Catching up with Spring & a Bit of Excitement

Good morning all and welcome to Monday. I finally got around to changing my mini over to the Spring version. I thought I better to do before Summer is knocking on the door.

Speaking of Spring, a wander around my very neglected garden over the weekend revealed that I had missed some of my old faithfuls coming into bloom. Like for instance all my Azaleas which never let me down. However I was thrilled to see some pretties...my 2 bouganvilleas.

The other one is the most beautiful reddish orange..

Miss Clivia was not to be out done...I always get a thrill to see this one bloom.

Do you have little plants that were given to you by friends as cuttings that when they flower make you happy and bring them to mind...like my 2 geraniums.

I think even a tiny bit of garden can lift your spirits.
Now to all things stitching.
After finishing my little "Frosty" fellow I placed him with his friends while I think of how to assemble them. Stitching him did make me feel all 'Christmasy' in the sewing sense and I felt like I wanted to make a Christmas tote bag so I pulled out my fabrics and chose 2 I liked and then looked through some recent drawings and chose a sweet little birdie. I have taken complete artistic license with this little bird. He is supposed to be a little Robin but we all know they are not all red...more orangey even. So I hope you will forgive me for that....what do you think?

Perhaps I should just call him "Holly Birdie" a new species.
I am now going to wax lyrical so just warning you..
Everyone is so busy these days and also dollars have to go a bit further than they used to, so I am always very grateful, delighted and humbled when you lovely stitchers out there take the time to like my designs enough to then stitch them. When you design it is also like exposing a big part of yourself out there for people to critic. So you can just imagine how I have felt this past weekend when my lovely blogging friends who meet regularly at Millrose Patchwork in Ballan, Victoria for a stitching fun day chose my designs for their swap theme....ooh eee! Very excited!

These are all the projects the girls made...I was so thrilled to see them. I have borrowed these photos from Christine of Macdonald's Patch. Here are all the lovely girls outside the store.

Thank you so much ladies for choosing my designs for your swap, you made my day....can't believe I missed being there by 2 weeks!!! Having visited this gorgeous place so recently I could imagine you all there having fun. So glad you all had a wonderful time. Heartfelt thanks once again xoxoxo
Lunch awaits and a little bit of quiet time in my favourite chair with my needle and thread.
Blessings Michelle xxx