Nice and Bright

 A little while ago i chose some new bright fabrics to work with on a magazine project.....

 ..............these are from the backyard circus collection and i got them from the fat quarter shop.......

 .............i  sewed a little patchwork cushion (with felt pom poms added in the corners) for a child's chair and i made a little cross stitched bear card to accompany the gift.......

 ..............you can find this project in the may issue of crafts beautiful magazine out now......and you can read more about the magazine here.............

 ...............do you like circuses and circus themes?.............i certainly love the backyard circus fabrics with their sweet bright and colourful motifs and patterns..................

 ................another sewing project that is nice and bright is this one........

 .................using the colourful hexagon cheater fabric from sunrise studio by lakehouse..........

 ...............i have made a quilted cushion for molly with this fabric and have just a little bit more of it to sew before she models it for us............a few years ago i was asked to make a kitty cushion for the battersea dogs home to help to promote their animal charity........this doggy cushion is made in the same way, but a larger version................i have lots more of this lovely hexagon fabric to add to a quilt too...........

 ............and i have made another block for my sampler quilt :)...........this is the bow tie block.............

 ...............i will write a post all about the sampler quilt and it's inspiration soon and there are more blocks being made for it at the moment....very fiddly ones, unlike this bold and simple bow tie.....

 .............maybe a whole quilt of this one would be fun today especially in nice bright colours......

 ...............the past two weeks have been spring break here and some of the time my grand children have been at my house busy drawing with their new felt pens and playing games together.....

 ...........we have also been pottering in the greenhouse together and they have helped with the watering............my seeds are growing well and i am looking forward to writing a garden post soon.....

..............thank you so much lovely readers for your kind comments on my last post......and for all your emails and good wishes......... i will pass them on to the newlyweds when i see them in a couple of weeks............wishing you all a happy week with nice bright sunny days and lots of crafty inspiration..................back soon xxxxxxxxxxooooooooooooxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx