Finishing an Embroidery Project

I finished stitching the flower bouquet yesterday when I had some of the gang over to visit with Jen1 and Poppy. 

I changed the colour of the Forget-Me-Nots from light blue (which I didn't think would show up very well on the blue shirt) to a light lilac colour. I took this photo before I added the yellow centres to the flowers. I used colonial knots as I think they lie nicer than French knots.

It's an oversized 'boyfriend' shirt from Old Navy.

I went on the hunt for some Black-eyed Susan vine (thunbergia) after stitching today and found some at Sheridan Nurseries. It was more of a lemon yellow than the golden yellow that I prefer but there were only 3 pots left. I was too late last year to find any so grabbed one of them. Once home I got it planted under the obelisk.

While out there I did some watering. I'm really curious to see how well the zinnias and sunflowers do that I grew from seed.

I planted this perennial a couple of years ago and it's in full bloom right now. I had to do a Google Lens search because I couldn't remember the name. It's Geum.

This year I also have a bunch of wild strawberries trailing all over the place. There is actually fruit on this plant. When they ripen, I hope the squirrels don't get them before I do.

The foxgloves are starting to bloom. I'm not sure how long they'll last.

My neighbour allowed me to transplant these bachelor buttons (cornflowers) from her front yard last summer. The first set of blooms are almost done but there are more buds.

Out front, the transplanted hostas are doing very well. There is some balsam from previous years popping up here and there. I was going to rip it all out but I might transplant them in different locations in this garden or move them to one of the gardens in the back yard.

I sprayed weed killer on some spots in the back garden and am hoping the chemicals will do their work. I think the growth has been arrested, now I'm hoping the weeds will just die. 

I still have a bunch of weeding to do in the back beds before I purchase and lay down mulch. My horticulture guru, MaryK, suggested I get 'natural' mulch rather than the coloured stuff. I used black mulch last year but I didn't like how hot it got in the blazing sunshine.

This Friday is Kimat Designs' stitch day. Barb and I will do our usual meetup at Vandermeer's Nursery and carpool to the Lemonville Community Centre. I'm not sure if or what I'll take for the Show and Share table.

Today at stitching I did a bit of work on my Tomato Tomahto. I'm still working on the first of 6 wedges. There's a LOT of stitching on that piece.