Clocks Changed to GMT this weekend

The clocks changed this weekend to GMT. We gain an extra hour as the clocks move back an hour.

The days get shorter and the nights longer until Winter Solstice in December.  I do not like this time of year. I hate the nights drawing in as well as having to close the curtains and switch on the lights in the late afternoons. I seem to hibernate until Winter Solstice. To keep me for hibernation and procrastinating, I plan to finish as any UFOs as possible. 

Between Christmas and New Year every year I make a list of all the UFOs I plan to finish the following year. It is safe to say I am never successful. But I keep planning every year. So before the New Year starts, why not plan in October to get started early and hopefully I will success this time.

Should I keep a record here? I think I will as it will keep me motivate and focus to get things done.

See you again soon.....

Winter Solstice

Today is the shortest day of the year.  From tomorrow the days start getting longer and the nights shorter. 

Happy Winter Solstice. xx

Winter Solstice

Another winter solstice has arrived.  My favourite time of the year.  The days will be start getting longer by two minutes each day. 

As we wave good bye to yet another winter, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Winter Solstice

We have arrived again at my favourite time of the year - Winter Solstice.  This year my family and I are celebrating the winter solstice in Brittany France.  The sunset sets an hour later here than in the UK so it feels like spring in Plounevez-Lochrist.

As we wave goodbye to another winter, I would like to wish everyone 'Bon Noel et Bonne Annee'.

Winter Solstice

Once again we have reached the best time of the year.  Today is the shortest day and longest night. Tomorrow our days start to become longer by a few minutes each day.  

As I say good bye to another winter, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!  

Winter Solstice

Once again we have reached the best time of the year.  Today is the shortest day and longest night. Tommorrw our days start to become longer by a few minutes each day.  As I say good bye to another winter, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!   

Winter Solstice

Best time of the winter is not Christmas as you would expect for a good christian girl but today the shortest day. As from tomorrow the nights become shorter by a few minutes each day. To me this signals the end of winter and that spring is around the corner.  

Christmas and New Year brings new hope and a cheerful soul as I wave good by to yet another winter solstice!

I pray that you all have a peaceful Christmas and Happy New Year.

Snow Dyeing

Here are the pictures of the fabrics that I dyed a few days ago using the snow dyeing technique. I enjoyed playing with the snow.

I love these dyed fabrics. I think it needs to be a special project to make me cut these fabrics up!

Not sure about the green fabric.

More pictures tomorrow.

A Snow Monster

I have created a 'Snow Monter'! Baby Girl thought that snow dyeing sounded interesting and decided to join in the fun. Baby Girl does not to things on a small scale. Our garden is now a colourful wonderland and our neighbours think we are both 'cuckoo'!

Winter Solstice

I have been having fun watching the chaos that the snow has caused on our road! I live half way up a long hill. The road leads to the beach. Living so close to the beach usually means we do not suffer with snow or icy problems. I have been watching traffic past our house and then less than two minutes later, reversing back up the hill after the drivers discover that the road is too icy to use. We have not had any buses come up pass the house in over a week. No post deliveries for that time too.

So what can a quilter do when she cannot go out shopping for new supplies? Snow dye! There has been so much talk about the subject on the Contemporary Quilt Special Interest Group of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles

The fabric is soaked in soda solution for about thirty minutes. Then placed in trays and covered with snow.

The dyes solutions are then pour onto the snow. Leave for about twenty fours hours.

Come back tomorrow to see the results.