La Musicienne

I went to London this week  to visit a friend who is the retiring CEO of Nordoff Robbins.  I made her this wall hanging as a present.  It was from a Swiss magazine, Passion du Patchwork, which featured bags and this was on the front of one of them.

........'til the next time, keep quilting

Canada

My Canada postcard arrived safely with my friend Carol.  I sent it as one would normally send a postcard and not in an envelope.  I'm loving this swap with Popular Patchwork.  Here it is....

.........'til the next time, keep quilting

Canada Postcard

Well it's another month and the next theme from Popular Patchwork for the fabric postcards is Canada.  I have an idea what I want to do.............but yesterday I got this fabulous postcard from Katy

It says, 'O Canada! Thank you for Martha (Wainwright - Singer), Rufus (also Wainwright - Singer), Joni (Mitchell), Neil (Young) Rush, Arcade Free (Bands), Margaret (Atwood - Writer) and most of all.............Tessa!

Tessa is one of the Forum members.

Hearts ATC

Today I received the most gorgeous Hearts ATC from Terry.  It's only her second attempt at ATC's.  I love it!

..............'til the next time, keep quilting

Baked a Cake

Baked another cake today.  This time I cooked it at 175 deg.  It cooked lovely...........but it did sink in the middle.  It tastes lovely tho'!  I think the right temperature will be 160 deg.  This was an all ingredients in the bowl recipe and mix with hand mixer until light and smooth.  I used 7" tins.....maybe I should have used 8".

..............'til the next time

Postcard for a Special Person

No progress on the double pinwheel quilt yesterday.  It was shopping day and in the evening I was turning up trousers for Mr B.....not my favourite sewing task but it has to be done.

I did make a fabric postcard for a very special person who is retiring from the music therapy charity, Nordoff-Robbins........this charity is dedicated to transforming the lives of vulnerable children and adults through music.

I have a new, electric fan oven (my old one was a gas oven) and it's a whole new experience for me! Playing around with the temperatures is quite a challenge!! To test it I made a Victoria sponge cake last Sunday........do I set the temperature to 170c or 180c??  I set it for 170c.  It cooked very well but I think this weekend I will try again and raise the temperature to 180c.  What do you think will happen?

Here's last week's cake

.......have a good weekend, the sun is shining here but it's still very cold.  The snow is finally off my car.

...........'til the next time, keep quilting

Double Pinwheel Progress

Having sorted out all my stash since Christmas, I was astounded at the amount I had accumulated over the years!  Now I can see them all and my plan this year is to use as much of it as I can in order to claim back some space!!

Here's the progress of the Double Pinwheel quilt.  I sewed the 12 blocks adding two and half inch sashing.  

I don't have a plan or pattern.  I'm making decisions about the next step as I go along.

............'til the next time, happy quilting