a) wild-growing (scentless) sweet peas gathered on a walk to the top of a hill, overlooking the city. There are many wildflowers up there at the moment.
b) a new cushion cover i sewed from an old piece of hand-embroidered wool fabric (origin), with a linen border and striped backing. the cushion inside is a feather one that used to reside on my grandparents' couch, but it needed a new cover.
c) our internet is fixed- hooray!
I planted some sweet pea seeds this year but noticed wild ones growing about the place. Should I be worried that mine haven’t sprouted? Hmmmm
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Oh how funny. I just saw some of these sweet peas today too! I’m in Wellington for 6 weeks for work and this is the first time I have ever seen wild sweet peas. And I stopped to sniff them just to find out if they had a perfume. And no they didn’t. Wellington is such a beautiful city and the sweet peas today were a bonus.
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Love, love, love that cushion!
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I can’t imagine a sweet pea with no scent? Amazing! It’s really made my day to see how that embroidery has been transformed in your magic hands! It makes a lovely cushion xxx
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Hooray, you’ve been missed!
The cushion is lovely, you’ve totally revitalised the embroidery. And a look back at the original post of it has left me very jealous of that stitch chart again!
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Welcome back! A lovely read after a couple of magic evening hours in the garden on this balmy calm Wellington evening!!! I’ve never consciously noticed wild sweetpeas here… inspiring. I’m wondering what the wool will be (love the tone)… and (being the curious type) what’s the book? Recommend?
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thank you mary and how nice to be gardening on a calm wgtn eve. book is the comforter- poetry by my friend helen lehndorf. yes, i do recommend! and the wool is a soft felty-type in dark green. : )
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It looks like you are knitting you crazy kid? Is it true?
Fel x
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Love your pretty blog, glad I just found it 🙂 Will be back to read more.
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Those sweet peas are inspiring.
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Welcome back Melissa! Love the cushion and even more the fact you have been able to recycle your Grandmother’s cushion pad – I thought I was the only person who was weird enough to care a lot about that sort of thing, Emma Ripple Bay
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haha- i can assure you, youre not the only weird one! this particular cushion i remember very clearly sitting on as a child… so i havent been able to throw it away : )
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Such a pretty post, Melissa. I love your new/old cushion. And of course, I’m curious about the knitting…
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Gorgeous. I love sweet peas. The cushion is really beautiful as well. I treasure the few pieces I have of my great grandmothers embroidery. It looks right at home on the couch with the book and knitting.
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beautiful x TWO!
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