got it at acheaper price plus a free gift { fat qrts} and did you get a piece of bithday cake I will really be going again next yr as it was so good. I had y camera with me but I was so busy looking that I forgot to take any pictures so all took was one of all the things bought when ame home will post it here shortly. Now next week m off the the nec in birmingham to the iternational cake decorating show and the hobbycraft show . will definatly take the camera with me again but as my husband said a camera and also mobile phone to me might ber as usfull a lump of turf in my handbag Alexis is travelling with me again but only to dub as she and her friends are offf th a concert in the o2.

knitting and stitching show rds dublin

well what can I say what a joyful day I had on thursday last at the stitching show it was fabWe travelled { that is myself and 15 yr old daughter alexis} on wed from derry to dublin by bus I slept most of the way ad alexis chatted and txted her pals most of the journey. Ariving in dub the 1st thing alexis wants to do is shop for clothers so there I am trailing behind her in and out of shops where the music would blow your head off and has definatly killed off any of the few precious brain cells that I had left. Her shopping done at 7 we headed to meet my son Eamon for dinner in the crown plaza in santra we all had a lovely meal walked up the street to esamons appartment and we both fell into bexd early as we had to be up again early next day for the show and oh not forgetting alexis was going to have another look fr jeans today again.Next morning up we get spent i hr looking for the elhusive jeans that never did aterialize finally jump on the no 7 from grafton st and off we go to the show, Alexis decides to do the rounds on her ow so we part ad agre to eet up at 1 for lunch. Well the show was relly good this yr it ahad all I expected and even more I got a few cross st kits. some wool. knitting needles {baamboo} and some quilting books and fat qrts ad bautiful quilt kit with flanel as backig cant wait to start it