Shades of Autumn

 We have been enjoying some wonderful autumn days over the past week......filled with warm colours, misty mornings and golden afternoons and that special nostalgic autumn atmosphere.....

 ..............i am busy working on some magazine commissions, and hand quilting two quilts......so i decided to make a quick little project as a change..........this little pumpkin house uses the basic house pattern in my book *pretty patchwork gifts*............if you wish you can add any embellishments or appliques to personalise your own little house :).........

 ................these beautiful yellow lilies and white and yellow roses were a lovely gift from my dear younger daughter..........they have lasted ages and i have put them in several different vases and containers....

 ...........the little pumpkin house was sewn from a piece of my cross stitch linen, with some pretty lecien fabric for the roof and the pumpkin and a tiny bit of tilda floral for the door......the ribbon is from clothkits...........i love making these scrappy little houses and it is always fun to make a new one with the latest fabrics in my scrappy pile.....

 ..............i embroidered a few details too......the twirling vines at the top of the pumpkin were fun to stitch..........i added a tiny button to the door......

 ...............this week i got out the autumn blanket again and we are loving its warm cosiness and bright colours....i made this a couple of years ago inspired by the bright autumn shades of an indian summer week in the lake district....the sky was blue every day and there was an abundance of berries, fruit and gorgeously coloured leaves....we had never seen the normally rather subdued lake district looking so colourful :) .....

 .............flowers in the tomato vase..........

 .............all the actual tomatoes have been used up now....cooked and eaten and enjoyed...

 ..................next it will be time for pumpkin soup and pumpkin pie.........and i bought the ingredients for gingerbread and tea loaf  too so lots of baking planned here now the chilly weather has arrived.....

 ..............my kind husband cleaned out the greenhouse at the weekend ready for me to put my plants back in for the winter, and to plant lots of bulbs too...and later on seeds......

 ...............and my next homely job is sorting out my books....this might well take all winter.....these penguin books have been with me since my school days........we have hundreds of books upstairs on our top floor and i want to get them in order and dispose of some of them too.......not so easy when you are bookworm like me.........i begin to sort them and then dip in and start reading ;) ........

 ................off to whip up a fruit tea bread now and to sew one of my quilts while it bakes......

................thank you for dropping by dear readers, and how lovely to have such sweet comments from so many of you......it is good to see lots of old friends (and new!)..............wishing you all a wonderful week ahead with bright sunny days, crafty times and warm, cosy evenings..................back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxx