We picked Maureen up this morning, on our way to Anne's shop in Longframlington. Malcolm dropped us of and then went to visit his sister Jennifer in Morpeth. We were so busy blethering (and drinking tea) that I nearly forgot to take some photos! First, this is Frances' (or should that be Frances's) Robin's Nest
this Mariner's Compass is about four inches in diameter
I would never have the patience to sew the tiny pieces for these minute blocks
Ros was working on a large clamshell border ........
....... and has just finished this stunning applique and embroidery block
Margaret works on this piece off and on - it has grown quite a bit since I last saw it
in between all the chatting and tea drinking, I did manage to sew the next border on Mrs Billings
when we visited the shop last month, Ishowed you the lovely yarn that Anne now stocks. Frances has bought several skeins, and wound it into balls today
it was nearly time to leave when I remembered that I hadn't taken any photos of the latest delicious fabrics
but fabrics don't have to be colourful to tempt you to buy them ...... I had to be very strongwilled not to come home with lots of these
but I did buy something, this panel of labels
to finish - if you don't like spiders, don't scroll down to the last photo. This beauty was in the utility room at bedtime last night - it's not the best of photos as the room isn't brightly lit (the wall is actually green, not the sickly yellow it looks in the photo)