Housey stuff xx

Hello lovely bloggy friends,hope you are all well and have enjoyed the jubilee celebrations,it certainly has been quite a show hasn't it ,we had a village party on the saturday and it chucked it down all day and didnt stop once ,only a few people turned out armed with pop up gazebos and raincoats but the weather was just awful and then the day after was glorious sunshine ,very british weather ! This half term has been very quiet,the girls have been away with their grandparents in filey for the week so the house has been very quiet and tidy ,i have missed them but have equally enjoyed the free time ,time is so precious to me so i woke early every morning and made the most of every day in my little room crafting away I have been making lots of things but mainly these heart and bunting garlands which seem very popular And also some of these pretty garlands And this lovely cot quilt/play mat which i sold within 10 mins of putting it in my etsy shop so im busy making more ,all these and much more are all in my etsy shop which you can go to at the top of the page This is a very short post as i have to leave now and pick the girls up so i will leave you with some housey pictures,thankyou always for your lovely comments ,please do leave me a message so i know you have been and then i can visit yours too ,much love francine x much love francine xxx

My week x

Hello lovely bloggy people,got lots to show and tell as always,firstly im proud to say i have been given the sunshine award from Nicki at homebird,how lovely ,i now have to answer 10 questions 1/Favourite colour -it has to be either baby pink or white 2/Favourite number-the no 7 as it is my birthdate 3/Favourite animal-has to be a horse 4/Favourite non alcoholic drink-Tea of which i drink loads 5/Do i prefer facebook or twitter-facebook 6/My passion -My gorgeous children 7/Do i prefer giving or recieving-recieving if im honest ,how selfish i am !!! 8/Favourite pattern-patchwork 9/Favourite day of the week -friday 10/Favourite flower -lilies It was very difficult for me to pick out my favourite blogs to pass the award on to ,i love so many and im not keen on having to pick just 5 as i dont want to offend anyone so i really feel i cant pick just five ,im sorry ,,,,

On my previous post i mentioned birthdays ,my daughter turned 13 so we had a party which went very well ,60 12-13 year olds which i was very apprehensive about i must say,we held it in our local village hall ,we hired a dj who was brilliant and everyone had fun ,it was very amusing watching the girls tottering about in high heeled shoes ,they towered above the boys ,after about an hour the shoes came off and most were in barefeet,it was funny to watch

This is some of the food we made

The weather here has been pretty awful of late ,although i love being in the garden i love being in my little sewing room too and always feel if its nice i should be outside

I havnt been outside much the last few days due to the rain so i decide to pop out yesterday and check my seedlings in my pollytunnel and to my horror they had nearly all disappeared,i later discovered the greedy culprits were slugs and snails who had managed to munch through practically everything ,i managed to save a few but the rest had just been eaten ,how disapointing ,all that hard work ,oh well our local garden center opens soon so i think i will just buy some more from there ,so much for saying growing your own plants was easy !!!!

I will certainly be buying more geraniums this year i love them

We have had a bit of work done to the house lately ,i rent the house so thankfully it hasnt cost me anything to do ,these are a few pictures of my bedroom ,i just need some curtains and its finished

I fancy either lace curtains or maybe something patchwork ,i havent quite decided

This is my dressing table with lots of cath kidston goodies

We had a spare single bed so i decided to make it into a day bed with lots of blankets and cushions ,looks quite cozy me thinks

Been having some lovely walks with bobby this week when it hasnt been raining ,this is a view from the top of the hill ,there is a seat here to look at the views but bobby manages to get there first and muddy it up before i get there puffing and panting

He is a lovely fun dog but sometimes wish he was a lazy dog rather than a loonatic who never gets tired

I treated myself to these this week ,they are so sweet and colourfull and of course from my favourite all time shop cath kidston ,i also bought these creams and little bag ,i could have bought so much more

Now for some homemakes like this patchwork peg bag

Shabby chic bunting

Patchwork cushion

Crochet garland All my makes are on my website at www.patchworkandlace.co.uk ,well as they say thats all for now ,thankyou always for all your lovely comments ,i must get round to visiting all your lovely blogs but everytime i get on the computer someone else needs to go on it ,i dont mean to sound spoilt but we have one computer between four of us and my son has big exams coming up soon so he spends a lot of time doing school work so please dont think me ignorant i love reading all your blogs and try to visit when i can ,i hope you all have a lovely weekend ,much love francine xx

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