tháng 5 2013 ~ linh crochet

Thứ Ba, 28 tháng 5, 2013

Sayin' it with Flowers ...

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Pardon the dirt ...

Oh, I'm not dishin' it ...

but I've been shoveling it !!

Amid the stitching of flowers,

I've been planting them ...

Above is my "deck" garden ... looking west,
and below is my deck garden looking east.
I've got strawberries, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers,
green onions and flowers, lots and lots of flowers!

I also found time this past weekend to plant

ten bare-root rose bushes, and next up is a

row of poplars along the fence seen in the background.

Um ... next weekend maybe :)

However, today you are here to see flowers

of a different sort, aren't you?

Today I share with you my Lovely handbag

....I say lovely as in the material is Lovely by Sandy Gervais ...

I've had the material for quite some time, saving it for that

"something special" and when this hop was announced,

I knew this was the something special I wanted

to make. What better than a Spring/Summer flower

handbag out of this Lovely material in the

Sweet Harmony handbag pattern by Amy Butler?

Well, my LQS friend thought it was pretty

neat too ... the day after I made it for me and this hop

it was decided it should be used as a shop sample ....

so ...

the following day ... I started again:

... the material used here

is Terrain by Kate Spain ...
well ... showed up to work with this beauty ....
and ...

NOT!!
This one's mine!!!

But, I did make another :

But this time, it was the tote ....

See the size difference? Same pattern:

Well, geez ... with all of that stitching,

you can imagine the threads and snips and bits

I had all over the floor, so ...

I decided I needed a

handy-dandy thread catcher:

So, I made this little beauty of a thread catcher bag

and pin cushion ... pattern is The Abbey Bag

and the materials are just about all Me and My Sister Designs'

Ticklish line, though I probably threw in some others of theirs

I had as they have so many fun and bright flower prints.

So there you have it ... my creations for the Say It with Flowers

blog hop... I'm so glad I got to participate with you fine

hoppers again ... I perform well with deadlines ... would you say?

And speaking of deadlines, I have a graduation quilt to

finish before Friday this week, which I started this past

weekend, so I guess I should get back to business.

If you are interested, I promise I will post pictures

of it when finished ... it's on the machine right now as

I'm in the middle of quilting it ... and if I posted it now,

chances are my niece may see it before she should

{wink} She turns 18 next week and graduates

from high school this weekend ... I think that

warrants a quilt, wouldn't you?

Please be sure to visit with our fellow

gardening bloggers today .... I'm positive

what they have blooming will be perfection

beyond compare:

Say it With Flowers

Wednesday, May 29^th

Life In The Scrapatch

Englating

Why Knot Kwilt -- you are here!

Love It Sew It

Cheerleader Carol and Squad leader Madame ...
to each of you I give a bouquet of the sweetest
flowers to bloom in your heart as they do in mine.

Thank you!

I leave you with one of my all time favorite sayings ...

courtesy of Pinterest

as so well illustrated by Mary Engelbreit.

It seems so fitting for this hop.

To each of you I give my sincere

appreciation for your visit,

and to every flower in my garden of life,

I give my undying love and gratitude!

Thank you!

Thứ Tư, 8 tháng 5, 2013

For the Birds ... My Tweet Day!

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Thursday is my day for the "For the Birds" hop ...

I am pleased to have you join me and my

feathered friends ....

Did you know ...

that the first mention known of the Bluebird of Happiness

is in a play written in the early 20th century by Maurice

Maeterlinck entitled L'Oiseau Bleu?

Happiness, as the moral of the story imparts,

comes from seeking rather than from finding.

Happiness comes from an unselfish life,

without thought or motive of reward.

(Taken from The History of the Bluebird of Happiness

at www.bluebirdofhappiness.net.)

Using Amy Bradley's Meet the Tweets Pattern,

I made the Birdwatcher wall hanging:

I believe this birdie is waiting for

the occupants to return home,

wouldn't you agree?

I seriously considered doing the Birdwatcher

in blue, but the green just seemed so happy

that I had to go with it, and besides,

green is one of my favorites, so it works

{smiles}

And, to go along with my Bluebird theme,

I used Amy Bradley's pattern again

to start this wall hanging:

Obviously, "start" is the operative word ...

I do need to do the stitching on it and

you can possibly see on this closer picture,

that I have the stitching drawn in ...

progress! :) I just didn't get all of it

done in time for our tweet hop ...

but never fear ...

I will have my Bluebirds of Happiness!

in fact my daughters have each named

one of the birds for themselves, me, and

our dog Izzy. Perfect!

I thank each of you sincerely for visiting today

and will do my utmost to respond quicker than

I have been lately ... I truly do appreciate the kind

words ... please never doubt that!

Lined up to share with you today are my fellow
hoppers ... please be sure to flit on over to each of them
to share your kindness ... the bluebirds will be watching!