Malvern roundup - and I wasn't expecting THAT

 THAT being the first frost of the autumn!  Just on rooves of stables and cars, but even so.  No wonder all the cats joined me on the bed from 4 a.m. onwards :)

These were American, and all priced at £120 -  £140 each.  They had reached that stage of use where they were wonderfully soft and much loved.

These little cot quilts were £40 and £65. The dearer one is on the left at the bottom of the picture - just being shaken out for a customer to look at.

I resisted temptation and didn't even ask the price.

This was a laugh, to show my friend Pam, who has a slight chicken theme going on in her kitchen!

The photos above from the same stall, which I regularly photograph  I don't know where they find their stock - I have never seen anything like any of these pieces in Wales.  Teddy bears - yes, and the occasional doll, but the rest doesn't turn up.  But then I've not been to big auctions regularly since before Covid.

The chap who specialises in quilts - nearly all modern mass produced ones, with the occasional hexagon or squares hand made one.

Elsewhere . . .

I rather liked this seaside scene.

Bits and pieces of Textiles and, below, a lovely old wholecloth quilt.

In the Avon Hall now.  Some nice big mugs and pretty jugs.

If you are into Bears or Dolls, this was your stall.

Look at that tiny crib, with equally tiny patchwork quilt . . .

Treen came my way yesterday.  Little bits, mainly Indian - these things just spoke to me (as I buy by instinct).  I saw lots of my friends, had hugs, and chats, and came away feeling happy.  Saturday had been a bad day - I was really missing Keith, and feeling so low.  Anyway, watched a couple of films - The Miracle Club with Maggie Smith and then Hampstead.  Preferred the latter.  Both were gentle watching.  I am looking forward to the next Series of All Creatures Great and Small, as that always cheers me up and I go to bed happy.

I made 6 jars of Very Berry Jam (having swept all the soft fruit from the freezer) - it was a mixture of blackberries, blueberries, elderberries and some cherries.  I used Jam Sugar and it set very easily.  Then I set to and made two big Apple Gingerbread cakes, one of which I froze.  I had some stewed apple in a jug which needed using up.  So not a wasted day, despite being in the doldrums.

I never bother with the icing, though I imagine it's nice with the cinnamon in.  Recipe comes from one of my first cook books - Farmhouse Fare - which is one for a desert island - even has recipes for soap making.  Plus main meals, baking, jam/jelly/chutney making etc.

Well, this won't do.  I have a floor to scrub and washing to put on, and quilting to do.