More Pillowcases

More pillowcases finished!

The green pair is for El Guapo and I - even though the quilt in our room is pink and yellow!

The lavender ones are Sunshine's - I wanted a better photo now the sun is out.

I used blue crochet thread for the trim. I really like how it turned out.

Please - Just (s)Leeve Me Alone!

Well! Aren't we pleased with ourselves! One sleeve done, one to go. The cardigan is a bit on the short side - maybe that will change with some more aggressive blocking - but if not, Cheerleader assures me that it is cute the way it is. Bummer that you have to get this far before you can discover that maybe it is a bit short! Loving the bobbles and wheatear rib stitch.

Easter Tea

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Sandwiches: Ham; Cucumber; and Radish

Deviled Eggs

Scones with homemade Strawberry Jam and Clotted Cream

Brownies

French Frangipane Tart with Berries

Strawberries

Irish Afternoon Tea

Every year since Cheerleader was born, we have celebrated Easter with a fancy tea. Some years fancier than others - One year the girls wore their swim suits with rubber boots (the weather was very uncertain that day.)

This year the gluten-free scones came out PERFECT!

I wish I knew why.

Then maybe I could do it again.

The tart was really nice also.

Nice berries.

Budding

This is the crabapple tree. Photo taken on April 1. I was going to try to get a better shot - it was really windy on the 1st and the photo is kinda blurry. Since then, however, we have had gale force winds and pounding rain. Squint your eyes and it doesn't look so bad!

April

I don't know where you fall on the International Date Line, but in our neck of the woods, it's April 1. I woke this morning to frosty roofs (rooves?) and lawns and SUN - which I think even Noah was happy to see - and he only had 40 days of rain.

These first two photos were taken last week (which just proves that my earlier dig at the weather was a slight exaggeration).

This photo was taken yesterday after much rain. There was an inch of snow in a nearby town, but only flurries of pear blossom petals in our back yard.

Pillowcases

Nice!

Posh

Look at this charming old chair El Guapo brought home to me yesterday! I've wanted a chair similar to this for a long time. Can't you just see it - dressed up in something floral and sitting demurely on the patio?

I sewed these posh pillowcases together yesterday, using the tute from here. I'm really please with how they turned out. I chose the fabric for Sunshine - her room is grey with lavender accents. Now, I am ready to crochet some pretty white trim around the edges.

I spend soooooo much time in the car waiting for girls - classes, appts., sports, etc. I need to have portable projects to keep me from going quietly insane. I hope the crochet trim lasts a while. Though, I do have one more set of pillowcases begun; a quilt to hand quilt; one more sweater sleeve; and I need to cast on another pair of socks. Surely, with that many projects going, I will have enough to do while waiting in the car!