We have two rose bushes.
The one in the front had hybrid flowers until DH trimmed it so aggressively that he cut below the graft --now it's "natural." The one in the back yard is a rambler that, if not trimmed, will shoot out long stems.
Our U.S. flag was a wedding gift. It flew over the U.S. Capitol. (Here's how to get one:
http://www.capitolflags.gov/) A couple of years ago I heard an NPR story about the guys whose job it is to hoist flags up and down over the Capitol all day.
The peonies
are
grand
this year!!
At the
NLCQG meeting next month I'll give a demonstration on "disappearing" blocks. Here are my samples for disappearing 9-patch and disappearing 4-patch. D9P designs abound, and after I finished these samples I got a message that the
Block Swappers are doing a "double D9P" swap. I don't know if I'll have time to work up a sample of that one.
D9P: upper left -- started with 3.5" mini-9p. The others are all from the same block: I used 3" squares to make black-centered blocks. (7.5" fin.) I love the way the mini- 9's turned out--the skinny strips are just 1/4".
D4P: left -- 5" squares. Top: 2.5" squares.
Bottom: 4" squares. (BTW, that Nile Green is genuine vintage cotton sateen. There's a little label pinned to it that says "5 yds $4.25.")
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Another 'volunteer' iris! |