Hello every one and thanks for dropping in. Its WOW or WIP’s over on Esther’s blog again. My week has been spent in bed with a virus but think I’m over the worst now. So no sewing done but a few more stitches on my falcon wall quilt. But a few are better than none.
It’s keeping me warm as I write this??? The panel is from an antique roll of fabric which would have been used for lining a man’s jacket. It’s made off 100% wool extremely fine weave. For my borders I’ve used heavily woven silk fabric from Obi’s which is sooooo difficult to stitch through, even with my special Japanese needles? So each stitch takes time?
I’m doing sashiko stitches and so far have not broken my needle, it they were English needles I’d have given up as they would of been breaking so often?
I started with a pile of pulled reds from the lightest to the darkest for my sashing to join my WIL blocks
LOts were discarded as the tones were wrong, all my blacks were different too?
This was my first lay out, with the lights starting from the centre but this did not work with my out side light border, so I swapped it around bing it worked?
Some times you have to see the whole picture to make sure it’s working?
Machine appliqueing down my flowers
Back of my work
It takes time changing the top threads but worth it for that look I want.
Finally I add the last colour pink on the outer petals and the yellow and orange to the centre of the flower and my flower is finished?
Have not been out in the garden to day my feet are wobbly Ive had a virus for the last 5 days??? So sorry no flowers or creatures yet for this blog.
Update managed to walk around the garden and some of what I stopped to look at? 
all though it looks so inviting the water is so cold to me at this time of the year? But my friends from down South jump in no problem?
MY plant died waiting to find a replacement for this large pottery?inthe mean time I have made a stone flower?
where I’m sitting right now looking at this view!
Off to link with Esther’s WOW or WIP’s now.
Thank you for dropping in Cheers Glenda
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