Mint Tea

Also been growing mint for mint tea
just like they served me in Valvona
and Crolla in Edinburgh -
but of course free!

Sunday Lunch

Roast for us means roast vegetables - here
with lots of salad - salad leaves also grown in
the garden - Yum!

How does your garden grow?

Usually my garden just grows weeds but this
year I have aimed to keep the view from the
kitchen window looking good. So for the last
four months the tubs have been flourishing.
How pretty these Verbena are - wish
I had planted more. You can just see the
Nasturiums starting to grow next to them so
hopefully they will feature on the blog in due
course.

Strawberry time

Yes its that time of year - we went strawberry-
picking last weekend and made loads of fabulous
strawberry jam the next day.
The rate it is disappearing at we may have to
make a return trip while it is still strawberry-
picking season!

More patchwork

This time patchwork of the knitted variety. I loved
knitting my patchwork blanket so much
have started another one. This one is
destined for my bed and so far restricted
to four colours. That could change- haven't
quite made up my mind yet.

More sewing

Just realised how long it's been since
I put anything on the blog - have been
busy with lots of creative stuff.
This little cushion was inspired by the
patchwork one

Perfect patchwork

Well actually not perfect at all but I
am so happy with my first attempt
that it seemed like magic to me!

Scrappy Cushion from Sew Hip

Scrappy Cushion Cuttings

Nearly finished cutting squares and rectangles for
the scrappy cushion cover in a recent Sew Hip
magazine.

Button brooch

Work in progress!
Surprisingly soothing
sewing on all those buttons.

More Bunting

Experimenting with some ideas for giving the
Baby Bunting a Christmas feel.

Birthday bags

Hasn't been much craft on the blog
recently so here is a catch up of recent
activity, mostly works in progress but
this bag was another birthday gift
completed & dispatched!

Evening in the garden

Our free seeds from the BBC finally arrived as
did our long delayed seeds and bulbs from
Sarah Raven so an evening in the garden was
in order planting, lettuce,rocket, carrots, beetroot
and basil as well as nasturium and gladioli.
Now we just have to wait and see what grows
(and water it all of course!)

In the garden

Picked the first strawberries from
the garden. Yum!

New York Shopping

Bought these gorgeous tablemats in the sale
at Anthropologie while I was in New York.
back home they look even better than I
expected.