Seasons greetings

This was my present from my younger daughter. She has made it herself which makes it all the more special.

These are details of the lettering and the fabrics used.

I went for a walk this morning. Such a lovely sunny, but chilly morning.

Don't these rose hips look wonderful? These are in my garden.

The weather has been so wet lately that I was really surprised to see that these bulbs are braving the elements. It will be nice to welcome the additional colour later.

No sewing being done at present - but I live in hopes of getting enough yarn untangled to get some knitting done. Sadly, my skein decided to get into a real mess. I am slowly disentangling it, but it will take some time to get it into a usable state.

Hoping you have a wonderfully creative and happy 2013.

Exhibitions, photos and the rain.

On Saturday I went to Pinfold's Tenth Anniversary Exhibition. Sorry, I couldn't take any photos in the exhibition itself. It was really good with a wide variety of techniques - both embroidery and quilt-based. They are a very talented group, based in the South Cheshire area.

One of the members had put together wonderful inspiration bags - pieces of indigo dyed fabrics with thread , beads and ribbon. I just couldn't resist.

 Then today I went out to take some photos in the village. My friend Hilary and I have challenged each other to take photos on a specific day every month. I'm not sure what we will do with the photos, mine are of a certain field and I take my pictures on the 23rd of each month. We started in January. The following photos are ones I took today. They sky was amazing - really black clouds and full of rain.

This first photo was taken from my back door and shows the top of my garden gate and a neighbour's house. I just loved the colour of the new leaves on the tree against the deep grey of the sky.

The trees around the cenotaph are just coming in to full leaf.

The blossom is so pretty.

 I don't know what type of tree this is. The leaves were such a delicate shade of green. The sky was growing darker all the time.

Turning back to the house, the heavens opened. It was well worth getting wet.