Spring is getting ready to…spring

Some of my recent posts have made mention of the bleak winter we have had, well look now…

I took a little stroll around the garden at lunchtime

(it’s warmer outside than in because I let the fire go out last night)

I have masses and masses of Daffodils but the first are just emerging now, give it a few weeks and my garden will be a blaze of yellow.

Violets too…

I look out my window to potted Hyacinths… but I will plant these out in the garden when they die back.

And just to illustrate that here in Australia we know we really shouldn’t moan about cold winters,  hanging on all through winter are two roses still in bloom…a bit ratty looking but they’ve seen more than a few frosts.

I have been very productive on the Maltaville these last few weeks, drafting and prepping.

But before prepping comes auditioning the fabrics.

The Prussian Blue is a given, and the Red. At this stage I’m going with the fabric on the top right hand side for the arcs.

Some fabric choices fall in to place so easily and these next two I’m really happy with.

I ‘m really pleased how close these fabric choices are to the original…maybe the best so far.

I never did get any little yellow check of the right scale or shade for a few of the blocks so I have

repeated a light cheddar (or a dark butterscotch yellow)

which I have used in another block for this next one.

Time to light the fire again, I have another Maltaville block partly sewn which I want to finish

this evening and  I need to make sure the living room is

Toastie.

til soon…