HeartCrafts: 2014

10:09:00 am

Beautiful April

Birds are singing and flowers in full bloom, Spring/Summer is here! and I am in our garden every opportunity!

I love to tinker out in the garden when the sun shines♥

It has been ages since I last put pen to paper (or shall I say finger to switchboard). Life is just one long roller coaster ride with very few stops in between!

Like I mentioned on a previous blog, I have been fortunate enough to get a tiny little pod at Vintage Retreat where I now sell my handmade goodies and other bits and bobs. Amongst them are some Vintage finds. I have always been a big fan of anything Vintage and therefore have a keen eye for some good reusable Vintage finds.

Some of the many vintage patterns I am sorting through...with nostalgia

After all the rain we have had here in the UK what a privilege it was to Spend some weeks with the family in sunny Cyprus! Came back for 2 weeks and off we jetted again for another spell in the Sun! That did us all very good and it was lovely to wake up every morning to a happy sun and lots of laughter thrown in as well!

Coming back…the garden needed tending and a lot of time has been taken up with that and all handwork was put hold, apart from the hand sewing project (my little hexagons!!!!) they are multiplying day by day and soon…very soon hopefully by the end of the year a 100% hand sewn quilt will be done♥

My passion at the moment..hexagons....

My wise sister (Clarissa) once told me: life is like a tapestry, you can only see the pattern at the top and not all the loose threads hanging at the bottom..be patient and the purpose/pattern will be revealed one day….hmmmmm

Two little chicks I made out of some scraps...

Like a I said , life is a roller coaster ride, and the journey through it is a journey of many different rides. Downhill, uphill, crazy, devastating, but most of all the frightening rides… Enjoy and endure every minute of it, good or bad with the knowledge that you will come out the other side, sometimes a bit bedraggled and sad, but with the knowledge you did it and made it! No wonder my tic tok brain is on strike! Too much going on in my bubble of a little world.

Happy crafting wherever you are in the world and enjoy/endure the ride.

Luvvies x

New Year, New Beginnings♥

9:31:00 pm

♥New Year, New Beginnings♥

A very happy full of love and laughter 2014 is wished upon each and everyone on this place called earth. May just peace and happiness fill our hearts with cups of laughter, health and endurance!

Many days have passed since I last put my fingers on the keyboard to type a few words, but so much has happened in my small little world that prevented me from doing so....the PC played up, then I got sick etc etc and when I woke one morning I found it was the end of the year!

Most of us have new ideas and New Years resolutions - the old is behind us with all the burdens and sorrows, but also with memories of lots of love and laughter - some with some intense sorrow and sadness - I am convinced each person promises themselves that the New Year will bring something special...may hopes and dreams come true. It is in hope that we flourish.

From the beginning of this month I will have a small Pod/space for selling my goodies at the lovely Vintage Retreat in Northampton. This is an exciting time for me as I have only been doing school / church stalls etc. With hope and dreams in my heart, no depressing economy will dampen my spirits! (not even all this rain!!!)

For me, life is to take time out to create to be busy and live each day positive.

My late mum (Jo Zeelie) started a quilt which she never finished before she suddenly passed away. 2013, 15 years after her death, with the help of some lovely people at The Bramble Patch in Weedon UK, it was finished. While I was hand-stitching the edges, my mind was talking to my mum.....what did she feel /wonder / hope while she was busy making it...I will never know... at least it has been completed now.

How lovely it was for The Bramble Patch to put it up on their Christmas(2013) quilting exhibition to be enjoyed by one and all - a thing of beauty is a joy forever! My mum would have been so proud of her handwork♥

Herewith are some photos of the little houses that are on the Quilt. Each one done with so much detail and attention, but then...that was my mum.