I did get a little bit of Quilting done before Christmas for presents for my family and best friends.

I decided to make for the ladies in my family and best friends Market Totes.  Basically a patchwork bag but huge for shopping!

I loved how they turned out and am going to make one for myself when I get a minute!

For My Boys Partners, I call them my Daughter-in-laws although they are not married yet, I made them a mat each of a present block.

I have a plan later in the year to make a single bed quilt with present blocks but that is after I have made two quilts that I need to begin now which are required early in the year.  In fact DH is taking me down to the Quilt Shop in Northampton on Friday to get the material.  I don’t know about you, those that quilt, but sometimes you just have to see the material before buying it, especially as one of them has a particular colour request. 

Sadly the two quilt shops in Derbyshire closed and the one in Northampton, The Bramble Patch, is the next closest with a great selection of material but it is only about an hour and half away so it will be a nice little trip and we will get some breakfast beforehand.

I will hopefully get to show you the material after Friday.  They are forecasting snow for the UK over the next few days and the weekend again and we are hoping that it will be okay for Sunday and the Swimming Club Open which is in Matlock and could be interesting getting there.  The first time we ever ran this event it snowed the night before but everyone got there which was a relief!  We shall see how things play out.  This morning it was very cold and frosty with the windscreens all covered over!  I have a few home jobs to do today. 

I hope you lovely lot had a wonderful New Year and a great start to 2025. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx