Happy Christmas from my Dorchester Studio

Happy Christmas to all my friends who follow me xxxxx
My lovely tree is a Christmas present from my special Muckleford neighbours June and Les freshly cut.
I am working on my traditional gifts chocolate truffles and Christmas cakes.
Do drop in for a drink and mincepie just call to make sure we are home 01305264914

No 10 is on the cutting board

Finally last week I found the " Missing Link " the right sweater to pull it all together.
I waved the family off after our Christmas weekend and headed for the studio, I have been cutting squares all afternoon and just laid out my frame. I will probably fiddle with it a bit but am quite pleased with the balance , it is giving me no visual tension up to now.
Perhaps the centre square could be more definite as in a medallion quilt ?
what do you think girls ??

Theatre at the V&A

I was fascinated by the miniature Theatres , when I was a child I used to make them out of shoe boxes and if you put a hole in one end and looked through you could imagine you were there


The Theatrical Gallery was like being in " wonderland " It was so much fun and very entertaining with video snips and all sorts of pro active things to do naturally we were drawn to the uniforms in the dressing up pile !
The wardrobe department was so interesting. There were costumes from famous shows in the display cases and it was some time before we dragged ourselves away.
The lighting gave you the feeling you had stepped back in time , memories of pantomime came flooding back, a crowd of us always went with the children Christmas time in Richmond and it was followed by a special tea.

Vicky and Albert

Thats what our cab driver calls the V&A and we found it a really up beat place to be , much more lively than I remember although always was full of wonders.
Fridays it opens late and once a month they have all manner of special events, we were there until gone 7pm and people were pouring in , meeting friends having a drink enjoying the food and there was even music in the main foyer

Ticket to ride!

The Quilt above is trapunto,made from very early linen with a historical story and just wonderful




Some good friends of mine told me about the " megatrain" which is an intercity service where if you book ahead you can get incredible bargains. I did some fishing and eventually managed to book a return trip to London for 2 for £31.00!! you can apparently do even better .
So Lizzie and I decided an afternoon and early evening at the V&A would suit us .
It was all so easy and we treated ourselves to a cab to enjoy the views from Waterloo over the River to Westminster through Belgavia past the Palace to Kensington . We had a real Cockney driver who held forth on his political views.
From the moment we set foot through the door there was an air of anticipation and a buzz about the place. The new Gallery of Medieval and Renaissance has just opened and that was our first stop. We were really impressed with the layout.

Haberdashery Junkie

I have had a large fix today for my haberdashery obsession! this is just the start. My favourite " hunter gatherer " called me to say she had rather a big consignment and she was not exaggerating ! so I have many happy hours of playing ahead and rather more rug tools than I ever could imagine so lets hope rug making is hot news!
I love all the packaging and strange items and funny gadgets .
A few more bits for our collection of things we can't bear to part with I will need a special set of drawers soon Lizzie.

Festive parcel from Sweden lucky me!

I was so full of anticipation when I found a padded envelope from Sweden on my doormat today!
Blogging friend Stina had promised me a little traditional Christmas treat in return for starting her bobbin collection.I love all things Scandinavian and all my friends know I favour red and white at most times , especially Christmas ,so from the very start the wrapping was the first pleasure!
look at the lovely selection of decorations, and a lovely touch was the card explaining why she chose each one, I am quite overwhelmed and so thrilled to add to my special collection of traditional decorations.
Thank you thank you and God Jul from Dorset to Sweden