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

Not Much Stitching

Hi everyone. My Sis arrived Friday for a visit and left Tuesday afternoon, so there wasn't much stitching accomplished while she was here. We had fun, though.
I did, however, begin a new project late last week. It's for an upcoming wedding, but, in order to protect the identity of the couple, their photos were smudged

the lace monogram

Josephine knots cascading along the lace trims



more JK's to come

parts of the wedding invitation are included in this embroidery, but the couple's names have been blocked out

 more embellishing and embroidering will happen, and perhaps some silk ribbon embroidery as well will appear on this piece

to date, we plan an oval presentation under glass and DH will create a fabulous frame.

it's a beginning..........

and that's it for this week stitch-wise

my hands are sore from gardening/weeding/mulching, digging, and hauling flagstone and rocks

there is blue and purple in the garden

the new bed I created, hauling and placing the flagstone and rocks

the new garden shed is up and the bed on the left is for more veg  once I finish the digging and create the raised beds

weeding, weeding, and more weeding as I discover just what is growing in the new-to-me gardens.

oops, there's some yellow I need to weed out.....

Hope you've had a creative week.

Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz