Beside the Sea

Hello again dear readers and welcome to my (seasidey) little bit of blogland today......

.........where i am sharing lots of shades of blue and seaside images......always a big inspiration for me.....all through my childhood we went to devon and cornwall every summer for two weeks......happy memories, and such an interest in the seaside for me ever since.......above are some seaside quilts, little fish, shells and beach huts.......

..........the beach huts cross stitch pattern is now in my etsy shop link in sidebar........

..........and so is the pattern for this traditional blue and white irish chain variant quilt........

..........this is my penman point quilt named for one of my favourite coastal spots on anglesey, but pictured here at hoylake beach which is much nearer to where we live.......

.........these simple two colour quilts are favourites of mine.....i love that they are such traditional patchwork yet look wonderful in modern interiors, with a contemporary graphic feel.........

......in this version i swapped the white for the coloured for a striking and different effect from the usual irish chain quilt pattern layout........

...........boats against a blue sky, snapped on a beach walk this week........

...........taken looking up at the sailing club boatyard where my hubby keeps his sailboat in the winter (at the moment it is moored out on the tide as he sails it regularly in the summer).......

............meanwhile in the cottage garden there are beautiful blue flowers.......

............i liberally sprinkled seeds of love-in-a-mist (or nigella)........i love these flowers and hope they self seed for next year.........

.....hope you are well and happy lovely readers....thanks for visiting and for your kind comments and messages.........wishing you a wonderful week ahead with sun shine and crafty inspirations......take care lovelies.................back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx