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colourful March....

( No I didn't grow the Pineapple, unlike the beautiful flowers. But it looked so pretty sitting in the sunshine. I hope it tastes as good as it looks.)

{home} What's in my fabric pile?

Since I showed you the fabric pile, I thought only fair, to show you the favourites.
I sometimes buy fabric, and then decide that i can't find anything 'nice enough' to actually make.( Silly - I know) So sometimes- it just sits there, looking pretty in a beautiful pile.

However- this should soon be different, with the new things that are happening I have a feeling the fabrics going to be used very soon!

I actually have been buying new fabrics, for the upcoming projects I have in mind. Fabrics that were meant the be delivered on Friday, that didn't arrive, then the fabrics were meant to be here for a FedEx Saturday delivery- but still no sign? I wonder where they might be?

Cute hey?

{home} sunshine through my window, that's what you are.

It really feels like Spring is here, hooray. It's my oldest and dearest  friends birthday soon, the weathers improving, and in general it feels more Spring-y. Although I adore the snow, and cold as you know, I do like some sunshine too- I loved this Sunshine streaming through my window- just wonderful.

And then, I went into our indoor garden aka the Bathroom, which is full of plants (mostly Orchids, as I collect them and have lots of them throughout the house) and saw this happy face covered in dainty water droplets.

I can almost taste the summer days around the corner, sunshine and beach-huts, mackerel fishing on the beach at 4pm, out on the boats on the weekend for sea trips, and other things I hold close to my heart. Summer I'm waiting...

{home} Weekend Sortings.

So, do you ever get in the mood, where you decide that your crafting stuff / fabrics/ threads/everything needs sorting out? Hmmm. Yes. I do. And I did,

I started by pressing the fabrics on my iron press ( if you haven't got an Iron Press- your mad! - ok maybe not litterally, but they make Ironing/Pressing so much quicker and easier) I pressed them all into rectangles and then stacked them, and they looked so neat and fun piled together.

I then canned/ Kilner Jarred my threads, which is pleasing on the eye, but also very useful to. It's also great as the jars are inexpensive and can be reused.

What do you use to store your crafting goodness?

{home} New!

New exciting things are happening here, the last blog described one of them.

I now have new fabrics:

A large pile, full of exciting fabrics, just asking to be sewn. I love the pink and white star one best I think, it's just so simple yet fun.
The weather  today is gloomy, but whilst having lunch, sitting next to some colourful fabrics makes the day good enough for me.

I also have some silks, for an upcoming project, I'm just dying to get my hands on.
Sorry I can't tell you much yet, but it will only be a couple of weeks and I can reveal all.

I also have a new bookcase, I've been needing one since we moved into our home 2 1/2 years ago, but I just haven't gotten round to getting one. All the furniture in my home is Solid Oak, mostly very sleek and simple, and I was worried about getting a dark bookcase, so I colour-coded them last night until 11.30pm to make it feel more 'us' ( you know when it just feels like it belongs in your home?) and now the selves zoom from Purple through to Yellow, passing thought pink and orange inbetween.

I just took a quick snap shot of it whist sitting early early this morning. ( I bet you're all trying to read what books are on the shelves aren't you! ) - something I always always do when I'm flicking through magazines!

Any books I should know about? Recommend me some in the comments!