Sunday 22 January 2012

" dont ask if you dont want the truth...."



A lovely walk this morning here in the small town, brilliant sunshine with a mild breeze, is this really  January?.....everything's coming into bud, crocus coming to attention......I think jack frost or worse, snow will come eventually and kill them all.....what a pity! 




Last night we had friends over and Herb chose this recipe from the latest Waitrose magazine...pot roast leg of lamb with haricot beans and lardons...it was really delicious and a big hit. However if you were to try it I thought it needed more liquid than the recipe, so I used about half a bottle of white wine in the end rather than the 150 ml and cooked it a little longer than they said. Really good!




On the crafty front I have been accumulating and saving blue fabric for a quilt from the Jane Brocket quilting book ( by my bed and well thumbed). Finally decided, yesterday as the diamonds weren’t going to well (or rather I was finding it tricky-if in doubt give up) to start cutting out the squares for the ‘Lisbon tiles’ quilt. Laid out and of course an opinion was asked for......but not really wanted........he doesn’t like it .....” too busy” “too blue”.......my face must have said volumes as some nifty back tracking was done.....but it was too late I slumped and whined.
Today I will crack on .....I like it, I’m making it....lesson learnt, don’t ask if you don’t want the truth....direct quote.



8 comments:

  1. gosh, no the tiles quilt looks great will be fantastic when it is made.

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  2. Take no notice, it will be lovely! Lovely blues!
    xxx

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  3. The tiles quilt looks lovely, ignore that opinion, it's definitely not too blue.
    A pity about the triangles/diamonds quilt as the layout was really nice.

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  4. You asked a man? We all think it looks lovely. xxxx

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  5. Wow, those blues look amazing together!
    Love all your others makes that you gave as Christmas presents, some very lucky people got some very beautiful gifts.
    Lovely to see you back blogging.
    Happy new year.
    Lisa x

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  6. Your quilt looks stunning to me !
    Lovely recipe. I made red cabbage' apple & onion to go with a Haggis supper with friends last night... I added more water & cooked for longer than the recipe said & it was delicious ( yum - some left over for roast chicken tonight - hubby & kids won't eat it so all the more for me ! )

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  7. Blue is my favorite color and iloveit....keep on going.

    XX

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  8. I did it! I finally mentioned you in my blog.
    Thanks again, still love the cushion.

    XX

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