Retrospectiv Rome......

Just returned from 4 great days in Rome- amazing city, good food, bad manners and rip off taxi drivers-  like most european cities really! here are a few pics from my travels...

a couple of cardinals..

st peters square

the colisseum

trevi fountain

spanish steps

magic!

piazza de venezia

the pantheon

st peters square again

popes garden...

more magic..

St peters basilica

view from the dome of st peters basilica following a 355 step climb!

look closely at the trainers- this beggar was not what she seemed- every single beggar in Rome seemed to have a hunch back and you couldnt see their face!!

The end

xx

Love and Lark....

By Amy Butler - this has been in my stash for forever so I was inspired out of the blue to make a quilt top this morning- what else can you do in the rain?

I love the brightess of the colours, it is going to look great when finished.

My daughter took a school group to the V and A museum this week and sent me a picture of this little gem...

This is a Patricia Roberts knitted lambswool and angora cardi - I knitted this ( not this actual one) in the eighties, it took me 4 years because it was very complicated and I kept putting it away! When I finished it I didnt like it on me so lent it long term to a friend who sadly then passed it on to someone else without my knowledge at the time- you can imagine how much I would really  love to have it in my possession! It could be worth loads of money!! I can see now how I always had a love for patchwork, even if I didnt realie it until the last few years!! 

I am very into scandanavian crime film at the moment - my latest love is Rolf Lasgard who starred in several series and films- The Hunter , and False Trail  are to be highly recommended as long as you like subtitles. Cant wait for the 2nd series of The Bridge  in January next year. 

Have a great eekend one and all

Hx 

latest projects...

Been a bit higgeldy piggledy at the moment- I get ideas and have to try them out, then I seem to go onto something else!

scrappy key fob- need a bit of perfecting!

HST with liberty

improv log cabin minis with Liberty- either become pin cushions or a pillow if I join them up...

improv QAYG with scraps- i need to learn how to do this without finding missed seams when I have finished! 

and again- sorry about the colour, blame it on the dark evening and the lousy weather!

need to make these into mug rug or place mat.

Ta da- recognise the solids and stripes from KF?

Love love love this finished (all bar binding) quilt with my worn and washed bundle- all hand quilted with pale blue crochet thread. I backed it with French tuille from a bed cover. 

My second worn and washed quilt in progress. 

And did I tell you that I am off to Hawaii for xmas? 

Meanwhile, we are due 80mph winds tonight here , so I am battening down the hatches and going to curl up in front of Downton Abbey!

Hx