Crochet cushion Ta Dah!

Hi all on the gorgeous bank holiday Monday,

The sun is shining here and we have

a BBQ planned for tea time

(so pleeeze stay Mr sun).

Now the weather is better out came my

outdoor sofa and i wanted to make a crochet cushion

to match the cushions i made last year out of some

gorgeous Clarke and Clarke material i had stashed.

I had a bit of a change and made a ruffle trim 

around the cushion.

I bought some vintage buttons, they are all the same size

but different, i love them.

All the yarn came from my stash, bits of wool left over

from other projects.

The cream is Drops Lima the same wool as my recent pink 

cushion it's so nice to used and a very reasonable price.

Although i think it's looking a bit lonely LoL, so yes

number 2 in under way.

This sofa is the best thing we bought for outside, it's so

comfy, it's like having another room.

I spent a lot of time on it last year and also this year.

Morning brew, lunch, afternoon brew, crocheting.

It,s shaded in the morning and then gets the 

afternoon, evening sun.

I love it!!

Here are a couple of garden pic's the 

Lapins were full of bees, so i went to get my

camera to take some pic's and there was only one left when i got back.

I love these white foxgloves they are one of my

favourite flowers.

I don't seed them myself i let nature take its course 

and i have a lovely display every year.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I'm off to have my Lunch outside.

XXXXX

In the garden

 Hi all here are a few snaps i took in the garden 

yesterday

 I love this time of year

 All the flowers are making an appearance

 But they are not to over grown

 A sea of Forget-me-nots

 The smell of Apple Blossom

 The wild life fighting to survive

(I think this was a wood pigeon)

 Favourite nesting material

(they weren't to keen on the wool ends i put out last year)

 Wild flower patch coming to life

 Sweet peas in can't wait!

 Time for tea

And some hooky fun

(yes i know, yet another cushion on the go.

What can i say, watch this space).

xxxxx

Spring

what a fab day i have spent most of it in the garden

pottering as you do.

i decided to get the old camera out and have a

wonder and see what pictures i could take.

Aah!

 Spring don't you just love it.

xxxxxx

Summer's here at last

Hi all hope you are well.

What a difference the sun makes, i must say

it's been quite rainy here in the north west,

but the sun has made a bit of an appearance

this last week and all the flowers love it.

They all seem to be opening  up and giving us

a blooming display.

My Lilly's have taken forever to open

but at last hurray one has finally opened and 

how gorgeous worth the wait.

  The Fuchsia Swingtime is one of my favourites

i love the big blowzy flowers and the colours are

just fantastic.

These poppies are just fabulous too and 

free. I don't know where they came from they

started to grow a few years ago and have been here

ever since. The great thing is i just leave them to 

do their thing and they self seed and come up every year.

 It's not just the flowers that have benefited

from the rain my spuds have done well.

I dug up my first batch and got 39 spuds just from

the one plant and ooh they made fab chips.

Beth's been busy too she had a baking day

and made biscuit bears and did most of it herself.

I'm not far off finishing my flower scarf.

It's has taken a bit of a back seat for a while

but I'm going to finish it before i do anything

else. I've got a long list of things i want to do.

I have finally given in and bought a copy

of this fabulous Homespun style book that

a lot of bloggers are oohing over
I now know why, it's just gorgeous.
 There are lots of fabulous photos

and bags of idea's, I'm already buttering up hubby to

make me some shelves for my kitchen for all

my nick naks I've got and yet to buy.

I may end up being cushion mad too.

I wonder if there's a cure for that?

Take care

 

Holidays are here

Hi all hope you are well,

Hooray! holidays are here the kiddies 

broke up from school on Friday for 6

weeks. It was more emotional

for Beth as she was leaving junior school for good.

She's really excited about going to 

big school she can't wait. I don't think 

that feeling will last that long once she gets there.

As you know i had decided to take a break 

from cardmaking for a little while, so

 what happens, i get a commission to do.

It's for the granddaughter of a lady 

i have made a few cards for, I think i made a birthday

card for her and she loved it so much she 

asked if i could make one for her 

teacher to say thank you.

Then Beth saw it and loved it, she asked if i could

make one the same for her teacher 

so i ended up making two.
Never mind.

Out shopping the other day in a lovely little shop

that sells material i came across this fab

remnant so i decided to use it to reline my

wool basket. It needed jazzing up as the 

lining was just a plain cream and boring.

It was the colours that instantly

drew me to it. I didn't have enough to go 

right to the bottom it's about an inch off,

 i have attached it to the liner that was there

already and when it's full of wool you 

would never know.

Talking of wool here's what I'm on with at

the moment.

It's the beginnings of a granny square

blanket. Looking through blogland 

as you do i came across a fabulous 

blog page called 

Little Cotton Rabbits

When i saw Julies blanket i 

fell in love with it, what fab colours.

So i had a good look through my stash

and found some similar colours, all i had

to do was visit my local wool shop and 

get some Grey for the main colour.

I settle on a slate grey from Debbie bliss.

Lastly as it was sunny this morning 

we decided to make the most of it and go

car booting. I didn't find many bargains today 

just this lovely lace doily.

I have been after one for my table so i can

put my flower jam jar on.
I think it makes the flowers look so nice.

My hydrangea bush in the garden is

straining under the weight of the 

flower heads especially with all the rain

so i have picked some.

I haven't bothered before but how

pretty are they in a jar and they last a while too.

I have added some sprigs of apple mint

 for greenery and smell.

Ooh I don't need to buy any flowers anymore, i think

garden flowers look so pretty and they are free.

Take care

Happy Hooking in the sun.....

.....Well more the shade, it's too hot in the

sun, I've just checked my outdoor thermometer

and it's 28C in the shade. Phew!!

So what could be better than a nice brew

a few Bikkies and a bit of hooking.

This is a back for a cushion I'm on with

not long to go until the 

Ta-dah moment. 

Although

I've not been hooking just lately, It was

such a lovely night last night that i was out in the 

garden pottering till 10pm.

The last half hour though i sat and had a shandy

watching the local bat swoop around

after insects and moths it was fantastic

to watch.

Have you been watching Chelsea flower show

 on the Tv all i can say is WOW.

It's inspired me to make a little 

arrangement with what is in my garden.

There's not an awful lot out flower wise just yet.

Here's what i could find.

The Rose smells wonderful it's the first one 

out and there's lots more to come the bush

is full of buds.

The only other flowers out in mass are

Forget-me-not's and Hardy geraniums.

Don't they make a sweet little posy.

I hope this weather keeps up it's

great to be outside, it's like having another

room.

Thanks for stopping by and

have a fabulous, sunny weekend