Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me! So today I am 35 blimey where has all the time flown away to? It wasn't quite the birthday mrning we all would have liked we had to get up at 6am to let the neighbour's dogs, chickens, ducks etc out, this in turn wakes up poor old olly who was out for the ount and then our 2 with the early morning grumps! Whew. The animals are in our care until friday night, this time it has been a week too long I think especially for Andy who is sorting them all out before heading off to school to teach. I had some yummy choccies ( got an ulcer so they'll have to stay tucked in their box for the moment, some wine, a DVD my sewing machine, some birthday money and my LADDER which is up ready to give access to the mezzanine an dlooks just the ticket. Not bad after 10yrs of a step ladder. I spent yesterday making an insideouty bag for a gift for someone, with the help of L. I was sewing away thinking isn't this lovely? and then realized my machine was doing something very wierd.My little helper had adjusted the stitch length as I'd been sewing to teeny weeny stitches arggh so I had to carry on that way or unpick the whole thing. On the plus side it makes for strong seams. Bless his cotton socks...
The fabric came from Ikea and is very surfy/Roxyesque so I hope it goes down well with the recipient. I'm being cagey in case she reads this. You'll soon know who you are:D Some of mum and my felt/crochet flower combinations were appliqued on, one on each side of the dark denim.
All in all it's a really easy bag to make, Andy rescaled the original pattern for me as it was huge and uses up a lot of fabric leaving you with oddments you can't do much with.
The denim is quite heavy weight and came from a real aladdin's cave of a fabric shop ehre in swansea, it's torture if you like fabric soooo much to choose from. Ikea was a fluke I've never really looked at fabric in there generally it's quite wacky but I picked up some lovely fabrics last time.
Reversed the insideouty bag looks like this..
Or reversed the other way like this......
With one off at friends for a picnic at the ebach the rest of the Banbury tribe headed out for a walk down Stembridge, a lovely wooded glade kind of ramble along a stream and through billowing wild flower meadows.
Here's Olly having a swim!!! he is scared stiff of the sea but on seeing the stream leapt in and started doggy paddling his way down it, bless Mr B here in soggy walking shoes, that man loves his dog.
I'm told this teeny bridge is the oldest one out here on Gower, I'll have to try and find out just how old it is.
At this point in our walk Andy doubled back to move the car so Olly didn't get too tired and L and I carried out executing something that was very Waltons meet Little House on the Prarie, leaping through the long grass with our dog. you'd like to think it lookes very picturesque, I'm sure in reality we looked like a right mad bunch but Olly's springer character was in full swing, chasing butterflies, diving in and out the long grass.
Run Olly, run!......................................
Blue skies on a sunday walk througha quite natural wildflower meadow what could be nicer?
A lovely it somewhat tattered butterfly spotted by L, we made sure Olly left it well alone.
This is the last bit of wooded walk before you pop out in a field, 2 villages down car waiting thanks to MrB.
On an unusual birthday morning I'm waiting for the oven repair man to come ( yes my life's that exciting) heading out for a coffee with my sister in law, if the oven repair man arrives before midday and then tonight en masse we are taking Olly to see the gun dog trainer, follwed by? Curry on the way home mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me! So today I am 35 blimey where has all the time flown away to? It wasn't quite the birthday mrning we all would have liked we had to get up at 6am to let the neighbour's dogs, chickens, ducks etc out, this in turn wakes up poor old olly who was out for the ount and then our 2 with the early morning grumps! Whew. The animals are in our care until friday night, this time it has been a week too long I think especially for Andy who is sorting them all out before heading off to school to teach. I had some yummy choccies ( got an ulcer so they'll have to stay tucked in their box for the moment, some wine, a DVD my sewing machine, some birthday money and my LADDER which is up ready to give access to the mezzanine an dlooks just the ticket. Not bad after 10yrs of a step ladder. I spent yesterday making an insideouty bag for a gift for someone, with the help of L. I was sewing away thinking isn't this lovely? and then realized my machine was doing something very wierd.My little helper had adjusted the stitch length as I'd been sewing to teeny weeny stitches arggh so I had to carry on that way or unpick the whole thing. On the plus side it makes for strong seams. Bless his cotton socks...
The fabric came from Ikea and is very surfy/Roxyesque so I hope it goes down well with the recipient. I'm being cagey in case she reads this. You'll soon know who you are:D Some of mum and my felt/crochet flower combinations were appliqued on, one on each side of the dark denim.
All in all it's a really easy bag to make, Andy rescaled the original pattern for me as it was huge and uses up a lot of fabric leaving you with oddments you can't do much with.
The denim is quite heavy weight and came from a real aladdin's cave of a fabric shop ehre in swansea, it's torture if you like fabric soooo much to choose from. Ikea was a fluke I've never really looked at fabric in there generally it's quite wacky but I picked up some lovely fabrics last time.
Reversed the insideouty bag looks like this..
Or reversed the other way like this......
With one off at friends for a picnic at the ebach the rest of the Banbury tribe headed out for a walk down Stembridge, a lovely wooded glade kind of ramble along a stream and through billowing wild flower meadows.
Here's Olly having a swim!!! he is scared stiff of the sea but on seeing the stream leapt in and started doggy paddling his way down it, bless Mr B here in soggy walking shoes, that man loves his dog.
I'm told this teeny bridge is the oldest one out here on Gower, I'll have to try and find out just how old it is.
At this point in our walk Andy doubled back to move the car so Olly didn't get too tired and L and I carried out executing something that was very Waltons meet Little House on the Prarie, leaping through the long grass with our dog. you'd like to think it lookes very picturesque, I'm sure in reality we looked like a right mad bunch but Olly's springer character was in full swing, chasing butterflies, diving in and out the long grass.
Run Olly, run!......................................
Blue skies on a sunday walk througha quite natural wildflower meadow what could be nicer?
A lovely it somewhat tattered butterfly spotted by L, we made sure Olly left it well alone.
This is the last bit of wooded walk before you pop out in a field, 2 villages down car waiting thanks to MrB.
On an unusual birthday morning I'm waiting for the oven repair man to come ( yes my life's that exciting) heading out for a coffee with my sister in law, if the oven repair man arrives before midday and then tonight en masse we are taking Olly to see the gun dog trainer, follwed by? Curry on the way home mmmmmmmmmmmmm 
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Well, a belated happy birthday, you young thing you! If I'd known now what I knew at your age...... I;d have had one hell of a time!!!!! I try to make the most of each and every day now, in my own, almost reclusive, sedentary way, and love life. Always looking on it as an adventure to be played out, not a puddle of treacle to be waded through... so here's to your next year of adventures xx
A very happy birthday.
Sounds like you had a busy one!
The bag looks great. I must make another for a friend.
Happy Birthday to you, La La La ...
35 eh? you whipper snapper :)
A lovely way to spend a birthday. Ollie is finding his feet ~ just watch out for grass seeds. Ears & feet are the favourite places. Archie had an afternoon in the vets today with a suspected one up his schnozzle ! He's been snorting and sniffing away bless him xx
PS I'll make that phone call when I get 5 mins flower !
A belated happy birthday to you!!! :0)
I will be 36 next month, how did that happen! :0(
All of your pictures were as beautiful as ever…love Lou xxx
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