I have never made anything from a pattern before so I am both excited and nervous about how it's turn out so watch this space! My mum also sent me a photo of the pencil case I made for her, which she is acutually using as a travel tapestry bag so that she can take her sewing to the allotment with her but, looking at it now, I'm rather pleased with myself and looking forward to making mine once my zips arrive:
My mum also sent me a photo of this lovely serving plate/charger - we've been looking for one for a while but haven't quite found one that we like but this one is lovely and apparently belonged to my Great, great grandmother (or possibly even her mother) and is definately from before 1904 by the back-stamp. She's offered it to us and I am delighted:
On another plate-related topic - a few weeks ago we popped in to see my mum and she had some plates which she had got from an auction and was going to chop up to make mosaic - I thought they were too lovely for such an end so I pilfered them and they are now proudly living with our crockery so I wanted to share them:
Finally to the garden - the back garden is mainly green at the moment, most of the flowers having finished (apart from some more sweet pease but the front garden, being shadier and therefore later, is really coming into it's own. Our hollyhocks are finally out and they are the most beautiful colour - I have taken some photos so that I can try to colour match this for somewhere in the house because the dusty cream and deep pink of the flowers really is wonderful:
The Japanese Anemone is also flowering, which is one of my favourites, and so lovely to have in the garden:
As the bag is called a birdie sling, does this mean you will be able to carry your chickens in it.
ReplyDeleteImagine if I could? I think Hythe in particular would love it!
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