Mum's 90th Birthday

A couple of weeks ago (end July!) we celebrated a special family birthday - Mum's 90th! 

We all enjoyed ourselves over lunch at a great Chinese Restaurant followed by a birthday cake back at home! 

Must add a few photos from Hayley & Megan's 2 week holiday together in Turkey with plenty of adventures.... including hot air ballooning and paragliding

...and on a beautiful sunset evening they sat together and remembered their dad who had passed away 5 years earlier.....before a planned holiday to Turkey together with Megan was to become a reality.

Turkey photos courtesy of Hayley & Megan

Meanwhile, after having to re-cast off the kneck edge (originally so tight I couldn't get it over my head!) my jumper was finally finished and with some very cold days has been worn!....... 

Decided it was time for a change of pace after reading 3 crime novels in a row....a period drama set in late 1930's.....

Today (2 weeks into August!) my sewing machine re-surfaced (last used in April!) as I have decided to make a quilt ......from working out re-sizing of the quilt..... a bit (!!) of time spent deciding which piece should go where..... I went from this....

.....to this.....

....and hopefully it will be sewn together soon!! 

To finish off.... here is a photo of bulbs blooming in the middle of Winter.... these don't usually appear till Spring! 

Till next time

Happy Stitching!

Asta