Lots of frosty mornings. Not quite Spring yet. Many signs of it with daffodils, cherry blossom, daphne ,Pieris and Freesias ( what a perfume ) all brightening up the garden
. The final roses are pruned and a few late blooms sit in a vase.
There is a planting of Pieris either side of the driveway
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I am making a variety of new cushion covers and found this idea in an Australian Homespun
magazine from Oct 2022. Annorina made this slow stitching cushion by cobbling together Liberty scraps.
I had floral scraps but not Liberty. I can do 2 or 3 rows of the big quilting using 3 strands of embroidery cotton in off white, before my left thumb aches and I need to stop. I'll get there. Its a new idea and I haven't done any hand quilting for ages. The big stitch size suits my eyesight. My first rows were not well marked and I have wobbled so I might redo them at the end.
