It snowed here too.

Yes, we did not escape the famous "big Freeze".

I finally made it

yay. it is finished. my first patchwork quilt! I'm loving it, and I hope the baby does too, When he finally makes an appearance. Today he is 10 days late and counting! I was in such haste to post it off to mrs T, the expectant mother, that I have hardly taken any photos - not like me at all. It is so dark and miserable at the moment i am feeling pretty uninspired to take any pictures, or write my blog for that matter. I feel I need to make spring happen and start doing sunny weather things.


let see what happens.

Patchwork

I have decided to make a patchwork quilt for my sister, who is having a baby. I began very enthusiastically, buying lots of fabric, planning the design and then began to cut out all the little squares.....

and then I slowly lost interest

It was pretty boring - cutting out squares. They are not even small squares. I mean, imagine if I had decided to make one of those quilts with tiny hexagons or some other multi-faceted paneling. I think I would have lost the will to live.

As the last few prints lay discarded on my desk, and the birth of the baby draws ever nearer - I decided to take serious action, and get on with it. So this weekend, I have had a totally self indulgent time, alone in Falmouth, going out on boat trip on Saturday - see seperate post - and getting down to the dreaded patchwork today. I am most pleased with the results, as you can see the pattern is starting to take shape:


It took abit of time deciding how to make it look patchworky and random. I actually quite like the repeat I've settled with, it gives some uniformity to the panel as a whole.

now it looks pretty I think that I will be able to endure the sewing part....

St Ives

Walk to work

Since leaving London in 2006 I have had the good fortune to be able to walk to work in almost every place I have lived. In Germany, it snowed and my feet froze. In China, it snowed as well and my feet froze even more, whilst in the summer I melted in the humidity after walking only 2 blocks.

Above all, the thing I loved was being able to take in my surroundings, perhaps because they were foreign, but also I think because I enjoyed watching life going on around me. The posing people of Dusseldorf, and the busy Chinese, going about their business, selling food, cooking in the street, piling onto electric bikes or walking to the bathroom down the lanes, wearing pajamas.

Now in Falmouth I have a new walk to work. It was very important to me to live in Falmouth, close to the office, so that I could walk to work. I love what it adds to my life. The mornings here are beautiful at the moment. still sunny, but with that autumnal fresh air that has so many associations with 'back to school' and a new start. I kick myself for not photographing my walk in China, so I have taken some here while I have the chance.