me

Hi! I am Lyndsey (Lynz to all who matter except my spouse, kid and Beloved Wee Granny) and I am happily meandering through my ordinary life in Central Scotland. It's okay - I like ordinary. *g* I also like food, books, obnoxious music and science fiction. I work in the town I live in and grew up in here in Central Scotland - I make specs. I have a posh title but it's a bit not-very-me. Here I am. All 41 years of me. Yikes.

 I am relentlessly optimistic, independent to a fault and have fairly extreme, bipolar tastes. Old cottages, shabby chic, roses-round-the-door style, kitschy 50's retro, Gothic skulls and Steampunk. I am Mum to my (teenaged-not-so) Wee Chookie and Wife (capital letter coz that's what he calls me) to the Spouse. And here they are.

I also share my home with our two Bengal cats, Temple and Jones. They look like butter wouldn't melt, eh? Don't believe it - they are called the hooligans for a reason!

I started quilting in the late spring of 2009. I was actually looking for a pattern for a beanbag doorstop for my then sister-in-law. Her conservatory door was being jammed open with her other half's big, stinky trainer and I knew I could do better. My search led me to Elizabeth Hartman and I was instantly smitten with modern quilting - all those pretty colours and no brown or anything! Ironically I am now a big fan of traditional, brown quilts! From there I found Flickr and my first quilt-along with the Old Red Barn Company. 

(my first proper quilt - free-motion stippled and everything!)

I haven't stopped making quilts since and count myself very blessed to be part of our wonderful online sewist community! But this is not a sewing or a crafting blog. It is my record of me and my family so be warned - you are as likely to find an entry on a family birthday or a cat drama as you are pretty sewn things or scrapbooking or knitting. You have been warned! *g*