Apologies for the brevity of this post, hopefully normal service will be resumed by the next update!
Here’s my garden embroidery last time I shared it, I’d just started the embroidery of the flowers…
Well I’ve not done a huge amount but I have done some stitching. I finished the foxgloves next to the rose arch. One of the green blobs is now a standard rose bush, this one is called Roald Dahl, I bought it in memory of my mum as she was a primary school teacher and one of her favourite books to read to her classes was James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.
A second green blob is now a geum, these lovely perennials are covered with little orange flowers on long stems, they flower for months on end. I’ve stitched my tree peony next to the arbour using a French knot surrounded by stem stitch with lazy daisy leaves.
I’ve just started the buddleia bush in the corner, I need to add more leaves and then the long purple flowers, I’ll probably use little French knots for these .
This stitch-a-long is organised by Avis from Stitching by the Sea, please follow the links to see what everyone else has been stitching.
Avis, Claire, Gun, Christina, Kathy, Margaret,
Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon,
Daisy, Cathie, Linda, Helen, Cindy, MaryMargaret
Given how busy you have been recently, it is really beginning to make progress, love the variety of flowers you can create from your stitches
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Thanks Jane, hopefully now it will grow a bit quicker 🙂
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well done on progress ^^ and what you say about your Mum brought back memories . . . when I was in primary school, the Headmaster used to come to our classroom once a week to do some mental arithimetic after which he would read “James and the Giant Peach” to us.
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Thanks Claire, I think Roald Dahl books are probably a favourite with many teachers 🙂
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I love those delicate orange flowers, so pretty!
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Geums are very pretty.
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Everything is looking so lovely, each stitch adds to her beauty
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Thank you, hopefully it will start to grow a bit quicker now 🙂
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I love the rose bush for your mum and yellow is for rememberence in flower language also. I have a yellow climber as a memory to my parents. x
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I didn’t realise yellow was for remembrance, it’s doubly symbolic then 🙂
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Love the way it’s growing, excuse the pun .
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Thank you, still quite a bit to go but it’s growing 🙂
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I had to look up the geum plant. It is very pretty. Your stitching is beautiful.
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There is a weed version of geum too which I have self-seeding everywhere, I’m sure over the years I’ve dug the wrong ones up 🙂
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Your garden is very beautiful!
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Thank you, it’s looking pretty full at the moment
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I had red geums last year and yes, they went on and on and on. The hoverflies loved them too. Beautiful stitching again 🙂
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Ooh red geums sound nice, I have some pretty pink ones, a shorter variety.
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I’m always so thrilled by your garden embroidery — I love how you keep adding more and more, like a garden coming into bloom.
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I like how these pieces look so Dotty to start with just like a real garden in spring then flourish over the weeks.
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