Our coldest day this year for us 8C 15th July 2015

I’m making a tie shoulder bag. I make these over and over as I love making the tiny log cabins, First I make a dozen or so of tiny log cabins then sew them down on to a piece of wadding and backing  in the shape I want  the bag to be.  I  want these wee blocks to look jumbled so over lap and twist them before tacking them down.

Close up showing the hand quilting around each log which ends up 1/2inch wide; I find this very relaxing, the quilting locks all these wee blocks together.

Back of the little log cabins and this will be the inside of the bag. Bunny sent me this wonderful fabric several years ago.

Found this when cleaning up the other day.  This was my very first attempt at  hand quilting,  I did a wonderful session (if some what frustrating ) with a Hawaiian lady quilter, this was plain cream calico and I splattered it with paint using a tooth brush as I thought the cream boring 30 years ago LOL. I made my sample in to a fusion cover and it is still going strong if rather washed out now ????

I picked some pine cones up from the side of the road this morning, they make wonderful fire starters

Cleaning the Grandchildrens play area down stairs you can see where I have not cleaned it was so black with mould not healthy at all.

Now working on the path down the side of the house you can see where I started to play LOL

I have put in some big paves connecting two paths a short cut the grandees were using LOL  This path was black with mould on Sunday????

A local flower grower gives the shop second grade flowers for us to sell when she has to many, to day she gave us gerber’s and I bought 3 bunches,  one for a friend and one for my lovely DIL.