Vintage Lace Collar

Here are the better pictures I promised. 

The background cottons are tea dyed, hence the shading – its not shadows.
I couldn't bring myself to tea dye the collar as its in wonderful condition.

General consensus is that it’s turn of the 20th century, more likely Edwardian than Victorian and hand made.
I’d like to think I’ve given it a new lease of life.

Working with lace

Today I feel back into my routine – with only four more days until the schools break up for holidays…. and tomorrow I am ….yes you can guess….. at the dentist again.

Here are two more lace collars – anyone any ideas of age?

   

Finished the collage with the (still in perfect condition) Edwardian lace collar.

Sorry about the bad photo of the final piece, the light is appalling at this time of year on a grey day.
Better picture to follow.

The final size is 50x70cm and is for sale.

Tree at Haugh Head, Wooler

We are thawing and dripping, the lane is pure ice and worse than snow to navigate.

Back to the dentist at 3pm, yes, its still aching….

Wednesday

Jack Frost has visited. 
There was ice on the inside of the downstairs cloakroom today…... and on the outside of the Studio
Brrrrrr………
 

The prayer flags are frozen

The house is looking beautiful

Pretty seed heads

Bunny and pheasant tracks all over the garden

Have set the heater going in the studio, hoping I can get it to a reasonable temperature….
Now I must go and get some work started I am weeks behind schedule (again)

From Alnwick to Wooler

Coming home…

Thanks everyone for the best wishes for the Dentist. 
I got there OK and the tooth is refilled….though still aching, I hope its feeling better tomorrow.
That Travelodge at Gosforth on the northern outskirts of Newcastle wins my “Best TL in the UK, visited by me award” and I’ve done a few over the years.

I came back via the A1 and Alnwick again… went to call into Sainsbury's for shopping only to discover the shop was shut due to a cracked roof (snow weight).  Lets hope Tesco get here tomorrow. 

This is the Church Hall where we usually hold our Embroiderers Guild meetings… last Saturday was cancelled.  You can see why..

I stopped and took a few photos from the car on the way home .
As you can see Northumberland council have been doing a great job gritting the road last night. 
Second gear the whole way back…. and there are some good short, sharp hills on this road.

A common feature of Northumberland's roads seems to be sharp corners with sheer drops off the side…. there are a few of those on this road.
Glad I know the road, its corners and hills VERY well.
And the pheasants seemed more suicidal than ever today, and there are a LOT of them along this road too.
They stand on this wall ready to jump off……

  

The slush is pure ice as the temperature was a whooping……

Brr!

Sunrise and Snow

Early morning sunrise at Haugh Head

 

Lunch time it started snowing so I packed faster than you can imagine and escaped south to Newcastle. 
This was the good stretch of the road to Alnwick.
Tomorrow is the dentist appointment and I am not missing it! 

So tonight I am snuggled into a very very comfortable Travelodge (Gosforth) which is new, clean, spacious and VERY warm.  Perfect.

Shame about the dentist tomorrow though!

Prayer Flags at Haugh Head, Wooler

Sunday in the studio

Snow forecast for tonight but none during the day and there has been a noticeable thaw – though it is COLD!!

Hardly any snow on the bird table today

And this afternoon I was back in the studio for a few hours working on the Australian hanging.
I decided to hand quilt rather than machine, somehow its much more personal and beautiful.

Here are some photos from September when I was piecing it together.

Gate at Haugh Head

Saturdays photos

First day in 10 days with NO MORE SNOW!!!

Beautifully cold – Jack Frost has been visiting.

Here is the car park in Wooler….

  

And the signal box with – BLUE SKY!  It lasted for about 10 minutes!
I love the red-white-blue combination

 

I think the snow might be melting actually…… though heavy snow forecast Monday which is NOT good as I need to get 50 miles to the dentist in Newcastle on Tuesday and my friend needs to get to Newcastle on Monday.

Mother Earth is not happy with me atm.

And I dug the studio out again (twice), before we went shopping and then again when I got back as the last pile had slid off the roof. 
At least now I can’t get stuck inside.

I went into the studio today for he first time in about 2 weeks - I put the fan heater on for a while before venturing in but had a very pleasant 2 hours – mostly clearing up, but that was OK, there’s new space to work in now.
It was good to be back in my own space.

Photo a day

I’ve not been totally successful at taking a photo every day for the NE71 blog in 2010, but I am back into it again thanks to Blipfoto.

Link here to my journal (if it doesn’t work search for NE71)

I liked the look of Blip and transferred the colour scheme to the NE71 blog. 

And the weathermen lied…. they said no snow today!

Some this morning and again now….. please let it stop.

Frozen at Haugh Head

Fridays pictures

Hello!  They said no snow today – they lied!  Not much though.
Hardly any sunshine – about 10 minutes this morning.

I dug my way to the studio again and got the door open, its all safe and snug in there but cold (–5C when I took these pictures)

 

 

 

Getting out from Haugh Head

Thursday’s photo’s

You know in January I said I had never seen so much snow?

Well, I can say that again as we’ve got ever more…. few more inches last night and snowing heavily again now.

 

Managed to get out for a wonderful massage to ease the aching arms and hands.

The High Street was clear compared to yesterday.
See the film crew?

Had to photograph this door

 

Came home and dug out the paths and bins yet again. 
No hope of reaching ground level anymore, just shovelling the loose snow off.
DH’s car is at the end of the drive – he can dig that out by himself!

I have that strange sensation of seeing things from 6 inches higher than normal (because of the compacted snow)
5”6’ would be most acceptable most of the time!

 

I know exactly how he feels (see bunny below)
I am worried about him… oh just heard the snow slithering noise… better go and check all is OK…

Oh darn, need to dig out the back door again as its all slithered off over the path. 
The front of the house hasn’t lost any snow yet and that's more worrying.

I’ll leave you with a snuggled bunny and the thought that maybe I can sense a change in the air, maybe the air pressure has changed or something?

Ice at Haugh Head

Wednesday

Firstly I want to say a huge thank you for all the lovely comments you’ve left over the last few days.
I really appreciate them. 

I got my antibiotics today and the toothache is feeling better already,
but the shovelling is causing other aches and pains to flare up.

Returning home from the village I attempted to reverse into the drive.

Rule number one – when watching snow pile on RHS, don’t forget to see what’s happening on the LHS.
See how deep it is?  and there’s a good deep covering of about 6 inches on the road under the car.
Thank goodness I had winter tyres put on a few weeks ago.

My trusty helper on hand clearing space for future reversal manoeuvres

 

Bunny in an igloo…you can just see his fluffy bum

Another broken gutter…. that's three again and they were only fixed last month

 

We are easily up to 60cm and more has fallen today and………
…….. yes more forecast tonight and tomorrow… and Friday…. and Saturday…