castle medallion
A-Bunting We Will Go!
Thursday, November 6th, 2008A Christmas Folly in 4 Acts
by Lily Boot
Act 1
In which Miss Lily chooses fabric, draws lines and cuts triangles.
Gather your fabric - I like four individual pieces and a fifth which will be the backing of each of the four. This way you can alternate the triangles, creating a pretty repeating pattern on [...]
lucinda’s lost in the maze
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Just writing about the lovely Lucinda’s Needle fabric last night, got my fingers itching to try some flying geese - so before heading out to Nanny and Grandad’s for lunch, I’ve sewn up the first of the six panels that will make up the centre of my quilt, “Running through the Maze”.
Whilst poring over this [...]
the perfect path for taking a turn
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008it’s been a good day and much has been achieved - bread baked, cookies for school lunches baked, a couple of hours of hand quilting enjoyed - and by 5pm, the curtains were drawn, the lamps were lit and the supper asimmering upon the stove.
It’s the perfect evening to slip through the garden gate and [...]
monkton’s drystone wall
Monday, May 12th, 2008Following last week’s hiccup, Monkton was obliged to spend today tending to the drystone wall that surrounds the immediate castle gardens.
A relic from the early Elizabethan days of the castle, when the family’s flock were fond of foraging among m’Lady’s herbaceous borders, the wall is still maintained by Monkton’s Lord, who sees it as a [...]