Sweet dreams are made of this.....

A few months ago i started a mini patchwork quilt.. its still not finished.  I used small floral prints and a plain background. Grandmothers flower garden is the design that i chose. Appropriate, i felt, as i am a grandmother and i love my garden... While browsing through blogs that i follow, i noticed that Christine from Hollyhock Cottage had stitched a beauty for her lovely iron bed! its really lovely and this set me to thinking of all the quilts that i have made, over the years.... many have gone, as they wear,  i usually cut them up for whichever dog or cat we have at the time. (my babies need cosy beds as well!)

this one is a favourite 'wedding bands'...

this one is called 'monkey wrench' 

the name of this one escapes me,  i love the way it turns...





this is the quilt that i stitched over 30 years ago...



i believe this one is called dresden plate...



this one on the bed is a commercially made throw..

sweet dreams are made of this...  who am i to disagree..
everybody's looking for something.....

I still have one that i made over 30 years ago. These are all full size and were made by traditional method of paper template piecing and most are hand quilted. A tried and true method that has been passed down for generations! These quilts are in constant use in our home and there is some fading, but this adds to the shabby feeling thats popular just now...  now that i have shown you these, i'm feeling a little guilty for not finishing the mini quilt that i started months ago  :(    there really is no excuse, except that i have so many things on the go and i will have to get stuck in and finish at least some of the projects that i have begun!! I have a few more lovely followers and i adore checking out all your blogs and seeing what you are up to... so many talented people in blog land!
I think i need a lay down with a good book!!  sweet dreams   Christine xxx

Afternoon Delight.....

here she is!! complete with windows

This little beauty is the Triang 60!  A joy to own! The size of this little house makes it easy to display. It can sit nicely on a small table or languish amongst other collectibles on a sideboard or dresser... A big difference to the Triang Stockbroker, which practically needs a room of its own!  I got an enormous amount of pleasure from restoring this house.... For some unknown reason, when a house finally finds its way to me, it really needs some work to bring it back to life. That is probably a good thing as i wouldn't feel right about damaging or ignoring any original features, that a house might have....  This particular house had been painted over with an off-white colour, the roof had strips added and was painted dark grey. Windows were missing, and inside had been painted with grey/green gloss..  So began the tedious, time consuming job of scraping back (this took a bit longer than an afternoon) to se what, if anything, remained of the original features.... Delight!!  a lovely butter yellow was the original colour! The flower splotches on the front were visible and joy of joys, the Triang label was intact, on the back, beneath the top layer of paint....  More scrounging around in the shed and i found some old ply to replace the timbering on the front and a small piece of pine to make the bench seat that is normally in the porch area.  Some more vintage windows were sourced from the UK and bought via ebay... I think a family of grecons have their eyes on this place, they will soon call it home!!!

click on image to see what a mess this was!

flower splotches revealed!!!

triang label, yaay!!!

trial run with some bits inside....

still looks a little plain, needs timbering and windows...

                Greetings to all new followers!!! I can't believe that i am actually getting followers..
                Please know that i am very happy about this and i keep checking all the time , just
                 in case i'm  dreaming !!!
                 I know, i'm an idiot !!!
                  Have a great week!!!    Christine  xxx