Hello friends, old and new,
On 1st of May my blogging friends at "The Endeavourers" shared their interpretations of "Changes/Transformation", do have a look at their wonderful quilts.
I don't mind admitting I hadn't finished because that's just one of those things, life happens, as we all know! And I'll tell you a story along those lines while I'm thinking of it ....
One of my friends at our local handicraft group was recently debating the best way of attracting new members to the group and said that she had been chatting with a friend who crafts and told her she couldn't understand why we weren't getting new members ..... the friend said that she had thought about joining "but the standard was too high"!
What can you do? Surely that's all the more reason for joining, find out what those people do, and put it into practice yourself!
So, I don't mind admitting I'm not perfect and have much to learn, for surely half the fun is seeing what others are doing and then joining in! Or is it only me that thinks that way?
Anyway, I digress!
You can read about my "Unfinished Changes" here, on The Endeavourers blog.
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Over the last week I was working on a couple of tiny sewing projects:
Luckily hand stitching doesn't aggravating my back! So during a quiet spell I made this little bag from some scraps of muslin and a few embroidery threads left over from my Easter Blog Hop cross stitch project. Eeek, I've just realised I haven't shown the finished stitching yet, and I finished it over Easter too!! Oh well, I'll have found the photo for my next blog post.
I used french seams with an extra scrap of fabric to reinforce the base, and a double folded hem as carrier for the ribbons. The chain stitch flower didn't work very well, and once the bag was used in the shower the flower sadly looked no more than spokes on a wheel!
Its nothing grand really and I hadn't intended to show it on the blog, but I liked it when I'd finished!
Then I've started another travel project:
but I was confused as to which threads were which - you might guess it's a kit from a magazine - I'll explain more when I return with "Gifted Gorgeousness" on 15th May.
Oh, yes, DH went to an Open Garden at the weekend (on his own because I felt it would be too much walking for me as my back is still not right) and he bought these home for me:
The Open Garden is for charity, and amongst other items they had these covered rocks for sale! I've seen people making them before and always admired them, and I couldn't believe they were only asking 10p for each!! Don't worry, he's not a meanie, he also bought a plant for £7 to go towards their charity.
And a photo from our garden to finish with.
This was one of the most beautiful tulips we had this year, and as they are now rapidly disappearing I thought it would nice to see it again here.
Do have a look at The Endeavourers' amazing interpretations of "Changes/Transformation":
Barbara (me)
I hope you are all keeping well, and don't forget to make time for some stitching!
See you soon.
