Saturday, September 3, 2011

Saturday Spotlight: Hadley of Flying Blind on a Rocket Cycle

So happy to introduce to you to my sweet friend Hadley from the UK. She has a super sense of humor, a big heart and tons of sewing skill! 


I ♥ Hadley's blog and love seeing what she's up to. Be sure to pop over and check it out. 


So without further ado, here's Hadley! 


Stats:
Name: Hadley Gordon
Family: Husband (8 years in September), 6 year old son and 4 year old twin girls, starting school next week!
Location: West Sussex, UK
Blog:  http://flyingblindonarocketcycle.blogspot.com/
Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flyingblindonarocketcycle/



What is your favorite:
place: New Zealand
sound: silence, after the children have all gone to sleep
movie: Father Goose - Cary Grant
book: anything by Douglas Coupland
word: ‘Congratulations!’
article of clothing: scarves
food: apple strudel
dessert: apple strudel with cream
album: any REM

non quilting/sewing website: http://chezlarsson.com/myblog/
fabric line: flee market fancy but I have none :(  or anything Echino
sewing tool: rotary cutter
color: teal/turquoise/aqua


completed sewing project: 241 tote


but my favorite quilt was the mini Brit Swap for Sarah

quick finish sewing project: travel change trays


coffee or tea: tea, strong, tiny dash of milk, no sugar
coke or pepsi: coke zero
chocolate or vanilla: vanilla with chocolate sauce
mountains or beach: where the mountains meet the sea in NZ
football or baseball: proper football (soccer?)
dog or cat: neither thank you
minivan or suv: I think you’d call it a minivan, ‘over here’ we say ‘people carrier’.

What is your day job? Part-time Statistical Support Manager
What is your dream job? Interior Designer making lots of cushions/pillows!  
What is your favorite time waster? My children

You win the lottery, what is the first thing you buy? Flights to NZ and a fabric shop!

Love having you here Hadley!
Thanks y'all! Have a great weekend!

PS: If you are looking for the Aurifil giveaway, you can find it here.

21 comments:

litlckrets said...
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litlckrets said...

This is a great idea - it's nice to learn more about other bloggers. I love the fabric used on her 241 tote!

Benta At SLIKstitches said...

Lovely to learn a bit more - I'm meeting up with Hadley real life tomorrow - hope I don't get tested!!

Flying Blind... said...

Oh Benta, you will be!!

Thank you for having me Jennifer; hope you had a brilliant birthday xxx

Patchwork and Play said...

Hadley is a great blogger, makes lots of pretty things and thinks of fabulous names for quilts! Thanks for allowing us to get to know her a little bit more!

Sarah said...

Great feature :-)

Archie the wonder dog said...

Great post!

Judith said...

Great to finally 'see' you Hadders! What a chick! I thought your flip flops would have got a mention for sure!! Keep up the fab blogging. Jxo

Katy Cameron said...

Great feature, and it was nice to 'see you' too, you looked nothing like I'd imagined - that owl led me astray ;o)

Lynne said...

Thanks for another interesting featured blogger!

Nicky said...

Have to say I was slightly freaked out by what seemed to be Hadley's 8 year old husband but I got it eventually! LOL

Great to see you Hadley now I know who to look out for when roaming W Sussex!

jlk said...

Nice to meet her!

susan said...

Most definitely did not look as I imagined, Hadley! Great feature. Well deserved because Hadley is brilliant in all ways.

Lynz said...

Hadders, you're blonde!!!!! I did not expect that! Great interview (tell me I'm not the only one that was answering for herself as she read?)

**nicke... said...

Yay Hadley! so fun to learn more about her!

Annabella said...

Oh a photo of Hadley and she looks completely different to how I imagined her! Enjoyed learning more about our Hadley - and we have our tea just the same way...well, we are Brits after all.

Sarah @ FairyFace Designs said...

Loved this and so great to see a pic too! Love her sense of humour, she is so, so funny :-)

Kelli said...

I love this series, so fun! Hadley seems so fun.

Quilter in the Gap said...

Hold the phone Hadley....you win the lottery you better be buying a ticket to the states my friend...or at the very least buying me a ticket to the UK hehehehe BTW I love that pic of you, you are quite the hottie!!!

Sarah@PingsAndNeedles said...

LOL Lynz - I'm surprised that Hadders is blonde too!! I so totally had a brunette lady in mind :) well, brunette anyway ... hardeeharharhar ...

Lovely get to know you questions ... I too answered as I went along!

Live a Colorful Life said...

Hi, Hadley. It was fun to learn more about your blog name, but this was a really fun post to learn more about YOU!