When I went out to the studio this morning to get my stuff for work, I saw six little swallows sitting on the fence. I quickly fetched the camera, thinking they would probably be gone by the time I came back out of the house, but they were still there
four on the right ........
........ and two on the left
I had just crept in to take this closer shot when the parents appeared and chased them off the fence into the air - a reluctant one got a swipe of a wing to encourage it! Soon they were all swooping round the garden - much too fast to take aphoto!
I got to Jedburgh earlier than usual, so I spent a few minutes taking photos of the Abbey in the sun
as always I organised the room ready for the students arriving
the sun was streaming in the window, making it hard to take a photo of the table (complete with my cuppa!)
of course it didn't take long for the usual chaos to appear!
I have been asked to teach more classes, so I suggested doing a Christmas wallhanging in November. Yesterday I got out some of my many Christmas patterns looking for inspiration
I decided I would have an applique Father Christmas with borders, so I drew a rough outline (stop laughing, you know I can't draw!!) ..........
......... I gave the sketch to Malcolm and asked him to draw a proper version
while Malcolm watches the football, I have been watching either Ricky Tim's tv shows, or Craftsy classes, and it has made me realise how much I have neglected my free motion quillting recently. This is serious, as you really need to do it regularly. So yesterday I made up a little calico sandwich and popped it in a quilting hoop. I had barely started when ...... oops, the thread shredded and fankled. It was my own fault, as I hadn't changed the needle
it's hard to get back into a free-flowing rhythm - more practice is definitely required!
we will be on tenterhooks tomorrow morning, waiting to hear from our solicitor in Berwick that the purchase of the flat has been completed. As soon as we hear we will go over to pick up the keys. All being well there may just be a photo or two in tomorrow's post!!