Happy Birthday...Belatedly

Actually I should have posted this last Saturday, as it was one year in our little house!! Hooray!

So how did we celebrate...well actually I was at work and Rich was working on a book he's illustration but on Sunday I really cut loose...

...by patch-working! Hell yes...I really know how to party!

I started this blanket before we moved house, it has taken me over a year on and off and I am finally on the home stretch, it is the first bit of patchwork I have ever done and I have loved it!

I'm now thinking of starting another one to be used as a door curtain in our hall, in 1950s patterns.

On Sunday I also unpacked a few of the boxes we still have from the move, much of our stuff is still packed away as we are doing work on the house so I didn't want to risk things getting broken. But as we have decided to put a halt to all work till after christmas so I felt I should get one or two of our treasures out.

Out came my ammonite collection and my lovely glass dome which I have missed (and am actually amazed survived the move as its quite delicate!). It was great, like going shopping but free!

So happy one year in our little house to us, fingers crossed in the next year we'll get the kitchen and bathroom in which will make a huge difference but we'll see, we're both pretty happy with what we've managed to get done this year and we are still in love with our little home!