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Over the weekend I managed to squeeze in a bit of embroidery time, which always makes for a good couple of days, in my opinion anyway. At the moment I'm studying photos and writings about native New Zealand plants and flowers, and hope to work some of them on linen this week. I love the native manuka (sometimes called tea-tree) and we have one outside our front door which is currently dropping pink petal-confetti all over the garden. It's such a useful plant, being anti-bacterial and the honey from the flowers is pretty special stuff. Next on the to-embroider list is the mountain daisy.

In other news, I fell in love with this little video yesterday- a mother robin hard at work. See you tomorrow!

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18 responses to “tea-tree”

  1. Denise | Chez Danisse Avatar

    I believe I’ve seen the manuka here in San Francisco. I wonder if it was the same as what you show here. It was in front of someone’s door in a pot. I must go and look again. I love the petals on your embroidered manuka.

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  2. Ali Avatar

    I picked some Manuka just this morning for my kitchen window, your embroidery is just beautiful! Also loved reading about you in this months Your home & Garden! Your a nationwide star! Fabulous to see a fellow Nelsonian getting their moment in the sun! Well done!

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  3. Rach Avatar

    Love the way you captured the pink & white of the flowers – well done ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. Katie Avatar

    Beautiful embroidery

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  5. heather Avatar

    Your blog is always so soothing and lovely. I love coming to visit you ๐Ÿ™‚ what pretty flowers! Both real and thread-made ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. Marty Avatar

    Nice to see what my favorite antiseptic looks like in its natural form!

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  7. Jo Avatar

    Pretty embroidery Melissa. And cute vid..what a good mumma bird (how does she keep track of who’s had what?!)

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  8. Annie Avatar

    Such pretty flowers, in the wild and captured in stitch ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. Sonya Avatar

    Hey Melissa- I love this manuka embroidery! It’s gorgeous.

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  10. Eva Avatar
    Eva

    Beautiful embroidery. Lovely to see what Tea Tree looks like – thank you.

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  11. Margaret Oomen Avatar

    you have such interesting and gorgeous plants growing nearby

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  12. Nicole Avatar

    A mama robin has built a nest on the windowsill of one of my colleagues at the museum where I work. We have posted a time-lapse video of her working incessantly over a weekend. It’s amazing:
    http://www.youtube.com/user/canadanaturemuseum#p/a/u/0/X4VwgWYWxho
    She NEVER stops taking care of her littlelings.

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  13. domesticali Avatar

    I never knew Manuka honey and tea tree oil came from the same plant. Dur. Thanks so much for the education!

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  14. Regina Avatar

    so beautiful! I don’t think I have ever seen a tea tree before, and just out your door, how fun.

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  15. Kevie Avatar

    Wow that embroidery is so simple but so beautiful. I too have never seen a tea tree before! Amazing since I use its’ oil so frequently for cleaning up after babies and household cleaning too!

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  16. cyndi Avatar

    oh Melissa, that is a very sweet tea-tree you’ve embroidered there. love it!

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  17. Alicia Avatar

    I think that we call this Leptospermum. I tried to grow up one, here in Spain but it didnยดt works ๐Ÿ˜ฆ
    Lovely embroidery of course!

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  18. ally t Avatar
    ally t

    sweet embroidery
    and congrats on the magazine feature

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