In celebration of his grandad’s birthday, FB (and us) got to spend a week away with his cousins in France.

His highlights included a lovely sand pit, which he learnt to say within the first 24 hours, and which were the first words out of his mouth in the morning, and the last words out of his mouth at night.

We will need to scope out a suitable spot in the new garden for one of our own, and we brought back a bucket and spade ready for it.

(In the background you can see me knitting the blanket I’m making for No2. I’ll post about that tomorrow. 🙂

Another highlight (for all of us) was the tree frog who chose to sleep one of the days away at the top of one of the sliding doors to our room. And ‘frog!’ was another new word mastered.

I think frogs are great, and it’s lovely to see FB so captivated by one.

The title is some what confusing since this post has nothing to do with quilting. However the Festival of Quilts has become an annual trip to replenish my fabric stash, and since we aren’t able to go this year, and I’ve been running through my stash quite a bit recently, I decided that a little splurge was in order.

And then the ‘what’s new’ email came from Fabric Rehab…

First off, if you’re in the UK you will want to know that Nancy and Sally stock Anna Marie Horner’s ‘Little Folks‘ collection – both the cottons and (more importantly) the cotton voile. Very exciting.

And as well as some of that, I got Michael Miller christmas fabric, some great Kona geometric boats, some birds, some fish, and some other bits and pieces to keep me a very happy crafter over the next few months.

Yes it was a bit naughty* – but I have birthdays and birth-days and christmas to prepare for this summer, not to mention a new house to make into a home. 🙂

(*not debt making thank goodness, but it felt a bit naughty spending all that money in one go. I’m not used to it.)

So finally finally we have a moving date.

We’re moving on the 28th June so the shop will close on the 21st for a month. This should give us time to get the internet at the new house, and get settled in (to some degree.)

When the shop re-opens there should be new stock, and a load of stuff on sale. Should be lots of fun. 🙂