Chicks, chevrons and chastened

With much excitement our baby chicks hatched last Wednesday. I didn't realise how fraught it would get with the question of "Should we help them hatch?". Three of the eggs just didn't progress from the little peep hole stage and we ended up assisting them out. I'm not sure whether this was the right call or not, or whether they had already become weakened, but these three all died over the next couple of day. But we still have 9 healthy chicks out of a dozen eggs. They are so cute...

On the crafting front my chevron-ripple-wave quilt continues...

And does anyone else hand in their sewing machine for a service with trepidation? Maybe it's because I tend to get reports like this..

I knew it wasn't good but really..was the highlighter necessary?! ;-)

Hope you're having a good week...

Crocheting..

My first attempt at a Ripple Crochet Blanket. Destined for Gorgeous Girl's chair where she reads...

New things, old ideas

So February saw my youngest start school - leaving our house very quiet for 6 hours...and extra loud as four over-tired children get home.

Our puppy, Ruby, continues to grow...and assume control over our house...

Also, hopefully, in about two weeks, this broody hen will have done her job and we should have new chicks. This is our first attempt at hatching eggs...bought fertilised and sent through the post (!)...so hopefully we will have success

I wish I could capture her attitude and how "flat" she makes herself in an attempt to cover and keep her eggs warm.

Recently Gorgeous Girl asked me to make a gift for a friend. So she pulled out some fabric,

and with a little applique...

we came up with this...

(sorry that the pillowcase isn't centred properly!)

One year I made all Gorgeous Girl's friends pillowcases for Christmas and I am chuffed to still see some of them heading off with the girls on school excursions.

Anyway, hope you have a good week!