Last weekend I started a little project I've been meaning to try for quite a while...a mini patchwork quilt made by recycling old items of clothing. I've got as far as the top.

In real life the pink does not overpower as much as it does in the photo

 The hardest part was trying to find fabric that would match.  It took me two evenings to cut out the pieces and arrange them, but the actual sewing I did in just an evening . The look has turned out quite old-fashioned but that delights me as I like the vintage look. I haven't bought the batting/wadding yet. I think I want to bind the edges in white....so it may look vintage but will look fresh at the same time.

I cut up a dress, a top and a skirt, you can see these at the top of this picture. The skirt ( fabric at the top  right in pic  ) was originally a child's dress which I had combined with the top of a pair of jeans, remember that idea was all the rage a few years back?...well I think I only wore it once lol...anyway that fabric is on it's 3rd life now so is quite used to being recycled lol.

It's a miserable day here, rainy and windy so I think I will spend the afternoon cutting up more rectangles from my fabric stash in preparation for making more of these. It's the kind of thing you can do bit by bit...I'll put the rectangles in a box and then one evening if I have enough and the mood takes me I can get stuck into the sewing.

Not long until the festive season now...my how time flies, I don't know where this year has gone. I should really get my butt in gear and start making some gifts. Not sure what I'm going to do this year, although one person has requested something with owls so that gives me a starting point :)

Rather awesome paper weaving blog!

Have you been over to PaperMatrix, OMGoodness me there are some wonderful projects over there! I think I will start with a heart garland. Check out the home page here

fabric book cover...

I really want to make some fabric book covers...I mucked up the link before and went straight to the pdf...edited now...here is the link to sewing.com :) click here 

Great site with some lovely things. I like the diaper stacker too, I bought one of these years ago and used it in my kitchen as a hanging shelf for tea towels, might make one for that same use again :)

Our new babies...

New Dobie Boy

We have 2 new dobies...well they are new to us. One had been in rescue for nearly a year and the other was being threatened with euthanasia just because he was unwanted. Both are absolute darlings and have enriched our lives no end.

Our new Dobie girl

 

 

Where on earth we are supposed to sleep this days I just don't know lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time for tea....

...and a slice or two of cherry cake

 

 

 I made a recipe from my Mum's old cookery book. It was just as lovely as when she used to make it. The smell of it cooking transported me right back to my childhood...and of course it tasted divine! Have a go at making something from your childhood? It's a real 'feel good' thing to do!

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New friends...

...Not only for me but for Elliot too :)

This is Buzz ( yellow face, grey, greywing budgie )

Now he has a blue cere, but this was on the day we got him when he was only about 6 weeks old. He is a lovely gentle character and adores Elliot.

These two beauties are Suki ( albino budgie ) and Timmy  ( sky blue normal budgie ).

For a while it was just Buzz and Elliot, but Mr D fell in love with a couple of birdies when we went to a pet centre...quite a distance from home. I told him we had to walk away but he was so enthralled with them we made the journey again the next day to go and get them, thankfully they were still there! I was planning on getting more but maybe not for a while! I'm very glad we did though as they are lovely birds. Suki is more timid than Timmy but they do both come onto my hand for a feed :)

I gave them a quarantine period just in case! Yesterday however they were all officially out of quarantine and have been having fun together. We have 2 large cages now ( and a small starter cage ). I expect they will all end up in one cage eventually but they have the choice when they are out flying to go back to which one they feel happiest in. The sound of gentle chattering in the background is so soothing and makes the house feel so homely.

I am having to hoover 2ce a day as a lot of seed husks blow around from Elliot and Buzz's cage. Timmy and Suki are in a new design cage called a vision M02, there is practically no mess at all from their cage, I highly recommend it to anyone that was thinking of getting birds. I have the medium size as I only intended it for quarantine but if I got another I would get the L02 which would be larger.