⛈️Thinking of going into hibernation ⛈️

Anyone else thinking about going into hibernation  ? We survived the storm as far I can see .The electricity went on and off  ....some areas are still off around Cornwall .Power lines down and trees fallen across roads .The cowl on top of the chimney pot is a bit damaged and will be replaced by our sweep next week and the garden shed needs a bit of attention , but nothing too drastic . 

We are tired from being awake most of the night worrying and listening to the wind rattling the tiles on the roof and rain . 

It is still raining this morning . 🌧️🌧️🌧️

A bedraggled sight we were going into church in dripping wet kagoules and wellington boots ! ⛪🌧️

Glad to be home and snuggled up, sitting on my bed with my sewing basket full of patchwork scraps . 

I'm doing log cabin blocks .

I am stitching by hand .     

Maybe a cushion , maybe a bag , maybe a quilt for my kitchen chair . I'll just keep going and see where I end up .

I've made up two log cabin blocks so far . Stitching by hand . It's a comforting thing to do on a miserable day like today .

 It'll be mostly green and red ...... unless I change my mind ... 🤔.... 😃.... 💛

                             Peace and Love 🕊️🪷🤍

                                            love Debbie 💐x

Waiting for Storm Austen 🍁🍂⛈️

                          Having a restful day. Doing a bit of patchwork . 

There's a storm coming in tonight .  Hope it won't be too bad .

                            Lit the fire for the first time this Autumn . Cosy .

                                        Peace and Love  🤍🕊️

                                                 love and hugs Debbie 💐x

A Couple of Days Away in Dorset ,

We had a couple of days away in Dorset . Just for a change of scenery and to have a little pootle about on the beach looking for fossils .

My needlework basket came too .

I started a little patchwork project . A mug mat in Hallowe'eny colours for my middle brother who loves Hallowe'en . I don't do Hallowe'en , but he loves it !

  Anyhoo , this is my favourite patchwork block - Friendship Baskets . I love this patchwork design/pattern  .  I think Baskets and the Bear's Paw are probably my absolute favourites .......and the simple nine patch block also .

It was a nice and easy project to take with me and do on our travels in the car .

Also to do in the evenings back at the Premiere Inn whilst watching the television .

I had been looking forward to visiting the church and the Shrine of St Wite .

They were just finishing a Harvest Festival Service as I arrived . It was a beautiful welcome to hear the children singing . 

 I crept in after they finished . 

I felt a bit shy , to take photos, but I'd come a long way and so I did take a few .

The plaque on top of the Shrine says "HIC-REQESCT-RELIQE-SCE-WITE"

   ..... which means "Here rest the relics of St Wite ".

There are only two churches that still have the actual remains of Saints , since the Reformation . St Wita also known as St Candida and Blanche was said to be a 9th century Saxon hermit healing woman  . 

  She is said to have kept the beacons burning up on the Golden Cap to guide trading ships in to port .

   Unfortunately one incoming ship was not a friendly one , but a Viking Longship . They plundered, burnt and slaughtered everyone including poor Wita .

   Her Sainthood was affirmed by King Alfred the Great .

Pilgrims came to visit her shrine . To place their limbs into the three openings in the shrine for healing and there have been many miracles .

✨ There is a tangible feeling of holiness in the air as you kneel here 🕊️ The only other place I've felt this , is in Canterbury Cathedral , at the spot where St Thomas a Beckett was murdered . ✨✨

 

I presented my Angel to her through one of the openings and prayed for blessings on my hands .

  I prayed for my family and for peace .  🕊️

                               Sat in silence for a little while .

Then went on to look at the church's own pieces of needlework .....but I was really taken with such fine stonemasonry , such as the finials at the top of these pillars .

    I am no expert but this one looked much older than the others . Very early . 

                                The Baptismal Font ..which is Norman !

  Just think of how many babies have been Christened here , the Priests and the families gathered around it . 

This was a pretty window ....I didn't get to the other end of the church as there were still lots of people there talking after their lovely service and I felt a bit shy .

 I will look for stained glass windows next time I visit .

                                                 🕊️🌍🤍

Outside there are open mouthed lions and gargoyles built to carry away water after the rain .

There are two sculptured pictures high up here which portray St Wite , the Viking longship and the axe that killed her .

