In The Heat

It's been a little hot lately so I've been playing a bit with some painted papers, adding borders, shading, and defining edges to create cards. I even fussy-cut a sunflower!

The garden is still blooming:

hmmmm, some support is needed

I did make a tiny bit of progress on the wrapping cloth, and PPP #4, and I did a bit of tatting, too.

A bit of lace trim on the left, and the beginnings of a vine is all I accomplished on this piece.

I trimmed the flowers with gimp, and I've begun edging with buttonhole stitch. Next I'll begin adding the pieces together.

More Mary Konior's designs.

( Onionskins- top)



( Skipping Ropes)

MK's  Merry Wives

 Mary's Butterfly  (Maria Pop)

I made some changes on this one, but it doesn't look much like a butterfly, does it?

 

Neither does this one!  lol!

But I hope my sweet little granddaughter will like them anyway.

 

 

I hope you've had a fun and creative week.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs from Suz

Gardens and Stitches

The weather has been so fine over the last week, that I've spent a good part of each day outside working in the gardens. ;-) 
So, only a wee bit of stitching was accomplished:

I've almost finished the purple project piece ( ppp ) #2. There's just one seam left to embellish. Then it's on to ppp #3.













On a night when sleep was elusive, I sat up for a while and tatted some Mary Konior patterns. Here is Embryo
( top ) and the first part of Jasmine.

In the garden, the trilliums look very happy in the shade.

These celandine poppies are waiting to join others in the shade of the trees. It's supposed to be quite warm today, so I may wait and plant them this evening.

I love creeping phlox.

some shots of different parts of the flower gardens:

This large pot welcomes visitors to our home.
It was just planted this last weekend, and will take a bit before the plants fill out.

 That's all for this week.

I hope your week has been sunny and creative.
Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz