Sunday Sevens is a weekly blog series consisting of sevens photos representing your week – a great way to keep blogging if you don’t have much to blog about!
Nat over at Threads & Bobbins explains how you can take part in #sundaysevens in her post here.
So this is my week in brief……
1. The day bed is finally getting some proper use now the weather has perked up – my favourite place to do a spot of crocheting.
2. My crochet-everything-in-the-book challenge is well under way – I’m nearly half way through already!!
3. Popped into Butterfly Bright in Sherborne and discovered that they do a range of knit/sew/crochet ‘n’ natter type sessions that I quite fancy attending.
4. Caught The Boys making mud pies in their school uniforms.
5. Methinks ALL the hens are taking liberties now.
6. My ‘England’ passport cover popped up in Craftseller magazine this month.
7. A cheeky lunch out whilst The Boys went bowling with their football team today.
What have you been up to this week?
Sewchet 
July 19, 2015 at 10:35 pm
Is that your bike – how cool! Congratulations on appearing in Craftseller. Love that mag 🙂
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July 19, 2015 at 10:43 pm
I wish it was my bike! It belongs to Butterfly Bright and sits outside their shop:)
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July 19, 2015 at 10:40 pm
Just what I was thinking too! C’mon! Reveal all? Is it yours!
Can’t believe how cheeky your hens are!! And hope you get lots of sales on folksy! 😉
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July 19, 2015 at 10:47 pm
Sadly not, it’s the shops publicity thing – wish it was mine though! Wonder if they’d miss it? I think we make our hens too comfortable don’t we?!
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July 19, 2015 at 10:50 pm
I hope they lay double yolkers after all that pampering!
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July 19, 2015 at 10:55 pm
Not very often, ungrateful bunch! And they s**t everywhere!
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July 19, 2015 at 10:56 pm
hahahaha…….
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July 19, 2015 at 11:04 pm
The hens do look quite photogenic around your house . . . I’m not sure I want to see the mess they leave behind, though! Looks like a lovely lunch and beautiful weather, even with all the chicken and kid messes to deal with. 😉
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July 20, 2015 at 9:34 am
The hens are such a pleasure to have around that it far outweighs the mess they make. Ditto The Boys……!
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July 19, 2015 at 11:18 pm
Love your hens’ cheekiness! They certainly make themselves comfortable 🙂
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July 20, 2015 at 9:32 am
They have SO much character you wouldn’t believe!
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July 19, 2015 at 11:43 pm
LOL….it would seem that as you have moved out into the garden with your day bed….the ladies have decided fair game on your abode 😉
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July 20, 2015 at 9:31 am
So true! Except they follow me around and when I’m outside crocheting, they settle down with me on the day bed, on the rug, perch on the bars under the table, sit on the chairs……..
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July 20, 2015 at 11:20 am
LOL 😀
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July 20, 2015 at 1:29 am
Oh my! You are jumping all over in the mags! Shows just how talented you are my friend. Boy if I made mud pies in my good clothes my mom would have given me a lashing. LOL Your boys looks so sweet with their soft curls. In the short time I have known you they have grown like weeds. Tell them to slow down so you can enjoy their super funny antics. 🙂 I adore the doll you are making. I think her striped stockings make her just the fashion maven! xxxxxxx Robin
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July 20, 2015 at 9:29 am
The Boys are growing up so fast – too fast, as you rightly say. Having four other children in their twenties makes me want to keep them babies for longer:)
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July 20, 2015 at 4:08 am
That lacy edge on your daybed cover is inspired! Congratulations on the magazine mention ! ! ! Enjoyed their site, and don’t think there’s anything similar here. Your ladies are definitely spoilt! Sheila, your posts are too interesting. I start following links & get so involved I forget to get back to you to Thank You for all the inspiration. 💕
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July 20, 2015 at 9:27 am
Thank you – it was antique lace when I sewed it on back in the Eighties and has been through a lot but still looks OK. Thanks for the comment about finding my posts interesting- I try hard so it’s nice my efforts are appreciated:)
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July 20, 2015 at 8:02 pm
Definitely appreciated!
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July 20, 2015 at 7:58 am
My chickens are cheeky buggers too. Doesn’t help when the 2 year old human liberates them and they eat my strawberries.
