A great weekend!

It also gave me a chance to try out my new bag that I finished Saturday morning. Last weekend when I visited a fabric shop (ahem!) I managed to pick up the last 2 FQs of (what I thought was!) some beautiful fabric and decided to do some selfish sewing for me: I felt I deserved a new bag! I've made lots of bags, but none of them for me. The FQs were a very generous size - about 20" x 23" so I managed to make a generously sized sling bag from it. I'm so pleased with it! I looked up a few tutorials - and ended up mostly using this one - although I did add in a base with some gathering around the corners to add a bit more shape. It's very roomy - perfect for chucking everything in (although finding it is sometimes a different matter!)

Today saw me taking a day trip into London to catch up with my best friend. I love visiting the city, it doesn't happen very often now and I see a new beauty in the architecture each time I visit. There were lots of flags around for the Olympics - the first picture was taken just up from Covent Garden tube station. But I think my favourite was actually inside Covent Garden Market - there were so many flags, it looked stunning!

Crafting wise, I am slowly catching up on my sky blanket - nearly there now! - and I've also started a new project. I've been caught up with the patchwork craze that is going around blogland at the moment and following Flossie Teacakes excellent advice and some other tips I found myself cutting out lots of 1" hexagons out of freezer paper and throwing them in a travel kit for the train journey to/from London - I've managed to baste about seventeen hexagons so far using the Buttons & Blossoms charm pack that I got on holiday. I'm hoping it will allow me to fit in a little crafting amongst the  chaperoning/ mollifying/watching of the Littlies over the summer holidays and that it will eventually become a cushion!