Festive Sewing

Hello again dear readers.......here's mabel the big bunny and some cosy festive sewing pictures to share......

.........i used sweet belle and boo christmas fabrics to make a festive tumbler cushion.......

........this fabric is called christmas fairground and it is perfect for fussy cutting........

......this is the tumbler patchwork before quilting........

.........a festive little quilt stack this week .........with dried orange slices, candles and toadstools.....

.....and a cute little holly jug from gisela graham........

........the quilt on the top of the stack is my xmas charm quilt also in the picture below......the tumbler cushion pattern, big bunny pattern, big bunny spring cardigan knitting pattern and charm quilt pattern are all in my etsy shop link in sidebar....

....this week we visited our favourite local botanic garden and saw these colourful leaves strewn on the grass there.....

.....it made me think of the famous camus quote which i've always found very apt at this time of year........'autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower'....these pretty leaves really do look like flowers to me........

..........more autumnal shades in the trees reflected in the pond below........it was a perfect sunny bright autumn day.......

......leaving you with a final picture of the new festive cushion and mabel who has a new dress made with the christmas presents fabric also from the new belle and boo xmas collection.....

.......wishing you well this coming week dear readers......thank you for visiting me here and for your kind words.........if you're making festive treats and doing some crafting.....enjoy the creativity and have fun.....take care lovelies............peace and love...........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 

Trees

Hello again lovely readers.......this week's post was inspired by trees..........both fabric and real ones.....

.......this is the start of a new version of my peppermint trees quilt which i made last year (pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar).....

..........this time it is more colourful and decorative with red and pink trees as well as green ones......

....it's an easy make using machine appliqué and bondaweb.......

......soon put together and ready for some peaceful evening hand quilting........

............here's the flimsy (quilt top) hanging up in my sewing room ready for making the quilt sandwich.....

..........and with the sun shining on it.........below is the backing fabric i chose.........

...........and now some real trees on a walk in our nearby woods..........

..........lots of perfect bracket fungus........

...........and beautifully coloured leaves..........a design inspiration for sure.........

........and finally this week's quilt stack with a patchwork bird on top........cosy and squishy and all ready for these chilly november nights..............

 .........wishing you a happy november dear readers and thank you for dropping by.......thanks too for your kind comments and messages, they mean a lot to me.........take care lovelies.....peace and love......back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Autumn Treasures

Hello again dear readers........we are having a lovely cosy autumn week here.........these are my newly crafted fabric toadstools.......

......when i was an art student many years ago i often crafted things like this.......in embroidery we often made three dimensional things using wire, fabric, stuffing, embroidery, beads, etc and it was a lot of creative fun.....

........these toadstools are part of my autumn decor and will be fun for christmas too with their red and white dots........if you'd like to make some the same the pattern can be found in my etsy shop link in sidebar.......

..........here is my little toadstool pillow....... pattern also in my etsy shop.......

...........and my tiny toadstool pincushion with its little cross stitched image has a pattern there too......

...........we walked close to home one day this week,,,,enjoying the berries in someone's garden.....

...........and when our dog molly stopped and peeked though a suburban garden fence we had a little look too.....and saw this little flock........

.............some of nature's autumn treasures clustered on the edge of the path......toadstools, nutshells, nuts and autumn leaves.........

............my little autumn cupboard...........

.............this year's new fabric pumpkin made with lewis and irene snuggle season fabric.......

............candles in small terracotta flower pots are one of my favourite autumn decorations......

.....thank you so much for dropping by to my little bit of blog land dear readers..........thank you so much for your kind words ..........wishing you happy cosy autumn days (or spring days of course if you are reading this from the other side of the world!)...............take care lovelies.................peace and love........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 

Cosy Days

Hello again everyone.......back today with a cosy post........the storms have been raging in parts of the uk this week but we have been lucky here and not had too much wild weather.......

...........i used these sweet belle and boo autumn fabrics to make some dottie drawstring bags (pattern in my etsy shop link in sidebar)........

.........we have made it cosy here this week with candles, fires lit, making soup and lots of hot drinks........

............this is my redwork berries pincushion with my vintage charm quilt (both patterns also in my etsy shop as before)......... 

.........enjoying lots of hand quilting at the moment........it's nice to do while chatting with family and friends.....my sweet granddaughter daisy stayed over this week and it was lovely to spend some time with her......

.........we had some lovely autumn walks and enjoyed the bright autumn light.........

.............getting out all the fabric pumpkins and autumn quilts.........

............and spying berries while we're out and about.........beautiful pink ones.......

.............garden shrub berries in front of the picket fence........

...........and lovely hedges full...........such a gorgeous time of year in nature........

......whenever my husband is out walking he looks for interesting mushrooms for me and takes a pic, like the one below.......there are many different kinds of fungi where we live, but rarely the dramatic red and white spotted toadstools...but we keep looking :).............

 ..............thanks for dropping by dear readers and for the kind comments and notes you leave x.....always a pleasure to hear from you...........hope you have a happy week ahead........take care lovelies..........peace and love............back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Autumn Times

Hello again dear readers......back today with some more pictures from our recent lake district trip.....this is rydal mount, the home of william wordsworth and his wife mary, their children and his beloved sister dorothy (whose journals i love reading).....

........the house has a lovely big garden and this was taken from the lower part looking up....still lots of flowers......

..........tea and scones in the tearoom please.......and a ginger cat to match the apricot roses......

...........i tried attracting the kitty to look at me for the photo but .....no......

............william wordsworth's study at the top of the house.....peaceful and with lovely views......

..........and in the garden.....a potting shed, a greenhouse and dahlias.........the house still belongs to the wordsworth family and i believe you can actually stay there overnight if you wish.......

..........back home again now in our own garden with my new autumn leaves quilt......

.....always wanted to make one of these using the maple leaf (also called the tea leaf) block......

.....the pattern for it is in my etsy shop link in sidebar........

..........look what popped up in our gravel path to welcome us home.......a host of cute little mushrooms......

..........they look so sweet and so fairylike........

 .......hope you've enjoyed my autumn pics today lovely readers.......thank you so much for visiting me here and for your kind comments........wishing you a happy cosy autumn week....take care lovelies.........peace and love..........back soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx