November already. Where has the year, never mind the last two weeks, gone? It's been quite a while since I posted and I feel guilty. It's not as if I didn't have anything to report - it's been a busy old time - but there's been no crafting to show and an empty desk week after week can be pretty boring to look at. Anyway, I've found some time this evening to join in with Julia's
What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday and reveal what's on mine today.
A patchwork block in progress. Hopefully it will be included in the quilt that we are making at the craft group I go to on Thursday afternoons. It will be our entry for a competition at the March Hobby Craft Exhibition at the SECC Glasgow.
And talking of the SECC here's a few photos taken when my daughter and I had a day out together at the October Hobby Craft Exhibition last Thursday.
Every year there's a winter tableau at the entrance to the show. This is the one for this year.
There was no large quilt exhibition to speak of this time - it's the Spring show that usually has one - but I did find these two hanging up at a stall.
There was a wonderful steampunk display. The tartan wedding dress and hat were simply stunning.
Sorry about the quality of the photo. I'm still learning how to use the camera on my new phone.
The Haywood Girls entertained us in the dining area with swing numbers from the 1940s. Lovely ladies they are too.
Of course, I couldn't go to a Hobby Craft show and not come home with a bit of a haul.
There was a lot of yarn stalls and I was tempted. Plenty there to keep me busy during the upcoming winter months.
I picked up this inexpensive bag of tweed scraps thinking I could, at last, maybe get around to trying some of the applique projects on a ebook/video 'Harris Tweed, Applique for Beginners' by Chris Hammacott, that's been on my shelf for a couple of years now.
Not so interesting perhaps but necessary, new bits and bobs - blades for the rotary cutter, Wonderweb for applique and magnetic fasteners for bag-making.
That's my winter taken care off.
I'll leave you with a couple of photos of our Molly. She's quite a handful, full of life, intelligent and needing to be endlessly entertained - one of the main reasons why I've not been able to write up posts for this blog recently.. At our age, the EM is almost 80 and I'll be 70 in a few weeks time, it's clear we're not as fit as you need to be to handle such a lively puppy. Anyway, here she is.
Here I am with her on a walk in Culzean Country Estate. As you can see she likes nothing better than to go rooting around in the undergrowth.
Take care everyone and have a very good week.
