We enjoyed our first picnic of this year a couple of weekends ago, on a sunny saturday.......
...............we went to one of our favourite old houses where the gardens are a delight to visit.....
.............and you can picnic in the orchard amongst the sweetest apple blossom......
..............i took my newly completed pam kitty picnic quilt, which i mentioned here recently....(i found some partly made blocks which id forgotten about, so i joined them all together and quilted them simply by hand)..........love the little printed squares in bright colours for the backing fabric from sunrise studio....
.................for the binding i chose a kona cotton solid in a fresh spring green............
.............after our picnic we took our little dog molly on a wonderful country walk before we visited the formal gardens and she had a little nap.............i will share some pictures of the gorgeous gardens in another post.......
................the lanes were thick with wildflowers and blossom............
..............the gentle landscape with lush grass and clouds of cow parsley all around us..............
................and then back to the apple blossom..........we look forward to returning here in the autumn for the apple festival too..............
...................at home, when daisy visits, she often plays with the honeybake kitchen........
................and we have tea parties and picnics with the bunnies..............here is little strawberry taking tea today..............
..............besides making some new and exciting projects for a magazine commission this week, i am adding a few more squares to my crochet blanket..........and im also still making more of those pretty pink patchwork stars that i showed you last time of course.....i do love this crafty life :)..............
...............i love to have plenty of projects on the go, small quick ones that are satisfying to finish and long running large ones too that you can pick up and just do a bit of now and then.......
.................thank you for dropping by to see me here, lovely readers, and thank you for taking the time to leave me your sweet comments too....especially when life is so busy, i do appreciate them :)......thank you too for all your kind comments about my forthcoming book....i look forward to sharing more about it with you soon........wishing you a wonderful week, with blue skies, sweet blossoms and plenty of happy, crafty times...............back soon xxxxxoooooooxxxxxxxxxxx
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