Poppy Patchwork


My little bit of this big World

Friday 20 May 2016

Showing off

I have had this fabric for years
I love the colour and the design
 Can't wait until I can stitch these into a design, 
I had just a fat quarter.
 The birds have been back stitched
 Later I am thinking about adding silver and gold shinny threads
to add to the Christmas baubles, and the snow on the branches
it's a joy to stitch and I'm almost finished the top 2 pages
then just another 2 to go. 
It's been another cold week, so nothing much doing in the garden, BUT I am excited, my greenhouse will be delivered next Tuesday, so this weekend I will have to sort the area where it is going, which includes digging the soil out of my raised garden, hubby will make it a bit smaller to fit into the back of the greenhouse. I have made loads of measurements in this area, everything will fit great, I will have a some space for other things, but it will all look tidy. I will be sorting the back corner, I have piled this area with branches, twigs and other natural stuff for a wildlife haven, I will make another in a different corner of the garden. So come rain or shine tomorrow I will be outside most of the day. The bedding plants are more than ready for Win's garden, so on Sunday I will evaluate the weather and decide if I can plant them.
I had great news in work today, my final meeting on probation, they have now made my position permanent, which is great news, it means I have a few more benefits from them.
I finished The Ice Twins by S.K.Tremayne, it was an interesting read, I'm not sure about the ending, whilst it was not wrong, it all came so quickly.

6 comments:

  1. That is wonderful whimsical fabric! Good luck with the green house and congratulations on your job becoming permanent.

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  2. It has always amazed me how backstitching just makes a design pop off the page.

    Those pieces at the top of the post are so cute!

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  3. You are sew clever. The tree is coming on a delight. When you say you've done two pages - can we see what a page looks like? Am intrigued

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  4. Congratulations on your job, great news, especially with the extra benefits. I do like that pussy cat fabric, so cute. The Ice Twins seems to bring out a different reaction in everyone who reads it, I've read so many different reviews. I wasn't keen on it at all but I did manage to finish it.

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  5. Love the fabric, will you be putting other colour hexagons with it? Love the cross-stitching

    Congratulations re work

    Julie xxxxxxxxx

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  6. I too thought the Ice Twins was a bit rushed at the end.
    What fun fabric the kitten on is

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