A Square Meal

Anyone for tea?  Cake did I hear you say, on a pretty thrifted glass cake stand?  How could I refuse you, my friends?  Hang on, I'll get out my best china, too.

Want to look closer at the "cakes"?

So this is how I spent the latter hours of yesterday and this morning.  Nothing edible, I'm afraid (although you wouldn't really have been able to eat them anyway, so I hope you'll forgive me!) but oodles of yummy square pincushions.  What a joy, choosing all those gorgeous combinations of fabrics, then ribbons and to top them off, some pretty buttons.  I mustn't forget to thank Mr HenHouse for his help with the "tufting", you really need a good strong man to pull ribbon on the end of a big long needle through layers of fabric and stuffing.  Thanks, big boy!

Once I'd decided to raid the Carlton Ware cabinet, I went a bit bonkers.  I love all these Spring-like colours.  It's even quite bright and Spring-like here, today.

More cheese, Gromit!

I don't know what it is about making things en masse, but they look so much better, all in a little collective huddle.  That said, I'll probably not want to face another square pin cushion for quite some time!  I should have recovered by the time of the Vintage and Handmade Fair...

Now who ate that last one?