Blue Merlin Makes

May in the garden 🌹

My David Austin rose "Eustacia Vye" is resplendent in her May glory! This is her third summer in this bed, and she is clearly loving it! The foxgloves and coral bells in the background are looking particularly fine this year, too.

(Also, "resplendent" is a truly excellent word 😁)

Gorgeous Dahlia from - this peachy coral colour pairs beautifully with vanilla scented heliotrope!

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This is just the beginning of filling my pots with glorious summer blooms 😊

My Friday fun...publishing a newsletter on Patreon!

Hello, lovely friends! I feel like I've done something monumental 😂 But it does feel like a pretty big deal to finally do the thing of publishing my Patreon page🙂

The collage here gives you an idea of what to expect in my newsletter - lots of gardening, books, flowers, stitching, and Corgis 🙂

I wanted to try something new that will allow me to build a crafty, stitchy, garden - y community in a bit of a different way than on Instagram. I'm looking forward to creating more newsletters, posts, and even videos!

I'd love to have you join me there at
www.patreon.com/FromSeedtoStitch 😊🌷

We're going to have fun! 💕

A very small host of golden daffodils, perhaps? Gleaming in the early morning sunlight, they're a delight to see out of our kitchen windows 😊

Note to self: but more daffodil bulbs next fall!

Oh, the joy of April flowers! (Better than the April showers, which were really more of a downpour today!) These primulas are generous bloomers and are such a cheerful sight on a grey April day 😊

Floral portraits 🌷
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I love returning to my daily practice of floral photographs. Spring is such a tonic for the soul!
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What's one of your favourite spring things? 🙂🌷

What a perfect Easter Monday! I spent nearly all day outside, the weather was that glorious! I did plenty of gardening and am now feeling pleasantly tired 🙂

I've said before that this is the time of year when my two passions- gardening and stitching - really start to complete with each other! I didn't get any stitching done this weekend, but I did finish this Easter mini quilt earlier last week. I love the fabrics and colours...it puts a smile.on my face 😊

First bouquet (all right, posey - it is on the small side!) of the year!

Primrose, pansies, and grape hyacinths.

I really wish you could smell these! 🥰

Daffodils are gorgeous this time of year, but you cannot beat the scent of hyacinths 😊

What is your favourite spring flower? Daffs? Tulips? Cherry blossoms? Let me know!

The not quite completed March block for my year long project! Each block has a central square scene reflecting the month and made with wool blend felt. The central square is surrounded by co-ordinating fabric and finished in the quilt as you go method! I'm having so much fun coming up with each little felt scene and adding tiny embellishments 😊🪡