Visit To The Garden Center

 

 

 

 

 

Among the treasures I brought home were Geraniums, Superbells, Cyclamen, Petunias, Verbena, Lobella, Begonias and gorgeous Sunrise Dahlias!

Shades of Green

Trees are filling in with beautiful shades of green. This time of year everything looks so fresh and bright ! Very spring green ! Springtime in the woodlands.

 

Spring! Glorious Spring!

Lovely time of year when everything is blooming, birds are chirping and new growth is emerging in these lush green colors!
 

Free Motion Sewing Note Cards

A few years ago I tried my hand at a technique called Free Motion Sewing using my regular sewing machine and created these simple note cards.

Use your sewing needle  as your 'pen'. The needle remains stationary and you move your fabric around in any direction to 'draw' your design. 

Drop your feed dogs! Dropping them gives you full control of the movement of the fabric. Sewing machine feed dogs are metal teeth-like ridges that emerge from a hole in the throat plate of a sewing machine. They move as you sew, gently gripping the bottom fabric to help it pass through the sewing machine.

 I've also read that leaving the feed dogs up works  just as well when Free Motion Sewing. You'll have to test for yourself to see what works for you. Plenty free tutorials online.

 ( old photos, excuse the poor image resolution )

More Blooms And & 'Shrooms

 

A Walk In The Woods ~ Buds, Blooms and & 'Shrooms

 

I Took A Walk In The Woods ...

"I took a walk in the woods 

       and came out taller 

         than the trees."  

    ~ Henry David Thoreau