Happy Spring

Hello lovely readers........it's been a very springlike week (mostly) here and everything is growing and flourishing.......the birds are singing loudly and busy nest building.....it really is a lovely time of year......

........the two pictures above show lots of my spring makes which include a sugar bunny, a tiny bunny, fabric carrots, patchwork birds, cross stitch seed packets, fabric eggs, cross stitch signs of spring, penny pouches (perfect for tiny easter treats) and below a little hen....all patterns for these makes can be found in my etsy shop link in sidebar......

.........here is a little stack of doll quilts.......so pretty to sew from sweet little scraps......

.....decorate them with contrasting stitches and add buttons if you wish.......

...........here are three different versions of my log cabin doll quilt........

...........gathering together lots of easter things now........

...........a vintage pottery hen and some of my fabric eggs.......

...........made from belle and boo fabric (the tiny bunnies) and atsuko matsuyama fabric (the tiny violas)

........the quilt beneath the eggs is this one.....my easy four patch quilt.......

..........today it's showery and the tulips are loving it.......this tub full of bright tulips is flowering early....the tulips planted in our tulip bed aren't quite in flower yet......

............and every year i just love seeing the wild primroses.........such a beautiful natural sight of spring....

 ..........thank you for visiting me here dear readers and for you very kind comments...always lovely to hear from you and always so appreciated.....wishing you a happy week ahead and sweet spring days.......take care lovelies..........peace and love..............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

March Days

Hello again lovely readers......it's a blustery, sunny spring day here in my little corner of the uk.....

.......the quilt stack shown here has some favourites in pink and white, and a bit of green......

.........and this is one of my favourite irish chain quilts......made with scraps of tilda fabric from earlier blog promotions.....

........i always enjoy looking at all the little fabric pieces that form the overall pattern......and love some tulips of course, whatever their colour.....

.......the coronation fabrics by belle and boo inspired these little dottie drawstring bags last week....

......love the little guardsman....and i fussy cut some of the coronation patchwork fabric to make little flags....

..........there is a new seed packet design in my shop this week....this time it features the auricula .....the pattern for this and all the other makes in this post can be found in my etsy shop link in sidebar.....

.....the weather has been much better this week and we had some nice walks......one of our favourite paths to take is the one below which leads up to the common, or 'the hill' as it's known locally....hubby and i have walked here since we met as teenagers.....

.......in our garden below.....the stone dove came from my lovely mum's garden......

.......and so did this cute little watering can......the greenhouse flowers have been blooming beautifully this week.......

......some of my favourite bellis daisies, pretty primulas, pansies, primroses and grape hyacinths....

 ......thank you for dropping by dear readers and for your kind messages......it's so nice to hear from you here on the blog and it's lovely to share moments form my week in a 'letter' to you as one sweet reader recently put it......wishing you a wonderful spring (or autumn week) ahead with plenty of happy crafty inspirations......take care lovelies..................peace and love..................back soonxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Summer Flower Log Cabin Quilt

Hello again dear readers.......here is my newest version of my vintage log cabin quilt.....

....made this time with scraps of pastel pink, green and blue with plenty of low volume fabrics......and the all important red centre to symbolise the hearth and home.......

.....it reminds me of a summer flower meadow........

.....and also in the flower meadow is my new poppy seed packet cross stitch design....i love designing these little seed packets and stitching them up........

.....i loved hand quilting the log cabin quilt as well, such a restful peaceful kind of evening sewing.....

......the sun came back after the snow and the weather is definitely improving now.....here's lettuce the sugar bunny sitting on a quilt stack in the sunny sewing room....

.....today is st patrick's day and we have some pretty green versions of my little houses pincushions pattern to share.....the buttons were in a big jar from hobby craft stores.....

.........the little house fabric is by moda.......

.....also for today here's a picture of my green irish chain quilt.....all the patterns for the makes shown here are in my etsy shop link in sidebar..........

.......so wonderful to see the hedges filled with flowers, leaves and fresh growth......

........and flowers in my kitchen too.....pretty gifts from a lovely friend and a bunch of cheery rainbow tulips from the supermarket too.......

 ...........thanks for dropping  by dear readers......wishing you the joys of spring and lots of sunny days......thank you for your kind words.......take care lovelies........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Spring and Snow

Hello lovelies and welcome to my blog on this bright but snow covered day in my little corner of the uk.....

.....we need all our quilts today.......and after spring time coming along so nicely over the past couple of weeks suddenly we are having a cold snap and winter's back......

........but never mind....the sugar bunnies, like lettuce here, have put their cardies on and are enjoying some carrot cakes.......and we are making lots of spring decorations, like fabric carrots.....

.....and cross stitched seed packets.......(all patterns in my etsy shop link in sidebar).....

.....we even have a new poppy seed packet design today to brighten up the snow day....

.......below is my new rainbow quilt made from tilda scraps.....

.....it was fun to make and the lovely longarm machine quilting was done by scrapbox quilting......

.........below is my hand quilted spring nine patch with some sweet spring flowers....

........on a walk before the snow came....snowdrops in this picturesque churchyard....

.........and along the lane to the church the first blossom tree........

........ today in our garden..........a blanket of snow.......sunny though so it's beginning to thaw.....

 .....thank you for dropping by dear readers and for your kind comments and  friendship.......wishing you a happy spring week (or autumn if you are on the other side of the world) with plenty of flowers and sunshine as well as crafty inspirations.........take care lovelies............peace and love.....back soon xxxxxxx

Rainbows and Radishes

Happy March dear readers.......lots to show you today...it's been a busy week in the studio, making things and finishing things and writing things and taking photos......here is my rainbow quilt......

...........made with many scraps of beautiful tilda fabrics  which form a rainbow down the quilt......

.....the pattern for this is new in my etsy shop link in sidebar.........

.....close ups of the rainbow colours and lovely longarm machine quilting by scrapbox.quilting........

.........also new is my radish pincushion and scissor keep........a cute little design taken from an old garden alphabet chart of mine and slightly re designed.......

......love radishes and their decorative look....probably because of childhood picture books like peter rabbit....and also because i remember a beautiful sunny day in the garden as a small child, when my mother gave me my toy kitchen to play with on the grass, and a bunch of real radishes plucked from the kitchen garden.........bliss.....and they're pink too another reason why i like them :)

.........here's mabel the big bunny in her new spring cardigan with a carrot button and a bunch of fabric carrots on her lap........the little radish on the wall is the scissor keep design above, made as a fridge magnet.......it is also sweet stitched as a gift card........pattern as before in my etsy shop link in sidebar......

..........and my final finish this week is the radish seed packet design.......

......loved cross stitching this and adding it to my seed packet collection........(all are also in my etsy shop as before)..........

...........we did quite a lot of gardening this week and planted seeds in the greenhouse........

........the daffodils are blooming and there are lots of green shoots and buds too......

 ........thank you for popping in to see me here lovely readers and for the kind comments you leave me......and thank you to everyone who buys my patterns and makes my quilts and stitched projects....or who simply cheer us all up with your kind words and thoughts........wishing you a happy start to march and sweet signs of spring.....take care lovelies.............peace and love...........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx