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Gardening is different than sewing
What’s so different? Outdoors, physical, dirt under fingernails, lots to learn.
It’s so nice to be outside in the beautiful Southern California weather this week! I’ve ignored our gardens and yard for so long that there are lots of projects to get started on. I’m trying to focus on smallish areas so that I can get some immediate gratification! A couple of years ago we had to have a diseased eucalyptus tree removed from our back yard. I asked them to leave the stump…thinking at some point I could do something on top of it. So yesterday, I planted a metal chicken feeder and a few clay pots with dahlias. I added a rusted hose reel and watering can to the mix. Now I’m looking for something larger to create a higher profile against the back fence.
See… I told you it was big.
Here’s what I finished yesterday.
The curtains are almost done!
I sewed the scarves together to form long panels with a valance on top, then I sewed the completed curtains onto purchased sheer panels to protect them from sun damage and filter the light a little better.
So here they are almost finished. I’ll be hand stitching the bottom panels because the silky fabric has become difficult to work with on the sewing machine.
Here’s the before:
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