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We have all had a wonderful
week of warm sunny weather, unusually for October, and we personally have had a
busy week on the roads. Last Sunday, we stayed near Abergavenny for the night
and then went onto a funeral on Monday morning in Griffithstown. It was for a
favourite auntie on my husband’s side, Auntie Dorothy. It had been a while
since we had been at her 90th birthday party and she had suffered
mixed health over the following years until the final stitch was sewn in her
life’s quilt. I don’t particularly enjoy funerals and attend as one does to remember
the deceased and to support the family mourners. What I do enjoy is the
get-together afterwards; the general lightness of spirit, the catching-up and reminiscing,
the tales of the river bank and so on. It was good to talk!
On Wednesday, 5 cousins on my side of the family came from
Anglesey for lunch. The cooking is no problem as I don’t attempt to try
anything too exotic and I have always enjoyed having people round my kitchen
table. Again there was lots of catching-up and reminiscing, tales of the river bank
and so on ….. And it wasn’t a funeral!
It was good to talk!
On Thursday, we journeyed to Abersoch to stay overnight with
friends who had rented a house there for the week. This is such a spectacular place,
with harbour, bays, cliffs and coastal walks. The weather was great again and the
tides were the highest and lowest ever seen. We filled the 2 days with leisurely
meals and walks and endless chat. It was good to talk!
Saturday saw me at The Quilters’ Guild Regional Day and I
think I talked my way through most of that too! This event is held twice a year
in Frodsham and excellent speakers are invited to entertain and inform us about
their work. There is often a workshop on the Sunday as an added bonus. I took 2
of my scrap quilts for ‘show and tell’ because they were total contrasts. The
first, Lady of the Lake, is a 2-coloured scrap quilt. The fabrics came from my
stash, the blocks were set on point and the top was completed before it was put
onto the wadding and backing to be long-arm machine quilted.
And here’s what I have decided to do with all the thread
flowers from the abandoned quilt. I love long thin wall hangings because they
are easy to hang beside a door or in an alcove. It needs a bit of extra work
but when I have stopped talking, this I will do!
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