Garden Club exchange!!!

This morning I finished up making a 'Garden Club' exchange gift...
a canvas-lined apron, accented with matching garden gloves, two garden tools, and a handmade cotton knitted washcloth, bathed in prayer (I pray as I knit!)!

My sister went and picked up some free fabric and this particular piece went perfectly with the theme:  gardening!

I so enjoyed making this apron, though I had no idea who'd receive it!  She absolutely loved it and asked if she could hug me!!!  
Hugs make gift-giving the best!

I was in such a rush to finish it, I forgot to take a pix!  So, I asked her if I could take one, which didn't turn out so great, but the one of her wearing it is nice!

It matched her outfit beautifully!

Vintage Garden Apron

This time, I designed a vintage apron with ties that extends 110 1/4"!

I found this gem of a print in one of the three boxes of fabric at the thrift store.

I really like this one. If it doesn't sell, I may keep it for myself!

My darling Caleb took the pix of me wearing it, even though I didn't make a bow with the ties!

...didn't he do a great job!

After three attempts at making gloves, I found these and thought I'd embellish them!

I can smell the dirt and feel the satisfaction of picking a tomato off the vine!

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Garden Apron

I've been in a funk, I think.

But it's over now...all I had to do to get inspiration was hit the Etsy button and that did it!

Take your turn by clicking that word and see what I mean.

Well, anyways, my dear friend just celebrated her sixty-ninth birthday yesterday and I've made her a special gift...
Della, if you just happen to visit this site, I'm asking you to not read any further or to look a the pix I'm displaying of your gift...I don't want to ruin it for you, but I had to show off this great idea and have a memory of it once it's gone on to you!

My friend loves to garden and her efforts are not in vain...she somehow took the clay Georgia soil and transformed it into the most gorgeous yard. So, in her honor, I've made her an apron for her gardening leisure.

This is your last chance, Della, to wait until your gift arrives in the mail...close this page!

Four large pockets, and a little one in the middle-all made from scraps I had leftover from other projects.

...complete with my own tag!

It was a fun project and it didn't take forever-

I tried making her gardening gloves...

three attempts and I gave up, despite measuring and adding 1/8 " for seams...

so, I'll just get her a pair and embellish them!