Warm, sunny weather means that I've been spending lots of time in the gardens, and little time stitching. There is a bit of progress on the crewel piece.
Over a padding of stem stitch, rows of bullion knots in alternating colours took several hours to stitch.
This row is completed, but I still need to add a row of beads, an outside row of padded buttonhole stitch, plus more couching with the metallic thread before this flower is done. Then the two leaves will be stitched.
How it all looks so far:
The rest of the photos are shots of parts of my back gardens.
I hope your week has been sunny.
Thanks for visiting.
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Over a padding of stem stitch, rows of bullion knots in alternating colours took several hours to stitch.
This row is completed, but I still need to add a row of beads, an outside row of padded buttonhole stitch, plus more couching with the metallic thread before this flower is done. Then the two leaves will be stitched.
How it all looks so far:
The rest of the photos are shots of parts of my back gardens.
I hope your week has been sunny.
Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz
Your flowers are beautiful, both stitched and real! I'm afraid stitching will be on hold until I manage to organize my sewing room, a task that needs to be completed a little bit at a time so that I don't become overwhelmed!
ReplyDeleteI understand re-organizing: I seem to have to do it every time something important happens. Maybe I think that it'll help me feel more grounded if all my stuff is in order....... Thanks.
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Love, love love the fairy garden. A happy place to spend an hour or two.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cyra! I had a third fairy, but he must have been lonely and scampered away to find a mate....... *;) winking I spend many, many hours happily working in the gardens.
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Your gardens are lovely and I can see why that sweet Faerie wants to stay in the shade amidst the pretty flowers. Your stitching is so perfect and must have taken countless hours to achieve such a beautiful flower/s. Summer Sunshine Smiles Dear...
ReplyDeleteThanks Sherry! They're a work in progress. ( Is one ever finished in a garden? ) It did take several hours to do the bullion knots, but I love bullions. *:) happy
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Your stitching is beautiful Suz, as is your garden.It must be so special to have Summer after your ever-so-cold Winters. We are spoilt with our blue skies. We are so thankful when it rains.Grey skies are welcome.LOVE your Fairy Garden.
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy. Yes, we eagerly await spring and summer after our long winters, and then everything needs doing at once in the gardens.........We've been dry here, too, this spring, so rain has been welcome. Can't have gardens without some rain, right? Watering just doesn't do it.
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all those bullion stitches and they are all exactly the same amazing. Wondering what the plant is on the first photo and also see you have hostas do you yot get thousands of slugs they certainly love hostas here so I avoid them
ReplyDeleteThank you, Margaret. The first garden photo shows Bachelor's Buttons. They're a pretty and spiky blue, aren't they? I haven't had any problems with slugs in my hostas, and I've had lots of hostas in lots of gardens over the years. I think the secret is that I mulch around the garden plants, and slugs find it uncomfortable to travel across the dry mulch.
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I love the flowers both kinds, I feel like taking a deep breath to take it all in, Hugs from Carollyn!
ReplyDeleteMe too, Mad! I enjoy the hours spent on both pursuits, and the results. Although, I've been told a garden is never finished, at least an embroidered piece can be.....lol!
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You have a lovely garden Suz.I could spend hours looking at all those beautiful flowers if I live close by :-). To fit bullions in a curvy petal is a bit challenging and you've managed to get it perfectly,well done dear!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Anita! Yes, I enjoy spending many hours out in the gardens. It's so satisfying to sit with a cup of tea on the patio and look over all the plants and enjoy their beauty and fragrance.
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Your garden looks like paradise! The bullion stitches are great - you are proofing to have much patience with those. And the buttohole stitches will be a challenge, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks Anneliese. I do enjoy making bullions, so I looked forward to this part of the flower. I like buttonhole too, so it should also be fun.
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Your stitched flowers are looking so amazing - with all the different types of stitching on each. Better you than me doing all those bullions!
ReplyDeleteWell, I love doing bullions, so it's fun for me. Thank goodness with all the b-knots in this flower.....lol. Thanks MA.
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not only cam you work magic with a needle and thread...it seems you can do the same in the garden. Beautiful images Susan.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Karen! I do tend to get lost both in the garden and in my stitching. I go with the flow........
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