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Showing posts with label Me me me. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Me me me. Show all posts

Monday, 14 July 2014

Don't you know who I am?

Rhetorical question.  Obviously!

Today the postman came good for me, but we are still waiting on the yo-yo, oh dear indeed!

So if you have your copy of Quilt Now, you may have spotted my Oakshott tumbler 'Stacking Cups' baby quilt, it looks so lovely in print, even if I do so myself…


And I am so thrilled to be in such great company in this first edition.  I am trying not to be biassed, but I think Katy has done a wonderful job, and the themed issues, if this one is anything to go by, are all going to look fabulous!

I would love to show you a few more shots, but all my pics were on that other hard drive, grrr!  I will show off more when I get it back home.

Don't forget, there'll be a copy of the magazine for the winner of my blogiversary giveaway, and it will be in UK stores from Thursday.

So as if my head didn't have to be squeezed back out the front door to get down to school, what happened next, well…

You see that envelope up there?  In there is a blogiversary card, from someone who RECOGNISED ME at the school gate!!! So everyone please wave hello to Jean!!  

Meeting fellow enthusiasts of cutting up fabric and sewing it back together in real life is so great, (woo-hoo FQR weekend here we come!!), but when someone spots you and is lovely enough to come and say hello, it felt a little bit mad, and very much lovely!

And just in case anyone wants to pick me out of the crowd on the weekend, (before I get my official swap tag from my partner), I whipped up a temporary one, and the first tick off my Q4 FAL list, go me!


After deciding on the way I was going with it, I did a bit of a swift u-turn, (after cutting my fabrics, sods law), and snipped a little selvedge 'Hadley' from my DS stash, fused and top-stitched a collection of bits and bobs onto white Essex Linen and used some of my Hemingway Design print for the back and lanyard. 

Fun punched hole, and job done…



Tomorrow, less me, more finishes!

Sunday, 6 July 2014

A bit of Me time!

In less than a fortnight I am off to Fat Quarterly Retreat, did I mention that already!?


Well as is customary, I am going to link up and introduce myself to the unsuspecting attendees.  That is not an excuse for heckling from the regulars, thank you ladies!

My name is Hadley, aka Mrs Flying Blind, almost mid-40s, wife to a long suffering husband, long-suffering mummy of three, 9, 7 & 7.  I live in West Sussex, work part-time/term-time and can't wait for the school holidays!

I have been blogging for 4 years this coming week, and have been quilting for the same length of time; I took dress-making at school and have sewn on and off since then.

I have been to both previous Retreats and although a lot of my partners in crime won't be attending this year, I am still looking forward to it like you wouldn't believe.


I belong to some fantastic online Bees, Brit Bee (above) and Stitch Tease; last year I took part in the Siblings Together Quilting Bee and will be handing over a huge quilt again...


Handing over to Delma in 2013.
This year I have sent name tags to Trash and Sarah, and am eagerly awaiting mine as part of the swap (hint hint partner!)...


My sample swap items this year are totes that made the air so blue during their construction, they will forever be known as Swear Bags…


Last year I made and sold Liberty key fobs…

Caught peddling my wares by Jan!
... and this year I have scaled it back and made a limited edition, so please track me down, or let me know if you would like to reserve one…


You will find me hand quilting and Green-beaning with Jen Kingwell, embroidering with Jo; screen printing with Karen, doodling with Troods and knotting with Thomas K - soooooo excited by all my classes.

I do hate having my photo taken though, so don't be offended or take it personally if I tell you where to stick your camera!

So that is probably all you could ever want to know about me, you can ask me if you want to know more, but I'm not promising an answer ;)

Looking forward to seeing everyone soon, now to start packing!