Our daughter arrived last weekend to stay for a few days before taking Finn home. She and I spent one evening stitching together--I worked on my rug hooking and she did some cross stitching. Unfortunately, her stitching was off by one square and she had to rip out quite a bit of what she had accomplished so that project is now in time out! I think my stem looks too thick so it may need to be ripped out and made skinnier. Maybe it would look better if some of the background was hooked around it? Any advice from the hookers?
Flowers are blooming everywhere--I saw these lilacs on a walk one day, just starting to open.
We took Finn for a walk in Port Stanley one evening and there were lots of baby geese.
Swimming as fast as they can to keep up with their mom.
While checking out my garden one evening, I saw these tulips blooming...
...and mama bunny. Her babies are in a nest on one of our gardens, under the pile of dead grass in the second picture. I found them when cleaning up the garden but put the grass back where I found it when I saw the babies.
More daffodils blooming this week.
And primroses.
We will miss having Finn around but will see them both in June.
I will link up with Kathy and Frederique this weekend. I am looking forward to some sewing time this weekend. Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms and women who have this role in the lives of children.
pretty flowers it is nice to have all that color after the winter isn't it
ReplyDeleteYour rug hooking project is really neat, Gail! That's not something I've ever done, but would love to see how it's done someday. You do have lots of pretty flowers blooming - I love the primroses! We've been seeing baby geese and bunnies, too. Spring has sprung!
ReplyDeleteYour hooked flowers are pretty, I have never done hooking so I don't know it the stem is too large or not. Compared to the other features, it seems to have beautiful proportions. Happy Mother's Day! In France it's the last Sunday in May, still time to celebrate ;)
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your blooming flowers and lovely photos, and linking up.
Such pretty flowers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower blooming in your garden! I imagine that once your background is in place, the stem on your pitcher plant won't feel so thick. . .although, I've not hooked a rug!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeletePretty flowers and wildlife. Finn looks a bit sad now his holiday with the grandparents is over, But he will love being back home again, he is a very devoted dog,
ReplyDeleteSounds like you and your daughter had a lovely visit, that is what is most important. I'm not hooker, but I agree the partial stem is too thick. What I might try is hooking a single row of the brown starting up next to the flower. If it looks as though the stem won't collapse from the weight of the flower, then see what happens if you surround the test stem with some background. Still looks good? Remove the old stem and continue with a single row of brown for the remainder of the stem.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any hooking advice. That is one of the crafts that I have never tried. Finn looks happy. I love the geese and bunny photos. All those flowers are so pretty to see now.
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