making

 

Making has been the theme for the past few weeks ~ from picking flowers in the garden to make garden posies {even selling some on the doorstep!}

 

 

The foraging season starts for me with elderflowers or 'elderbloom' as I read recently in an old book. I have been out in the Field gathering basket fulls to make refreshing elderflower cordial.

 

New to me is dressmaking. I have altered and botched items of clothing but never really followed a proper pattern. A couple of years ago I bought a Merchant & Mills pattern with the idea of teaching myself dressmaking which has lain untouched until now. I had a special occasion to attend which provided the perfect deadline and impetus to pursue this dressmaking idea. I ordered some gorgeous Irish Linen from Merchant & Mills to make their Trapeze Dress which I was shortening to a tunic. I also got some cheaper fabric to do a trail run. 

 

Doing a trail run was a good idea as I really did have a lot to learn. I also discovered that the alter table here serves as a very good cutting table - perfect height and plenty of room to walk around.

I finished my new top/tunic just in time and I'm really pleased with it. It is full of novice errors and handmade charm, but I love it!

garden posy - march

Wallflowers - what a wonderful scent they have. I was given this lovely vintage glass, now vase for my birthday earlier this week - a perfect match! (thank you Ruth!)

Garden Posy: January : February

garden posy - february

 

The snowdrops are in their prime at the moment.

The garden is looking a little worse for wear and in desperate need of tidying and cutting back. But if you look beyond the brown dead stems of last year's growth, there is plenty of green emerging - yay!

garden posy

 

A monthly record of what is (possibly) interesting and beautiful in the garden and an attempt to remember to bring a posy of flowers into the house to better appreciate what is growing away out there! Who knows... my flower arranging skills and indoor photography may improve too.

January's offering is a rather brown affair, but I do like the faded beauty and graphic lines of the seedheads and stems.