a weekend project

This weekend was very productive - two pairs of cushions were made to dress up the freshly re-painted Adirondak chairs.

Hot pink and grey roses on natural linen from Material Obsession, warm grey striped linen, lime green piping and  pom-poms from No Chintz. As I was sewing, memories of childhood days at the beach drifted back, when everyone had broad beach umbrellas with white pom-pom trims that riffled in the sea-breeze.

Clever Mr EF made these chairs for me a few years ago after a neighbor received one as a gift; he borrowed it for 2 days to study and make templates, then made them up (I'd only been hinting for, ooh, about 10 years prior)

After living under the Jacarandas for a few years their paint needed freshening - they looked so pretty that I moved them to the front verandah.

A lovely place to wind down and catch the afternoon sun.

That is, if you can get a seat.

And just to re-assure you that I have also been doing some quilting, here's  a sneak peek at a preliminary border design (just pinned and roughly laid out) for the mad little birds quilt...

Have a lovely week.