A Flower in its Pot on a Tiny Sampler

Here is my finish of the April and May Foothills EGA project. I used threads from my stash and used my favorite color, peach, for the flowers.

This was a fun Gay Ann Rogers Project called "A Flower in its Pot on a Tiny Sampler" stitched on a 6" by 11" piece of white congress cloth. It calls for various Soie d' Alger silks, but I used this and other silks and cotton from my stash to complete. If you visit the Foothills EGA Website's Past Programs page you will see the project in blue, lavender or pink flowers. The supplies listed in the instructions are for the pink version.

I LOVE Gay Ann's designs and her instructions are fantastic. Check out her website for other designs, I think you will be pleased. This project is on her page under the "For Groups" section.

Memorial Day Flowers

Besides making the Red, White and Blueberry Pie on Memorial Day this year I also planted some flowers and I thought I would share some pictures.


The first one is in a sunny area on a corner of our back (east facing) patio. The plastic cup is our rain gauge. I planted a yellow snapdragon, two red geraniums, a pink cosmos and some purple petunias.

The second one is in the back yard between some trees and is in partial shade. For an unknown reason there was a slab of cement next to the fence between the trees. My hubby painted it brown and put the whisky barrel down and filled with potting soil. My job was to plant stuff. I put in some impatiens and coleus

 The third is not a whisky barrel because one of those would have been too big for our front porch. It also is in partial shade so has the same plants (just a few less impatiens) as the one in back.

I also have another whisky barrel out front at the right of our garage it looks the same as the back patio since it is in the sun (west facing.

My hubby has been GREAT at helping me keep them watered and some do get water when the lawn sprinklers go, but that is only three days a week and not a good soaking.

That is about all for now!



An Iris

Look what finally bloomed at my house!

 HAPPY DAY!!

Flower Patch Progress

This is the last project I have to finish from the Sampler Guild of the Rockies June 2011 retreat. When I get it done, I will have completed all the projects provided from the 2010 and the 2011 retreats! Just in time for the retreat this year on June 9 and more projects too!!

Flower Patch (item # 0310)from Lila's Studio

Using Weeks Dye Works as charted.

Design size is 6.5"x6.5"

Happy Day Everyone!!