Cottage Garden Threads

Missing numbers and names

A lovely reader bought it to my attention that some of the numbers and names are missing in the previous post.

Let's play fill in the blanks

407 Blue Mountain

408 Grand Ridge

The red stars denote the latest range additions.

 

Happy Stitching

~Katie

 

up close and personal

With the new colours of course! Here they are in each border family.

Sneaky peak - Apricot

Soft tones of apricot to temp.

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sneaky peak - Dandelion

No cottage garden is complete without some cheery yellow dandelions. When people comment on the abundance of dandelions in your garden, simply tell them you are following Einstein's principals.

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Sneaky peak - Running Postman

At first when Mum told be what this thread was called, I thought she was being quirky and I liked it! So for days I had this image in my mind....

That reminded me of the story I heard about a postman who got so sick and tired of a particular dog on his rounds that would make it thier sole purpose to bite him everyday. Day after day this postman would be bitten until, he finally reached his breaking point (ask yourself what you would do in this situation and tell me you wouldn't contemplate doing exactly what this postie did...) One day he simply gave as good as he got and bit the dog back! Not that our friendly postman pat with his black and white cat would ever do that (but afterall, no plastacine dog has bitten his little plastacine bum before).  The dog actually died from an infection caused by the bacteria in the postmans saliva. Moral of the story, Google Running Postman and you'll actually see it's a very pretty plant....

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Sneaky peak - Waratah

 

 

Vivid red and smokey grey

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Sneaky peak - Blue Wren

 We've had a lot of requests for a 'real blue'. The new thread 'Blue Wren' may be just what you were looking for.

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Sneaky peak - Rusty Gate

 

A visit to a cottage garden should always begin with the creaking of a rusty old gate which inspired one of the new realease threads. Rusty red through to rusty orange and green.

Sneaky peak - Blackwood

 

 

Deep brown tones

Sneaky peak - Wisteria

A blend of subtle purples and blues