October Stars

Hello there dear readers.........here are some pictures of the little october stars quilt i showed you a peek of last time.....

.........i have made many star quilts in the past but never one in these colours....i had lots of black and indigo charm squares left over which were perfect for making a variety of appliqué stars.......

.......and i used some peachy Kona cotton solid for the background squares and lots of low volume cream fabrics for the alternate squares.......here's the quilt with some of the many mushrooms growing in our gravel path........

.........and below in the potting shed.......

.........a crumpled quilt shot...always a favourite of mine....love all the quilty squishy texture......

.............here is a close up showing the border (a French general red and cream floral) and the binding....a nice black and white stripe....

.........because this quilt is very newly made i haven't written the actual pattern for it yet, but you could make my star gazer quilt pattern in these colours and get the same effect.....(star gazer is in my etsy shop link in sidebar).....work in progress shot below.......

.......we've had lots of pets in our family over the years...but never a pony..... till now.......this is beautiful bluebell who belongs to my daughter sarah and grand daughter daisy.......she is a lovely pony with a very sweet nature.......she has settled down well, is perfect for daisy to ride and is keeping my daughter especially busy.....

..........we have had a lovely half term week with family times, outings (one to a pottery cafe where i painted a toadstool house....) and a birthday celebration too....my beloved eldest grandson charlie was 14 years old yesterday and we all went out for dinner.....he is a lovely thoughtful boy and taller than me now.........

............beautiful berries on one of our walks.........

..........and the cottage garden with lemon yellow leaves on the tiny willow tree and bright pink flowers blooming on the hebe......there's even a late pink rose still flowering there........but the leaves are falling every day and soon the trees will be bare.....

 ..........finally a cosy quilt stack and some pumpkins to end today's post as we arrive at the end of october and halloween weekend......it's been such a lovely month.......thank you for calling in to my little patch to see what i've been up to......and thank you for the kind comments you leave me, i do so appreciate them..... wishing you a happy week ahead as we move into november.......take care and keep well lovelies....back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

October Days

Hello everyone....it's a cosy october evening here in my little bit of the uk and i'm bringing you some cosy pictures....

.........little cross stitched toadstools made into pincushions using linen and festive belle and boo fabrics....

.........and lots of dottie drawstring bags (pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar)........

......the belle and boo fabrics were gifted to me and they are perfect for these cute little gift bags.....

........either using the whole fabric or just an appliqué patch.......

...........such sweet designs just perfect for children's gifts and very useful too.......

.........love the nutcracker collection........

...........this week's quilt stack is a very cosy one......and below are some pretty little mushrooms we found in the nearby woods......

........still flowering by the back door in our garden.......beautiful clematis......

..........and a pot full of winter violas looking bright and sweet too......

..........and finally a peek at my newest quilt called october stars.....this is being hand quilted and might even be finished for halloween.......

 .........thank you for dropping by to see me here dear readers and for leaving me such kind comments.....wishing you a happy cosy week with lots of crafty inspirations.....keep safe lovelies.....back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Autumn Sewing

Hello everyone.....we're enjoying these autumn days very much and the colours are really inspiring me.....

........so here is a post showing some of my sewing.....this is an autumn version of my trip around the world cushion, made originally in soft lilac and red shades and white (pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar) ......am loving it made in these warm autumn shades too....

..........and next is the autumn checkerboard quilt....a quick make using simple squares which is all about the colours and the textures.....

........this was hand quilted in the evenings when we stayed in the cotswolds so it will probably always remind me of being there......

.........the pumpkins came from last week's trip to the pumpkin fields......

.............texture and autumn colours........

............the quilt on the cottage garden white picket fence on a bright day......

............and below is my weekly quilt stack picture.....on the bench with a pumpkin.....because it's that time of year.....

............more pictures from my autumn week........chrysanths at the garden centre.......

............actually finding red spotted toadstools in the woods (hubby had already found them and took me back....but one was squashed by then and some were in the middle of gorse bushes!).....hubby took this pic and i love it.....

............on one of our local walks......bracken turning golden, leaves and berries against a beautiful blue sky......just loving autumn days as you can probably tell........lots more makes to show you soon.....

..........thank you for visiting me here dear readers and for the kind comments you leave me......wishing you happy autumn days and plenty of cosy crafty inspirations.......take care of yourselves lovelies........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 

Autumn

Hello again dear blog friends.......we are enjoying autumn days here in our little corner of the world.....

..........with lots of pumpkin themed making (more to show you soon) and autumn colours, cosy quilts, candles, falling leaves......

.....pottering in the potting shed, planting bulbs......

.........and gathering together our terracotta pots.......

.........below are two pictures of lovely old terracotta pots at daylesford farm in the cotswolds, taken last week......

..........these pots look lovely with or without plants in them i think......

...........fabric pumpkins are being made again here.......(the pattern for these easy little makes is in my etsy shop link in sidebar...and so is the pumpkin pincushion pattern at the top of this post).......

...........this morning we were up early and off to a local farm's pumpkin fields to pick our pumpkins for this year.....(we often visit claremont farm cafe and farm shop all year round too)......

.......the low sunshine made it feel very atmospheric.....it was muddy and so were the pumpkins....(hubby and i wore our wellies luckily).........

..........it was a lovely morning and we brought home a few pumpkins of the perfect size for us....not too big, not too small.....

...........beautiful autumn......loving it more and more.......below is a big fresh dahlia flower which greeted me on our arrival home from the cotswolds last week.....and there are four more buds on it too.....such a treat.....

 ...........thank you for popping in to see me here lovely readers and for your very kind comments.......wishing you a wonderful week ahead with all the autumn (or spring!) joys......take care and stay well lovelies..............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cotswolds Days

Hello again dear readers.....here i am back again after our lovely break away in the beautiful cotswolds...we stayed just outside the pretty little town of burford (above).......

........and we were amazingly lucky with beautiful sunny weather for most of the week......the picture above is of an evening walk......

.........and this sunny scene is the day we visited lower slaughter.....cottages with hollyhocks....

..........and a working water mill.......

..........our cottage was old but very modern inside.......here's my weekly quilt stack picture.....

.........we went to daylesford organic farm which was beautiful and very inspiring.......

.........i took so many pictures there..........here are just a few.......

...........we also mooched around some antique shops and spied some vintage treasures.....

..........a bundle of fabric came home with me (might make one of my vintage tote bags with these) and we found a chunky, wide marmalade jar to add to my collection.....

............so many sweet cottages everywhere....pretty on pretty........

..........being away from home again was quite a change after so long being in and out of lockdown and it was very refreshing.........we walked a lot and it was so nice to see fresh scenes........

 .........such a treat to see these places under a blue sky too......and now we're home again, topped up with some new memories.......and suddenly autumn has arrived......

.......thank you for dropping by to my little blog world and for your kind comments........wishing you a happy october and happy autumn days.....take care lovelies...............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx