Friday 25 October 2013

I'm Viral

I've been busy making Bee blocks and it has been great fun.. For the Siblings Together Bee 2 -  Celine has designed a Pixel block that will make a fantastic quilt for a child.. The blocks will create a secondary design when they all join together.... Clever..


The FQR Bee is back for a 2nd year.... We have changed the name (dropped the 'kinky' part for obvious reasons...)  Carol had given us a 'Free rein' on the design for her block... We just had a title of Its a Wonderful World - right from the start I wanted to do Trees.... ( a play on my name??) I just love Trees.... At any season, their shape & colour give me great pleasure. 
My block is fused & then stitched.... I cut the leaves out using a Sizzix die... I was really pleased with the way it turned out...



We share our Bee blocks by using Flickr - an online photo sharing site.... I started getting comments and views from a lot of people I didn't recognise.... Then realised that my picture had been randomly accepted onto the 'Explore' area of the site.... Where people can browse through random pictures .... If they see something that interests them, they  have a closer look, which counts as a 'view'..... I am up over 5,000 views ... Just for my little tree block! 
My husband thinks it's all a great laugh...

Tuesday 8 October 2013

She's Here.....

Lovely exciting news.... the arrival of our first Grandchild... From my son James and his wife Roisha.

Frida Cristabel was born on Friday 4th October at 9.47am.... after a beautiful water birth.... weighing 7lbs12oz...
Here is her first picture at 30 mins old.....





Water birth babies are said to be very relaxed at first as their entry into the world is more natural to them..... This little Sweet Pea is relaxed full stop.... She hardly cries at all and so far is perfectly behaved... no fretting or fussing. I doubt her parents will be this lucky for long but its very welcome when you are first time parents getting to know the ropes....

Frida (as in Frida Kahlo the Artist - I hope she doesn't have her monobrow!!) 
Christabel (as in Pankhurst - Mum is a history teacher..)
We love the names.... 



Here we are at 3 days old bonding with Nannie.... or Grannie ..... or ....??????? I can't decide who I want to be.... but I don't need a name for now... just looking at this little face will do me...