Catching Up

 At last I can catch up with my blog! So much has happened over the last month which has meant I haven't been able to keep up to date. First we had a wonderful three week holiday in St Ives visiting my son and his girlfriend. We have been home for almost two weeks but my internet has been down since I returned home so I have been relying on my phone for emails. We are now back on line so I can blog again!

 We were really lucky with the weather and we managed to visit lots of lovely gardens. This picture was taken at Trevarno and shows the lake. They have peacocks running around the garden (much to my dog's annoyance) and the shop sells lovely hand made soaps and other beauty products. They are also renovating a station, steam trains and a railway line so my DH was happy as well!

 I spent a lovely day in St Ives with Carolyn Saxby http://love-stitching-red.blogspot.com/. We met in a little tearoom and had tea,coffee and of course cake! It was low tide so we spent some time beachcombing and I have come home with a collection of bits to use. I've not had time to do anything with them yet, but we found lots of small pieces of blue and white china which are just waiting to be used in a collage.
We had cornish pasties for lunch overlooking this wonderful view.

Carolyn then took me to  The Gallery on the Square where there is some amazing work by local artists We also went to meet Sheila Stayne who has some beautiful work displayed in her studio in her

Porthmeor Studio, which is pictured below. 

I had a really lovely day with Carolyn and I'm looking forward to meeting up with her again when I next visit St Ives.

I went to St Ives Tate Gallery where they have got two interesting exhibitions on at the moment. One was by Martin Creed and was called Half the Air in a Given Space. A room is filled with balloons that you walk through. It was quite an experience!

Since I arrived home I have been working on two projects. Firstly I have been knitting cakes for Gina Ferrari for her Pink Friday Tea Party. My plate of cakes is pictured below.

I have also dyed, printed and stencilled some fabric to make a small quilt for Another Little Quilt Swap I am now busy finishing it with hand embroidery, beading and quilting. One more week to go and it has to be finished. Watch this space for updates!