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flutterbys

2011-05-21T08:29:00.000-07:00

The local craft shop had a tea party with workshops and delicious cakes. I did 2 of the workshops, a greetings card and a mini abum and really enjoyed the morning

tag tuesday, tag within a tag

2011-02-08T08:49:00.000-08:00

Well this was an easy challenge for me as I was already halfway there. This morning I must have had esp or something as I made a load of tiny tags to go on ATCs and also some bronze lace on a black background

tag Tuesday

2011-02-06T06:55:00.000-08:00

Well this is my first entry in the Tag Tuesday challenge. The theme is circles. I ad so many ideas buzzing around in my head last night but then I was browsing a card magazine and came up with the idea of chinese lanterns as it was chinese new year this week.

January 2nd family Christmas

2011-01-04T02:16:00.001-08:00

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we had a lovely family Christmas on the 2nd January,
a buffet spread put on by Jay and Helen and more present sharing, followed by playing of board games

more pictures of France

2010-09-14T07:46:00.000-07:00

One picture is of the lounge and the other of all the garden rubbish that Lorraine and Mike clearedand arranged for Michel the neighbouring farmer to take away

hayley starts school

2010-09-03T11:07:00.001-07:00

hayley in school uniform

september ATCs added for exchange

2010-09-03T08:51:00.000-07:00

ATCs for trade

2010-08-29T07:08:00.000-07:00

a few of the ATCs I have for trade

2010-08-28T13:42:00.000-07:00

Enjoyed a holiday in the costa del sol, Spain in June. took a trip to Gibraltar to see the famous apes.

hayley in the snow

2009-12-22T12:16:00.000-08:00

are we going to have a white Christmas? I t looks as though Hayley will be pleased if we do!

Me and my boys

2008-12-27T05:34:00.001-08:00

Tim, Mark and Jay dwarfing their Mum

hayley enjoying a mince pie

2008-12-27T05:30:00.000-08:00

grand daughter Hayley enjoying a mince pie with her Mum on Boxing Day

3 wise? monkeys

2008-12-27T05:27:00.000-08:00

here are my 3 sons playing the fool, and a saner photo

Boxing day

2008-12-27T05:22:00.000-08:00

This year the Watts family got together at Tim's house on Boxing Day, here are the 4 grand children, Jess, Kyle behind Hayley and Jake

algarve holiday

2008-11-27T05:34:00.000-08:00

We had a fantastic 2 weeks holiday on the Algarve. The weather was very kind to us, no rain whatsoever and temps in the late 60s early 70s which was just right for us as we don't like it too hot. We went to Zoomarine and saw a dolphin display which was amazing, also birds of prey, tropical birds, sealions and 4D cinema. We went self catering which allowed us to sample lots of different restaurants especially around the Vilamoura marina

my little witch

2008-11-02T07:59:00.000-08:00

Grand daughter Hayley dressed up for Halloween at her nursery school

family get together

2008-07-13T04:46:00.000-07:00

Well life has been busy lately so no new posts but we had a family get together yesterday so here we all are

rebecca's purple and green blocks

2008-04-22T06:15:00.000-07:00

I am in 2 round robins, a purple study and a green study and as it happens both the blocks i have just worked on belong to Rebecca; to the green one i have added three tatted pieces and an embroidered seam. to the purple one a paisley motif and an embroidered seam, I hope Rebecca likes my additions.

Bargello

2008-04-20T05:25:00.001-07:00

This is my latest finished quilt from Bonnie Hunter's http://www.quiltville.com/ site, a great source for using up scraps and FQs. i have often admired bargello quilts but found them daunting, Bonnie's way is so easy.

season to season, Spring

2008-03-29T04:18:00.000-07:00

This is not a RR but a block share I work half of my block and it is sent to a partner who works her half and then it is returned to me and I have meanwhile worked half on hers. This is my partner Courtney's finished block, the theme is Spring I added the bee and flower seam, the butterfly and the green tatted wreath, i hope Courtney likes it.

