I’ve been loving the garden recently.
Of course, the weather has helped enormously.
That and the inspiration of visiting Mapperley Park Open Gardens the other weekend.
I have been ogling plants, watching fruitĀ ripening, getting my hands dirty and just generally revelling in being outdoors at midsummer.
Then yesterday, I happened uponĀ a mission from Oh Comely! magazine which set me off on an afternoon’s snipping and stitching (well, it looked like rain)…
The invitation was to send them a postcard on the subject of gardens to celebrate the July issue, which isĀ to be “full of sunshine and the outdoors…”
Well, how could I resist an invitation like that?
My stitchy garden is inspired by midsummer abundance in all it’s glory.
Eventually,Ā when I’m happy that it’s complete, I will turn it into a stitchy postcard and send it to Oh Comely!
But at the moment it is still growing…
Just like my real garden, I can’t seem to stop tending it.Ā ā„
Beautiful! Another great idea for your Etsy shop.
Gorgeous. I love the combination of hand and machine stitches. Bee xx
Dear modflowers
Your creation is quite the business and your stitching is perfecto. Funnily enough I have been thinking of making some sort of 3D paper engineering ‘thing’ such as the Victorians used to make….not sure why!
Anyway I love the flashes of orange – all very uplifting
Have a lovely sunny day
Best wishes
Jenny
completely love your stitchy garden – makes me happy just looking at it š
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Thank you! I’ve finished it now (apart from writing the actual postcard bit on the back) so will post more photos of it soon!