Archie The Wonder Dog

This year Leanne@She Can Quilt is taking over the FAL responsibilities from Rhonda@Quilter In The Gap and, having been through all the boxes in my sewing room and listed all my 'In progress' projects on a separate blog page, I realised that there are a few things I could feasibly finish by the end of March.  Nothing huge (don't get your hopes up, Sarah , I'm not secretly planning to have my hexy quilt finished by then) but they'll be finishes nonetheless.  I'm deliberately being realistic with what I'll be able to manage - there's no way I can finish any of the quilts I'm working on in three months so I've picked smaller projects to focus on finishing and I'll continue to plug away at the larger projects.  So, expectations set suitably low, here we go!   1.  I'd like to finish making these gorgeous Marmalade fabrics into a cushion.  Leanne sent me these and I decided to stick to the hexy theme she'd started (although I di...

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for Archie in the Pets on Quilts - he won !!!  I think he's a little bit disappointed that he doesn't get a trophy and/or a sash and tiara but he did get extra biscuits and a treat or two, spread out over the week, of course, wouldn't want him getting fat!  (Chance would be a fine thing...I'd give it a good go...) so he seems quite happy.  I also won a voucher for a quilt shop in the random draw so I'm going to have fun spending that! Anyone for a thank you kiss? In fact he's so please he thought he's show you how well his tummy hair is growing back...(Owners of boy dogs will testify that's it's not easy to get a tummy shot that doesn't upset the delicate!) Not so much of the baldy nicknames from now on! I seem to be going through a lucky streak at the moment (I pinched it from Hadley !) as I also won a lovely charm pack in Mary's giveaway - Mary has a wonderful bl...

July has been a quiet month here as I've been really tired and then got a tummy bug which has left me wiped out...I did finish some presents though so it wasn't a complete wash-out! Union flag thread catchers and a pin cushion... I also got the results of Archie's bile acid/ultrasound tests - they came back 'within normal range' so although he does have a problem with his liver he's not as far down the road (of liver failure) as the vet thought.  In terms of how he is in himself he's...completely normal!  Sleeping a lot, lying in the sun (when it's out!) and looking forward to meals and walks.  He still jumps round like a young 'un when I get his lead out and he's as keen on his walks as ever - he still grabs his lead in his mouth and pulls me towards the corner of the road (where he gets let off his lead and, in his mind, the walk starts) - just like he's done for eleven years.  So, it's better news than I expected, I've ju...