Rosa's green block

2008-03-29T04:10:00.000-07:00

This is another RR same thing as the purple but green; this is Rosa's block and I added the tatting in the centre, a butterfly and some tatted lace on the seams.

dianna's purple block rr

2008-03-29T03:47:00.000-07:00

I am in a RR on one of my internet groups everything base and embellishments must be purple. Here is the first block I worked on, Dianna's

needlecase for swap

2008-02-03T05:59:00.000-08:00

This is my latest finished work, a needlecase/hussif for a swap on one of my groups

helen's quilt

2008-01-24T12:07:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve my daughter in law Helen said she would like me to make her a quilt; Christmas day i asked her what colours although I thought i already knew, i was right, shades of purple! luckily because these are also my favourites i had enough to take part in the quilttalk new years Eve mystery designed by Ann Smith of salamanca New York. I put the final stitches to the quilt on Tuesday and delivered it to my DIL yesterday in time for her birthday on the 29th; she was amazed that i had completed it so quickly and is pictured here with it; the handsome young man also in the picture is my youngest son Jay, her husband

amelia's quilt

2008-01-16T00:46:00.000-08:00

this is the quilt that I have just finished for Amelia Elizabeth Ann Read, Clive's great neice born on 23rd December. It was a mystery quilt devised by Renee Belfour but I must admit that I peeped so didn't do it as a mystery.

quilts finished for Christmas

2007-12-26T06:48:00.000-08:00

Well i had a sewing frenzy in the run up to Christmas and finished a quilt for Clive's great niece, Tori and at last completed the quilt for my eldest son and daughter in law which was supposed tpo be their Christmas present for 2005 but it was bigger than I have ever quilted before so although I finished the top quickly I baulked at quilting it; but it is done now although still not as nicely as I hoped, still they were pleased to get it at last. I gave Tori hers on 23rd, trouble is she had a new half sister on that day too so I have an order for another quilt, LOL

birthday party

2007-12-10T05:28:00.000-08:00

My birthday and my elder grandaughter's are a day apart but since my son and his first wife are divorced he didn't have his kids for the weekend of our birthdays so we celebrated a week late, yesterday; we all went to a local carvery, 3 sons and their wives, me and Clive and 4 grandchildren. I had bought anew camcorder and was trying it out so only took one still photo of Hayley my younger grand daughter enjoying her icecream

advent

2007-12-10T05:25:00.000-08:00

Last year I ordered an advent calendar kit to make one for Hayley; I didn't manage to finish it in time and as she was only a few months old didn't stress about it but a month ago I dug it out and finished it.......oh, finished is such a lovely word!

tea cups

2007-12-10T05:22:00.000-08:00

The Market square Quilters in Newbury correspond with a group of quilters in Texas. 8 of us got together to make te cup wall hangings for them.

2007 Victorian boot swap

2007-10-26T02:24:00.000-07:00

I belong to an group on the internet CQforNewbies and we are doing a victorian Christmas boot swap, this is mine

Downstairs bedroom in France

2007-08-31T02:07:00.000-07:00

I haven't added a photo of the downstairs bedroom in France; this was completed first and is still my favourite as it is my favourite colours

bridges of France

2007-08-17T01:37:00.000-07:00

The last few times we have been to France we have been through Le Havre; there ar two large bridges one after another

France 2

2007-07-25T01:46:00.000-07:00

This is the outside of the house, or it was when we left in June, with all the rain the grass is probably knee high now

France

2007-07-24T12:56:00.000-07:00

Well , no posts from me for a long time as I have been back and forth to France, once a month for the last 4 months. Work there is coming on a pace and at least going so often we have managed to keep the grass a bit more manageable

we are 1

2007-04-30T01:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my younger grand daughter's first birthday; she was surrounded by all her friends and family and had a lovely day and enjoyed her cake that Mummy made

2 new hearts

2007-04-03T10:43:00.000-07:00

2 new hearts I have worked on that are available for swap

for maddie

2007-03-02T10:11:00.000-08:00

a heart for a sick little girl in Australia

snow today

2007-02-08T01:51:00.000-08:00

Well no posts recently as I have been working on a secret project but we have had snow fall today and my son asked me to take a photo so I did and here it is.

