The Garden, Janet Bolton class and the start of Mary Glover SAL 5

Are you all enjoying the spring  after this long and hard winter. Have not done a lot of stitching this month because the weather made me go out and get my hands dirty, the garden needed it badly so  a few spring pictures here.

 The blossom has now gone, but managed to capture some of it.

 The daf's are nearly out now, spring has truly sprung :))

 Janet Bolton Workshop

On Saturday 19^th March we enjoyed a workshop with Janet Bolton in Maidenhead. The workshop was held in the Soltau Centre in Maidenhead. Janet made us think about a design, shock horror !! because I am used to stitch from designer patterns, but in the end I did come up with a little prim design, I cannot draw to save my life, but managed to cut out some pieces and after pinning  the design on cloth it has turned out this way. I have been thinking of putting a wash line on it with a small quilt but that idea was far too grand for me, so that went out of the window I'm afraid.

We had a lot of fun and managed to create something too:))

The beginnings of my Dutch Barn

And then there was lunch!! Thanks Linda:))

Since I did not have an example of a Barn, when home it turned out to be not a Dutch Barn at all!!

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In the meantime the 5^th Etape of Mary Glover has been started, I love stitching this sampler, the colours are chosen as I go along now. What annoyed me most is that I should have turned the linen around, it’s a 32/35 count and it looks a bit long, but hé one learns. Also tried to see which colour should be used for the alphabet over 1, but think I will stick with the brown. 

 Hopefully the alphabet over 1 (ouch) will be finished this weekend.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments and stopping by:))