Cross Stitching...

bloom
displayed some of her cross stitchings
done a few years ago...

i thought i'd
chip in with some of ours
{mine and miss b's}.

this one was one of the first i ever did.
i loved the promise
and the colours of this one
done on a finer aida than i'd used before.

miss b stitched this one
and gave it to me for Christmas
a few years ago...

miss be has completed this...
but it ain't framed...yet.
it will be up with the other two...soonish!

this cutie is only half finished.
as miss b is off overseas soon,
she brought it up to me this very morning
for me to complete!

they were all from this mag...
not all from this issue though!

i've also joined in with
'maxabellaloves' today
with a few other grateful people.

catch you all soon!

naturally Carol xox

Le Petit Bunting...

good morning!

ever since i've browsed other blogs,

just lurking in the shadows shyly...

i have been intrigued with bunting.

bright and beautiful,

shabby chic and dreamy...

tiny or not,

inside or wrapped around trees.

yesterday

i was just wondering

if

i could make some too.

so i came up with this...

i happened to have some of this...

you may remember

i used these strips in a cushion last month.

they were originally strips that miss b had sewn together

and given to me.

then i used some in the 'love' cushions,

and i had about four strips left over.

i chopped them into these.

then chopped up some purple polycotton to back them with.

then i sewed some onto some aqua craft ribbon.

different lengths and patterns

that i joined together

and some got sewn onto a brown ribbon

that was lying around

in my box of tricks.

for a first go

i'm happy with them...

i'm not sure what to do with them though,

i might give them away...

next week

if i can figure out how!

thank God it's friday.

mr w is coming home for a long weekend,

miss b is coming home tomorrow too!

{i've had a pesky sore knee all week

and made myself a support bandage

out of light green knit ribbed stuff

that was lying around...hehehe

i wouldn't dare show you

for all the tea in china!}

though next week

i might thrill you

with a look at that seventies style pillowcase

i've been hiding from ya...

just so you can have a good laugh

at my expense!  lol

"a merry heart does good like a medicine,"....proverbs 17: 22

have a very merry weekend,

full of laughter and joy...

naturally Carol  xox



A Lemon Creative Space...

take one length of lemon yellow polka dots

or is that sunshine yellow

or maybe daffodil yellow...

a little embroidered tag

a few buttons, selvedge and ric rac,

a loopity loop for a tea towel...

the front panel is fabric "botany" seeds

and the hem is polka dotted bias.

a recent tutorial refreshed my skill on this particular subject

so putting my newly refurbished skill to good use...

i thought 'why not?'

and did my best for this little yellow apron!

miss chair

did a good job of modelling again today,

just a wee bit wooden in her poses though.

but beggars can't be choosers

as they say...

so i had to put up with what ever help i could get!

this side view was a winner though

and showed off miss lemon's skirt with flair...

and her back side

wasn't too shabby either!

i must apologise for the photographer though,

her grasp of lighting issues

is deplorable!

the housekeeper hasn't been in either!

on another note -

it's remembrance day today,

so let's remember

those that lost their freedom

so that we could have ours.

thanking you with all my heart today...

sincerely

naturally Carol  xox

Pink Flower Sugar, Pretty Please!

i can just imagine

afternoon tea

served out under a summer tree,

with pink iced fairy cakes

on a patterned plate...

pink and white marshmallows

tumbled into a chrystal bowl...

 sparkling white sugar cubes

gently lifted with shining silver tongs,

plopping gently into caramel coloured tea...

emerald green grass

studded with small yellow centred daisies,

fluffy white clouds

drifting across a blue blue sky...

a pink flower sugar apron

freshly ironed,

showing off it's pretty polka dotted pinkness...

miss chair

will have to do...

as alas, there are no suitable models available

since sharrie left last week.

have a pretty fantastic wednesday...

naturally Carol  xox