Well we finally returned home yesterday after nearly four weeks away, visiting family in Sydney and then cruising round New Zealand. We had a fabulous time, but after over 30 hours travelling to get home, I’m feeling somewhat jetlagged, hopefully this post won’t be too much gobble-de-gook!!
It’s quite a while since I shared any progress with my embroidered garden book as I had to put it to one side to stitch my grandson’s birth sampler. Whilst I haven’t any progress to share I have got plans!
My last bit of stitching was the amethyst and amber garden AKA the beer garden, this completed the three main areas of the garden…
I’ve quite a few ‘filler’ pages which have little embroideries on, so I think I have enough pages now, but there is one more I want to do. I stitched a map of our street for my book, but what I want to do now is a simple map of the garden, showing the different areas and how they relate to each other and the house. I measured the garden a while ago and used google maps to try and get a fairly accurate representation of the garden, I’ve managed to draw it out on paper, now I just need to stitch it. I’m going to keep it fairly simple using bondaweb for applique-ing the different areas. I just need to get started. Hopefully once I’m over the jetlag I’ll get myself motivated again so next time I’ll have some progress to share.
This SAL is organised by Avis from Stitching by the Sea, we post our progress on our projects every three weeks. 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, MaryMargaret, Cindy
thecraftycreek 
Love your plans for that last major page, Margaret!
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Thanks, I’m planning a simpler page, so hopefully it won’t take as long!
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Sounds like a great plan to bring your ideas to life. Looking forward to seeing your progress!
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Thanks, hopefully it will bring it all together.
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How wonderful to enjoy so many weeks away visiting family. The jetlag will soon subside and you will be back to stitching. I am looking forward to seeing that garden plan.
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Thanks, we had a great time.
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So glad that you had a super time with family and friends. The plans sound very grand!
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Thanks, we had a great time
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Love your garden motif!
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Thank you
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Sounds like an amazing trip – I’ve loved seeing the progress on your garden too
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Thanks, it was a good holiday
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A map of the garden sounds like a great idea. Good to hear you had a fabulous holiday
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Thanks Jane, hopefully then I can put it all together.
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Coming along beautifully! I hope the change of weather/temperature wasn’t too much on top of the jet lag!
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Thanks Kate, jetlag has been baaad this time…and black ice and -7 to contend with 😦
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You always have brilliant plans. Looking forward to watching it grow.
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Thank you, hopefully I can start putting it together soon.
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Always brilliant when a plan comes together 🙂
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It is, just got to make it happen now!
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Your garden scenese for your stitch book are gorgeous. A map of the garden is a brilliant idea.
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Thanks. hopefully the map will help bring it all together.
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