How Does My Flower Meadow Grow...............

Why, my Flower Meadow quilt grows with pretty, flowery fabrics, hexies, and a whole lot of stitching; of course. Hello lovely lovelies♡ Welcome to my little place where little hexie flowers are growing at a snail's pace. Hand stitching these sweet flowers is slow, but the leisurely pace is strangely satisfying. I have spent a lot of time in my sewing room this week, just enjoying the peace and quiet, the contentedness of hand stitching. A quiet week with no appointments, no having to be anywhere.......just enjoying each day.

I am fussy cutting most of the flowers because when they are all stitched together I want to evoke a sense of a meadow blooming with bright and happy flowers. Rose Marie asked me last week if there were any fabric repeats. The short answer is no. Well at least, not yet. Each little flower is a different floral fabric. I have one serious stash of flower fabrics.....but then I would, wouldn't I; given my penchant....my addiction for all thing flowers. =) Though, I suppose as the quilt grows there will be a few repeats dotted here and there. It is amazing how a floral fabric jumps out in front of me when I am in a fabric shop. Why, only the other day when out and about another fabric splashed all over with flowers came home with me. Deary, deary me, I am supposed to be reducing the fabric stash.

I have begun to form the flower meadow by stitching the flower hexies together. A slow process but oh such fun as I dot flowers here and there, playing, placing each one in a visually pleasing arrangement. Each flower happily settled next to the others, not competing, just blooming in its own beauty.

I have spent a good part of my Sunday afternoon enjoying the slow hand stitching of hexies to the quilt. Goodness, most of my hexies have been incorporated into my Flower Meadow. My tower of flower hexies has dwindled to almost nothing. I can see in my crystal ball more fun over the next little while searching through my fabric stash, unearthing more flowery fabrics suited for fussy cutting.   I'm supposing now will be the time when a few flower patterns will begin to be repeated. Hope you have a lovely Sunday when it comes avisiting you♡ Thank you so very much for popping into my happy, little flowery place and blessing my day♡ Sending a little flowery love your way♡

Until the next time.............

Summer Colours

Hello lovely lovelies♡ A lovely summery welcome to my little place♡ 'Tis early Sunday morning and the sun is smiling radiant sunbeams upon me♡ Summer♡ The very word exhilarates all my senses. I am a summer girl. Always have been really. The warmth, the easy living days, the wide, blue skies, the myriad of flowers; the summer colours. Yes indeed, I could cope having every day of the year as summer. Though I must admit summer here has been a bit all over the place this year. A few hot days, but mostly it has been rather cool. On a brighter note, this week has been lovely and hot so perhaps summer has finally come and will keep on keeping on.

The garden has been delightful over the last six weeks. Glorious colours abound. Now that the days are becoming warmer the flowers are getting a hurry on. All the blooms are doing their thing; and I must say, beautifully so. For weeks now, to get my daily fix of flowers I have been picking sweet peas and roses every day. Vases of these sweetly, fragranced flowers have been dotted around my home. Such a joy. Flowers are my therapy......both in the garden and on fabric. The buddleia trees have been beautiful as well; the fragrance divine.  The purple and crimson, large, cone-shaped flowers have been striking. The heady mix of the scents of roses, sweet peas and buddleias have been intoxicating.

Early in the mornings, strolling in the garden, pulling out weeds as I go, picking a flower here and there, taking time to sit a while; gathering my thoughts and imagination; I never fail to be inspired by the summery colours and nuanced hues as the dawn sometimes sprinkles a cloak of mist everywhere. A garden wrapped in early morning mist before it disappears to reveal a sunny, blue summer sky is a picture. I need my daily fix of flowers. I need to seek out those quiet, early morning moments. The pinks, purples and reds of the sweet peas, the yellows and pinks of the roses, the purples and crimsons of the buddleias, the blues and pink's of the hydrangeas.......all delight the eyes. The dahlias and gladdies are just about to bloom; while it will be a while yet for the happy cosmos to begin to think about flowering. With summer being a bit late it seems they have been in no hurry to appear. But that's okay, it just means they will add happy colour when the other flowers are past their beauty.

With each day Pete is recovering from his knee replacement surgery and as I have been busy attending to him and doing other activities not a lot of stitching has been done. Though, I prepared the backing for my Crazy Flowers quilt. Nothing fancy. I used some mauve Kona fabric that I had, and because I didn't have enough, I stitched a panel to join the mauve fabric together using a variety of fabrics in a crazy panel. Over the next couple of weeks I will begin to quilt it. Hand quilting or machine quilting?? Don't really know; though the thought of quick machine quilting sounds pleasing. I can't remember when I last machine-quilted a quilt. 

Because I have been busy and not a lot of time to sit at my sewing machine, I felt the desire to enjoy some EPP. I wanted to make some colourful and happy flower hexies. For no other reason than I wanted to play with fabrics; and play with hexies. No thinking; just playing. After all, playing with hexies is my happy place. A mosaic of hexie flowers perhaps. I don't want a green fabric dotted here and there among the flowers, but I chose a muted fabric from my stash called Flights of Fancy by Momo for Moda. I bought this fabric for the butterflies which I appliqued to my quilt A Stroll In Pete's Garden. I love the painterly look of the grass and flowers. It evokes a soft, impressionistic look among the bright hexies. I just hope I have enough fabric. =) Of course if I don't, not to worry; as there is no definite design in my muddly head at the moment. Speaking about fabrics,  I bought a few lovely fabrics when I was in Melbourne. They are Botanical by Snow Leopard Designs for Free Spirit. I love the vivid colour combinations; purples with a gorgeous orange background, and yellow and pinks against a background of blue. The violet flower pattern is stunning. I just wish I bought more.

Let us, you and I, wander through a glut of happy snaps. Perhaps they will sprinkle a little summer colour to your day. I know they will mine. =)

A week playing with flowers, fabric and hexies♡ Me thinks, as it is Sunday, I might join in the fun over at Kathy's place; play with a few more hexies, stitching a few more hexie flowers♡ Have a lovely week, lovely lovelies♡ My prayer for you and me, this week, is that you, and I; enjoy moments of beauty sprinkled among the ordinary of our day♡ Much love to you♡

Until the next time..............