Summer Swallows

Just a very quick post …. last night the rain stopped at about 8 pm – too late for anything other than a quick walk down to the village playing fields to give Ben a chance to stretch his legs and practise his ball skills.  While I was down there the swallows were very active – swooping low over the grass with such grace and precision – and the odd wobble from one of this year’s babies!

Then I remembered – earlier in the summer I had drawn a swallow template and, using Photoshop, filled the outline with scanned vintage fabric, printed, cut out and pasted the swallows to the wall in my workroom.  They look very effective and I thought others might enjoy them too.  Just click here for the free pdf – and I’ve also included a blank template in case you want to create your own swallows.  They’d also make a good applique pattern.