Tuesday 10 June 2014

Little itty bitty details

I know the stitches hardly show up, but I can see the darker thread on on the light half inch hexagons. So a new method had to be found.
So on this side I added the cream to the red with red thread  and then stitched the cream to cream afterwards with matching thread. I fully realise this is starting to become obsessive but why do it wrong when I can do it right? The unpicker is there for scale, I am not so obsessive to undo those already finished....
This is as far as I have got. I shall move over to doing the Di Ford Mystery quilt again... this one isn't going to go off the boil, I shall just leave it to simmer a while. I don't have a pattern, it is evolving. Lying in bed last night, I was wondering about making this the centre for a medallion quilt. Maybe...

On my bird feeding stations I have been lucky enough to be visited by woodpeckers. Sometimes there are four of them at a time. It is difficult to get photos as they dart about from one side of the feeder to the other and my camera just isn't fast enough.
Peonies are for sale in the supermarkets. They are glorious and make a good substitution until my plants grow big enough to flower in the garden.




Some things in the garden are coming out well, but others have been slow. We have warm days followed by quite chilly weather.

6 comments:

  1. Well I'm glad to hear you are not THAT obsessive to pick it out. I'm enjoying your garden shots. I love foxglove and have had no luck growing it.

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  2. Ohhh Sally your colours in your garden are so so delicate and feminine, you must spend a great deal of time in it to achieve this lovely country look. Your tiny wee hexagons are looking great they are quiet a bit smaller than my 7/8th ones I'm repairing. Cheers Glenda

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  3. Ohhh Sally your colours in your garden are so so delicate and feminine, you must spend a great deal of time in it to achieve this lovely country look. Your tiny wee hexagons are looking great they are quiet a bit smaller than my 7/8th ones I'm repairing. Cheers Glenda

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  4. Pretty, pretty, all kinds of beautiful colors. :-)

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  5. Your hexies are looking good. So is your garden

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  6. Looks like you've been hexie busy.
    I'm just about to get my box out and work on more of mine this evening.
    I love all of the flower pictures too.

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