The Quilted Bees

There's a definate buzz in the air

and things are starting to hum here at the Lock-Up.

And I don't mean "hum" in the smell sense of 

the word although I will just go and check the

bin under the sink once I've finished writing

this post - just in case.

No, what I'm talking about here is patchwork bees.

I like patchwork in small doses, just for a change, but my true

alleigance has, and always will, lie with cross stitch.

I have one of those minds that "wonders" about things.

I wonder what my life would have been like had I been

born a man; I wonder whether I could get a whole

choc-ice in my mouth (the answer is no); I wonder

where I left my knickers, but that's another story.

You know the sort of thing, so one day I started wondering

whether patchwork could be replicated in cross stitch.

I leave you to decide.

So, coming ready or not, is The Quilted Bees.

It's size is 211 x 220 stitches (not excessive by Long Dog

Standards) and it is now on sale at the very reasonable

price of £8.50 (or 2,467,996 Martian mallows

at the current rate of exchange).

So roll up, roll up, roll up - stop me and buy one.

Or alternatively touch me and stop one.

jools@longdogsampler.com