April x

Hello lovely bloggy friends ,thankyou all so much for your wonderfully uplifting comments on my last post your such sweet people ,its funny isnt it it i would love to meet you all in person,have coffee or wine !,chat about our hobbies ,about life but the reality is we probably will never meet but its lovely having you all as friends all the same and sharing our lives with each other ,we are all so similar ,busy with our different but similar lives,the ups and downs ,we share so much xxx The picture is of course a lovely cath kidston image,isnt it lovely ,i have popped into the york shop often lately ,i love to see new lines the displays,always a joy to see although i have only bought some fabric of late

We have been celebrating this week ,my daughters 13th birthday ,and next week is my sons 16th birthday so we had a lovely birthday tea for her,lots of balloons and cake

This is my youngest helping me make the cakes and licking the bowl out afterwards ,we love the raw cake mixture and the 3 of them share licking the bowl and spoons

We made cakes,flapjack and a bakewell tart

From these very old cookery books

I have been doing a lot of crochet lately with all my lovely wool

Heres a jubilee inspired cushion to go with this cushion i finished today

The villages are planning a street party in our village which is always fun ,we always have a summer fair and bbq which are always very successful and lots of games for the children so our jubilee party should be fun ,im busy making bunting for it

I also attempted to knit a union jack throw in case its cold but the pattern seems a bit complicated so im going for simple stripes instead !!

My weekly trip into york this week found me these lovely fabrics,the rose one is from cath kidston and the others are from laura Ashley who had a half price sale on so in i rushed and came out with these ,york market is another place i always visit ,the weather was awful and i do always admire the market traders for standing out in the cold all day hoping for a sale ,i know because i have done it a few times myself ,i always vist a fabric stall and fell in love with these lovelys

The weather has been pretty awfull of late ,it has rained every day for about 2 weeks,the sun seems to have gone on a very long holiday, but on the odd bright spell i made it out into the garden to check on my seedlings which are coming on nicely,these are my strawberry plants that need potting on ,i do love growing my own veg and flowers and its so easy ,i buy my seeds from Boyes in york for 60p i sprinkle them on some compost and they grow ,im lucky now to have my pollytunnel but i used to grow them all on my window ledge and im no expert by far

The garden is springing to life now and with all the rain everything looks really green and fresh ,im hoping for a sunny summer so we can eat outdoors and have lots of bbqs x

I have also been busy making these 120 hearts in cath kidston fabrics for a wedding,

now all i have to do is sew on the ribbon and buttons and ship them off to Ireland

And of course my post wouldnt be the same without showing you a few home makes !!

Thankyou so much for popping by to see me ,i really love your comments and a warm welcome to all my new followers ,much love francine xx