More Hydrangeas♡ More Quilting♡

Hello lovely lovelies♡ More Hydrangeas♡ I know....I know.....but just humour me, if you will. =)

An enlightened person once said "Flowers whisper 'Beauty!' to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall." And they do, don't they??  Everyone, especially me, loves a flower at the first breath of beauty. Love, love, love when flowers pop up in their season; the petals unfurling to reveal bright, beautiful and colourful blooms. The full glory of the flower is for all to see and delight in. Then, when the flowering season begins to come to an end, the petals begin to fade and wither, many falling to the ground and then, seed heads appear. These flowers at the end of the season's cycle are still beautiful. I thought a lot about the beauty of  faded flowers this week as I was playing with hydrangeas for a photo shoot. As I arranged flowers here, there and everywhere, I was struck yet again at the abundant beauty of the muted hydrangeas in autumn. Truly, they are stunning; and they will remain stunning for a long time yet. 

Besides playing with hydrangea blooms this week I enjoyed some more hand quilting of Hydrangea Cobblestones. Meandering quilting lines are now finished on the bottom and one side. Flight patterns of the butterflies♡ Same ol' same ol' I suppose, but even so......so, so pretty. This evening I will enjoy a little more quilting with the other lovely slow stitchers who gather at Kathy's place.

It has been a delight to have you visit my little place♡ Thank you♡ Thank you for humouring me yet again, as you wandered around my gallery of still lifes with the beautiful, autumnal hydrangeas as the main subject. =) It has been fun these last few days gathering together analogous objects....an old and faded textile pretty, a friend's cast off tapestry-like picture (truly worthy of a photo or two =) ) a wire basket, a pretty frame, pine cones, fallen leaves, a pretty vase or two, twirls and twirls of pretty ribbon, a length of faded passementerie, books; experimenting, playing....fiddle faddling with each pretty, styling all in an assemblage of unexpected compositions. Oh, how I love to play 'stylists'. =) When I grow up I want to be a stylist....or perhaps a florist, or a theatrical set designer; but then, a costumier hiding in the bowels of the theatre happily stitching a pretty ruched flower or a little exquisite embroidery to a silk gown for a thespian would be the best fun♡ Oh, the possibilities are endless. =)

Hoping you enjoy a beautiful week, lovely lovelies, where sprinkles of love, kindness and beauty fill your days♡ 

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

The Brushstrokes of Autumn♡

Hello lovely lovelies♡ A lovely welcome to my little place on this Sunday morning. For those of you who were wondering if I had gone missing in action, indeed I did. Sometimes.....life just gets in the way. But....here I am once again beaming a little flowery and stitching joy, to you♡ For those of you who have emailed me to say that you were missing a little Sunday joyousness emanating from my little place....'your wish is my command'....though, you may well be sorry what you asked for. Mmm....a plethora of happy snaps, I'm afraid. =)

Autumn has waltzed in and with a magical paintbrush has begun to dab splashes of paint here and there in soft, rustic hues. There is the slightest hint the trees are beginning to change into their autumnal frocks; but it is the hydrangeas where autumn has wondrously transformed the summer colours into beautiful, autumnal hues. The summery shades have now morphed into those antiquey, vintage hues that hydrangeas are renowned for. Pale blue into the softest green, deep blue into wine, lilac and mauve into plum, maroon into currant.....just gorgeous♡ The hydrangeas I have left in the garden are beginning to brown with the cooler mornings, but the bucket loads I have picked to bring inside are beginning to transform into mellow shades. Oh, and sometimes, just sometimes there are those quiescent, mist cloaked, cool mornings with just a sense of sunshine filtering through the pearlescent sky. Again.....just gorgeous♡

 

All the blocks for my Skipping Along The Garden Path quilt have been finished. Yay oh Yay! Four hundred and thirty two little pentagons have been stitched in a garden path pattern. The blocks need to be stitched together but I will wait a while. I still have no thoughts as to whether I will add some little dresdens; or if I will just hand quilt 'stunning' quilting patterns in the centre of each ring. My tongue is firmly fixed in my cheek when I say "stunning" as I am truly not the world's best quilter. =) I will get back to you with what I decide upon....shall I?? =)

A little more quilting to Hydrangea Cobblestones has been done. My needle happily skipping around the border in a meandering fashion wherever it will. I am marking the lines as I go....so very relaxing. Later on this evening I will quilt some more, joining in with all the other lovely Sunday Slow Stitchers over at Kathy's lovely place.

Hoping I have sprinkled a little joy into your day♡ Sprinkles of autumnal joy♡ Sprinkles of hydrangea, antiquey loveliness♡ Sprinkles of stitching loveliness♡ May you enjoy a beautiful day♡ I must be off for there's a cake to be baked in readiness for a delightful afternoon tea with some beautiful friends; in the Fernery of course♡ Sprinkling a little love, lovely lovelies, into your day♡

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