Starting An Embroidery Project

I've had an empty spot on the yoke of a denim shirt for ages and haven't been able to make a decision on what to put there. It's the spot to the left of the Queen Anne's lace and bee.

This is on the other side of the blank spot.

I was looking through some stuff on my desk and found this pattern that I had purchased on Etsy all printed out. 

I scrounged up some Sticky Fabri-Solvy and printed the pattern onto it, rounded up a 5" hoop, and picked out all the colours. Then I set to work - first stitching the stems. I'll finish up with the blossoms. I like surface embroidery like this because there are no threads to count. The printable, water-soluble stabilizer makes transferring the design very easy. it will wash away/dissolve once all the stitching is finished.

 I got this far before my eyes got too tired and it got too late. I'll carry on tomorrow.

I did some more work in the garden. I found some Round Up concentrate in the garage so mixed it up and sprayed all the weeds I want to get rid of in some of my flower beds. I don't know how long it will take to kill the weeds - hopefully not long. Since the concentrate has frozen and thawed through a couple of winters in the garage, I'm not sure how effective it is either. 

I dug out a couple of hostas first which I'll transplant in the front garden once the weeds are dead. I also planted the anemone corms which I'll have to remember to water regularly. I think I killed all my zinnias I grew from seed due to lack of watering. Darn! I may have more seeds left which I will plant directly in the soil. 

I've been on the mailing list of the ukulele classes I took pre-COVID. My friend, Alexa, took the beginning ukulele class this spring. So she, and another ukulele friend, Catherine, and I attended the ukulele play/singalong at a local diner this evening. My fingers are sure feeling it. There were 24 songs in the set list including some where I got to play my kazoo. The next event will be July 8. Then I'll get to play again at music camp.

Speaking of music camp, I received confirmation of the classes I signed up for and in addition to ukulele, choir, madrigals, and concert band on my oboe, I got into the very limited enrolment handbell class. Jen1 is also coming this year so we'll have our own rooms but will share the bathroom between our rooms. It should be lots of fun.