... but I've got a string of felted birds:
These little loves were made by my friend Akemi, who I met through our local craft market. She has a beautiful stall next door to mine selling little things gathered from her trips back home to Japan like jewellery and zakka, some of her hand-made ceramic work, and needle-felted accessories and toys. These birds were needle-felted by her, and are hung on a piece of yarn with smaller coloured pom-poms above and below them. I can't decide where to keep them in the house- I must have moved them around at least 10 times, but now I think they're happy here looking out the glass door in the kitchen.
It's getting much darker in the late afternoon, now, and dried leaves are scattered over the courtyard outside. To celebrate the change of season, I made new cushion covers for the sofa in the lounge. I'm quite happy with their new look:
It was satisfying to use up some small pieces of brown linen and corduroy, as well as some chunky wooden and clay buttons.
Oh, and I cut into that autumnal fabric to make this one. I couldn't resist it.