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Poppy Embroidery into a Pincushion

Tada! More springtime-inspired goodness. Stitched this little guy up on a 3'' hoop, then just had to make it into a pincushion because of all the neat pincushions I've been seeing around the interwebs...
I machine sewed the top edge (using about 10 million pins to keep it aligned) then had to hand-stitch the bottom because there's a little circle of cardboard at the bottom to keep pins from going all the way through and pricking unsuspecting fingers.
Here she is on the hoop!

So springtime is amazing, did I tell you? I bought a cherry tomato plant last week (was it last week? or the week before? I dunno) and it's growing at an INSANE rate, so I decided that I simply need more vegetable plants. I don't have a yard or anything, so I have to grow in pots on my patio, but still! I got onion starts, plants for roma tomatoes, poblano peppers and red bell peppers today (sounds like a fajita garden) and I'm very pleased and excited! Plus, I stuck a little acorn squash seed from dinner a few weeks ago into the soil and to my surprise, it's growing. BONUS! We'll see if it turns into anything productive... That would be FANTASTIC. I lub me some squash.

Does anyone has experience growing yellow crookneck squash? Do I need lots of space for it? I'm contemplating growing some...
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3 comments:

AlwaysInspired said...

I work in a family owned greenhouse and do a big family garden each year. Squash is a plant that needs LOTS of room to roam! Unless of course you get a bush type which takes less, but still a large amount of room. They are trailing type plants and often vine out over a very large portion of our garden. I've never tried growing one in a pot, but I say go for it. Just remember you can always cut the plant back, just leave the producing vines on!

AlwaysInspired said...

I forgot say congrats on getting the gardening bug! Hope to see pics of your little garden!

Katie said...

This is so cool. I am just learning to embroider. What a neat idea. You have all sorts of cool stuff on your blog!