FERRY ACROSS THE MERSEY..........................

And we did.......

What a great few days we have had in Liverpool. I had never been there and quite honestly had no idea what to expect, however from the moment we arrived at our hotel......the Atlantic Tower....

we were full of anticipation......and we were not disappointed!
Our room was on the 10th floor with a panoramic window overlooking the Mersey.....Wow!

we saw everything from ferries to cruise liners...you could almost sit here watching all day........

But we didn't.... we took the tour bus to see the sights, went on the 'Eye', visited the free museums in the newly refurbished docks, went on the ferry and even drove a brand new Range Rover through one of the docks (and it was full)!  A great idea between Range Rover and the City to raise money for the NSPCC, and very successful it seemed too!

It was like being kids again on one of the better school trips. We did lots of walking, a little shopping and far too much eating!! The people were some of the warmest and friendliest we have met and made us feel very welcome...so good on yer Liverpool you did yourself proud.

We stayed here for a couple of nights and then moved to just outside Runcorn for our third and last night.
And what did we do to round off our delightful stay...what else but visit two car boot sales and two Antique and Collectibles fairs on the way home.

This was my little hoard of goodies. I fear I have made so many great finds just lately that I am soon going to need an extra room or two despite the fact that DH and I have the whole place to ourselves...still it was great fun finding them

The sewing bits in the tin apparently belonged to an old lady and the girl selling it first asked for 20p each for the reels of cotton. When I asked her what she would take for the whole tin, she said £1.50. A few hours later those wooden cotton reels were on sale at the antique fair for £6 each.....I think I did well there!

Well as if this wasn't pleasure enough for one person my week has only improved as today I was able to meet up with my Australian cousins who I met two years ago through doing our family tree. It was brilliant to see them again and as usual I think I did most of the talking!! They're off home soon, so I hope they have a safe and pleasant journey.

Well off to bed now to have a read, getting to the end of my book and its really hard to put it down.

Have a great week

TTFN

Jenny xx

ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY.......

Well at the moment I am either sitting comfortably at my computer or my sewing machine, but not both. I only had (until this evening) one swivel chair and so I either have to wheel it around between the rooms or use something definitely not fit for purpose...

However to digress a little, this post was to be about the brilliant annual Heckington Show, but as my DD has done a super post about it here , I decided to tell you about my latest project.(I know..I know I have a million of them 'on the go' but in between the big jobs I have to keep my hands busy don't I?)

It all began when I found this awesome fabric.......

It came from here........

and better service you couldn't ask for. The fabric was listed on the site but not due in until July/August, but with all that was going on here I really didn't mind waiting. Yet a couple of days into August and I got a lovely email from the shop to apologise for the delay and to tell me they had sent a bit more than I had ordered as a thank you for my 'patience'. What stars and I will certainly be returning to buy more fabric in the future.

And I knew just what I was going to do with it....cover a new chair for the sewing room (and I can have a cushion too now!)..umm..but of course I needed to find another chair and where better to go than good old EBay.  I really didn't expect to get the bargain I did though...

..........£1.50...if we collected it ourselves and it was only just over 20 miles away....Bargain!!  Yes it did need either a clean or recovering and that's exactly what I am going to do. So hopefully I shall soon be able to show you my efforts.

Of course the only problem now is that all this lovely stuff I am collecting for the room will have to be moved out again when the major work (windows & floor) starts in a few weeks time, but it will be worth it.

Well although I have decided not to post about Heckington, I really must just show you the bits I found there.....

First there was this little baby.....

OK so not quite as amazing as Happy's or Claire's and crikey I would have to go on some kind of diet to squeeze in here, but it makes me smile and is a great addition to my mantle piece collection!..... (Oh the little van is a singer sewing machine van)

Then I found another little advertising box........

to display with my other bits.......

and finally the most beautiful 'trug', not the traditional shape, but perfect for storing my roll of jiffy grip and things like bondaweb. It's really heavy and solid and cost just a tenner!!.....

It was a wonderful day and we will certainly go again next year...

Well I can hear that glass of wine calling, a bit late really but never mind so have a good week and hopefully I will soon find the time to catch up with a few more of you, and greet my new followers properly.  I have been a bit pants at answering some of your comments of late. My end of year report would certainly say 'must try harder.'

TTFN

Jenny xx