...how does your garden grow?

Well...
mine has grown

quite a lot

over the past four weeks...

 

 

I started with "sewing"

a row of beautiful

bright

summer daisies :)

 

 

...and it just kind of grew...

 





 

...so how does my garden grow?

It grows a little every day,

and now there are more than enough flowers

for one garden.

There will be two:)

 

Today I am at home,

working in the "garden":)

 

I visited a friend this week,

who has created the most beautiful garden,
over the past couple of years,

and the simple joy of walking

around her garden,

chatting about the plants

and flowers,

was all the more special

when you don't have one of your own.

My mother,

too,

has a heavenly garden.

No matter what time of the year

it always looks so beautiful,

even in the dead of winter.
For me,

gardens have the most amazing ability

to change the way you might be feeling,

always for the better.

 

This was one of my favourite gardens

I visited last year

in the
 tiny French village

of

Hautpoul.

A beautifully recreated

medieval garden...

 

 

 

So when I stitch my flowers,

it feels a little like

I'm gardening,

until I can do it again

for real.

Today I've been setting the flowers

into their garden "beds",

stitching the occasional new one

to fill a gap...

and so my garden grows:)

 

Thank you so much for the lovely comments

left on my last post.
So very kind,
and I'm happy that my wee flowers
make you smile :)
Back to my "gardening" now :)
See you
 Jenny xx



...I stitch flowers...

I decided to stitch

myself

a garden...

I have no garden where I currently live,

it's a perfectly lovely little unit,

but there are no flowers!

 

Needed that distraction last week,

and decided that bright

summery

flowers

would do the trick :)

 

 

...have to say,

I'm loving the colours

and the texture of the linen :)

 

And it's a wee bit addictive,

this row of flowers...

 

...I stitch a few each night,

and

watch my garden grow :)

 

Corny,

I know,

but who doesn't

feel good

when they see flowers...

 

 

 

 

 

I love flowers!!

I took a gazillion pictures

of quite possibly every flower I saw

when I was away last year:)

(possibly one of the reasons why

a walk in the hills or forest

often seemed to take atleast twice as long

as the recommended time??)

 

...they're an endless source

of inspiration...

 

 

 

 

 

...so many yet to stitch...

 

So I stitch what I love,

and one of the things

I love

is flowers!

 

What about you...

what do you love to stitch?

Stitch what you love,

love what you stitch...

 

See you

Jenny xx 



I stitch because...

Sometimes I stitch

for pure pleasure

and sometimes I stitch

for comfort.

When I think about it though...

it's always

for pleasure,

but there are times

when my stitching takes me to another place,

my own little world,

where I don't have to think

too much

about what's going on

in the real one.

My real world at the moment

is mostly good

and mostly happy

but this past week

has shown me that side of

human nature

that I just
do not understand.

People with no morals,

no decency

and not a shred of honesty.

In retail you come across these people

from time to time,

but currently I am dealing with an overload

of them...

So I stitch to distract.

The rhythm of the needle,

thinking about the next stitches,

what they will be

and where they will go.

It's very soothing

to a brain that is fully

overloaded :)

 I've been enjoying stitching

tiny little things...

a few stitches,

a few buttons and

a scrap of lace...

Never like to throw away fabric

that has stitching potential

and this definitely had potential :)

Bit of an oopsie with pasta sauce

on a place mat left me with

a tomato stain that

wasn't going anywhere :)

So after a good wash

and press

it has turned out to be

the most beautiful

texture...

...and sooo nice to stitch on...

I'm thinking that the others may never

grace the table again,

as I do believe I

need

them for my stitching :)

I am sure I'm not the only one

to use stitching

as a wee escape

from the real world:)

It works,

and it works even better

with chocolate on the side :)

What's your escape?

See you

Jenny

xx

...I stitch...

I've been thinking about blogging again

for a while now

so this could be the beginning

of new beginnings :)

I love to stitch...

it's in the blood,

and it just doesn't feel right

when I don't stitch.
You know that feeling?

And photos...
love taking photos.
Thank goodness for digital!!
Am a complete and utter amateur
but it's so much fun.

Last summer

I went to France...

by far and away the best adventure yet :)
My camera went everywhere with me,
thousands of pictures,
and memories.

And I took my stitching
 because

 I couldn't imagine not stitching
for four months:)
Before leaving home I decided
that instead of writing a journal
I would stitch one.

So I took a little bag of stitchy stuff

and as we travelled along
I stitched some of my
 favourite things
and places...

...wildflowers

growing along the train tracks

in Lyon city...

...daisies and lavender...

...gorgeous bright summer flowers...

...sunshine all day long,

hot summer days and

blue blue skies...

...gardens in the grounds of old abbeys...

...herb gardens and potagers

that totally entranced me.

I spent many hours in these gardens,

just wandering between the beds

taking dozens of photos,

reading up on all the plants,

some of which were familiar

 and others that were not...

As the seasons changed autumn crept into
the fields and forests...

...bright rose hips were everywhere,

covering the hillsides,

little red gems...

I have not finished my journal,
and to be honest,
I'm in no rush to do that
'cos every time I pick it up to add 
a few more stitches,
I'm back in France
and that's a good place to be:)

So I thought it would be nice to blog again,
cos it's nice to write words...
and its nice to think about 
the words that you want to write:)
And...
 it's going to be really nice
to catch up on lots of other
gorgeous stitchy blogs.

I have so many unfinished projects to finish,
and so many I want to start,
that I may have to give up work
to stitch :)

Maybe blogging about stitching
and stuff
might encourage me to finish them:)
Chances are it wont make the slightest
bit of difference
but does it matter:)
That's my happy place
and
so I will stitch :)

Jenny xx