I enjoyed April, the days lengthened, the weather got warmer and the trees and flowers took on their beautiful colours as their leaves and flowers appeared. For the first time in years I planted quite a few seeds and they have germinated successfully and are now ready to plant out in the garden or window boxes. I've really enjoyed the journey to and from work and the traffic holdups which have given me time to appreciate the daily changes to the trees and shrubs along the way. I've put extra effort in to make sure I've seen the beauty of the world around me. On the down side work has been demanding and so I didn't get to enjoy my sewing and other crafts as much as I would have liked. So let's see what I achieved.
I finished the scrappy donation quilt and this has already gone to its new home. I finished knitting the left front of my cardigan. Since then I haven't done any knitting at all.
John and I went walking to test out a new bluebell walk.
We visited the Constable and Turner exhibition at the Tate Britain which was good. We had all of our three children, partners and our two grandsons for Easter dinner. Both my daughters celebrated birthdays during the month, as a result I've eaten far too much cake. I also ended up with several Easter eggs. The Terry's chocolate orange egg was the best egg I've every had . Unfortunately the Easter eggs and the birthday cakes cause a small increase in my weight but it was worth it! Fortunately I'm back to my usual weight.
My Chookshed challenge for the month was to try and finish the orange round of the Grandmother's Garden English paper pieced quilt. I didn't complete the whole round but I now have 4 sides completed.
The remaining two sides. I need to make 17 'flowers' and to sew them to the quilt to finish off this round.
I'm hoping to get this finished this month.
Looking forward to May the Chookshed Challenge is number 1 which for me is my embroidered table cloth. I have two sides left to complete plus the butterfly on each side. The picture below was the side I was working on and this is now complete.
It would be great to finish a whole side but being realistic that won't happen. We are away for a weekend later this month and I am on annual leave at the end of the month. That makes it sound like there will be loads of time but we want to make several visits to places this month, so time will be tight.
Yesterday John and I visited the William Morris Museum. We visited the exhibition about William Morris which was very interesting. We also visit the Women in Print exhibition. I have some photos to share but I will post about that tomorrow. Today has been busy as we went over to see older daughter and grandsons. I'm always tired after a visit as the nearly 4 year old is so energetic.
Take care.
Lyndsey
