Christmas and quilting

Our daughter and her fiancé have been over to visit us for christmas. We have had a lovely time with them both and were sorry they had to go back to England. .
They did send me a lovely gift of a set of Cath Kidson books, which includes a bag to sew. I cant wait to start all the wonderful projects inside.
I have unpicked the quilting I began on the bag we are making in our patchwork class as I was spoiling it as my tension was too tight. Hopefully I have learned from this mistake.. it looks a lot better this time.. I am sewing circles as I wanted to be a bit different from the diamonds everyone else was quilting, and thanks to Dolores for the idea of different size circles it's looking good so far.

Lucky us!!

Yesterday we were lucky enough to win a huge jamon in the raffle at our local supermarket. Dave and I had our photos taken.
Last night was also the dinner for the village ladies association. We all enjoyed the meal at the hotel balcon, followed by a bit of dancing.

Antique quilt repair

One of my neighbours asked me if I could repair his antique quilt.  The edges were very worn and I followed some advice I found online to do as little as possible. So I sewed bias binding around the edge ( 10meters) by hand.. and repaired the holes in it too. Hopefully it will last a few more years yet.

Christmas Market

Dave and I have had a lovely day at the christmas market here in competa. We chatted to loads of friends old and new who called at the stall to say hello. Thank you

Clothes repairs

Using techniques I have learned in patchwork classes, I have put bias onto a pair of jeans to neaten the very frayed edges.
I also used appliqué to hide a hole in a blouse..
Hopefully they will now be wearable.

Handwarmers

I have been invited to attend the christmas market here in competa on the 7th of December, so I have been busy making pairs of rice filled handwarmers to sell. ( hopefully)
Once they have been in the microwave for 30 seconds they will keep warm for 30 minutes or more.
Ideal for cold hands in this weather.

Finished jumper

I have finally finished knitting myself a jumper!!!
It was a labour of love as it has dolman sleeves and therefore had lots of stitches. It will keep me nice and warm during the winter. I used a new technique for me called grafting to join the front and back along the shoulders and sleeves so I wouldn't have an obvious seam line.
Here is the result...