♥ Strawberry Hearts....

Last week I continued to finish off a few projects

and so among other things I returned to my newly named Strawberry Hearts quilt...

Red and aqua...one of my most favourite combinations...

The little polka dot hearts make me think of summer days and strawberries.

It didn't start off this way but I did lose my enthusiasm for it at one point

and so I decided to rescue it by just having some fun 

adding appliqué hearts and some big stitching before securing the layers

...only the 'stitch in the ditch' can be seen on the reverse now it's complete...

It has a red spot on white backing and I made a mini strawberry binding

which I wasn't sure about but now it's complete I think it was the right choice.

I always enjoy sitting hand sewing and stitching down the binding is my most favourite part

....all pins removed and everything being neatly enclosed is such a good feeling

A very brief visit from Mr Sunshine!

The weather here has been wet and humid over the last week...

I had wanted to take a nice pic on the garden bench in the sunshine
but that's going to have to be another day...
I had to make do with taking a chair out from my workroom onto the decking

in between showers....it's rained even more since taking this pic!

Leah has laid claim to it and Ashley's having the crochet

cushion in the last post....(and both are home from uni in less that 2 weeks!
Can you believe Ashley's year in Spain and Portugal is almost at an end?)

Oh...and have you seen these yarn/thread cutters?

I've only just found them and have one in my bag now

whenever I go out which is so much better than taking scissors

....much safer if you have little ones around too...

(mine is from Clover)

.... the plants are happy despite our lack of sunshine!....

...and the shady part of the garden is happy and growing too...

a favourite place for the birds who visit the bird bath and table...

My workroom is just on the other side of the decking there

so I have a good view of everything they get up to!

(the fern came from the garden where I grew up
 and it's clearly thriving in these damp and humid days...

♥ ...and thinking of strawberries.....

Will you be watching Wimbledon?
I think I may just sneak off and watch a couple of hours this afternoon
....strawberries in tow of course!

(and it slots into your cotton reel...how neat is that?)

♥

Next post is one of the yarny kind

as I've been doing some knitting and crochet too...

~♥~

Thank you as always for calling by!

Wishing you a wonderful new week

Take care until next time