Some finishes

A little catch up of the finishes in the past month..........first was the butterfly to complete the hungry caterpillar felt set I had made for Jan, yes I had it ready for the start of the school year this is the second time I have made this set I had previously made it for Finn a few years ago.

January also saw the updating of the computer with a new hard drive being installed and with programmes also being updated changes came into being that are beyond my control one of these is the way the post is shown as I write it I have no idea how the layout looks as photos are shown here by some weid wording and not a picture and there is no spell check!! A fun project completed was more props for the box room for the dolls

The crotched blanket is perle 12 cotton next up I need to make a bed to put it on. This embroidered mat is the first in a series, Fiona and I have set ourselves a stitching project for the year of looking at hems and edges for Count thread work, this tiny mat with danish points and rows of foursided stitch is 15cm square and stitched on 40 count permin linen.Working on the fine linen means making changes to the thread I have use before for this hem on a course linen

Lastly something different, I enjoyed gathering some little treasurers from the garden to make a Tussie mussie posy for a lady who resently went to live in a rest home. Was delighted with the selection I could find among the weeds and grasses that have taken over so much of my garden,heartease violas, Cecil Brunner(Sweet heart) roses Harebells, miniature agapanthus, rock cyclamen and migonette all held in place on a head of tiny hydranga flowers edges with Ivy leaves. I have been reminded of the posy bowls we made when I first worked in as a florist in Christchurch, we has one lady who each week would bring little treasures from her garden, flowers not seen at the big flower market and these added delight to any posy bowl. The idea of a posy bowl was that it could be turned around and there would be a different grouping of flowers to be enjoyed. Later the front view arrangements then became more popular and more artistic. I googled Posy Bowls and was delighted to see what todays florists are producing there were some truly lovely arrangements in the true posy bowl style. Here is my Tussie Mussie I would love to be able to make and share more of them