Eddie has made me a Baltic pine quilt rail with a shelf above so that I can finally hang the gorgeous quilt that my sister Sue made for my birthday in March. I had no idea that she was making me the quilt so I admit to a few tears when she gave it to [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 24, 2007
Anlaby House has moved from Blogspot to WordPress.
I’ve followed my friends Sandie and Catherine over to WordPress. I’ve also created a new blog for my DH called 61010 Wildebeeste, which for the unitiated, is the name of one of his favourite steam engines. I will leave my old blog Anlabyhouse where it is for the moment but anybody with a link [...]
May 23, 2007
Farewell Pugsley
I feel so sad to say goodbye to Pugsley tonight but he was over fifteen years old, had heart problems and lately, fluid on the lungs which made it very difficult for him to breathe. He has suffered a lot the last few days and I’m sure he will be glad of the release from [...]
May 16, 2007
Fibres for Paper Making
I arrived home from work today to find a yummy looking big parcel on the kitchen bench. I bought a lot of mixed fibres on eBay from Teresa Simons of Mountain Shadow Ranch. The photos just don’t do these beautiful soft fibres justice, especially the Mystery Batt. My mystery batt which Teresa had called “Wizard’s [...]
May 6, 2007
Close-up of Angel’s dress
This photo is a close-up of the broderie anglaise embroidery on the bodice. It is a creamy colour and not stained yellow as in the photo, I think the reflection is from the yellow wall (which will be a lovely colour called “Double White” tomorrow). This whole christening dress was hand-sewn, all the seams, the [...]
May 6, 2007
Ugly Angel cloth doll
Today was one of those quiet Sundays when everbody was busy doing their own thing around the place. Eddie spent most of the morning taping the door frame, skirting boards and window in the bedroom in preparation for painting the walls tomorrow then in the afternoon he framed a print of his favourite railway engine [...]
