Been sewing again!

Hello there

Thank you all for your kind comments to my post yesterday. I was working on trying to put a few deterrents around the coop and run so hopefully the B..... will get the message and leave my Girls alone.  I can report that all the Girls came out to see me this morning, but they don't stay out if either myself or Hubby are not around.

Now to share something which I hadn't realised until the other day I hadn't posted.  I thought I better do so soon or else it will be totally out of season!

I sometimes find myself spending too long on Pinterest but sometimes I do get to do something I found there.  Like this top...

I found the pattern HERE and downloaded it and printed it out.  It was kinda like a jigsaw having to join all the dots to make the pattern.  Then I remembered this seersucker fabric I bought a looooong time ago to back a quilt, but when I ordered it I didn't realise it was "knobbly" so it wasn't going to work.  So I dug it out and made it up into a top.  I even made my own bias binding....again using a howto on Pinterest HERE!

Here is a little more of the photo with my patio in view.  That seat is a double seater and Hubby an I like to sit on there whilst we let my Girls out to roam the patio.  As a result I cannot put weedkiller on the patio as the Girls like to pick at the greenery.  Any excuse ey?

Well, as both the fabric, pattern and bias binding are all NBUS I am joining in with my mate Darnell in her NBUS Challenge.

Thanks for popping over.

Hugs

Hettie

Scrapbook Tuesday ...Tea on Tuesday...T stands for BirThday Boy!

Hello There Tuesday!!

Yep!  Tuesday again and a warm sunny day here in Wales - now don't feint!

Today I am linking my post up with Elizabeth and her Buddy Bleubeard at Tea on Tuesday.  So first up my errr "tea" which came in a brown bottle and had lots of fruit and err.....cider in!  It is Swedish and absolutely gorgeous.  It did not seem too alcoholic...hic!

Behind the glass and bottle is a pot which I brought in from the porch the other day.  Can you guess what is in it?  Bettchya you can't...

An Amarylis in June!  It used to come up at Christmas and then for the last two years it hasn't come up at all.  Whilst discussing it with my Dad, who knows all about horticultural stuff, he said that it is probably past it, maybe too cold in the porch and that I should bin it.  Well, typical me, I hadn't "got round" to it and blow me when it starting firing leaves and then I could see a stem coming up!  Glad I didn't listen that time!

Rightio!  On to my Scrapbook offering...

A double layout which took me ALL flippin' day on Saturday as there was a fair bit of procraftinating going on between myself and my Buddy Mandy!  I am mighty pleased with it though I have to say.

The event was Mr Hettie's 50th Birthday Surprise Outing.  This railway is only about 20 miles away from home, yet we had never been up there before.  I was trying to rack my brain as to where to go as I didn't want to spend the day in the car and it was a great idea.  I just gave Mr the sat nav code and off we went.

I used a plethora of dies and goodies on this layout, including MME - paper, Bazzill - Cardstock, Sizzix - plane, enjoy, stars, Spellbinder - sign, circles, Tim Holtz - Rosettes, cogs (NBUS), stickles, DIs, Cricut - lettering, Stampin Up - bunting, Paperartsy - stamping on the tag, There are also some Snippets.

A lickle bit of a close up.

These tickets Hubby brought home from a Flea Market in town.  There weren't many but I love 'em.

Right then.  That is today's waffle finished.  I am also linking this up with the Snippets Playground and Simon Says Stamp as I see their theme is "anything goes"!  Wahoo!

Thanks for calling by.  Thanks also to my latest Followers Kathy and Donna.  Someone else followed me recently but I do not know who you are as I cannot find your name/picture.  Thank you all.

Hettie

PS Pelase excuse the not so brilliant pics, I took them on a bright sunny Sunday with my tablet - not as good as my Canon!

What's On Your Workdesk 215? Err....Where is the Workdesk more to the point?

Hello Friends and fellow Blog Hoppers

Today is Wednesday and in blogging circles that means WOYWW or What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday hosted by the Lovely Julia.  

Now ordinarily I would show you a photograph of my desk which is usually covered with all the paraphonalia of papercrafting, however today I am showing you my current work place.  

With these beautiful warm and dry summer evenings I feel it is criminal to sit inside my craft room, besides the fact that being south facing my room is like an oven come the latter part of the day.  So I have been bringing little jobs out and sitting on my bench whilst I let my Girls have an hour or so out of their run.

I also have a project that I have been working on since Sunday and I am tackling it in bite sized chunks....

                                                              

Yep.  All the windows are badly in need of a good sanding and painting, not being able to have done it for the last few summers on account of the damp summers!  Downstairs alone there are 140 of these little perishers which I will have to sand, paint, paint again, paint the sills, (again probably twice) and then move indoors.  I don't really want to know how many there are upstairs as they are Hubby's to do!  If anyone wishes to bring a brush and/or bottle of vino, they will be most welcome as I feel this is going to take me some time!!  Let's hope the weather stays fine!

I was watering my garden last night and I just loved the silhouette of these teasels in the evening light.  They are about 9' tall now.  Not bad for some seeds I just threw in in the hope they would take.  I got four teasles last year and this year there must be around 30!!

Right.  This is the end of my drivel today.  Now it is time for you leave me a comment, if you wish, then hop HERE and then join in with the Blog Hop that is WOYWW!

Hugs

Hettie

xx

Gosh this year is flying by...

Hello Friends

I don't know about you but I really feel like this year is whizzing by at a fast rate of knots!  I am late writing this after watching Downton Abbey!!

Take this afternoon for instance.  As I was putting my washing out on the line (sadly only for a short while I hasten to add) I noticed that the hips on our rose bush were ready to be picked to make some of my infamous Rose Hip Jelly.  When it is time for me to make this I know that winter is around the corner.  Here is part of the bush awaiting picking....

And Hubby dared to take a photo of me in action....

Please excuse the Boris hairdo!!  Can you tell I didn't use a hairdryer or wax on my hair this morning?  Hubby was fast asleep, being on nights, so I chose to give my hair a day off and not to use the hairdryer for fear of waking him!!  And it is now in need of a haircut.  Roll on Thursday for that!

Here you can see nearly 3kg of rose hips which I have now put in the freezer ready for when I have a few apples available to go in the pot to make the lovely jelly.  Three reasons for putting the hips in the freezer....(1) I can choose when I wish to make the jelly, (2) the recipe calls for you to quarter the hips in order to break them down a little quicker, by freezing them there is no need to quarter them which is not the nicest of jobs and (3) I can wait for the apples to catch up so the jelly is truly homemade. I am hoping there is enough to make some rose hip syrup too, to help prevent coughing and spluttering over the winter!!

If you have some hips and would like to make the Rose Hip Jelly, (delicious with your Christmas Dinner - oops, I have used the "C" word!!),  I will be happy to e-mail the recipe to you. Just drop me your e-mail address on the Contact Me link above.   

Thanks for popping by.  I hope you had a good weekend and have a good week ahead.

TTFN

Hettie