May Flower

Today was a sit outside type of day, so armed with a bag of stuffing, needle and thread, I set to finally finishing my first cloth doll that I started...um...about two years ago I guess.

Here she is made up...

She hopes she doesn't have to wait the same length of time for features and hair.

Fortunately she didn't, although she is not too sure about the hair at this stage. 

She enjoyed exploring the garden.

Admiring the flowers, and pointing out that the grass needed to be strimmed!

Sitting amongst the Forget-me-nots.

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.

Wandering with Wren - Bluebell Glory

There was another girl wandering through the bluebells yesterday...

It was Wren of course!

She too enjoyed sitting for a while and just enjoying nature in all its glory.

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!

Agnes has a visitor.

Agnes really wished her visitor had got dressed out of his sleep wear before coming to see her!