Some March Chit-Chat

Greetings lovely friends & readers

Welcome to March - with that wonderful touch of Autumn in the air  🤎

 Eldest son came to stay a night last week & bought me this stunning bunch of flowers.  There's a girl with a roadside stall not far from where he lives & he likes to support her.  The Roses had the faintest lovely fragrance which filled the dining room.

Last week we finally got our craft group get-together at Liz's.  We painted & decorated bottles & it was just wonderful sitting out in the sun on Liz's porch, painting & chatting together.  I loved Sharlaine's above right, with their dark moody vibe.

Liz & Gail's above left & Joyce's right - Joyce was doing a "bee theme" on her bottle.  

As I'd already finished my bottles I took a pair of vintage shoe stretchers along to paint & decorate.  I used some of the transfer that we purchased on our recent trip to Paint Me Vintage - I'm delighted with how they turned out.  

Gail had some lacquer there so I gave them a coat once I'd put the transfers on.  

Some touches of Easter decor are appearing at Threadbear HQ this week - I was keen to decorate my vintage Singer Sewing table using my bottles & my handmade Easter Tree. 

I am very partial to all the pretty pastels at Easter time.

Though our mornings are Cold the days are beautiful.  Yesterday I painted some old wooden spoons out on my deck table.  If you have unwanted voluntary assistance 😸 remember to give them nap breaks as it is rather tiring watching paint dry (!!)

These wooden spoons can be picked up very cheaply at Op-shops (50 cents each) - I painted one in Pale duck egg & one in Vintage white.  Then I added some more of the transfer remnants.  I like to use every single scrap when I purchase a transfer.

A simple, pleasing Easter arrangement on my kitchen bench  🐰🩶

A plain white tag that I added a transfer to & tied onto a cloche.

On the sewing front there has been very little activity - I found this old Rosalie Quinlan book & decided to make the Petite Thread basket.  I used a remnant of the Peter Rabbit fabric that I'd purchased last Easter to make this hanging hand-towel.  I'm not sure why my photos are appearing yellow-ish today - but it turned out very sweet.

It's made up of 6 segments & a base - I fussy cut the rabbit pictures for each segment & added a bobble trim to the top.  

I think it will be cute with some wrapped eggs in, but we won't do this too soon as they have a habit of ending up in my mouth (!!) 😐

When my dear friend Sandy posted me a birthday package last year she included a packet of Black Scabiosa Seeds.  I grew them in early spring & they have been just so stunning in my garden, even wonderful as cut flowers with their nice lengthy stems.  

As I've been seed saving this past week I gathered a large bag of seeds so I can sow them again next spring.  

Thank you so much for your welcome visits here today dear friends & listening to my chit-chat,

Wishing you a wonderful rest of the week, remember to be kind to yourselves & to each other,

Sending much love & friendship to you all,