I'm looking forward to a year off from being "Queen Mother" though we will no doubt do something else for this year's Carnival.
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Its Carnival Time!
Yes, Carnival season is here again, and last night was St Breward. Last year at St Breward it rained torrentially, this year was much nicer, and we were able to take the roof off the car
The girls took two second prizes, which was nice as it will be their last carnival as Royalty, Eloise officially "retires" as Queen in a fortnight when the 2009/10 Queen takes over. (Sorry this pic is a bit dark)
I'm looking forward to a year off from being "Queen Mother" though we will no doubt do something else for this year's Carnival.
I'm looking forward to a year off from being "Queen Mother" though we will no doubt do something else for this year's Carnival.
Monday, 29 June 2009
Pictures at an Exhibition
Here is a picture of the exhibition/sale yesterday. As you can see its a lovely hall. It went quite well, so we will probably do another before the end of summer.


Yesterday was reveal day for the Monthly Challenge. This month we all stitched Flowers of Olde by With my Needle. This is my version, the others are in the album here.
I played around with the design of the central flower on mine and changed the colours (I used GAST in Mountain Mist, Blueberry, SweetPea and Berry Cobbler, with a little DMC ecru) so it matched a length of William Morris print Liberty cotton I had, and made it up into a small project bag.
Jayne, the purple podded pea seed is from Mr Fothergills, do you want me to send you some?
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Sorry I've been quiet
The peas are a purple flowered/podded variety called Blauwschokker, and I think its pretty enough to grow even if you didn't get peas off it. The second picture is a little corner of my "seaside garden"
Sunday, 7 June 2009
The strangest things grow in my garden!
Take this basket for example, what I planted was a beautiful dianthus and look what is growing instead:-
Eagle-eyed readers will spot the remnants of my poor dianthus sticking out of the side!
Meanwhile, down the side of the shed is another thing I know I never planted.
I think its an early purple orchid, its definitely some kind of wild orchid anyway.
Go on, call it a weed, I dare you!
Cattus maleficus-quietus
Eagle-eyed readers will spot the remnants of my poor dianthus sticking out of the side!
I think its an early purple orchid, its definitely some kind of wild orchid anyway.
Go on, call it a weed, I dare you!
Sunday, 31 May 2009
And now for something completely different...
This is a small panel I stitched and embroidered on canvas, using various threads, organza, ribbons, lace and beads, and incorporating pebbles and shells from the local beach.
I've done a few of these, but they are hard to photograph because of the three dimensional nature of the embroidery.
Oh, and check out Yuko's wonderful blog, where she is offering a giveaway of two gorgeous pinkeeps.
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Merry May part 2 and Monthly challenge
Next up is the Monthly Challenge. This month the challenge was to stitch a biscornu. Regular readers will know I'm a sucker for biscornus (biscorni?) so I did 2, the first is from "les chroniques de frimousse", and the second is from The Victoria Sampler (join Thea's Yahoo group to access the free chart). The other finishes are in the album, and there are some beauties!
Friday, 15 May 2009
Merry May Ornament - part 1
Watch this space for May ornament part 2, and nag me if I don't get it done ;D
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