Colour my Wednesday

It's a grey, wet day here; I need some colour today. I bought these roses yesterday, just from the supermarket; they're such an unusual two-colour variety, I couldn't resist them

 

Velvety peach and deep deep red, lovely!

I'm liking this succulent houseplant I picked up in IKEA today, it was only when I photographed it that I realised the ends of the leaves were so pinky-purple. Purple and green, my favourites :-)

I started another granny square cushion cover in a cooler palette than I've chosen previously. Just for a change.....blue and green with bright white.

The front

And the back, so far. Eventually, there will be 9 squares in total.  

And I'm still making hexagons for the never-ending blanket. I got a bit bored with making these before Christmas, and put it aside for a while. And once all that snow fell, the blanket -so- far was pressed into service; it's been keeping cold feet cosy in bed for a couple of months. I kept adding hexagons here and there, sewing them on before getting into bed...... and this is how it looks today.

 
 I'm not sure when I'll get this finished, but onward and upward, I'm going to make a concerted effort to fill in the spaces so it is a proper rectangle next time I show it here! 

Comments

[Anne@andamento]

Love the blanket!

[Petit Filoux]

Those roses are so pretty!! Loving the Ikea plant too, I also get so excited when we get to that part of the shop, I have to show real restraint not to come home with a new plant every time!! Hexagon blanket looking stunning, so unusual!

[Jennyff]

That blanket looks lovely and I like the idea of you using it before its finished. We still have a blanket over out duvet, its been there since the snow fell.

[graceful mice and gentle moons]

wow! the hexagons are gorgeous!!