Complementary colours in the garden . . .

(. . . but first a few plane trails.  Wonder where they are all going?)

 

 It is surprising how much red and green is around in gardens, what with leaves changing colour . . .

 . . .nice juicy fruit . . .

 . . .healthy salads. . .

 . . . food for the winter birds . . .

 . . .and food for us.

 Flowers and their leaves . .

 . . and stretching a point with a warm brown.

 And how about another complementary pair to finish up with?

Summer garden round-up . . .

. . . mostly on the sunny days.

 

 \a very reasonable harvest, sometimes because of the rain, sometimes in spite of.

 

Brightening up the hall . . .

 . . . and a lovely bright carpet in my sister-in-law's garden.

 Yummee, gooseberry jam, gooseberry crumble . . .

 A lonely seed finds a home in an unexpected place.

 Self-seeding poppies . . .

 

 . . .and a bit of beaded embroidery to finish up.  A purse/wallet that's been sitting round for ages unfinished.  It really cheers me up when I take it out in a shop to pay the bill!

Some summer stitching bits . . .

Some fresh (for me, anyway) ideas for postcards, for a workshop coming up next week.

 

Landscapes from scraps - pinned, looked at with a window, waiting for some stitching.

We had a very inspiring speaker at the West Country Embroiderers Dorset Day back along, among other things showing beading embroideries.  I've eventually got round to doing some small bits.

And the ancient hexagon quilt is being finished.  I had to square off a large, roughly circular section and extend it.  Just have about 5 rows to add now, then it must have a border added, then all the rest - wadding, backing, quilting . . .  But I love hexagons!

Granddaughter Hannah came home to us after her last day of the summer term and wanted to make something for her mum - so here's a lovely little bookwrap, all stitched by her on my machine, plus a handmade book inside it.

And the rest of the beady bits!