Sunny Sunday in the Garden.

I just love days like we have been having...the sun is shining and it is lovely and warm.  Perfect for spending time in the garden.  

Norma Jean enjoys her time in the garden and thinks the flowers are so pretty.

Anne-Marie spends some time reading a favourite book.

May Flower, just enjoys sitting by the tree.

I finished a dress last night - it was a pattern for a Les Cheries doll.

It fits Clara well, but I prefer slightly shorter dresses on her, so I will make another that is shorter.

She looks so pretty in this colour - fortunately I believe I have enough yarn left to make another.

Miss Still Waiting to be Officially Named tries on the dress...it is not a bad fit for her either.

I like that I can use patterns for Les Cheries for this girl - it means with slightly alterations I have more patterns available to make her things.

A beautiful spring day at Audley End

Today we visited Audley End and I took my Bluefairy girl with me. (She really does need a name!)

It was the most perfect Spring day, warm and bright and the tulips looked gorgeous.

Funny girl, looks a bit uncertain in this photograph.

She enjoyed some rock climbing.

She was pleased to have a new short sleeve cardigan to wear with her dress.

A Walk in the Woods

The morning was bright with not a soul in sight and although destined for school, she decided to risk giving it a miss in favour of spending time in the Bluebell Woods, for surely that is more important than being stuck inside...where things can stagnate...no scent to arouse the senses and no natural images to stir the mind and its imagination.

She arrives...

What's that?  

She turns to make sure she is not being followed

She listens for a while

It seems it was just the breeze 

and so she continues on

She is mindful how she goes to not crush any Bluebells.

Time to just sit and inhale and to enjoy the scent, sight and sound of being...

...surrounded in a sea of blue.

Her journey continues...

...her imagination works overtime.

She rests against the trunk of a tree

feeling grounded 

and at one with nature

Time to move on

Another tree to climb..

and sit upon.

Just listening and being

Enjoying her time outside.

Sewing on Sunday

I have had a very productive couple of days sewing - I have eight Sasha dresses now to hem - I hand sew the hems generally.  I also have three shirts to sew buttons on and then the oh so dreaded sewing on of 'snaps/poppers' .  I really don't enjoy that part - does anyone like sewing on snaps/poppers?  

It has been a good day - thanks to my muse.  So it only seemed right that she got a new dress as well.  

I wanted to try and new pattern so I used some fabric I had in my stash that I had plenty of and that I didn't regard as 'special' as I wanted to make sure of the fit first.  It worked out pretty well so I will now have a hunt for something special for her.

Won't you play me a Sonata?

Of course the boots don't quite match this dress!

Technology Outdoors.

The wonders of technology outdoors!  

My Muse...

Seems like she may be the muse I needed to get me inspired to sew and knit again - although I really should be making clothes for Sasha dolls for my sales table in a couple of weeks time...but at least I am finally being creative!

Trying a more casual look today.  

New sweater and stretch jeans for a walk in the garden.

For a more 'girlie' look, a polka dot dress I also made for her yesterday.

Looking pensive.

She still needs a name...currently I think of her by the name she had when she arrived 'Ember' but for some reason Lisa keeps coming into my mind when I look at her...so I am not sure yet.