All 4 grand children

2006-12-29T03:12:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday I had the joy of having all my 4 grandchildren together; the 3 older ones Jake, Jessica and Kyle, are my eldest son's children and the baby, Hayley is my second son's daughter

santa's elf

2006-12-21T04:25:00.000-08:00

Here is Santa's newest recruit; my grand daughte Hayley is looking forward to her 1st Christmas.

Hayley update

2006-12-09T02:08:00.000-08:00

Hayley is growing fast, she still cries when Clive and I walk through the door but after she gets used to us being there for a while she settles down and finds some smiles

2006-12-09T02:01:00.000-08:00

I had an extended birthday on Wednesday as we went to Bristol and I was given more presents. son 1 gave me a painting of a patchwork cat that he had painted himself. Son 2 gave me a set of 4 CDs of saxaphone music abox of mint chocs and an autographed photograph of an actor that I admire, Ian Kelsey. I had already had mint chocs and a Meat loaf cd from son 3 and loads of presents from Clive and his family on my birthday.

malta holiday

2006-11-27T02:34:00.000-08:00

We have just come back from a wonderful 7 day break in Malta. We stayed at a hotel with spa facilities and as we had already been to Malta for 2 weeks earlier in the year, we spent a lot of time in the hotel taking advantage of the spa facilities; so I am sea salt scrubbed, mud bathed, tuttifruitti massaged, soap scrubbed, moisturised and french manicured to within an inch of my life, LOL. We did take time out from all this pampering to go on a boat trip around the harbour, which was lovely but whilst all the other passengers were crowded on the top deck Clive and I sat on the lower deck where the view was just as good but we were out of the direct sun. We also went to the Ta Qali crafts village where we bought several Christmas presents and Clive bought me a silver and amethyst heart pendant for my birthday next week.
As it is my birthday next weekend and also my older grand daughter's the day before we went to Bristol yesterday and all 14 of us went to a carvery for Sunday lunch. It was lovely to have all mysons and hteir wives and all four of my granchildren all under one roof, for the first time, grand daughter Hayley was only born at the end of April and whereas I have seen each son individually several times since then it was the first time we were all together.

quilt for Kath and Jean Yves

2006-10-22T11:03:00.000-07:00

My friend Kath got married inFrance on 29th July, 2006. Clive and I were invited and were in France and looking forward to going; however it was not to be as Clive's mother in law died and we had to return home early for the funeral; but the wedding went ahead without us, LOL, and I have seen the photos and it looks like a great time was had by all. The fact that we didn't go did give me more time to finish their wedding present and i have now finished it in time for our next trip to France next week. It is only a small lap quilt as I hate quilting large quilts. the centre was done at a workshop back in June and the floral corners were from a pattern that my guild did as block of the month.

victorian boot

2006-09-11T05:39:00.000-07:00

A group that I belong to CQforNewbies are running a swap of crazy quilted Victorian bootsThis is the back and front of my finished offering; I hope that the recipient likes it; it was fun to make except for the sewing together of the 2 sides which caused me a few problems

Hayley and Bee

2006-08-13T06:43:00.000-07:00

this is my favourite pictur of Hayley who is now 3 months old, doesn't time fly!

red purse

2006-06-25T11:20:00.000-07:00

I have been invited to friends' wedding in France at the end of July. This is a small purse that I have made to go with my outfit

hayley charlotte

2006-06-25T11:14:00.000-07:00

Well my 4th grandchild is here, a beautiful girl, Hayley Charlotte Watts

2006-04-15T01:53:00.000-07:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62954640@N00/52608693/

welcome

2006-04-15T01:03:00.000-07:00

Wecome to my Blog. Everyone who's anyone seems to have a blog these days so I thought I would put my toe in the water, LOL