THEY'RE CHANGING GUARD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Rebecca went with her mum not with Alice!!  Sorry, couldn't resist it. Yes Annette took Rebecca to London for the day as promised way way back, she - Rebecca - wanted to see Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey. It is a Kate thing with Rebecca, she just loves her, well, who doesn't? The thing is though, what she DIDN'T know was that her mum had bought tickets to GO INSIDE Buckingham Palace and view THAT DRESS and all the other things on display. When Annette told her, she was outside BH gates and she rang me on her mobile and screamed and squealed VERY LOUDLY down it to me that she was GOING INSIDE. My ears are still ringing with that call, she was soooooo excited bless her. If you go over to Annette's Blog you will see the wonderful pictures of their day out, I have 'nicked' a few for here though too cos they are so good.

Rebecca with THOSE tickets...

 Yes, you are going to see THAT DRESS...

 Inside the Palace grounds...

 The rain didn't stop this girl from doing the Tour...

 I had a sudden mad idea to make Rebecca a bag for her trip to London,

I printed pictures of Kate onto fabric then appliqued them to a blue background - which I hoped

was similar to the dress she wore at her engagement, I do my best folks,

this was to be the front...

 a close up of one of the pictures, I really like this one, oh yes

and that tassell I have had for many years and it was just perfect for this bag...

 This is the back of the bag, a picture of the pretty shoes which we didn't get to

see on the day, and her bouquet -

not sure if you can see I quilted vermicelli style with little hearts

mixed in just for Rebecca...

 another close up, I bought the ribbon Union Jack Flags on our market

they worked just right on this, I put a zip on the top for safety for Rebecca in London!!!

 the very pretty bouquet...

Rebecca loved it. 

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Now for something completely different -

More of Rebecca's cross stitch pictures. She is zooming away on these now -

here's Winnie the Pooh...

 a sleepy cat...

 a Royal Carriage - maybe this should have gone on her bag!!!

 Well done Rebecca, great job of all of them.

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Changing tack yet again.

Someone and I cannot remember who, was asking for orphan blocks,

if it was you ??? please get in touch with me as these are what I have found for you.

That is if you would like them.

 Maybe someone out there can tell me who it was please, I would be grateful.

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Something else again..

Now this is a small Quilt I designed for Makower, this is a copy of the original,

I don't know what to do with it???

Any suggestions???

 close up of middle...

So there you have it, an assortment of things to look at today, hope they are of interest to you.

Enjoy...do leave a comment, I love to read what you think.

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YET MORE PREZZIES

We met my lovely friend Pat in town and finally exchanged Christmas Gifts. Look what she bought me...

Aren't I just so lucky, I was only looking on Amazon at that very book last night.

Thank you so much Pat I am going to enjoy that book

and the fabrics from Alaska too

Bless you xxxx

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Meantime back tracking to the 14th

Rebecca made this card for her Gagee for Valentine's Day -

isn't it clever, she did it all by herself -

he loves it of course

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and last but not least -

I had a delivery today, look at all these goodies -

I blame Di and Maggi and Myfanwy

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REBECCA, DOC MARTEN's and THE MUSEUM AND COMPLETED THINGS BY ME

OK,  I know I have put a few of these on here before,  BUT I had to show them again, because the local Boot and Shoe Museum in the centre of Town decided to have ALL the boots and displays the children had made. These are better photo's than the previous lot I took. Rebecca was thrilled her Doc Marten Boot she made was on display.  So here we are Doc Marten display from Boothville Primary School Children.

Reb with her yellow Doc Marten boot...

That's the one Nana...

They look great don't they...

This is The Wizard of Oz and Dorothy's Red Shoes -

Rebecca pointed out to the Museum they had put the leaves round the WRONG display..

Go girl...

The Giant's Boot from Jack and the Beanstalk...

The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe..

Look at the size of it compared to Reb, at school this had all dolls over it as all the children...

These Boots are made for walking....

Cinderella of course...

Jack and The Beanstalk, minus the leaves cos they put them round the Wizard of Oz,

also the Boot should be here...

Close up of Reb's Boot to finish.

Well done Reb and ALL the children at the School, fantastic Boots and Displays.

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Following now are things I have completed recently, taken me a while, but I am slowly catching up with things. This first item is the Journal page for JULY, I am doing these Journal pages from the Popular Patchwork Magazine, they set a  the task of what to do, this was SunPrinting, I have chosen to use Windows as my continuing theme throughout the year, this is the back...

this is the front, hopefully you will see it is a view of the hot,

searing desert, through large picture windows...

Now this has taken a whole year to do for some reason,

I just kept getting waylaid by other things...

These are strips of Batik fabrics again from Popular Patchwork Forum,

we swapped strips and then had to make something with them...

Finally, this is what I made...

this is the back...

and this is the all important label...

Whew!

Again from the PP Forum, we are doing a Friendship Block swap,

this is going to go to Alison who requested Baskets...

Yep, more from PP Forum, this time the Postcard Swap,

some folk have trouble keeping up or sometimes they drop out,

so Katy and myself are making up the missing cards for others so they will

have a complete set, shame to miss out don't you think!

This is UNDER THE SEA for..................

Katy made this one for me as I was missing my

Under The Sea Card,

isn't it great, thank you Katy.

Well, that's all for now, it is my Group's day tomorrow, so I have been a little busy getting ready for that today. Tomorrow we will, I hope, be doing a kind of Quilting Bee!! Hmmmm!! I wonder what they will make of my new aid! I now have a walking stick. On Tuesday as I got out of bed I managed to do something to my left knee. I just cannot describe the pain to you, I have had it before but not as bad as this. It is only just beginning to feel right. I was unable to walk properly so hubby went out and bought me the stick which helped enormously. I hope I wont have to use it permanently, I can just imagine the remarks!! Reb is itching to have a go with it as a golf club!!!!

LUCKY ME

Two more blocks for my FRIENDSHIP QUILT

This beauty from KIM, I love the colours in this Kim
thank you so much...



and this one from BRENDA in Australia,
another real beauty...

Here is a wonderful, and funny doll Kim sent me
in with the block;
this is the front, I hope you can read it all....



and the back...

Kim also sent me these wonderful fabrics for a Quilt
I have always wanted to make for Rebecca -
and I.SPY quilt...


Again, many, many thanks KIM, you are a star *

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Rebecca made these for us for today instead of eggs...
yum yum...

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NOW a bit of fun....
If you can guess what this is,
you can have it,
cos,
and here is a clue....
I don't do this anymore!!!!!!!

good guessing....

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