the gathering wall - stage three

...as I work on the canvases - a little everyday - 

I love how they fit together as a patchwork on the studio wall.

...a Sunday sigh...

 ...three little visitors to the studio makes this weeks pleasant Sunday sigh...the prettiest fabric of the Sanderson variety, a charity shop vase and a delicate cluster of anemones from Pickering...the combination of the three to this little house is a most welcomed cheery sign that Spring is definitely here...

the gathering wall - stage two

 ...the stitching journey of the canvases keeps being added to....I am loving the spare hours and a day or two that I devote to working on only these - my escapism of sorts - they are my labour of love for a couple of months-  a project that has no deadline is rather refreshing.  Not too sure I will want to sell them once completed they are just a joy to look at each day.  My patchwork wall.

a Sunday sigh

The lighter mornings...and the heart fluttering wait for Summer...

window dressing

 ....making for the home has been something that has been on hold for far too long than I care to remember. Considering how much I make in the studio, a token cushion or something for the wall is about as adventurous as I have been for the last 18 months.  So during February I set myself the challenge of finally making the cafe curtain for our little breakfast room.  The window that needed dressing was not looking out onto anything picturesque, just our neighbour's brick wall and a fence.  I wanted to make something that was sheer enough to let light in during the day as the room can be dark at times.  Equally it needed to be pretty on an evening too when the lamps or candles are lit.

I had a little look around The Linen Garden and packed myself a little box of lace and crochet and flowers and every evening I tucked myself away in a corner for an hour or a half..... little stitches here and there until it was finally finished.....so here it is by day and by night...a length of cotton lawn and a few 'cut flowers' from the garden.....so if you fancy making a cafe curtain yourself pop over to the shop for a few floral pretties to decorate the edging.....

a Sunday sigh...

 ...sometimes we all need places of quiet, to sit, to reflect, with hypnotic views to escape into...