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July 20, 2015 at 9:24 am
We have a thornless blackberry – huge mistake. Now there’s nothing to stop them eating them all! We have a ‘rustic’ garden. Anyone who has fully free range hens will know what that means:)
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July 20, 2015 at 8:21 am
What an awesome week. Had a good smile about your hens, they seem to be loving it very much. 😉
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July 20, 2015 at 9:22 am
They’re very spoiled hens that love to come in for some human/dog company:)
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July 22, 2015 at 3:39 pm
I can see. They are so very cute. 🙂 I remember when we were children, we had a duck, that was our best pet ever. She loved drinking from our glasses. 🙂
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July 24, 2015 at 9:09 am
How wonderful! A duck is a refreshing change from the ‘normal’ pet:)
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July 20, 2015 at 8:47 am
Gorgeous photos! I love the day bed!!!! It’s fabulous!
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July 20, 2015 at 9:19 am
Thanks! We spent so much time outside last Summer and the lightweight gazebo spent quite a lot of that time in the field due to gusts of wind, that we invested a few hundred quid in a permanent one with waterproof curtains and canopy. We now sleep out there on hot nights as well with no risk of getting wet in the odd shower. Lovely!
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July 20, 2015 at 9:36 am
Oh how fab!! ☀️☀️☀️
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July 20, 2015 at 12:31 pm
Great photos – the hens are beautiful and how exciting to have your creations featured in magazines!
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July 21, 2015 at 11:37 am
Thank you, the hens are so full of character, they’re lovely to have around. I never get bored of seeing my things in magazines:)
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July 20, 2015 at 1:47 pm
A lovely post. The hen pics have to be my favourite. I always dreamed of having a country cottage with hens popping in and out the back door 🙂 The gazebo room sounds amazing. We have a gazebo but have to take the cover off for the winter. Yours looks amazing. x
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July 21, 2015 at 11:40 am
Well, we don’t have a cottage with roses around the door any more as we needed a bigger house for the growing family and a 1930’s four bed semi was the practical option. We are in the country though, pretty much living the dream:)
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July 20, 2015 at 4:38 pm
I spotted a bottle of Extra vergine olive oil on the restaurant table… Hope it was good..
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July 21, 2015 at 11:41 am
It was excellent, thanks – it’s always a treat to have a romantic meal for two:)
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July 21, 2015 at 12:56 pm
I couldn’t agree more 😃😃😃
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July 20, 2015 at 5:39 pm
Love your cheeky chickens and your plan to crochet everything in the book. That sounds a fab challenge.
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July 21, 2015 at 11:43 am
The crochet book is all dolls and their outfits/accessories and they are to be a Christmas present for a little girl. As it is also a project for Minerva Crafts, I thought I’d make everything in the book!
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July 21, 2015 at 1:16 pm
I remember the book being in your Sunday Sevens a while back and loving it then. Problem is I have no little girls to make dolls/outfits for 😦 It’s going to have to be a different book if I’m going to challenge myself to do everything in a book.,
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July 20, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Love all of the chicken pics – they look so happy and content! The expressions on your boy’s faces amused me! Loved your crochet too 🙂
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July 21, 2015 at 11:44 am
The boys are very blasé about the hens as they’ve grown up with them. The crochet is quite an exciting project which I’m really enjoying:)
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July 21, 2015 at 2:33 am
Well done you for getting another magazine feature! I love all the hen pictures…very cheeky hens!
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July 21, 2015 at 11:45 am
Thanks – I still love seeing my things in print! The hens are extremely cheeky, but equally adorable:)
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July 21, 2015 at 7:21 pm
Such a fun post, I love the free range chickens, my friend has chickens and she swears that they gang up on her, it makes me laugh. The boys are adorable all arms and legs and sunkissed skin, you must have so much fun with them. When your craft work stalls you could always try writing about parenting, it looks like you’re doing a grand job.
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July 22, 2015 at 9:49 am
So kind of you! They’re such typical boys – they love playing with mud and running around as nature intended, who am I to stop their fun?!
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August 2, 2015 at 3:59 am
I love that you have hens with attitude sista! They even pose for their pictures really made me smile a proper goofy smile 😋
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August 2, 2015 at 8:50 pm
Oh they have plenty of attitude alright, who needs a guard dog when you’ve got hens – Cock scares the hell out of the postmen by crowing at full blast as soon as they open the gate!
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