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Garden Blooms

Hello Friends...here's what's been happening around the garden this summer so far, enjoy:

Gorgeous Peonies and Roses

Hello Friends...I know things are a little light on the crochet and crafty front lately...time seems to be at such a premium these days. Hope you enjoy these beautiful blooms in my garden:

In Bloom

Hello Friends...here's a little sample what's blooming my garden...

I think this is some sort of a lilac bush...smells just divine.

Peony bud about to explode.

White flowering bush.

Hello Friends...before we moved, I found some great flower print fabric on clearance. At the time, I wasn't too sure what I'd use it for, but at about $22 CDN for 4 or 5 yards, I couldn't pass it up. I have these white seated chairs, that we are now using as our every day dining chairs...not very practical with two kids.

So, I decided to use the fabric to make seat covers for them. Now, I am by no means a sewer, however, I am fortunate enough to own a machine. After measuring, I simply folded a long rectangle in half, seamed the remaining 3 sides and now they are reversable:

I even was able to fasten them to the chair with some velcro strips I covered in the fabric:

I've completed two so far and plan to do two more eventually...they are a much nicer replacement for the tea towels that used to cover the chairs for the kids.

Flower Cushion

Hello friends...my daughter has a friend at school who recently broke her leg skiing and so, the sweet thing that my little girl is, she wanted to make something for her friend. Totally her idea to make a pillow...I just helped out with the details and sewing on some cute little crochet floral appliques that I had made awhile back. She did all the stitching herself. We used a cut off from some drapes that we had at the old house and some craft stuffing. It was my first attempt at sewing on appliques....they didn't turn out exactly as I wanted, but seeing as this project was "urgent", I did the best I could...

The choice of flowers to use were my daughter's entirely as was the positioning.

The Cooler Weather is Upon Us...

Hello Friends...

With school starting last week, we seem to be getting back into the swing of things. The kids are adjusting to the new school well...making new friends and both are happy with their new teachers. My little one, has a different schedule this year (her final year of Kindergarten)...she attends every day in the afternoon. Last year, her school district had a full day, 2 days per week schedule. Pros and cons to both, but we are enjoying the new change of pace.

With the cooler weather last week (it has since warmed up again), I was inspired to whip up a simple cold weather scarf...especially perfect for fall. You may remember awhile back I'd found some great organic cotton yarn on clearance...always an exciting experience. Anyway, I went back and picked up 3 more balls in a different colour. The result is a simple, long hdc stitch scarf with tassels on each end. The thing I love most about this scarf is its vibrant happy colour variations:

Last week before school started, we went down the lake again...this is what we found:

More Flowers Around the New Garden

Hello Friends...

There are all sorts of pretty little flowers popping up around my new garden...it's so exciting to go exploring each week and to find something new. I'm not a great gardener, however, I do know a thing or two from over the years. One thing I'm not really good at is identifying all the different sorts of flowers and plants. Here are the latest...any ideas as to what they are, I'd love the comments!

These red ones I find to be so pretty...at first I thought they were some kind of a weed as they were growing over the last couple of weeks, but then I thought better of just pulling them up, just in case. They look like some sort of a perennial, as they seem to be multiplying on their own.

These pink ones are so interesting...they smell like grapefruit to me.

I also have these in white...I think they are some sort of common perennial.

Practice Motifs

Hello Friends...

As I've been cleaning out my house in preparation to move, I came across a load of squares and motifs that I have done up over the past few years. Looking back, I should have labelled them so I would know where the pattern came from. They are mostly from the various crochet books I've purchased over the years and some are patterns that I've found online. I'd mostly used inexpensive yarn that I had purchased for practice and testing out patterns and of course, some leftover yarn from finished projects. Seeing as I've pretty much put all my projects and ideas on hold until we are settled in the new house, I thought I'd share some of these past efforts:

Little flowers.

More flowers.

I love this flower, I think I used it on one of my pillows.

Motifs.

More squares and motifs.

There you have it...just a selection of samples. Do you keep all yours, do you label and categorize them?

Around the Backyard

Hello Friends...

We've just had some amazingly beautiful weather the past few days! Here are some of my latest photos of the yard, garden, etc.:

Lovely Clematis.

Mock Orange.

Some kinda weed.

Around the Garden - In Bloom

Hello Friends...

Hope everyone has enjoyed their weekend. We have an extra day here in Canada for Victoria Day, so we're just plan to laze around and enjoy some family time. I'm hoping to plant my vegetable garden today, if the weather cooperates. Over the past few days I was able to capture some shots of all the beautiful plants that are flowering around the garden; take a look...