Blues Patchwork Baby Quilt

Thought I'd show you my latest custom baby quilt.........

Made from a gorgeous selection of blue fabrics chosen by my lovely customer...

It goes nicely with that blue sky!

 



Maggie xx

Cute Little Wade Minikins

As you may have gathered, I love collecting things....but I especially love collecting vintage things!

 

This post is to show you part of my collection of Wade Minikins.

Minikins are very cute little porcelain figurines produced in Staffordshire England by Wade in the 1950s.

They're only about 1"/2 .5cm high so don't take up much room but sadly I'm letting go of my collection as I really need to make room for other (small) things.

 

Wade made three series of Minikins with various sweet little animals including rabbits, cats, mice, dogs, donkeys and cows.

 

Most of them have pretty hand painted decoration including flowers, musical notes, hearts....and some are glazed blue or brown.

 

What I love most about Minikins is the different expressions on their little faces....they all have different eyes, mouths, noses.....

Before they go, I thought I'd show you some of my favourites.....

 

Look at this cutesy little mouse with a red flower....

Cheeky cat with green starburst....

Contented bunny with winky eyes.....

 

This little bunny is love.....

 

and this one wants to dance to the music....

Look at those lashes!

 

 

Sooo sweet little brown mouse.....

 

Smiley blue bunny winking at you!

And my very favourite - she's a bit worn but sooo lovable........my musical cow......I'm keeping her!

 

 Hope you've enjoyed this little peek at my Minikin collection :)

 

Maggie xx

 

Creepy Crawly

So, after all that Spring cleaning, look what I found creeping around in my workroom last week!

 

A grasshopper.......he was huge!

 

Well, about 3" long......

We put him out the window and he was last seen outside on the Hollyhocks!

 

Maggie xx

Spring Cleaning in September

So I've been busy 'spring cleaning' my workroom. I'm really glad to tell you that everything's been sorted and re-sorted, filed, folded, stacked, dusted, cleaned..........

 

I'm so pleased......it's lovely to work in.....and I feel like I know where everything is!

 

I've asked Chris very nicely if he will fix me a shelf for my patchwork scrap boxes that I showed you last time. He says it's on the list but there are more urgent jobs like re-felting the shed roof....I just don't get that ;) How can it be more important than my scrap boxes!!

 

Of course, I've done some crafting in between sorting and cleaning :)

 

Here's my green patchwork box......

 

 

 

And I'm making a patchwork baby quilt in gorgeous shades of blues.....

 

I've partly sewn the patchwork top.....I think these blues work really well together.....

 

 

And a couple of pics of Spencer.......he's discovered water!!

 

 

Here he is walking with my sons on the Common......

 

They were both staying here last week ....... it was lovely to spend time with them :)

 

 

Enjoy the rest of the week.....it's sunny here....hope it is where you are too :)

 

Maggie xx