Tulips and Blossom

Hello again dear readers.......here is a recently renovated bedroom in our old house......we added panelling behind the bed and i've enjoyed styling it in different ways.......

........this time with my favourite old red and white checkerboard quilt, cabbages and roses pillowcases and red tulips in a white vintage french jar........

..........and hanging on the bed post is a red and white cutter quilt heart (pattern for this and the quilt can be found in my etsy shop link in sidebar)..........

..........a week or two ago you may have noticed me mentioning that although i planted a lot of pink tulips none came up.....well, now some have :)....... 

........and even some of the *red* tulips began to look a bit pink...........

........anyhow they are a lovely riot of colour especially on a grey spring day and they have been surprisingly robust during the recent gales........

...........below is my daughter's blossoming cherry tree..........so gorgeous, and now turning from deep pink to pale pink....... 

.........some work in progress patchwork to show you now, using pale pinks and blues from atsuko matsuyama's sweet fabric collections for yuwa........

..........love these pretty fabrics so much and can't wait to use them in other projects too......

..............more pink blossom..........just a gorgeous sight and so fleeting.........

...........and a picture of the lane we walked along this week, with white blossom and new green foliage and a bright yellow gorse bush further ahead.....

..........thank you for visiting me here and for your kind words and messages.........wishing you all the joys of spring and a happy cheerful week lovelies............take care........peace and love.........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 

In and Out of the Garden

Hello again lovely readers.......my first pictures today are of my latest daisy quilt (pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar) made with tilda *pie in the sky* fabrics and photographed in the potting shed in between gales and rain showers.......

......we had a lovely easter weekend and luckily the weather was fine for the children's easter egg hunt.....

.........this quilt was longarm machine quilted for me by scrapbox quilting and i love the texture with the jewel like colours.......

.......after lots of time in the garden last week, the weather became wild and windy and we had to move plants and garden chairs and pots to safety as the gales got up........even our tall  bird feeder blew over.....

.....but i did manage my outdoor photoshoot anyway :)..........the backing fabric below is kona cotton solid  in candy pink......tilda do matching solids too but i already had this in my stash........

.........for a complete change of feel here is my next vintage charm quilt made with very soft pink and low volume fabrics including lots of the flower farm fabric from moda........

...........i began making this after the busy bank holiday weekend, enjoying a quiet spell of sewing, a nice cup of tea and some easter chocolate......

.........looking forward to next month's pageantry and excitement of the king's coronation.......here is my little coronation keepsake with some of our first bluebells from this year's garden......pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar.......

...........below.......lots of bluebells coming into flower under the ash tree in our garden........

........and my favourite auriculas and primroses in pots, safe from the storm........

..........despite the wild weather though we've had some lovely spring moments that we are so grateful for.......the scent of hyacinths, the blue sky and green grass, and eastertime spent with family........such happy moments.......

 ......thank you for dropping by dear readers and for your sweet words and messages.........wishing you a happy week ahead with sunny days and crafty inspirations.........take care lovelies..........peace and love..................back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Easter Wishes

Hello dear readers.......here we are at easter once again.......and all the decorations are up now ready for our family weekend......

........lettuce the sugar bunny has a new purple spotted dress.......

...........and we have lots of posies of flowers picked from the garden........

..........the log cabin doll quilt pattern, sugar bunny pattern and auricula seed packet pattern are all in my etsy shop link in sidebar.....

.........this week i finished a new quilt top.....it's a version of my pinwheels quilt......made with lots of pretty prints and solid white.....

...........i used scraps of favourite japanese fabrics mainly and some new prints just received......

........also made with sweet japanese fabrics (yuwa) is this little easter egg appliqué pincushion....pattern new to my etsy shop, link in sidebar as before......

........enjoying the spring flowers around the garden in the sunshine.......

..........this year i planted a tulip bed again........i spent ages in the garden centre selecting packs of tulip bulbs.....loads of pink ones, some white, some red.....and look what's come up........

..........orange, yellow, red.....but not one pink one.......oh well.......

...........pretty pansies with their sweet faces are flowering profusely in a little pot below.......

 .....thank you for dropping by dear readers....wishing you a happy easter and sending lots of love and warmest wishes............thank you for your kind words and messages..........peace and love........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

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