Vintage blue poppies fabric

I bought this fabric ages ago from a vintage fair and had been too scared to cut into it for fear of spoiling it.  Anyway, inspired by The Great British Sewing Bee and being still in love with my new sewing machine (two months in, that's a record!) I thought I'd have a go.  Not enough fabric to be able to match up but you know what, I don't care! I love it and I'm feeling very pleased!

Blame it on The Great British Sewing Bee!

Inspired by TGBSB I bought a new sewing machine, some fabric and a vintage style dress pattern....

French seams and fully lined = pretty pleased with myself!

30 years of trying....

I have tried so many times to learn to crochet and now I've finally done it.  Can now crochet a square so my off-and-on winter project is to make a double bed sized throw of pink cotton crochet squares.  Ridiculously please with myself!

The obsession with polka dots continues....

My new teapot has a couple of drawbacks....tea poured everywhere apart from the cup  and the handle was scaldingly hot.  Never mind, sometimes it's enough just to be pretty!

Rowntree Park Reading Cafe, York

The Cafe is beautiful, it has been restored to 1930's loveliness.  The coffee is excellent, the staff are very friendly, my only criticism would be that the scone I had wasn't good, tasted shop-bought *gasp*.  Never mind, I can live with just having a coffee, browsing the selection of Library books and listening to the ducks quacking on the lake. My new favourite cafe in York.

PS if the park keeper's job ever comes up for advert, I'm in there.  Apparently the cafe's upper floor is a flat which goes with the job!

Bison Coffee House, York

A nice surprise to come across this coffee place, a little bit different for York. Good coffee and handy for work!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tank Top Time

Quite pleased with my little hand knitted tank top, made the pattern up myself!