A Giveaway Win

A couple of weeks ago I won the Giveaway hosted

by the Lovely Claire at Thriftwood (pop over and have a read)

and my prize was a hand embroidered picture

with a saying of my choice.

My prize arrived this week in a really nice wooden frame

displaying  the saying or mantra that I had chosen.

Isn't it wonderful.

  I picked this as I'm a real worrier and tend to dwell on what was said or done

in the past.  These are things I can't change so I needed something

to remind me of this and thought this sentiment was perfect.

It has pride of place on my sewing table right in front 

of my sewing machine.

So what have I been doing this week--

well I have used some of the beautiful lace I received

recently in my other giveaway win.

Posted about here.

In my stash I had a remnant of burgundy satin and 

the pink lace went nicely with it so I now have a 

fabulous pair of satin pyjama bottoms with lace edging

on the bottom of the legs.  

I didn't have quite enough fabric to make them long enough

so the lace was the perfect solution.

Then,

As you can see from this dreadfully out of focus photo

my desk is 2 tables put together,

and the one in the corner is used to store bits such as

machine cover and camera bag etc underneath.

The problem was it looked so untidy.

The solution is an age old, tried and tested answer--

make a curtain.

The fabrics are the scraps left over from recently made

curtains around the house.  The center panel is the curtain in this room

and the grey is the front door curtain which helps to keep

the hall warm.

Luckily the two worked well together

and it all blends in nicely.

I have  new pattern I'm going to make up next 

with some linen I bought back from Brunei 

4years ago now

so I'll show you when it's finished.

I have a busy weekend ahead of me with a engagement party

  on Saturday and my first Mothers day lunch at my daughters house

on Sunday. It wasn't that long ago when my lovely old Mum

used to come to me and now here I am going to my daughter.

Anyway, Happy Mothers day to those of you to whom

this applies and a great weekend to everyone else and

 I'll see you in a couple of days for this months 

Scavenger Hunt.

Gillxx