In Bloom #17 + Late for the Celebration

The gerbera daisy (jamesonii) I planted to go in the red, white and blue themed planters missed the July 4th festivities and finally bloomed again.  

Happy Sunday,

In Bloom #16 + Limelight Hydrangea

This week I visited the Greenville Center for Creative Arts and saw the Modern Design Lab Quilt Invitational Exhibit in person for the first time. I posted about it here.

Right outside the door of the Brandon Mill were two rows of the these beautiful hydrangea bushes.   I think they are 'Limelight' panicle hydrangea by Proven Winners.  The blooms were not were not fazed by the heat. 

The hydrangeas are captured outside the Brandon Mill in a google maps photos seen here.  

Happy Sunday,

Lucky Penny Cork Wallet

Projects made with cork have been popping up all over and I decided to give sewing with cork a try when I had the opportunity to take a class via Zoom with the Triangle MQG making a wallet. 

Having signed up for the class the day before, I ran out to my local quilt shop, Bernina We're in Stitches, and purchased the cork, zipper and thread I needed.  I decided to make a two-color wallet and found a dark brown in espresso and peony which had brown bits mixed in so I thought it coordinated well.  

Ahead of class time, Sara asked us to only cut out the pattern pieces as she had some fabric saving tips for cutting the cork.  

I'm happy to say that I made the wallet in two hours flat from start to finish.  And, that included adding a zipper to one of the pockets that is not in the original instructions for the Lucky Penny Wallet pattern by Sallie Tomato.  This is the only in-process photo I took during class.

Here's a close up of the zipper pocket after completion.   I opted to add more card pockets in the center section rather than a single ID pocket as the original pattern called for.

Since I used the dark brown espresso cork for the outside of the wallet, I cut the strap out from the hot pink peony cork.  

The cork was surprisingly very easy to handle from the cutting to the sewing.  The most tedious part to the construction was final sewing of the inner and outer panels together but Clover clips helped hold the panels together.  

Now, my only dilemma is whether to keep if for myself or gift it!  

In Bloom #15 + Blueberries

It's  blueberry picking time here in South Carolina.  You can count on them to start getting ripe around July 4th.  I've already picked a couple of gallons and have frozen them to enjoy later.  

This is what they looked like at the end of April.

And, here are the blooms at the end of March.  

Happy Sunday

In Bloom #14 + Red, White and Blue

I hope every one had a safe and happy 4th of July.  I found a miniature flag to fly among my patriotic, red, white and blue flowers. 

The white flowers are Estrella Verbena (White Impoved).  The little blue flowers on the right are Blue My Mind Evolvulus and the blue on the left is Hot Waterblue Lobella.  I also planted red Gerbera jamesonii daises but they did not put forth new blooms for the 4th of July.  

In the planters on the front porch I planted red petunias with white Vinca. 

Happy Sunday,