Suggestibility

The Jubilee weekend passed me by in a bit of a blur; the weeks of hype and gradual reduction of tube carriage space during the Jubilee week had left me a feeling rather jaded. Instead of rushing down to the waters edge of the Thames or squeezing myself along the Mall I opted to stay at home and watch the jubilation from our sitting room in easy range of the kettle and other creature comforts! Although I'm not a staunch royalist the celebrations did make me think about how unusual we are as a nation to have such a remarkable monarch who is instantly recognisable all over the world, and I would be lying if I said that didn't make me just a little bit proud to be British!
But I wasn't completely armchair bound all weekend as I was tempted outside by the promise of the Untitled Art fair in Chelsea which was lovely and I did not come back empty handed!

Our shelves had been looking rather minimalist since we had them built and amongst my list of objects to artfully arrange on them was a nice oil painting to prop up on the shelves and bring a bit of colour to the room. I did wonder about whether the subject matter was a bit too foody for the sitting room, but I really like the soft composition and the colours used.
Never one to waste an opportunity, I took a quick jaunt down Kings Road to visit to Cabbages and Roses. I had been umming and ahhing over their fabric for months and this photo finally made me decide to to splurge on some Bees Linen.

Image from Cabbages and Rose's Facebook page

My length of linen is also destined to become a tablecloth and a rummage around in their remmants box did produce a possible backing material for the quilt (I almost feel I should whisper it as I've not done any work on the quilt since I last posted about it back in  January - although at least this proves that it is in my thoughts!)
I've also just noticed the pears on the table in the above photo which proves that I am quite obviously very open to suggestion as I've just bought a painting of pears. But then I've salivated over this image so many times its not surprising that the details are etched on my mind!
Now I just need to get some lovely fragrant stocks, a candlestick and some Sunderland lustreware too...