Well I have decided this is it for this week after the power dropped out and I lost every thing I’d all ready uploaded, that will teach me not to save.
The reason I blog is to be able to join up each week with Esther’s WOW or WIP’s
http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com Esther is so generous with her free patterns and how she makes her patterns up it is where I go with my coffee instead of buying a quilting magazine now. Then if you link I can visit you also. So thanks for sharing your blog with us there.
I’m playing with my Shannon rose blocks again !!!!!!!!
I’m playing with my Shannon Rose blocks again!!!!!!!
This was meant to be a cot blanket????? but the baby is a little girl now!!!! so I will have to add borders LOL.
Finally finished doing the buttonhole stitch around all the teddy bears???????
These were a thank you gift and came with only one lilly open a week ago.
Lilies in all there glory up close.
This came in to the shop and was black I have soaked it for 24 hrs in a strong washing powder solution and then a good hard scrub with the floor scrubbing brush it looks like this???? I thought it was brass but much to my surprise under the top layer of grim it is copper and it would have been made for the English market as it has the remands of what was a hook on the back which is broken but would have been used to hang it on the wall. It is about 15″ across. I have an oval copper tray that was my great grandmothers which came from Prague of all places. When polished it almost looks like a mirror. I’ve always treasured it.
Now I’m giving it the salt and vinegar treatment and you can see how it is removing yet more grim.
Notice the dark stain in the middle, well I have used a old tooth brush to gently rub at this area.
adde With a little coaching the stain is coming away and I can see the pattern stamped clearly in tot he copper now.
Copper tray now cleaned just needs polishing and that dark mark will disappear. Lots of elbow grease now required to bring it up lovely and shinny.
A forgotten part of the the garden, Hubby placed the waterball there for safe keeping and I decided I liked it there and would build a garden around it, will plenty of soil available as post holes were been dug I raised the bed up a good 12″ and used left over rocks for the back and front retainer walls.
I have spent the last 10 days working on this area while hubby was putting in a new fence.
Now needs a few big rocks and it will be OK the birds like it!!!!!
This is a prolific grower and throws lots of flowers
Masses of blooms
Patio entrance looks a lot nicer with the new stone bed at the end of it. We use stone beds a lot so that the turkeys don’t dig gut eplants up so easy plus it makes it easy to remove the weeds and seedlings a lot easier.
Desert Rose
Brom rather difficult to take a photo of so added a sheet of white cardboard so you can see the flower.
Even the new leaves look lovely so soft and delicate. These are beside the house.
I’m off to link with Esther on her WOW this week http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com
Thanks for dropping in and sharing your own links Cheers Glenda
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