Something Old, Something New and a Teapot flimsy

Let's start with the teapots.

Now a finished flimsy and I went with 1/2" inner border

in Kaffe Fassett Aboriginal Dot

then 4 and 1/2"border in Philip Jacobs Market Basket.

Measuring 42 and 1/2" x 68 and 1/2" and the

Market Basket fabric is more colourful that

this photo is showing, I'll try again when I've sorted out my

new camera.

Something old and something new - 

the old is not truly old but it's a book my husband bought for me

as a birthday gift in October

a perfect gift for me!

I also love photographing rusting items, flowers and leaves

as they decay, I still can see the beauty in that stage.

Here's a leaf I noticed on the path, obviously well trodden down!

Something new is another book from my husband for Christmas,

I'd seen this one on a post from a blogger, it is a treasure!!

Yep, this is also just me!

The foreword by Safrron Aldridge, a long time friend of the author,

and the introduction by said author Miv Watts, are just a joy to read even

before one begins to go any further!

As yet I've only covered the few pages on Marianne Faithfull ( you need

to be of a certain age to be familiar with her), very interesting!

Incidentally, Miv Watts is the mother of Naomi Watts the actress.

This isn't much of a quilty post I know but I hope to remedy that over the weekend

'cos look where I'm going this Friday!!

Hubby is coming along, for two reasons:

1. he is a painter in various mediums

and

                                                    2. he has lived with KF fabrics and books

for more years than he probably cares to remember!

I am so, so excited!

Happy Quilting

  Maureen