Weeks and weekends are going too fast.... doing too much? getting old? what is it to make time just spin by?
I finished off my last scrap baskets.... black and white, pink and brown....
... and here all 12 of my baskets fit in the bookcase.... I hope they don't just gather dust. I need to sort out a little box of scraps and put them in their special places now....
The baskets are quite big so I doubt if they will ever fill (in fact some are almost empty) but it will be useful to have them sorted in their colourways.... I adore scrappy projects.
I stitched another little block towards my Gardeners Journal quilt that I am sewing with Michelle....
... and took up my Dutch Treat which has been a little bit ignored lately...
...out and about I came across this counter top.... that could match my Dutch Treat blocks?
Ages ago I made up this quilt top and quilted it... but never got round to finishing it off.
With the weather warming up but evenings still cool we like a light quilt on our bed and this one is the one... so I need to finish off this binding...
This weekend we had a Lost Trades Fair at our local Cobb and Co Museum. Hubz wanted to go and I reluctantly tagged along...
Gosh I loved it....
This wonderful character was making little stools that twisted to adjust the height
.. this is one of his finished stools.... so beautifully done...
... candle making with real bees wax....
... here he is making pieces for restoration of buildings....
... like this to include into an ornate ceiling....
... another stall for fixing heritage buildings but using an age old method of lime.... fascinating...
... of course lace making.... I just cannot keep up with the movements these ladies do for this....
this guy makes chairs, completely by hand..... so interesting.. he chatted the whole time while he worked...
... this is what he was making.... all by hand... so so clever...
... making wooden spoons ... you can see some of them hanging on a bar behind him...
... and another character making wooden buckets.... just gorgeous and I would have loved one of these.
They were quite expensive but would last a lifetime.... if I was 20 years younger I probably would have ...
But I did make some purchases...... I do love honey and wanted to try it creamed.... Hubz uses honey in some of his homebrew too...
All in all a very interesting few hours ......
Righto, Gotto Go.... Monday jobs are calling... hope you have a wonderful week ...
