A good week.

This week the weather has been a little kinder in that it hasn't rained every day and it was getting warmer, but this weekend it has gone decidedly chiller. Never mind I'm going to enjoy the sunshine whilst we've got it. As always the week has been busy but things have been moved forward.

I finished the baby blanket I was knitting. This was to use up the remaining yarn I had left over from knitted a blanket for our grandson. I decided on a basket weave pattern with a white border. The blanket finished at 27 inches square and it still needs to be blocked. This will be a donation to Little Village, a charity local to us that helps parents with young children.

I've been working on the last frog stitchery but I haven't got very far. I need to sort out some more green embroidery floss but I know I've got more in my thread boxes. I've also been hunting in my green fabrics to create the blocks to complete the quilt and looking in my scraps for green fabric for this months Rainbow scrap challenge. 

I finished the quilt top from the January rainbow scrap challenge but I need to go through my fabrics to see if I've got anything suitable for the back. This is also a donation quilt.

Having put the quilt top together I went for working at a smaller size. I painted the wooden bed I'd got in the dolls house white and then set about making a duvet and pillows. I had some small pieces of liberty tana lawn with a small print and this was perfect. I sewed it all by hand and used some light weight wadding.

Not perfect but good enough for me. I'm currently considering making a small quilt for the dolls house.

On the first day of dry weather this week, my son and I took our dogs for a long walk. We'd been sticking mainly to roads whilst it was so wet but they like to run free in a large open space. Once off the lead Missy looked for a puddle and found a lovely muddy one. She had a great time rolling in the mud and splashing water and mud around. Interestingly most of the water and mud comes off her quite quickly but she still had a bath when we got home.

As we walked the dogs we spotted a few daffodils braving the weather.

The crocuses were doing much better but they were in a more sheltered position.

I have started work on the quilted jacket but I haven't taken any photos at the moment. My grandson aided and abetted by my son had been playing with my dressmakers form and some of the measurements had been altered. I had to spend some time getting all the settings correct.  On a bigger scale I still need to make up my older daughter's dining room curtains. 

Tomorrow John and I will be going to the orchid festival at Kew Gardens. Afterwards we'll meet up with the rest of the family for a walk and lunch. I've got my fingers crossed that it will be dry and sunny. I'll tell you about the orchid festival tomorrow.

Take care

Lyndsey