We
are currently house sitting a rather temperamental but intensely
loveable spaniel which has meant that life is revolving around home
for me. This is pretty rare as I'm usually up at college for the best
part of the day or dashing around Oxford with fifteen thousand books
on my back (ok, slight exaggeration...). This is my lifestyle of
choice and I love to be busy but it is just brilliant to devote some
serious time to my lovely little house and lovely little four legged friend.
Believe
it or not I am STILL on Easter Vacation. I know, hate on. (I do have
to do reading for my course if that helps, no? Ok then). My bum has
barely left the sofa all week and my has lap has been filled on a
rotation system by text books, then sewing, then an overexcited and
under-entertained spaniel. Since
my first attempt at a quilt, which was such brilliant fun and much
easier than anticipated. I decided to make another one for the end of
the bed in the spare room.
The spare room has somewhat of a travel
theme in our house. I want people who come stay to lay back and look
up at pictures of lovely lagoons and flick through the travel guides
on the shelf and dream up some adventures. I had some gorgeous
material looking for a use that I picked up in Zambia, the usual
bucket of offcuts and a burning desire to embroider and...voila! The
travel quilt is born.
Ok,
so it's unlikely to win any awards at the Great British Sewing Bee
(How much are you loving that by the way, I'm thoroughly inspired!)
but it really makes me smile and I loved making it. I embroidered on
some designs I knocked up during one of my many sofa stints of
travel quotes and capital cities.
I
did however managed to weld myself free from my house to do a bit of
charity shopping and just had to show you my latest acquisition, a
1960's coffee pot for a fiver!
How amazing is that! If you're not a
second hand shopper then really, what are you waiting for? Craft and
charity shop on my friends!
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