I can see the light......and Langholm....

I can now see the light..... at the end of the tunnel that is! It's been a busy month, all of this lovely weather outside too.  It's a good job I don't do heat too well, my skin is too fair and sensitive so it's better and far cooler for me to be indoors working whenever possible.  It's been a while since these two quilts were returned, both the same random piecing designs, I love the rustic or country look that the stripped shirting fabric gives, it's reminiscent of ticking fabric.  Anne Bright's panto 'Surf' really softens the geometric lines....love that panto.

This wonderful hand pieced Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt is now all quilted and bound and will be travelling to Ireland very soon for the Granddaughter of my customer. This is the second quilt from this customer who is in her nineties, this was one huge quilt around 109 x 120, I also bound this one in a suitable blue fabric by machine front and back.We chose a primrose panto to mimic the shape of the hexagon flowers.

I'm still playing catch up with these 'delightful stars' blocks....here is my next grouping.......

The quilt is slowly filling up......

On Friday morning we took a few hours off to go watch the procession at Langholm Common Riding, didn't take any horses just went to watch...this is the view from the bottom of the hill...

View from the top of the hill, this is 8.30 am....that's a steep climb.... for spectators and horses with riders....

The crowds parted to let the horses gallop through and on up the hill past us.........

We stayed to watch some of the processions, it's a bit quirky. See the guy with the spade, next the Herring on a plate with a Barley Bannock, further back is the crown of roses, then further back still is the giant thistle.....yes a giant thistle...

We were home before lunch and back to work again.....such is life......

Helped to finish this one.....

I was contacted by the none quilting family of a hand quilter to ask if I would finish a quilt for their Mother who is in her 90's. The quilt was already sandwiched and the quilting was already started by hand and my clients didn't want the hand quilting removed. I finished the quilt the best I could even though the wadding was too short and needed to be pieced....This quilt is all hand pieced.....

All in all, the quilt turned out quite well with hand quilting and machine quilting blending together, I found some fabric that matched in well for the binding and off it went back to the forest.....

I quilted pantograph designs with Quilt Path on these next two whirlygig quilts in thirties fabrics, one with Primrose to match in with the border fabric and on the other quilt quilt with a piano key border we chose Wildflower.....

The same but different....

This is a view of the back of Edinburgh Castle from the Grassmarket, you can see the grandstand ready for the Tattoo on the right skyline. I spent a few days up there last week having 'patch testing' for allergies and sensitivities....had a major result too for a food additive....we'll see how that pans out in the near future. Trust me to have a major sensitivity to an additive that is in fresh foods, processed foods, fish, shampoos, tea....yes, tea, choclate, white flour...OMG.....it's in everything.....