Goodbye Autumn......Hello Spring♡

 

Why, hello there, lovely lovelies; lovely friends♡ Here I am again at my little place. Here at Sarah Lizzie's the gloriously-hued autumn days have sped by, catching many a ride on floating leaves as they fell to the earth. Underfoot is a carpet of burnished crinkled leaves. Mosaic carpets of golds, reds, oranges and burnished yellows, painting the earth. Alas, already they've been mornings where the landscape has been sheathed in ice. Old Man Winter's rat-a-tap-tapping on my front door is becoming irritatingly louder. He's infuriatingly incessant. Oh dear.

BUT...... before the misery of winter encompasses my little place I am setting off for a little sojourn in warmer climes. Yes indeedy, tomorrow in the wee hours of the morning I'm leaving on a jet plane, flying over land and sea, landing in San Francisco. Why, I can hear, albeit ever so softly, the lyrical strands of Peter, Paul and Mary. Yes, I am of that era. =) Not such a bad era, if you were to ask me..........

I'm off to meet my brand new grandson.  Another miracle baby for our family. My daughter and son-in-law have been undergoing IVF treatment for five l-o-n-g years. After years of infertility and heartbreak, treatment after treatment; another surgery, another failure, another loss; my daughter and son-in-law had lost hope that they would ever hold a baby of their own in their arms. But miraculously on their very last IVF attempt they were successful. It has been a very long pregnancy as my daughter was classified as a high risk pregnancy. As each week passed by we all would exhale a little more breath. Our sweet little man's name is Lenox Everest because as my daughter says "both she and her husband climbed their mountain, their Everest; to get to their little man".

So, our wee little man will need a sensory quilt in a little while, to explore. This being the case, of course Granny designed and stitched one. Something similar to the quilt I fashioned for sweet Riley but this time a few 'boyish' themes were added.

There's a rocket ship blasting off from planet earth. Who is the astronaut guiding this rocket through the galaxies, you might ask?? Why, it's our Commander Lenox, of course. Lenox's daddy's field is in designing, building and launching satellites so there had to be some space exploration somewhere on the quilt.

There's an elephant with an expandable trunk I just know Lenox will pull and tug. There's a lion whose mane is oodles of ribbons and trims, an octopus with sparkly trims and a doggie with furry ears perfect for playing peek-a-boo. 

There's a car whizzing up and down streets lined with an array of fabulous buildings, a boat sailing upon the seven seas with a fleet of pirate ships, and a plane sharing the sky with hot air balloons; all travelling along ric rac which little fingers will pull along. Oh, there's a sunny sun and a puffy cloud with a rainbow of zippers for little fingers to zip up and zip down. 

The centre of the quilt is rows of 4" squares from my fabric stash. For the backing I used a sweet Winnie The Pooh fabric.

Now, it wouldn't be a Sarah Lizzie's post if there wasn't a glut of happy snaps to lookity look at.  Though I've been absent from my little blog space alas, I have been capturing happy snaps as I've danced through my days. =) Would you like to dance with me down the 'happy snap' path?? Just because you haven't seen enough happy snaps already. =))

What other pretties have I been playing with while I've been playing hooky?? Not a lot. Though I've been crocheting a summer top for me. I might continue crocheting this tomorrow whilst flying on that jet plane.

It does seem as if it's been an age since I've been here...... probably because it has. =) I hope you are all travelling okay in this topsy turvy world. Thank you for visiting my little place. If you do bless my day and leave a comment; thank you so much. I don't know if I'll be able to answer by email. But for now, it's au revoir. Soon it will be time to board that jet plane, for I have a wee little man to meet and smother in cuddles♡

Until the next time.....

Linking up this week to Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching.

More EPP-ing And Woollying Around....Oh...And A Wee Bunny♡

 

Hello lovely lovelies; lovely friends♡ It's been a couple of weeks since I last chatted here at my autumnal little place. Autumn is floating by with each day becoming a little cooler. Mind you, I think today Autumn became decidedly more assertive if the bouts of pelting rain and gusty winds outside my sewing room window was anything to go by.  Old Man Sun is sleeping in later and is quicker to skedaddle to other places in the world earlier than I would like.  Sigh. How quickly the warmth of summer days fade away to be replaced with wee chilly mornings and brisk evenings. I imagine it won't be long till I'm sitting in front of a cosy fire enjoying hand quilting of the few quilts that are waiting in the wings. But not today. I wasn't in the mood for hand quilting today.

Daylight savings ended this weekend and though I love all the daylight hours that come with it, I must say it was lovely to awaken this morning to light streaming through the bedroom window.

What have I been up to while absent from blogland?? My good husband and I have been busy, busy, busy down here at the bottom of the world, but I have managed to enjoy a little hand stitching, and knitting for wee ones.

Since you last visited my little place I've stitched a few more Liberty stars. Alas, these haven't been stitched to the quilt as yet. Perhaps these Liberty pretties will be shining on the quilt this coming week.

This week I fashioned some Easter gifts for my sweet Riley. I knitted a vest dancing in colourful garter stitch stripes. Having had various coloured wools left over from a granny square top I crocheted last year, I used these. I love having scraps of wool left over from pretties I've fashioned in readiness for a new project. The vest is a Patons pattern but I deviated from the pattern. I wanted to gussy up the vest, just a wee bit. I knitted a frill dancing around the hem and crocheted a frilly neckline. I also crocheted two granny squares for pockets. The pockets were crocheted this morning for Slow Sunday Stitching. I must say, I love this little vest. It's colourful and very sweet.

I also stitched a wee bunny this week. I saw a photo of something similar on Pinterest, so I drafted a pattern and quickly stitched 'her' up. She's dressed in a pretty Liberty print, as are the back of the ears, and I embroidered the eyes and nose. Oopsie daisy.....wee bunny had better be careful as she just may trip over her overlong, floppy ears as she hoppity hops along. I'm quite sure Sweet Riley will keep an eye on her♡

I must say I enjoy fashioning wee children's pretties. They are always filled with fun and whimsy. Now to pick up the baby cardigan I was knitting before and get it finished. There are quite a few children pretties I will be designing and making over the next few months. A cubby house in the guise of a sweet cottage which will go over a table is building in my imagination. A cottage with see through windows, curtains, a front door, a pretty flower garden..........and who knows what else. =) Me thinks this will be perfect for sweet Riley's 2nd birthday. Have a lovely day, lovely lovelies; lovely friends. Sending you all a little love on this Sunday♡ My little light is shining a little brighter today as I've been watching thousands and thousands of people all over America protesting peacefully in unison, against the blatant evil and lawlessness of the Trump regime♡ I wonder, did any of you lovely lovelies join the 'Hands Off' protest in your town, your city??  Here's to People Power♡♡ Have a lovely week, lovely lovelies; lovely friends♡

Until the next time.......