just because..

Posterized@picnik

been on the road again

outside..

or in.

You can't beat a spot of travelling.

st ives

It was St Ives of course.

My favourite haunt and much needed anti-depressant.
Here are my favourite corners.

A lovely old tree at the cemetery gate overlooking porthmeor beach.

A distressed garage door, which will be replaced one day, so I took a picture for posterity sake.

The walkway into town passing through 'salubrious terrace'.

In all the years we have been visiting we never found this beach. Its Porthminster absolutely perfect sand beach with views of the harbour, see below.

The view from Ayr campsite.

The unknown allotment plot, which we pass everyday along the coast.

And not forgetting the shops. The one above sells mainly handmade items, that were unfortunately for me a little expensive, that's the st ives affect.


There is a new CK shop which I did venture into, but yet again failed to fall in love with anything.
The only item I wanted was some blue boat fabric, which they don't keep, however the lady gave me a swatch, actually she gave me two, I was just about clever enough not to open my big mouth and give her one back!!

I have an idea to make a patchwork quilt out of free swatches, roll on the cheekiness!!


Goodbye st ives, until next time...

van quilt

Its finished! That could be down to its small size or the fact that I have thoughts of the next one already swirling round in my head. I'm really going to resist jumping in straight away this time so I don't end up sewing something I'm not 100% happy with. I was unsure of the red/green combination, but as I was making it for our van, you can see what I was trying to achieve.
Its my hope that the colours will fade eventually and be a little less 'nursery'!


As usual with me I make it up as I go along. I learn something new with each quilt; mainly how to do something the wrong way! I do use my Country quilts book for reference, funny though how you don't understand the instructions until usually its too late! Thank heavens for you tube. The tutorials are really amazing. My mistake this time was mitring the binding, lets just say thanks to some lovely lady from the US I now get it!
So that's something to learn on my next project! Life's to short to unpick! And anyway quilts are meant to be homespun and I'm sure never perfect, sounds like me!

walkabout

So did anyone spot us out and about in our van? Any guesses to where we went? I think Sal might know.


Its Devon of course. This is Ashburton, don't you just love the bunting! I had to stop by a shop that Sal had recommended odds and suds check out their website to see the loveliness.


This sort of shop make my senses go wild, however I very rarely buy anything, which is frustrating. It all looks so good its sometimes hard to imagine how something would look in your own home. I think a lot of the time I don't buy things because I think I could make it myself, I can't be alone in this reasoning? I do love supporting artists who make handmade originals but generally I just enjoy admiring. So I had to buy something!





Bigbury on sea.

Burgh island

Hope cove~thatched village.


We rambled through Dartmoor in the rain and came by some unusual river crossings! Yes I made it across even if I did get a booty!