Scenes from my Week

From my book pile:

• a fabulous pile of gardening, crafting, inspirational homes, creative people and their kitchens and studios

From the Auckland Wintergardens

• beautiful oriental lillies - there would gave been a few more photos, but my camera went flat

From the garden

• passionfruit slowly starting to ripen

From the kitchen:

• a cheerful vegetable platter, served with chicken nibbles and peanut dipping sauce.  This was a big hit with my children, the yellow vegetable is actually potato chunks cooked in turmeric and ginger.

From my sewing room:

• a finished pouch - lined with vintage sheeting that echos the trellis design on the yellow fabric. A little pincushion  for my partner too, cos she likes pansies.  I paper-pieced this log cabin because I always have trouble getting it to look even.  Worked well, the only advice I would give anyone making their own template is not to use a Frixion pen,  when I ironed the seams, my template disappeared.  Luckily it was on graph paper and easy to draw back.

This weekend is the last of the holidays - school starts again on Monday for both Miss B and Mr J.  We also celebrate Mr J's birthday on Sunday.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone.