Well life caught up with me again so no sewing and no blogging. Yesterday I managed to spend the afternoon working on my sweet-peas! I ironed on the stems
Stems ironed on to bag shape
to the bag shape and then sandwiched the bag shape with the backing and wadding
and machine sewed down the stems so that the stems are more or less quilted through all the 3thicknesses.Then quilted the rest of the bag around the edges of where the flowers won’t be. Last night while watching the Tour de France I appliqued on 3 of the flowers and the leaves,
It is now looking more like a wee quilt!!!!!!
it is nearly finished and it is good feeling to see it come alive. Hopefully to day will see me finish the applique and add the binding around the shape of the bag so I can add the men’s neck ties for the gusset and handles. But before I get to carried a way I have 6 dress shirts that need the sleeves cut off and turn in to short dress shirts for hubbies work. You can buy short sleeved dress shirts but there is not a big choice plus they are not so nicely finished as the long sleeve ones so I buy them and turn them into short sleeved ones???????
Have spent the last couple of hours out side in the garden watering the plants in holders which a very very numerous; I have so many because it makes it much more difficult for the wild turkeys to dig out the plants to eat the roots?????? All my herbs are in hanging baskets that swing
3 swinging herb bowls hanging from a tripod hubby made for me.
this makes it even more difficult for them trying to perch while the basket is swinging; it is not funny to a frustrated wild turkey!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers Glenda