Focus on Flowers

The petunia planter starting out

A geranium that I wintered over - it has come back strongly

Close up of a gorgeous double tulip

The "weigela bed" with multi-coloured tulips and St. Francis; the weigela will make its appearance soon

Garden Vignettes - May 23rd

St Francis keeping watch over the garden

Tulips in the gingko bed

Tomato and garlic bed

the new crab apple tree in blossom

Tulips in the bed by the ramp

Bed next to the back of the house, mostly shady all day

Winter sowing successes

Corn poppies and bachelors' buttons

Black eye susans

Fox gloves and baby's breath

More bachelors buttons and nigella (love in a mist)

Zinnias

Winter sown seedlings planted in a raised bed now

One sweet pea from winter sowing

Romaine lettuce started as seedlings in a container and now planted in the bed

Pad-stitching the collar

The collar on the Jasika blazer is cut differently than most tailored collars. The top collar is one piece, but the undercollar is cut in two pieces, one piece is called the stand. I have made one jacket with a collar like this before and it is lovely. I also noticed that my store-bought jean jacket has a collar made this way as well. I think the collar stand cut separately helps the collar to roll nicely.

The seam is just below the roll on the collar; I have pinned the finished collar to my ham to keep its shape until I am ready to sew it onto the jacket body.

My funny dog

So where did she decide to take a snooze this afternoon? right in one of the raised beds. Perhaps she likes lying beside the daffodils that I stuck there last year, as I didn't know where else to put them. This was previously a bed for vegetables, but this year it is going to be just for flowers. Why not? I can always buy vegetables, I can't always have flowers.