Friday 17 September 2021

Pumpkin Pincushion

Hello dear readers and welcome to this week's blog with lots of autumn inspired pictures.....
........as regular readers know, i love making pincushions and having them around my home...they make such cute and useful ornaments.......
..........and here is a new one....a simple little pumpkin appliqué patchwork pincushion embellished with a little stitchery and lots of star buttons.......
..........it would make a lovely little gift for a stitching friend or for yourself of course....the pattern is in my etsy shop link in sidebar.........
...........here's a flowery quilt stack in my sewing room on a bright september day........
...........accompanied by some gorgeous seasonal flowers which my daughter surprised me with.....
........the flowers were from beards and daisies and we think they are beautiful.......
...........love the little plant stick.........and they were tied with two different shades of orange ribbons.......
..........flowers make me just as happy as fabrics do.......
.........there has been plenty of sewing going on here this week and i hope to get a few more things finished before the end of next week when we take a little break......
..........the brightest things in our garden today are the rowan berries.......always love to see them against a blue blue sky.......

 ............thank you so much for visiting me here lovely blog friends and for the kind comments you leave me..........next week i'll be away on a little trip and will be switching my computer off for a while so will take a little blog break.....but i'll take lots of pictures to share when i come back, and if you miss me you can still find me on instagram :)......... take care in the meantime lovelies...........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxx

Friday 10 September 2021

Vintage Hearts and Wildflowers

Hello again dear readers.....here's my vintage hearts quilt finally finished.......
........it was made a while ago, and i decided to hand quilt it which was very enjoyable......
.........now it's finished and perfect for autumn.....though this past week we had a mini heatwave here and quilts weren't needed for a few days......
........i used many favourite scraps for both the patches and the appliqué hearts for this quilt, and chose ones with a vintage feel, or a vintage colour way ........
..........it was fun to make and now i'm hand quilting my next quilt....will show you that one soon....
...........a little basket of fabric pumpkins has appeared too ready for autumn......
.........both the pumpkin pattern and the vintage hearts quilt pattern can be found in my etsy shop link in sidebar.....
............my next set of pictures was taken at erdigg (a national trust property)........
.........these wildflower borders are so beautiful and inspiring to me.......
...........and below is another pretty wildflower mini meadow........so gorgeous to see, and we have bought  some wildflower seeds ready to try this ourselves next year........
.........during the very hot days this week we had some cooling walks by the sea and here is a picture of some rosehips growing at the cliff edge........the misty view beyond is hard to see but it was sea and sky on a very hot day........
........thank you for visiting me here and leaving me such kind comments dear blog friends.......hope your september is going well and wishing you happy days and crafty inspirations ..........keep safe lovelies......back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 

Friday 3 September 2021

September

Hello again dear readers....and happy september everyone.....here are some pictures from the potting shed....
...........the blue vintage bucket filled with some garden flowers ready for the house.....
.........and a quilt stack.......wonderful changing light and low sun.....bright and golden, then grey and pale.....september is the most nostalgic month for me and i love all the little hints of autumn....
.........the potting shed still has some flowers around it......though these dahlias have been nibbled both on the leaves and around the edges of the petals (probably by slugs and snails).....and here is one of our greedy garden visitors ....squirrel nutkin....tucking into a big juicy plum......
...........this is one of the new clematis we have just planted........
.........and here is my blackberries pincushion made with embroidery, seed beads and patchwork.....
......i loved making this and the pattern is in my etsy shop link in sidebar....
.......... berries and rosehips in the hedgerow on one of our favourite walks......
.........always love to see berries (and blossoms) against blue sky.......such a joy every year...
..........grateful to be in this peaceful place, enjoying nature and the timelessness.....
.......quiet ponies grazing in a field.......and below a vase of delicious roses and sweet peas......
.........thank you for popping in here to my little blog world lovely readers......and thank you for your kind comments.....it's so good to hear from you.........wishing you a happy new month....keep well lovelies...back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx