September

We have been having such gorgeous golden september days this week..........all the autumn colours are beginning to appear, lit by the mellow sunshine which has that special september glow about it, making me nostalgic......remembering the start of school and uni terms over the years for me and later for my girls.....

.........i sewed these two new little pincushions in the sunny sewing room, with butterflies fluttering amongst the flowers outside at last......it was so wet most of the summer this year we hardly saw any.........

.......i used lecien fabric for the pincushions, and cut pieces of trefle printed fabric for the applique, plus my favourite tim holz rubber stamps, some ric rac braid tied round.......and some new stripy buttons and some old vintage ones from the button jar..........

......fun to make, fun to give......and playing like this is also my work, because that's how i get ideas for my books and magazine features ;)........love the colours of the kona solid fabrics in the background of these shots too............so many delicious shades...........

........a little collage of some september things..... i have an autumn sampler featured in this month's cross stitch collection magazine.......find lots more designs at the making spot here..........it was charlie's first day at school this week......oh my how can he already be old enough to go to school?......he enjoyed his first day and  later in the week when we saw my parents he told them all about it....it's always lovely to see the 'greats' and the 'grands' chatting together..........and the last picture in this mini collage is my first apple inspired make this autumn ......an apple and cinnamon cake....although it's a cake recipe, i served it warm in the dish as a pudding......so delicious, it is topped with flaked almonds and sprinkled with icing sugar......

..........and here is a picture of the old (brown) hall table from granny's house, painted in annie sloan's chalk paint in old white........i love this paint....when i read it needed no preparation i was sold at once :).........

......my daughter bought me the yellow gladioli yesterday but daisy chose them...insisted with a two year old's insistance that they were the ones, even though she usually goes for things in pink ......i love the look of the yellow glads in the hall, gracing the new/old table...........

..........i finally opened up this gorgeous jellyroll of fabrics, after admiring it for a few days and taking lots of photos of its rainbow beauty, i took off the ribbon and the elastic bands beneath, and unfurled all that colour........i have spent a bit of time planning my farmer's wife quilt with the help of these strips........

........thank you for visiting me here, i am planning to visit lots of blogs in the next few days and to catch up with everyone.....my giveaway is open till midnight on sunday 9 september (scroll down to the last but one post if you missed it)....i will use the random number generator thingy to choose four winners and announce them next week...good luck :).............wishing you a wonderful bright and sunny weekend doing things you love.......back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx