This week is apple time here, both in the sewing room and in the kitchen..........here are some patchwork apples ive been sewing while being kept company by molly, the new sewing room dog....thank you for all your kind words about her in my last post :).............she is a happy little companion and i will show some more pictures of her again soon...........
.............i wanted to make some red and some green apples.........
..............next i might make some that are a mixture of both............
................besides patchwork apples we have lots of real ones.................
...........my sister brought us big baskets full from her trees, and she grows the best apples..........
..............perfect for apple pie and apple crumble...........
............a treat to look forward to after long autumn weekend walks..............
..........the autumn weather is still warm and sunny here, with mild balmy evenings........but there is no doubt that autumn is in the air..........misty mornings and beautifully ornate spiders webs, low sunlight slanting over the garden and leaves falling on molly and me as we garden and play......and christmas designs in all the crafty magazines that i work for too.......below is my holly and ivy sampler in the world of cross stitching issue 221 on sale now and you can find out more here..........love that carol so much and now i will be humming it again all afternoon :)...........
.................below is my happy scrappy patchwork advent calendar for love patchwork and quilting magazine issue thirteen which you can read about here...............
...............i am ordering lots of new fabrics at the moment so i have plenty to choose from for the projects for my new book..........such an exciting time and i have lots of ideas planned out.......the fabrics below are just some of the new ones, and i picked them out for their red and green colour ways.........i also received a gift of red and green lollipops with yesterdays order from here :)..............
.............i have been making the apples for fun but my projects do often start out just for fun and then develop into work later...........a lovely way to be creative and simply enjoy the making.............
...........thank you for visiting me here today in my little blog space, lovely readers............and thank you for the sweet comments that you leave me too, it is always a treat to hear from you.............i wish you a happy sunny crafty week wherever you may be............back soon xxxxxxoooooooxxxxxxxxxxx
