gardening, dyeing and stitching took up most of my time this week. had to pull out my lemon cucumber plants. they never did flower and all the leaves started turning yellow. i think i planted them too late and given the temps in the high 90s every day, they didn't have a chance. but there are lots of orange and yellow cosmos blooming so those flowers and some roses that were purchased from the supermarket are what i used for this weeks bundles.
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| roses and cosmos |
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| and the flowers bundled in silk around a copper pipe and a tin can |
i'll show the results next weekend.
here are the results of the bundle i showed you
last time. it was a cotton slip from long, long ago that was white when it started out. it will be stitched and embellished at some point in the future.
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| cosmos and roses around a tin can |
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| i love the mustard color that developed on the neck lace |
and i decided to try and start a mango tree...just for fun. getting the seed out of its shell was not easy. wrapped it in a wet paper towel and put it in a plastic bag with some air blown in. it is now on the windowsill and hopefully in a couple of weeks the roots and leaves will appear so i can plant it in soil. can't remember where i read those instructions.
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| the shell looks like a little boat doesn't it....hmmmm |
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| a little green house |
and some stitching, of course, inspired this week by Karen Ruane's class Simply Stitch.
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| not a great picture but you get the idea... |
have a great week and for those battling floods, i'm thinking of you and hoping you are all safe.
