Scissor pocket

Another exchange has arrived with its new owner :-)
I stitched this for my partner Melanie for the 'scissor keeper exchange' on Beckys exchange blog. I'm so glad that you like it Melanie. I really loved working on this, the design stitched up very quickly and the construction, although a bit time consuming, was straightforward and hitch free :-)

I love this fabric and thought it was perfect for the backing and interior. And I picked it out all by myself without any help from DH this time :-)

I made the cording to match.

The design calls for an orangy red colour of floss but it didn't fit with the backing fabric so I switched it out for the purple.

Scissor case design from 'Pins and Needles' by Prairie Schooler

28ct cream linen

DMC floss

Cotton backing and lining

Homemade cording using DMC floss

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So finally, I have some pics of the garden :-)

This is the view from the gate as you enter the garden from the entry way.

The flower bed you see on the left is against the end wall of the garage and gets the sun all day (the garden is south facing so we pretty much get the sun all day in the whole garden) so in there I have a honeysuckle and some sweet peas to climb up the wire and some poppies, candytuft and livingston daisies for some low down colour. There is also a squash in there too. For some nom noms.
This next pic is the bottom half of the long flower bed that runs down the whole of the left hand side of the garden. There aren't too many plants in here at the moment as the slugs keep eating them all :-( I'll get them this weekend though, a little beer bath should sort them out. Peeking in the corner is our compost bin. I quite often use the stone wall you see as a backdrop to pictures of my stitchy finishes.

Thanks to the kids and their bikes, scooters, skateboards etc. the grass is very thin this year. I'll sew some more seed in the autumn to thicken it out again. It's pointless doing it now as the kids are out there all the time.

This is the view from the bottom of the garden towards the back of our house. That's the kitchen window you can see.

These are all my herb/veg/flower pots under the kitchen window. From left to right we have tarragon, sunflowers, thyme, rosemary, sage, curry plant,cauliflower, candytuft, lillies (red) new potatoes, mint and more sunflowers.

This last pic is the view from the bench you can see in one of the photos above. Our garden finishes at the wall at the end of the grass.

Well I think that will do for today. DD is off to Brownie camp this weekend so I need to help her pack.

I hope that wherever you are the sun shines for you this weekend.

Sadie x