Sunny day, cold feet and Happy Villages.

We have had so many dull and damp days of late that today was very welcome. I love the view of the sun through the branches of these trees in the park.

Down at the river Mr Heron is standing in his usual place ,watching intently for lunch to appear. Even in summer he always looks so cold with his shoulders all hunched up. :o(
I did take some pictures of the red squirrels too but they were bouncing from tree to tree, in mad pursuit, so none were very clear.

Lastly a "Happy Villages"picture made with paper and glue, by our youngest GD after she had seen a little of the Quilt Show featuring Karen Eckmeier's work. It filled a wet afternoon and now she knows what to do she can have a go on her sewing machine.

 

Solstice

Crumbs after all this time with no blogging I have blogged three times today!

Nights will start to draw in soon so the urge to curl up with some handwork over machine stitches is

 tempting.

The combination of the two methods came about after watching a Quilt Show programme with Carol Ann Waugh called Stupendous Stitching. It was a good way to practise couching and trying out the decorative stitches on the Bernina 830 too. A lot of fun!

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Of course playing at the machine with new ideas is fun too.

These both were started as cases for my pc tablet but now I am not sure? Perhaps slippery satin isn't the best idea------though it does show the stitching so well.

There is a last flurry of flowers and at last some butterflies. We have really missed them this year.

 

I can't remember whether these sunflowers are supposed to be small or they are just stunted as they were late being transplanted?

Welcome colour though!

Cooler days mean the woodstove will be giving us a welcoming glow so there are logs to split! 

 

I hope those logs don't squash my little box hedge next to them!