doing my bit for foreign relations

Do you live in the UK? Yes? Oh, sorry, this part of the post isn't for you, scroll down to see less exciting things.

You don't live in the UK? Ok....marvellous. Read on.

I have heard many a Foreigner (that's you) lament at the lack of Cath Kidston in their part of the world. Now, whilst I am unable to pull strings and open shops near you all I can make a couple of you feel a little brighter. Whilst waiting for my favourite Indian restaurant to open last week (I thought opening time was 5pm, it was actually 5.30pm, I stood outside pacing for a bit, but the hungry children began drooling at the smells going on inside) we ended up popping to Tesco's (big supermarket) for a bit of time killing milk, baked bean and bread shopping (the essentials). Imagine my joy and delight (as well as total shock and surprise - I never normally venture into Tescos at all, our local one isn't very nice, really it should be knocked down and rebuilt, or just knocked down full stop) when I happened upon these little beauties at the checkout. So I bought some (4 to be precise, 1 for me, 1 for my friend and the spare ones - for YOU!). I had also bought some new cleaning cloths on my little shopping trip (my favourite ones, they are pretty, it almost makes me want to use them), so I am throwing those into the deal as well.

Leave me a comment on this post some time this week (I'll leave it open until next monday) and I'll draw 2 names out of the hat/random number picker/Ginger's pointy fingers. I'll also pop some other good old English treats in too (surprise ones). Tell your friends, or not, if you want to increase your chances of winning (well, that's what I'd do. It's a dog eat dog world after all).

The only rule I have is you have to live out of the UK, coz if you do live here you can pop down to Tescos yourself and snap one up (for £3.50, the profits are going to Marie Curie cancer care, and they are made from recycled plastic bottles. Clever that, innit?)



Onto other stuff...

I tidied her room, so you can now see Miss Gs quilt in situ... (crappy pic, but the sun was too shiny, so I closed the curtains, and now it looks a bit, well, washed out, but you get the idea...). That's the only bit of her room I tidied, so you can't see the rest...



I had a Big (28" square) Pirate Cushion practise run (so I could decide which blocks I liked best). Ginger is getting this one for his birthday. My kids always end up with the practise runs. The poor boy, he's still waiting on that hexagon quilt...hopefully it'll be done by Christmas. Hand quilting is HARD work when you have weak wrists and very little patience...
(2 more Pirate cushions to make for Chrimbo prezzies, I decided I liked the log cabin and the pocket best, so 2 each of those on each cushion)...



I was so pleased to hear so many of you have had trouble with felting too. It makes me realise I might not be a complete idiot after all. I haven't done my homework for the class on Wednesday. I really can't be bothered. But I will stick it out, for this term at least. I can't bear the thought of a whole year though. To tell you truth, I just didn't enjoy it at all (kept looking at the clock, wishing the time would fly past). I do have another quilting workshop on Saturday, and can't wait. This time it's foundation piecing, which I have never tried (too afraid), I have a load of Liberty prints and I know we're making a cushion cover with a big star on the front. After reading about the Liberty Jack quilt on Sarah's blog and then seeing a very tiny and not very good picture of it in this month's popular patchwork magazine I have become obsessed with trying something in the Liberty print tana lawns I keep squirreling away for 'special' things. If I keep them much longer they'll disintegrate, time to make some snips, methinks.