I have just returned from a lovely weekend in Cambridge spent with some of my very favourite people. We have a yearly meet up as a group - it is lovely to hear what everyone has been up to and to return to the familiar dynamic within our little gaggle. We hid from the rain in the cinema and then basked in the sun, when it appeared; eating cakes by the river and watching the punts laden with cheery tourists make their brinky way downstream. There were preening ducks and weeping willows to remind you of a 'Wind in the Willows' scene. I feel revived, despite the sleepover slumber deprivation.
Now I am back in London town I am thinking about what project to embark upon this week. I have a fun evening planned for tomorrow that I will tell you more about when I have photos to show for it.
In the menatime here is a project I finished a couple of weeks ago. One of my dear friends in America who I used to work with in London town had a beautiful baby girl at the end of August. The baby was born over a month early - so this project ended up being a race against the clock in a way which I had not intended!
I wanted the quilt to be bold and fun and rather than all the pastel shades normally associated with baby stuff I went for bright colours with a mix of prints.
I included some Cath Kidston cowboy print and red and white stars, as I wanted it to have an American slant, and complemented those with patches of florals, spots and Cath Kidston 'Stanley' fabric. I used tied quilting in red pearle cotton in each of the patch corners.
I included a matching lavender bag in the parcle and also a selection on my favourite children's books in fairly indestructable board book format. it is never to young to start hearing stories! Here they are all wrapped and ready to go. It was very satisfying to think of the package arriving all those thousands of miles away.
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