Highlandhearts

I finished making my bag and have been using it this week.  Made out of scraps and lined with old curtain material We went out Saturday evening to a friends house to celebrate an upcoming 50th Birthday. We all took a curry and I made 24 naan breads.  This is an economical way of having an evening out and we put on the old 80's disco music and had a good old dance.  My bag was much admired and a few hints were given out for Christmas!   The weather has certainly changed, the weekend turned very cold, wet and windy.  We have been having the fire on from late afternoon and I have had to start wearing my fingerless gloves in the house as my hands have really been aching. They do help and I think I might make myself another pair soon.  I did a load of them as Christmas pressies a couple of years ago and haven't made any since so will need to dig the pattern out. I have now finished my evening sewing classes in time for winter, just signed up for a Saturday one d...

I got up early this morning so that i could have an extra couple of hours to finish making this knitted heart before going to work. It is for a friends birthday and blue is one of her favourite colours.  She also adores her new life here in the highlands so i put this on the rear of the heart With a tartan ribbon to finish it off.  I hope she likes it. Whilst i was working i looked out the window and saw a lovely rainbow Nice way to start the day. Terri X

I had a lovely weekend in Edinburgh and although the exhibition was packed with people, I did manage to take a few photo's to show you.  There were some amazing quilts on show The one above was made from all different flower fabric. I personally like the above one, it would look great in my house This was a smaller lap quilt but I liked the idea of using ribbons to make a heart so I took a close up The quilt above was like a tapestry and it won a prize. Colourful quilts to a simple colourway of black and white which was very effective too. I thought knickers on the line was fun. So much work has gone into these little hexies but it does make my eyes go a bit funny looking at it! This was just a small selection of the quilts on show.  The good news was that my sewing group had put in their own quilt and they won a prize! A lot of very happy ladies and we had a little celebration afterwards! ...

Look whats on my new craft table!  I think i might do a regular post on this and it will keep me making things to show you. I had a sort through my collected materials and found the tartans and tweeds.  I have rarely brought any material, preferring to recycle clothing and bits i find here and there.  In this square is material from a couple of my sis-in-laws skirts, a leftover piece from the cushion making class i went on, a piece i was given by a friend, a square of a pair of my old jeans and other bits fou in charity shops.  This means it hasn't cost me hardly anything either. I am making a front and back piece and this might become a bag or a cushion ( "not another cushion!"  OH is shouting. )  I don't know what he means, can you ever have enough?  I am leaning towards a bag this time i think. Its had to be a very frugal week as OH has been working for two weeks on a job but not finished yet, be nice when he does though and i have only ...

It has taken 4 weeks at sewing class but at last my shift top is finished and although it looks nice on the hanger, it doesn't look so nice on me!  Never mind, if i ever lose another stone in weight it might look better on.  I now need to find another project to do next week. We spent two days down in Inverness on hospital appointments for OH this week.  We were lucky that we could stay overnight with our friends on the Black Isle as it saved us a lot of mileage and diesel.  We had a lovely walk along the beach, so warm we were in short sleeves and i collected a good handful of sea glass to add to my collection.  We were up early next morning to see the results of the referendum and although us and our friends were in opposing camps, we are still friends and although hearts are heavy, hopefully it won't take too long before all the people of Scotland come together again.   OH has created a little craft area for me in the back bedroom. It needs a bit...

Our mornings have been shrouded in mist on most days this past week, sometimes it has been teatime before the sun has broken through, making a lovely evening but yesterday it had cleared by lunchtime and was lovely and warm and today, although it is a bit cooler, it is a sunny day. This week has been a costly one for us.  OH had a hospital appointment and we were journeying over the mountain when the front brakes locked on the front wheels.  We do belong to the AA but decided it would be better if we tried to get the car back to the garage we use but it was quite difficult, the smell of burning rubber was awful and we had to keep stopping and starting till we limped onto their forecourt.  The chap came outside to have a look and the wheels were 140 degrees!  When it had cooled a bit they put the car up on the ramp to have a look and we were quoted £585 pounds to fix it.  Luckily i had been putting some money by to help us through the winter months when work ...

Lots of blue sky and a nice morning for a trip out to a pottery shop.  We drove up winding roads, past lots of green fields and stopped in a layby to look at this view across the water.  The white blobs in the picture are birds, hundreds of them and there was a bird hide open for anyone to go into.  We did pop in but I preferred to be outside.   Further over the water i spotted this I had to put my camera on full magnification to take this photo of one of the largest cruise liners i have seen.  I am guessing that this one might be full of Americans which is good news for everyone in business up here as they seem to spend their hard earned cash more freely than some others. When I worked at a tourist attraction we always had a list of the cruise ships, when they were docking and nationality of passengers and as we are an area that relies heavily on tourism, we looked forward to them coming.  I guess at this time of day most passengers would be d...