Little by Little.....

Progress at Last....

Every day, Dear Readers, I discover another thing that I can do that was much too hard only the day before! I attribute it to the miraculous healing ability of a good night's sleep! Some of you may remember the petit point tea cozy kit I was stitching earlier this spring which was almost finished when I broke my arm. It has teased me for all these weeks.... only a small amount of the white background at the bottom left to stitch, but alas, I could not hold the frame in my left hand and so I could not finish the stitching! But last Sunday I decided to give it a try and see if I could do the stitching.... and I could! It was a little awkward to hold it in the right position, and even harder to hold it steady enough to place the stitches correctly.... but I managed to finish the stitching!

It only took a little over an hour to complete... 

and then I decided to try to stitch it together while I was at it....!

Here are both the sides completed before cutting them apart.

I did trim them a little neater before I started to sew them together....

The edges of the gauze have been turned under 

and now the sides are being sewn together..

And here it is Done!

And the Cloud side...!

You can understand that I had to show it to Blue right away!

And of course, she knew what to do with it right away!

Tea for two on top of the Tower!

I felt so empowered Dear Readers, I could not leave it at that! 

I had to try another unfinished project!

A short time after I broke my arm, 

when I had not realized how little I could do, 

I had tried to make a small plant using a punch and floral wire...

All I needed to do was cut apart the petals and glue them to the stem....

And I managed quite a few before I gave up.

I was not going to be able to finish them until I could paint again....

So they sat there still on Sunday and I pulled out my paints....

First I painted the undersides a pale green....

It was a little difficult to hold the wire at the right angle... 

but the painting did not need to be precise!

Then the other sides needed two coats of a darker green....

Then I painted a pale stripe on each leaf....

and cut the stems apart and glued them into a bunch...

And then I thought I would just use up the rest of the leaves....

making another whole batch!

Adding the stripe to the leaves....

And finally, testing them on The Folly ground by the steps....

This is supposed to be "Vinca" or "Periwinkle" 

a lovely evergreen ground cover.

(Sorry the picture is so dark... it had gotten late!)

I am sure it will look a little better once the stems are inserted into the ground, 

and the bunches overlap in a more natural manner. 

I will wait until I have more bunches before I do that step.

The stems are bendable and can be positioned appropriately as needed.

I have a long way to go... 

a lot of ground to cover!

But I think it is a good start!

And the morning sun made it all the way over to The Folly steps...

Putting the Vinca into clear focus.....

I think it will do....

And I Do feel so accomplished!

I completed Two whole plants!

Little by Little Dear Readers,

I am making progress!