VE Day, 9 May 1945

Here is a one-off blog post for this day, 9 May 2015, on the 70th anniversary of VE day (victory in Europe). My father was in Germany on that day, as a captain in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and he wrote letters home, one to his mother on the 7 May and anotherContinue reading "VE Day, 9 May 1945"

How to Pin a Quilt with a Grapefruit Spoon

I am fortunate enough to be a member of a quilt group that has a well-established system of arranging to go away together to quilt. These quilting breaks are taken by almost all the members of the group who stay for either a week-end or a whole week and they take place not once, butContinue reading "How to Pin a Quilt with a Grapefruit Spoon"