Show And Tell!!!

The quilt is finished....yay!!!
The last stitch was put in at 1am this morning.

The idea for this quilt was to use fabric from a shirt belonging to Andy's brother who passed away suddenly three years ago so I was limited to how much usable fabric there was and had to find other suitable fabrics to go with it.
The dark blue and red check is Martin's shirt, the anchor fabric is from the dreadful pyjamas I made for Andy which we still laugh about now, the cream fabric with branches and berries is from a collection called Downton....Andy loves Downton, the blue stripe and the light blue check are shirts I picked up from a charity shop and the various beige prints and plain are some fat quarters I already had in.

This was my plan.........

.....and this is the quilt......

.......with Mr Smudge getting in on the action....lol.

The backing was cut from an old much loved duvet cover. Perfect to go with all the blues but an absolute pig to work with. Despite several starching sessions it remained very soft.

Still it's done now and Andy loves it so it will now go up to be hung over the bed head and hopefully give Andy good dreams about his brother.

The veg and tomato bake I did for tea last night was really lovely and there was enough roast veg to make a pan of soup for DD to take to work for a couple of days. I just added some leftover tomato sauce and some veg stock then blitzed it down and added a little Worcestershire sauce to spice it up a bit......I will be stealing a small bowl of it for my lunch today.

DD and I never did get our bacon and eggs last week so that is what we are having tonight....quick and easy so that I can get on with tidying the sewing room ready for my next project.

Very sunny with gorgeous blue skies today but we have had a prediction for snow this evening. I'm not expecting to get any here as we rarely do but you never know.

Have a lovely day.

Sheila-x-