November 2017

To make up for the lack of posts in recent months, I've decided to post some photos every now and again, starting with last month.

Country walk near Uley with Chris and my son Will, over from Australia for a few weeks.

Baby Ella in the cardigan my Mum knitted.

Family pizza night at our place.

Will visiting Nan and Granddad.

Huge mushrooms on the Common.

Ella in another of my Mum's knitted cardigans.

I knitted the headband, my Mum knitted the dress.

The same pattern knitted by myself.

A lovely meal and catch up with our friends Catherine and Pete and so lovely to meet baby Sky.

Sky was wearing the little dress I had made her...the family are dairy farmers hence the cows!

Great to attend my sister Clare's book Club.

Cuddle time with baby Ella.

 Thanks for popping by!

Maggie xx

Stitch and Flip Table Mats

Hi there,

I wanted to try the Stitch and Flip method of quilting on a small project so I made these pretty table mats.

I really like these pastel patterned fabrics mixed together.

I enjoyed the method of quilting whilst piecing.

The table mats have different bindings. I used shop bought gingham bias binding on two of them. The other two, I used the self binding method where the backing fabric is used as the binding.

Since enjoying making these table mats, I have gone a little bigger and made a Stitch and Flip baby quilt.....

...available to purchase from Daisy Patchwork in my Etsy and Ebay stores....

Click here to see my baby quilt on eBay.

Click here to see my baby quilt on Etsy

Thanks for visiting!

Maggie xx

Coaley Peak and Nympsfield Long Barrow

A couple of weeks ago, we took a trip to Coaley Peak and Nympsfield Long Barrow.

It was a bit misty but the views were still spectacular.

From the peak, there are views oven the Severn Vale and Forest of Dean.

Apparently the peak used to be a seasonal home for a community of new age travellers until they were evicted in 2002 to make way for more grassland. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaley_Peak)

To help manage the grassland, there are a small herd of Belted Galloway cattle.

We followed a footpath that we hoped would lead to Hetty Pegler's Tump, another neolithic burial mound nearby.

We met with a road and decided to turn back as we thought we might be on a wild goose chase! I think if we had carried on we probably would have found the Tump but we needed to look on a map!

Having turned back, we soon found Nympsfield Long Barrow, the other burial mound we had come to visit.

You can only see what remains on the surface of the barrow which dates back to 2800 BCE.

The barrow has been excavated several times. Human remains have been found along with evidence of fires, animal bones, pottery and an arrowhead.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nympsfield_Long_Barrow)

When we had finished our walk, we went to the Rose and Crown at Nympsfield for a delicious pub lunch!

Thanks for visiting!

Maggie xx