All kids in school, and a non-volunteering day, so straight home before 9am for an hour and a half of gardening in the most amazing Spring weather. I don't actually garden per se, but I gathered up a wheelie-bin full of dead stuff, so it is starting to look less bedraggled, and that's the main thing.
I then completed the piecing of my Stained quilt top. Have you seen Susan's? I love her wider border, so I sat in the sun and unpicked the two sides I'd already done, and then got the rest sewn up...
I need to order some more white for my BIG borders, as I want a continuous strip on the longer sides which is more than I have on hand, but no problemo.
Then I sat in the sun for an hour before going back to school. My kind of day!
So now I have company again and things aren't so peaceful, but that's OK too; it's amazing what a bit of me time can do!
Wow! It looks fabulous in the morning sunshine! I'm gonna need wider borders too to make mine big enough to cover my rugby playing nephew! jxo
ReplyDeleteSo very cute! I may have some time this evening to work on mine. I may be home alone for a bit...can you imagine? In my house that almost NEVER happens!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fabulous day! Loving your Stained - the pink with bits of yellow looks like spring!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I love how it's coming out. I want to make one too. I love that skinny sashing.
ReplyDeleteI like her border too. I think having that wider border will really make your quilt POP! I'm excited to see it all finished. You've made really good time with this one!
ReplyDeleteYour stains are looking good x
ReplyDeleteLooks great, I'm sure the wider white borders will set it off a treat!
ReplyDeleteOh very pretty! Is this. QAL? I will have to dig deeper!
ReplyDeleteLooks so lovely H! Perfect stitching for a perfect summers day :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Can't wait to see it with the borders. Glad you got some "me" time!
ReplyDeleteAh - your own little piece of Marrakech sunshine in your garden. Good to hear you had a little `me time`. x
ReplyDeleteoh it's delicious Hadley ....
ReplyDeleteI had a day at home marking and I was planning to sneak a little sewing in, but I started at 10:00 and have just finished the stack of exam papers ... sheesh ... still, feels good. Means I can do a little prep now for sewing tomorrow!
I love the prints you've chosen and can't wait to see it with the jumbo borders.
This is gorgeous! Good Day Sunshine indeed! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm loveing the stained look too. and a bit of Vitamin D intake is always good too.
ReplyDeleteMe time is magical. Would be completely dolally without it. I love your Stained. The colours are stunning. And yea for wide borders!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a pretty perfect day! Lots of sunshine in the Stained Glass top too!!
ReplyDeletethats what so great about being retired the me time
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ReplyDeleteOk this is what my cat wrote!
Yay for sunshine! Even bigger Yayyyyyyy for me time! Gorgeous Hadley! lol did the moving dead stuff to wheelie bin in late evening sunshine last nite :)
ReplyDeletePretty close to a perfect day :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks incredible!! I love those colours together!!!! Great work! When it's completed it'll look even more amazing!! =D
ReplyDeleteSuch a sunshiny quilt. Pink and yellow make me think of pink lemonade, which make me think of summer. Yum!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in this quilt!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful and such a happy quilt! And such a happy day!
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me, as I was stuck in the office - boooo!
ReplyDeleteOh I love it :-) It reminds me of boiled sweeties for some reason... Lovely stained :-) Glad you had such an enjoyable day too :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful quilt, lovely day, enjoy the company.
ReplyDeleteSo, so pretty!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a blissful day :-)
ReplyDeleteOh to be able to sit in the sun for an hour in the afternoon and not get burnt to a crisp, sigh.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt looks so pretty in the sun, gorgeous colours.
Oh to have "me" time is wonderful! Sounds like you had a lovely day...and I just love the colors or your quilt!
ReplyDeleteThat is just amazing! Congratulations! And can I just say I am so jealous of your sun!!! We have had nothing but rain here - can't take any good pictures of anything these days!
ReplyDeleteThis looks so pretty. I wish I had a reason to make a pink quilt. So, so pretty
ReplyDeleteIt speaks summer to me. And sorbet.
ReplyDeletemy daughter asked me for one! ;)
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