Sweet Peas

Hello lovely readers..........we are enjoying some gorgeously scented sweet peas here today......

...........our sweet pea plants were a bit slow to get started this year but now they are flowering happily....

...........one of my favourite things is to pick a bunch of sweet peas and have them near to where i'm working to enjoy the scent and colour all day long.....

............sewing up a scrappy trip around the world quilt using my tilda stash and scraps.....above is a postage stamp pincushion made with some of the tiniest scraps (pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar)....

.........loving making this scrappy trip quilt and playing with all the different pretty colours........

.........also loving visiting national trust gardens and seeing their sweet peas too :)........

.....the ones above were at speke hall.........below is my red and white version of my easy nine patch quilt (pattern in my etsy shop as before)......showing when your pinky sweet peas match your quilt and your beautiful birthday cup too..........

.........tangled sweet peas at erddig looking so pretty and attracting so many bees........

........pea sticks against an old mellow brick wall with twining sweet peas.......

..........a pretty balloon in our garden last weekend, celebrating both my birthday and my younger daughter's too.....we were so lucky to have a bright sunny weekend in our little corner of england.......many other places had cold wind and rain storms......

...........leaving you with a close up of these pretty flowers in a lovely greengate jug......will be picking some more later today to keep them coming and enjoy the gorgeousness as much as possible while it's still sweet pea season.........

 .............thanks so much for popping in here to read my post dear blog friends..........wishing you a wonderful week ahead with sunshine and flowers and happy peaceful times..........take care lovelies........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Seaside Days

Hello again dear readers.....we're back again from a very refreshing break at the seaside.....the first pictures here were taken at penmon point of my penmon point quilt.......(pattern is in my etsy shop link in sidebar).........

..........it was a very hot day with the deep blue sea and sky which inspired me to make my quilt originally..........i love the striped lighthouse and the white cottages against the blue sky......

.........we've often been to beaumaris on the beautiful isle of anglesey but this time we stayed at rhosneigr......

.........lovely view from our patio.....we were blessed with hot sunshine and blue skies.....

..........it's a beautiful coastline and we never tire of walking by the sea.......

...........above is the stylish interior of sandy mount house which is a wonderful place to eat......

............sand dunes and salty air..........with a little white cottage ..........and below some seaside roses.....

..........we went to trearddur bay too and i loved this cafe picture......took so many other pics but too many to include at once!...

.............below is surf point, a 'folly' built in 1906 by a rich sausage manufacturer (palethorpes for those who may remember that brand!), a home by the sea designed to look like a sandcastle......of course i loved it :).......

...........here it is in the background with my pinwheels quilt which reminds me of sandcastle windmills...

..............we saw some beautiful sunsets from the house we rented, and here is one of them.......

 ...............it was a lovely time and has given me lots more seaside inspiration for future makes as well as feeling refreshed and relaxed with all the sunshine and sea air............thanks for coming to see me here and for the kind comments you leave, it's always so nice to know you are there reading my words :) Wishing you all a happy july dear readers..............take care lovelies...................back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx