Stitching up Norfolk

Hello my lovelies!  Not been here for a while have I?  Computer problems and a week in Norfolk are to blame – not me obviously!  I’m still in Norfolk as it happens, and I happen to have found a computer that works, if you’re one of the few people that consider Windows Vista as something that works…

We’re here in the east of England visiting family.  Heavy rain and blustering winds have been battering this part of the coastline for days now, so we’ve spent a lot of time inside (not having thought to bring a jaunty sou’wester and Norfolk gansey!).  Kim’s been running around with his cousins, one’s the same age and has the same passion for Star Wars and Lego as Kim does.  Two of them in the house?  Not good for the sanity.  I lost my train tickets before we came and had to buy new ones (I think I must have thrown them out with some old tickets to St Ives), but admist all the self-imposed stress I did manage to remember to bring some sewing and a sketchbook, so I’ve been happily keeping myself busy despite being stuck indoors for lack of warm and waterproof clothing.

All piled up and ready to go

I’ve been working on a quilt top I started some time ago now.  I rashly decided to make it entirely by hand, but it turned out to be a good decision.  It’s something I can easily carry around with me and get on with whenever the mood takes me, or I’m sitting in a waiting room somewhere.  I’ve finished all the nine patch squares now and have started on the sashings with the fussy cut squares.  Even though I’ve been doing this for a year or more, I still love the fabrics I chose and it surprises me how quickly it builds up when I get going.  I think I’ll be doing a lot more sewing this afternoon; I’m sat in my mother’s conservatory and it sounds like I might need an ark by nightfall!  I think I’ll forget about the 8 mile run I need to do and the walks I’d planned at Brancaster.  You never know, I might have a finished quilt top by the time I get home.

If you’re one of my keen-eyed readers you may have noticed that my From The Loft shop images have disappeared from the column on the right.  I haven’t closed it down, just shut it for the week I’m away. I’ve got some more  items to list when I get back, so keep an eye out for them.  ‘Til then I’ll love you and leave you and hope that where ever you are, you’re not getting too wet!

love Stephie x