Sunday, 15 July 2012

My advice : stay at home!

So yesterday we caught the train to Stratford and went to have a nose at the Olympic Park from the John Lewis viewing gallery

 I believe that this is the aquatics centre. The 3 red things are the entry gates as far as I could make out
 These two (above and below) are the stadium, with the city of London in the background : its a great view on on a lovely July day!!

And I have no idea what all these tents are for: it looked a bit like a refugee camp!


It was great to get an idea of the scale of the place and to have a look. I had thought I would go in to London during the games and also get off at Stratford and have a mooch around etc.  But I can not tell you how busy Westfields was yesterday: I have never seen soooo many people in such a confined space. I imagine that there will probably be double that number in two weeks time and I honestly don't know how it will cope - so I have decided that I will be staying at home and watching it all on the telly.

After yesterdays hustle and bustle I have had a very lazy day today (mainly due to a bad back again)  I have done a lot of sorting and cutting: getting lots of EPP projects sorted for the summer hols.  And I have sewn this together too

My mini quilt for BQS3. I am really pleased with how it has turned out - and would love any suggestions on how to quilt this!!

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13 comments:

  1. Sarah15 July 2012 at 19:33

    It sure is an enormous site isnt it. Nice to see London didnt get much better weather than here for a change ;-) lol

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  2. Diane-crewe15 July 2012 at 19:50

    I would stay at home and watch on the telly... you will see much more that way... love the block and the colours xx

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  3. mammafairy15 July 2012 at 21:02

    Clever little quilt. I will take the advice and stay home! I will not be watching on the tv either. I have fun stuff to do!
    sewing!

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  4. Isisjem15 July 2012 at 21:14

    Love your mini quilt. You know until I was talking to my sister in law earlier I had no idea there was two Westfields in London. No wonder I couldn't work out where the Olympic stuff was! Good job we didn't agree to meet up as I'd have been at the wrong one not knowing this one existed. Two shopping centres in opposite sides of London with the same name is confusing!

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  5. Sheila15 July 2012 at 21:14

    Your mini looks even better stitched together.

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  6. Cherie15 July 2012 at 22:07

    Haha! Staying at home sounds like a good idea. Leave it to the professionals aye!
    Loving the mini quilt! =D

    Also I've added some new fabrics into my swap shop, as well as a new one via Flickr. If you're interested feel free to check them out =D
    http://ibescheraldine.blogspot.co.uk/p/cheraldines-swap-shop.html
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibescheraldine/sets/72157630591128322/

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  7. Canadian Abroad15 July 2012 at 22:35

    I think the Olympics and sitting comfortably at home doing some hand stitching sounds just about perfect. Loving your mini. No idea about the quilting though, sorry. I am always rubbish for those sorts of suggestions.

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  8. Di16 July 2012 at 00:10

    I agree with the majority - stay at home and watch the games on TV but thanks for showing us the photos of the venues. Your mini is lovely. What about quilting around the white blocks to highlight the stars? Di x

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  9. Collette16 July 2012 at 09:12

    I think you have the right idea stay at home and watch on tv! It is exciting seeing all the build up though isn't it? my kids are looking forward to watching it all! Love your mini! gorgeous colours. x

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  10. moira16 July 2012 at 09:14

    your quilt is gorgeous!

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  11. Reene@Nellie's Niceties16 July 2012 at 10:37

    Hooray for the TV! Hope your back eases up soon :-) your mini quilt looks lovely!

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  12. maria16 July 2012 at 15:42

    I was disapointed at first not to get tickets for the athletics but now I'm thinking that it'll be best to watch it on the television. Our line into London goes through Stratford so perhaps we'll have a look round afterwards.

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  13. Leanne16 July 2012 at 15:42

    The olympic site is cool! I think there are a lot of fun things about during the olympics, do consider attending some of them, even if you don't go to the game. I love the mini, I would be tempted to echo quilt the stars.

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