Scraps management and a wedding anniversary.

The last few days have been rather tiring as they involved a lot of travelling, and sitting in a car or coach is not the most comfortable situation. On Thursday we travelled to Staffordshire for the 60th wedding anniversary of my Aunt and Uncle. Uncle Terry was my father's youngest brother and he's15 years older than me. We met up with my younger brother Alex at the party, but unfortunately his partner had to work. 

John and Alex tower over Yvonne

Terry enjoyed reminiscing  with Alex and John.

It was a lovely event but very tiring. Friday was a rest day but I did fit in some sewing. On Saturday we had a coach trip to Frampton Marsh nature reserve in Lincolnshire. The weather was warm and sunny and we enjoyed a slow stroll around the reserve. In the process we saw over 40 species of birds. The day was worth the early start and long journey. On the way home both John and I fell asleep. On the outward journey I did some stitching on the next frog block. I didn't get very much done but every little helps.

On Friday I had taken the blocks I made from scraps and decided how to lay they out for the quilt. As I decided on the layout I realised that I had misplaced one block or simply had made one block short. Today I made the missing block and sewed the blocks together. I added a narrow border around the quilt and now it's ready for the quilt sandwich to be made.

This is a bright quilt and it makes me happy that I've used up some of my scraps. The problem is that no matter how many scraps you use there seems to be the same number to still use. I still have the string blocks to finish and sew into a quilt and I have also started some other blocks from scraps.

Take care

Lyndsey