I worked on the border for this wallhanging at the sew in. I am doing the border as blocks too and I will have 25 blocks to sew together when I get all of the border parts made.
I got three of the blocks on the top border sewn together and started on a corner block but had some triangles sewn in the wrong direction so it was time to quit for the day.
Click on the HSTeria button on my right side bar to see what everyone else is making with their triangles.
Flannel for design wall, stacks of blocks, pieces of borders clipped together.....I'm ready for the sew in today.
The Weigelas are in bloom. The darker pink ones are past their prime, this pale pink is nice right now and the red one just has buds, no blooming yet. I had several more peony bushes burst into bloom yesterday.
I worked on the back garden yesterday morning. I'm still cleaning out dried flower stalks from last year as well as digging some of the excess plants.
My blue columbine is in an awkward spot but I won't chance trying to move it.
The pale pink columbine is in the back garden too. I didn't see this one coming up early in the spring so I was happy when it did show up.
I have several plants with the deep rose flowers. This one is on the north side of my garage. There are 3 plants, one of which is growing in the crack of the sidewalk. No transplanting for that one.
The peonies are just starting to open. Some years they are all done by Memorial Day. This year they are just starting.
This is the only other plant with a bloom on it. I have about 30 peony bushes so there will be more photos later.
I worked on planting all of my pots in the afternoon. I had a gift certificate and a $15 coupon to use toward my purchase of plants so I had fun. I'll take photos after they fill in a little bit.
Last night I decided to cut the pieces for these blocks - tutorial on Debbie's blog. I have a whole box of 2" strips so I was able to cut the pieces quickly.
I may have to play with a zig zag layout.
My neighbors had a whole patch of this little plant, and they didn't plant it. I found one down under some tall plants. I thought it looked like creeping Charlie on steroids when I first saw it. I have no idea what it is.
Two varieties of Cranesbill share one spot by my porch. It's so nice to be into blooming season.
Four months old and already wearing flip flops!
All of this visiting is tiring too. Isn't it something we start out with double chins and then end up with them again when we get old?
I don't think I showed my Mother's Day porch pot that my son brought to me.
Dianthus - pinks- it says on the label that they are an annual but they always come up again and in fact they were already a little green when the snow melted off of them.
This project has been on a design wall in my basement for about 2 months. I was inspired by one I saw in an Etsy shop. I have no idea what measurements were used in that one but I had a bunch of 2" strips of striped fabric and some 6.5" squares already cut so I am working with them. It will be a small quilt, just an instant gratification quilt--all of the pieces already cut and easy piecing. I didn't do any sewing yesterday. I was at the family party for 6 hours and I will see family again today.
This is a Red Penstemon plant in my back garden. It is in the shade for more hours than in the sun. The two plants in the front garden are a much deeper red leaf and are in the sun for more hours. There are lots of Lily of the Valley and Violets in this shot too. They have spread all over the back garden.
Yesterday was baking day for my granddaughter's graduation party. I also dug out a couple dozen volunteer trees from my front garden. They are popping up everywhere and the root is like a corkscrew so they can't just be pulled out.
I finished knitting a dishcloth with the prettiest tweed yarn.
