It's been a little while since I added to my garden and strictly speaking I'm not adding to it this week either! I finished off the snowflakes for Dawn's Frosty Flakes BOW and have just the embroidery left to do on them. I think I'll call this my winter garden :) I will have this finished before Christmas and hanging on the wall but I need to buy something for the sashing and borders when I'm next at Patchwork Chicks (that will be on my birthday later this month).
I'm ironing this loveliness this morning - it's called Sew Chick and is destined to become Dresden Plates. I LOVE Dresden Plates as much as I love pinwheels! I'm awaiting the delivery of a lovely pattern that I stumbled across last week which is all made up of embroidered and pieced Dresden plates...that's for the future though.
I'm wishing the postman would hurry up actually - I'm still waiting for a delivery of Kaffe Fassett fabrics so that I can get started on my Kim McClean Hearts and Flowers quilt. I went to the copying shop and had it all enlarged as per the instructions in the book (Quilt Romance by Kaffe) and now I just need a delivery! This is my first venture into using Kaffe fabrics which are considerably out of my comfort zone both colour and pattern wise. I did have a small delivery from a UK shop and the colours of the fabrics are stunning. I'm looking forward to the challenge. I could get all my shapes traced while I'm waiting - I think I will so that I'm ready to go when the postman delivers.
While I'm busy with the stitching the rest of the family are happily playing with kayaks...I have had a go and I enjoyed it however my back wasn't happy about it at all and made its feelings very plain! We have a new addition to the family - I'm fairly sure that it's not meant to be living in the house really but I'm told it needs to dry off after a good dunking on Monday night.
Look at it lounging there in the conservatory with all its associated 'stuff' :o John was very canny when he bought these new members of the family...one is green and the other is orange, two of my very favourite colours!
I see the postman coming down the path...
Love the hexagons and those fabrics. I'm looking forward to seeing the dresden plate quilt as like you I like them aswell
Love and hugs Gina xxx
Posted by: Gina Smith | 06 October 2010 at 11:40 AM
Beautiful flowers and lovely fabric.
Greetings
Ines
Posted by: Ines | 06 October 2010 at 12:47 PM
And? Did the postman bring your fabrics? Love your frosty flakes!
Posted by: Marieke | 06 October 2010 at 12:59 PM
Your winter garden is going to be lovely!
Posted by: Karen | 06 October 2010 at 01:25 PM
I've no idea what a Dresden plate is, but the fabric is very pretty and I'm looking forward to finding out ;-)
Love the Kayak in the conservatory. It's different, I'll give you that. And it is a jolly nice colour.
So, postie. Did he bring the expected fabrics? You can't leave us hanging like that...
Posted by: Carole | 06 October 2010 at 01:54 PM
The flakes/flowers are lovely and I'm looking forward for the dresden plates.
Posted by: marion berkhout | 06 October 2010 at 03:25 PM
Lovely, looking forward to seeing them completed with the embroidery.
Posted by: Karen | 06 October 2010 at 05:29 PM
well, the flowers are beautiful nonetheless!
Posted by: tineke | 06 October 2010 at 07:40 PM
The flowers are really lovely...and the fabric..looking forward to seeing the Dresden plate project...I love them too..xx
Posted by: Kate | 07 October 2010 at 11:32 AM
Your flowers are pretty and the fabrics are yummy.
I'm dying to see the Dresden Plate project as anything that has a combination of sewing and embroidery is right up my street!
Posted by: Margaret | 11 October 2010 at 07:04 AM