Last post before Christmas

I've been sidetracked with my quilting due

to the news a week ago that a darling friend of 39 years

has been undergoing treatment for cancer - first thought

was  -  she needs a quilt!

Lots hanging in the closet for quilting but I wanted to make a start

on one especially made with her in mind.

Looking for something simple I had a look through the

Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston collaborative books and

yes, pyramid shape would be perfect. One had a border the other not.

I was thinking of the layout above at first, then

remembered a quilt in a Sarah Fielke book,

the quilt below is named

Love Beads

love the layout but not wanting to deal with the hexagons

centred in the large diamonds.

So still playing on the design wall with this layout below

going with the Love Bead style but using

a mix of fabrics, two different pieces in each diamond.

Side tracked also watching the young blackbirds coming
along to feed, at first they were screeching for Mum to feed  them

but now they're good to go on their own

here is one of the latest three, just about two feet away from me.

I've been feeding birds for a long time, two blackbirds, male and female, have been

visiting me for a few years and raise their chicks in the

trees in the garden, poor old chap is now looking rather

old!!

He comes and sits right outside the window where my cosy chair is

and lets me know he would like food!

Christmas Day tomorrow and I'm wishing

you all a very Merry Christmas, and see you in a few days.

 Oops orientation of book shots going across when they should be going down!

Maureen