Today was supposed to be a lovely day. It's a Bank Holiday, so Jim's off work and there's lots going on in the village next to ours - May pole etc. So I was looking forward to a nice, relaxing spring (almost summer, almost summer!) day.
Ah well. Maybe next time.
The reality was that I woke up with a streaming, horrible cold and spent most of the day in bed listening to Jim and Bella playing downstairs. Not fair.
I did get the lampshade finished this morning though.
I have to say that I'm very pleased with it. And think I may have to run with this idea a little more. 
As you can see, I've bordered the top and the bottom of the shade with two diffrent colourways of the same print.
I handsewed the borders on, which was a little bit of a nightmare, but worth the effort I think.
Unfortunately I didn't take a proper before picture - I know, I know, what was I thinking - but this is what it looked liked when I started work on it.
It originally had a disgusting tassel thing stuck on to the bottom of it and was just not very pretty, but was the right size. And buying a new lampshade big enough would have cost a fortune.
As I said, I've definately got more ideas for this type of patchwork.
Oh and because I'm ill (again) and therefore didn't get anything done today, this is how my kitchen table looks at the moment!
