Well I am once again being somewhat tardy in blogging - I can try this as an excuse I could not upload photos and had to ask Angela's husband Neil to change the programmes to Google Chrome and add something called Picasso so that I could upload - abit of a pfaff but thank goodness for Neil he has done it for me.  I did sort of throw my rattle out the pram and said I couldn't be bothered but then common sense (do I have any) prevailed!!

Well as the weather has been so inclement I have turned into a hermit and stayed indoors and taken the opportunity to  keep my new year resolution.  I vowed I would try to finish some UFO's  - I have just got to finish quilting two and then that will be two items out of the way yeh.  I have actually totally completed one which is a table runner - but have not taken any photos of it - will do so.

Poppy is not enjoying this cold weather and has become abit of a hermit as well.  She seems to love me doing some sewing and manifests from absolutely nowhere to sit on whatever I have decided to do.  She loves quilts to snuggle on.  But on Sunday she had to make do with my foundation piecing - and as I was trying to lay it out to make sure it was going according to plan here she was plonking herself down with no thought for me!!

Anyway I managed to prevail and here is the top put together, it has since been wadded and is partly quilted and I have to say I am very pleased with it.  Rob and I bought the pattern and fabrics at the NEC a couple of years ago and time just ran away from me - I had traced the pattern out and cut strips and started one piece but that was as far as it had got.  So I was determined to finish it now

Having been evicted from my foundation piecing she then sought out my hexagons - they had been moved out of the sewing room whilst I was working and laid on the bed - it is a lovely comfy place to lie - polystyrene with paper and the hexagons held down with pins - makes sense to snuggle there!  Caroline popped over on Monday with young Leo who christined his new highchair that Rob and I had got for him - thought it was easiest to have one at our house rather than carting one around all over the place.   He is such great fun and then we had a great game of throwing toys off the tray for the cat to chase.

We had Christmas Club at Art and Stitch last week and I have started this folded place mat - it is looking lovely and I am determined to get it finished. 

At our Aston Quilters Group we have been making New York Beauty foundation piecing and I thought I would lay it all out to see how it was going - well guess who joined me she has an uncanny sense of interrupting me !  I am so pleased with this and have now joined all the blocks and just have to get some borders put on.