Richmond village birthday

 On the weekend the village of Richmond celebrated it's 200 year birthday.

There was a parade that spanned the years.

I really love a parade and loved seeing all the costumes and old machinery. Richmond was a convict town with a huge gaol (jail).

Twelve days of Christmas

 On the first of December I finally got around to start my twelve days of Christmas cross stitch. I don't think I will be finishing these for Christmas this year, but at least I have started.

Farmer's wife sampler quilt blocks

 I am still slowly working through the blocks for my farmer's wife sampler quilt. I had decided to finish the quilt by joining all my blocks together. Then I changed my mind and decided to make the last 13 blocks that form the middle row of the quilt. I thought that if I finished without making the last blocks I may regret that later on. 

Now that I have committed to making them I have slowed down and am struggling to find the inspiration to work on them. I have made the first 4 so that is a start. There is no rush and I can just take my time to finish the last 9. 

Halloween fun

 I am a little late in posting this but I always like to decorate for Halloween. This is part of my bookcase display. I am really happy with my cross stitch pieces that I finished this year.

It has inspired me to make some more. I have a few more pattern ideas and some coloured material perfect for a bit of Halloween mood. Do you decorate for Halloween? What is your favourite type of decoration? Leave a comment, I'd love to hear.

A little bit of spinning

 

I have been busy spinning away over the last few weeks. These skeins are all from processed tops.

The two next skeins are a wool and silk mix. They are so soft and squishy.  I am thinking of knitting them together in a jumper. I started the black silk mix because I remember spinning some of this up a while ago, but now I can't remember where I have put it. I really hope I haven't sold it so I will have to keep looking through my stash. And then I will need to find a pattern. 

I seem to spend a lot of time trying to find knitting patterns. Once I start looking at one patterns I then end up spending hours scrolling through other patterns. If you have any recommendations leave a comment and I will have a look at it.

 Thanks for watching.

Bishopstone yarns episode 49

 

The latest episode of Bishopstone yarns is now up on YouTube. Find a comfortable chair, a craft project and join me for a catch up on what I have been making.

It is always lovely to have you join me, please leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Crime and crochet

 

Today started of warm and continued to be a little too warm to stay out in the garden. I thought it was the perfect time to catch up with some reading on my Ngaio Marsh book. I am slowly trying to expand my golden age of crime reading. Expanding outside Agatha Christie. Some authors are more interesting to than others but I enjoy the challenge.

As I was swapping between crime and crochet a much appreciated thunderstorm rolled in and what could be more perfect .

Now I've got distracted by watching the rain roll in.

Morning stillness at the beach

I had a morning visit to the beach and it was so still and peaceful. I could have stayed there for hours just watching the water move slowly by. The tide was out so there were sand bars a plenty and reflection everywhere. I took a number of deep breaths and hoped to carry the stillness with me for the rest of the day.

I hope you are also having an equally relaxing day.

 

Farmers wife sampler quilt

 

I just found this old post as a draft so I thought I should post it. These are some more of my Farmer's wife sampler quilt blocks that I have made. 

Ihope you enjoy looking at thrm and stay tu n ed to see what they look like once they have a border a r ound them.

Two more blocks

I have decided to do the final row of 13 blocks to add to my Farmer's wife sampler quilt. 

As I had finished 72 blocks already I was going to stop at that and finish putting the quilt together. But as I thought about it I changed my mind and decided to make the last 13 because I think I would regret not making them if I stopped now. So I have made the first 2 of the 13.

Now I just need to find do the next 11.

 

Poochabald art exhibition

I went along to see the recent exhibition at the Rosny school house. It was all about dogs. There was such a huge range of art and ceramic to look at. So many gorgeous dogs as well. The lino print above is one done by my dad of his previous dog.

Here are a few of my favourite pieces. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

 

Runnymede house and garden

When I heard that Runnymede house was having a plant sale I thought, what could be better than an historic house, a beautiful garden and plants for sale.

Luckily the rain stayed away long enough for a very nice stroll around the garden and a chance to buy a few plants.

I love this drive way and there is nothing as interesting as a hedged walkway.

 

Spring brings out the birds

Spring has arrived and the parrots are out and about. I think they are on the look out for food to eat. It is too early for fruit but they are keeping an eye out anyway.

I have caught a few plucking the blossoms off our apricot tree, if they continue they wont have anything to eat later on, neither will we.