WOW (Work On Wednesday) with Esther Alui’s blog

Last Wednesday I pulled some fabrics on a whim and this is what I have ended up with so far I have not finished with it yet just had no time, but I want to add some cornflowers???? Will see what the week brings.

Esther's Cosmos block almost completed

I have been working slowly on stitching my Cosmos flowers to some charcoal silk fabric which I ahve backed with a very light weight stabliser, this helps stop the silk from shifting and shedding as I work on it. Some of the flowers are silk also.

Using blanket stitch to appliqué flowers

I have used DMC single and double threads on the flowers and a single thread of bottom line thread for the top fern and single thread of DMC for the bottom fern. If you click on the photo’s you can see more clearly. I used a size 11 needle. I just noticed my camera is reading a day early, shall have to try and fix that????

I’m linking to Esther’s blog http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com with several other quilters; Esther’s blog is a joy to visit she is an amazing designer and very very generous with her knowledge.

I’m off to the beach now and will upload some photo’s if I remember to take any when I get back.

Just back; on the way down to the  beach I thought I would show you soom of the local trees around the beach instead of my garden this week???? I passed these beautiful Silver Palms and had to share them with you.

Silver Palms??????

This is what the beach looked like as I pulled up this morning at 11am.

This is for you Paola!!!! Trinity Beach this morning rough but a wonderful breeze blowing.

Our Coconut trees have finally fully recovered from the last cyclone.

Coconut trees back in all their glory!!!!

On the way home I was stopped for road works ??? but look at the view I had to sit and look at for 10 mins!!!!!

Look out from the range

Now 4pm and I have been playing???? I have just added a little more to my whim this week!!!! As soon as I can I will add some leaves too????

Cone flowers added!!!!!

Found this young man in my bedroom this morning 4inches long???

Praying mantis for you Liam

His front legs are sooooooo strong and the barbs went straight through the paper towel I use and hooked in to me!!!!! I relocated him to my desert flower plant and his head kept swivelling watching me as I was walking around taking photo’s of him!!!!! I have just been back to check on him and he has set himself up on top of one of the heads of the plant

Waiting for some dinner

When I approached him to close he kept striking out at me one very aggressive male and after all I did for him?????

One agresive Mantis

Glad he is only 4inches not 4 feet?????

All for this week. Cheers Glenda

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