An Easter Table

Greetings dear friends & readers,

I hope you are all managing to stay safe & well & are taking good care of yourselves?

About 3 weeks ago I had to go over to the city to Spotlight as I needed some ticking fabric to complete an Order.

I was in the curtaining department trying to find the ticking when I walked past this most gorgeous fabric

 that stopped me in my tracks.

I am not usually an impulse buyer but I just had to have a metre of it - I adored it so much 💕

It is a linen cotton blend with the cutest ever rabbits dotted all over it.

At first I thought I would make myself a cushion but decided instead to make a long runner for my coffee table 

& then perhaps put together a little Easter vignette.

I backed my runner with some calico & then added pink pom pom trim to each end - yes I have forgotten

to photograph this 😉

I found the blue wool blanket bunny that I made last Easter

This is a free downloadable pattern from twig and tale designs

I also sewed the two little girl bunnies above last Easter.

Once again, a free pattern from Tilda's World

(scroll right down the page for the rabbits)

The white porcelain dishes were picked up last year in half price sales after Easter - this is the first time I have 

used them.

Yes I do have to quickly hide the pink eggs when The Mr arrives home or I would have none left for my display 😉

I covered a few more polystyrene eggs to top my bowl up a bit - this is a simple & fun activity - done with Sid last Tuesday.

A small grouping of Easter Candles under my glass cloche

My only purchase this year (apart from my fabric) were these artificial eggs from kmart

I just LoVed their pastel colors - & purchased them online.

My little pewter rabbit clinging onto the bowl was purchased when the Hummingbird closed last year.

I snapped some pics last night with the fairy lights going - when I sit on the couch & do my knitting of an evening - 

this table sits directly in front of me

Pretty things to look at & scented candles .  .  .  .  .

Simple things that bring me much pleasure at the moment 💗

This pattern was purchased early last year, put away & never even looked at.

I pulled it out last week as I decided to make it up & knew I had a nice piece of blue wool felt in my stash that would suit it perfectly.

The pattern is from Jodi's RicRac Sews etsy store

Gosh I have only just noticed how I have completely missed the seam when stitching the nose on (!!!!)

Rather than sew, turn & stuff as the instructions state, I handstitched my rabbit as I rather liked the effect of this.

I used some Liberty cotton for trim on mine so I think I need to give it another name as "she" doesn't really suit Warren. 😉

Yesterday afternoon we were forecast thunder storms so I picked the last roses of the season & bought them inside. 

I waited with great anticipation as I do love a good thunderstorm but not one droplet appeared.

I snapped this glorious sunset out the french doors in our bedroom last night

Now dear friends - if it all just gets a little too much for you - take a leaf out of Pippi's book & tuck your head 

under the covers for awhile. 💗

Thanks So Very Much for your visits here today,

Take care of yourselves dear readers - be kind to yourselves & to each other,

With much love & friendship to you all,

Julie & the furry ones x0x0x