Patchwork and a Heatwave

 Happy new week lovely readers................it's a patchwork week here at my house...lots of it...beginning with this little cushion made with english paper pieced diamonds which i showed you recently as a work in progress......i stitched most of it when we were in norfolk...............

............i used a pale grey polka dot fabric for the backing..........

 ...........i love the yuwa fabrics used in this patchwork..........and as there were some scraps left over on my cutting table i decided to use them up and made some tiny fishes...........

 .............such pretty soft colours.............and i always love a stripe or two.............

 ................the sweetpeas in my last post were snipped and brought into the house to enjoy......

 ..............i even had some next to my sewing machine so i could savour the scent....just gorgeous..

 ...............some patchwork being sewn....in sweetpea-like shades......

 ..........these flowers look beautiful in any container including an old jam jar.....but i do love them in a susie watson spotty jug.....the small neck of the jug holds them so nicely....

 ................last week we had a heatwave here....it was no fun at all.....just soaring temperatures and humid days and nights......the heat was so intense and unrelenting that it was hard to get anything done....(and we aren't used to it here in the uk!) ......the coolest place in our victorian house is the cellar which is always icy cold so a good place for a cool down......

 ............anyway the heat passed and little molly our dog has stopped panting now.....and the pretty summer quilts are back on the beds..........

 .............this is my farmer's wife quilt from a few years ago......with jack rabbit on the bedside table...

............thank you for visiting me here dear readers and for your kind comments........wishing you a wonderful week ahead with sunny days (but not too hot!), sweet flowers and some lovely crafty inspirations too..............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx