Family and Old Quilts

Sunday is the day Robin makes a cooked breakfast, whether we are at home or away in the caravan, as we are currently.  So he cooked up a storm, little breakfast sausages, eggs and tomatoes, yummy.  And because it was Easter Sunday, in place of our regular Dilmah teabags in a cup, we decided to go all fancy and get the tea pot out, together with our cannister of Russian Caravan Tea.

Breakfast tea

After breakfast we went to another family lunch, this time to daughter Nicky and her husband Robert’s  rural home.  A big pot of cheese and potato soup was simmering away, and grand-daughter Emma had made a loaf of bread in her new bread maker.  It all smelt and tasted delicious.

Freshly baked  bread, yummy

I was delighted to see a couple of old quilts – now that Megan has her own home, Nicky told her it was time to look after them herself.  I certainly remembered making these for Megan, and it was nice to see them again.  The first one was a pinwheel quilt with alternate blocks featuring little rabbits in the garden.  This was backed in cozy flannel and made in 1999 when Megan was about 3 or so.

Bunnies and pinwheels

A few years later the family moved to their current rural property and it was time to stitch Megan a new quilt. What does she like, I asked Nicky, and the reply was that she loves being on the farm.  So I made her quilt, with different blocks featuring life on the farm.  I stitched blocks with Babe the border collie, Dad on his blue tractor, Fanta the cat, their farm house, chickens, and because Megan and her sister were riding horses by this stage, a couple of horses too.  This was also backed in flannel, I like to use this on the back of quilts made for children.

Life on the farm quilt

Now that my daughter Nicky has a spare bedroom, she has turned it into a sewing room.  With both girls being mad about horses, she had a label on her sewing machine saying “no horse gear”.The girls often like to sew and repair their heavy horse covers, but not on Mum’s sewing machine!  They can use their own machines they were told.

Girls, take note!

Now she has got back into sewing, Nicky has stitched a pretty embroidered cushion to go on the sofa in her sewing room. 

Nicky’s velvet cushion

My daughter is also very keen on cooking and is currently making fruit vinegar – how clever is that!  I wouldn't even know where to start.

Making vinegar

This morning four of us met up for breakfast at their favourite local café.  Us two, Nicky and Megan, the others had returned to work after the Easter break.  We had lovely food, nice hot coffee and it was so nice to have yet another catch up.

Three generations, Grand daughter Megan, daughter Nicky and me

We had a wonderful Easter break, staying at a “new to us” camp site, and having plenty of family time.