I had wanted to visit St Wite's Holy Well , which is said to be close by ...but I could not find it !!   

I walked a little way down a footpath until I became a bit nervous of walking on my own any further . There was a trickling stream . Was this the Holy Well ?

                I will explore a bit more next time I visit . 

Did I find any fossils ? You ask .......

              Well as I have already said , I don't do Hallowe'en ....

           But we had a good laugh when I found this on the beach !

                    ( and yes , of course he has come home with me 🤣)

              So then I stitched all the way home .

                    And stitched on the binding that evening .

Here's a little peek of the other side .

 I got it posted off that evening ......very sad at the price of postage stamps now .....very sad indeed . £1.80 to send a small birthday card to my mum and £4.80 to send that little parcel to my brother .

 I won't be able to afford to send any Christmas cards ..... only to give out by hand from now on .   Very sad .

                      Good news ! My lovely black braid has arrived !

              I'm hoping it will look good to finally finish off my Angel .

                                           Peace and Love 🕊️🤍

                                            love Debbie 💐x

Shopping for braid .

 I took my angel to The Range in down in Marazion "try on" and choose some braid to go around the border/edge .

The store is the usual mess of Halloween (but maybe you love all that ) and Christmas . It is still September !! I shudder as I walk through the aisles upstairs .

I find the craft aisle and they have a great selection of ribbons and braids  .

Nothing was quite right though . I was drawn to this reel of emerald green ribbon . It could come in useful I thought to myself , not for for this project but for something else . Only £1.....so into my basket it went !

And a couple of bags of Cadbury Christmas Stocking Golden Chocolate Coins .

                              And a mouse .  🐭

Then over to St Crewenna Church in Crowan , to look at the stained glass windows and husband to do some family history research .

This window is the most beautiful stained glass window I've seen in a long time .

                          I'm guessing she must be St Crewenna  .

The church is very old going back to the eleventh century but mostly fifteenth century ......sadly no medieval windows .

  The church feels loved and they were getting it all ready for Harvest Festival .

I had been thinking of embroidering one of these little Seraphim , they are lovely , but they are Victorian and I am looking for medieval .

                 We will be visiting a few more churches on our travels .

                              Peace and Love 🕊️🤍

                                          Debbie 💐x

Angel Playing a Rebec Embroidery - backing 🕊️

 

O.k....so I'm back again...it's been a busy time , we have been out and about ...more sitting in the car waiting ...while the boys played golf.....

and I camped out stitching in the car , me and the dolls , while we had our roof window replaced  .

     And then I did a post yesterday  and uploaded it to my "Daisy in the Garden Blog" by mistake ....sigh ...

I continue on with my Angel piece . I really wanted to show people in real time , just how long it takes me to embroider a little piece like this .

A fair amount of time was spend deciding which fabric to use , but now I have settled on this lovely rich green brocade .  

 Cut and pinned .

Then more thinking ....which colour thread to use to stitch it on with ?

      Cream thread ?    Green thread ? 

I settled on this slightly grey/green cotton and slip-stitched it on and I think it disappears perfectly . 

    I am now thinking of adding a golden border of some sort around the edge .✨

  ✨  More thinking and rummaging through my box of golden threads and braids and quite possibly some shopping to be done for that  . ✨

   Later on we are going to visit a lovely old church , to take some photographs of some of it's stained glass windows . 

           More on that tomorrow !

                         Peace and Love 🕊️🤍🌿

                                        Love Debbie 💐x

Back to School , Autumn Term

 

         No time for patchwork . Busy mending school uniform blazer !

            Not ripped . Just seams coming apart , but very annoying !

  It was tricky mending seams in the silk lining when I can't get to the inside of the lining .

   They have been badly machine stitched , too close to the edge and have simply come apart .

       As I already said , I can't get to the reverse side of the lining , so I will just have to do the best I can with a needle and thread . 

  There are so many shades of navy-blue ! I am quite particular about matching up the correct shade of cotton thread !

                  An inside pocket was extremely tricky !

                                               💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤

                          All done and ready to be delivered this evening .

     They return to school tomorrow after the long and very hot summer holiday .

                                         Peace and Love 🕊️🤍

                                              Debbie 💐x