Hi Marion, I am so glad I found your beautiful Channel. I love everything you do. You have such a beautiful place. It's like my dream home. I love how natural you are and unscathed from the media? I don't want you to change from all you do now. I worry that the bigger your channel gets, other's are going to mold you into doing this or that! Saying you should do this or that. I guess I myself am doing that! I don't want you to change anything! I love your video's. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful life. I live alone and your channel brings me great peace and joy. Take care.
Thank you for your message Shelly. I'm so happy that my channel is growing. It's surprised me though. I think maybe I'm too old to be molded! I just like doing what I like doing... I do hope it can lead to something though. What that might be.. I've no idea yet...
Hi Marion! I leaned something from you today, the sweet wrapping of the lavenders! Just in time, mine is in full bloom. i’ll wrap some to give and to keep. Thank you for showing us. I’m very glad you make videos, you spread happiness! I’m waiting to see what you’re going to do with the dried up rose petals. Your garden is full of life and beauty! Thanks for showing us. 🌷tess
Thank you Tess. Yes, they're a lovely thing to make now and add into birthday or Christmas presents. Or just to give to someone to brighten their day with a homemade gift.
Really enjoyed watching you make the Lavender bundle/bottle. I made one over 40 years ago but couldn't remember how to make it! Thank you for sharing your magical garden! ❤🎉❤
Hi Marion...what a lovely peaceful garden you have. I was feeling that I'm with you there. Your lavender wands came at a time where I was thinking of making some. Your variety you have makes such lovely buds. Mine is a bit scraggly looking😂.going to try anyway. The 🐝 🐝 are not going to be happy with me taking their honey source away.😅 still catching up on all your videos but just loving them. Thanks for sharing your world with us.❤
Thank you for sharing your garden. The dried flower petals are so pretty in your basket. I like the lavender bottles. I haven't made any for ages, so the reminder is timely. The hexi forms are game changing. I like the look of hexagons but haven't been inspired to cut out the papers. 😂
I could never bring myself to spend the time cutting papers and baste them in, only to have to pull it all out after they were sewn together. Plus you still have to make a quilt sandwich as well....
Thank you for the tutorial on how to make these lovely lavender wands! I've seen them before but never knew how. I'll be making some since I have lots in my garden and these are so much prettier than just making little bags. Also I love your little hexies and such a great use for bits and pieces of old embroidery. Blessings to you for sharing so much. ♥
Marion, you live in a little bit of heaven. This garden is so beautiful because you have poured your heart and soul into it over the years. It thrives because of you, and became hardy to cheer you on once you were ready to venture out again. Plants feel your emotions and they are so glorious because of you and your tender care of each and every plant. The birds are a true joy. I wish I had such a place to live. At least I get to see it and feel it through your sharing. The authentic soul that you are; so tender and kind but also so strong, and willing to carry on and explore what's inside of you by what you create. That is a great power you have brought into the world and you treat your talents with honor, as should be. Thank you so much. I continue to learn, and feel so much joy watching your channel, and the peaceful way that you live.
Hi Marion, Lovely to see your beautiful garden you have done so much it is beautiful! Your roses! They are my favourite flower especially yellow roses yours look very healthy and happy. I really enjoyed how you showed us the Lavendar I have always wanted to learn how to do that as I have lavendar in my garden near the veges that we are growing which brings the bees who I dearly love too. I do like your hexie table runner EPP is so much fun to do isnt it? Thank You for sharing. Enjoy your weekend. TLC
Hi, Marion. It was lovely sitting in the garden with you just now. You inspire me to fill my days as you do, finding joy in little things. I’m happy with all the little things I got done today. Variety is the spice. Thank you for another joy-filled video.
Dear Marion, thank you for your willingness to share your skills and art.And I also feel so nice and comfortable in your world. Your craft is amazing and inspiring. Love from Russia. 😘☀️
Thank you Ira. Amazing you're watching me from Russia... I'm constantly taken aback that my little channel finds people from all over the world that love sewing as much as I do... Thank you so much 💐😊
Haven't made hexies like this for years since in a class over 20 years ago I made two bags - which are well used and are so easy to wash. (I always attach fabric handles for easy laundering!). During that time I went to a local exhibition and saw a quilt made in the same way. So beautiful. I've never seen lavender bottles before but they look so much prettier than a lavender bag. Thanks for your demo Marion 😊
Marion, I've often how those lavender bottles were made & now thanks to you I know. My neighbor has lavender, so maybe she will give me some. Thank you for the demo. Have a blessed day 🌈💛🙏💛🌈
As I come from more or less the same neck of the woods as you, I’m surprised that I’ve never seen this before. They will make lovely little gifts for friends and family. Thank you for the great tutorial. Keep them coming.
Thanks. I honestly thought everyone knew how to make these as Grandma showed my sister and I when we were little and we made them every year. They're lovely in your smalls drawer or hung in the wardrobe ..☺️
I don't mind that you make or doing things I already know. Maybe it is the reason I like your videos. You make the same things I do and do the things I do. It is lovely to see there are more people living about the same way I live. The lavenderwand smell good after many years. I used more flowers, about 50 or so, and take 2 stems over and under the ribbon. The tablerunner is very nice. I love that you use all the small pieces of fabric and make something new with them.
Thank you so much. Yes, I've been amazed at how many people have said they also do these things. I just didn't know that many people at all. It's amazing that I can now connect with everyone through my channel... it's wonderful! I'm so pleased you're enjoying it all 💕
I love the rose,s Queen of Sweden and Shropshire Lad, but all of the flowers are beautiful. Such a pretty space Marion. That is the first time Ive seen lavender wands. It is lovely that these traditional crafts are still around. That is what Im doing with the hexies so that it alleviates the need for a backing. Such a good idea and a good way of using up bits of embroideries. A relaxing way of stitching that you can pick up and put down. I use a silver grey thread. We have a lot in common. TFS x
You know Mary...I thought everyone knew about lavender wands. Or lavender bottles as Grandma called them. She showed my sister and I how to make them when we were little. Yes, no need to quilt and back the hexies when you're making them qayg.... It's perfect!
I can do Cynthia. Although I'm sure there are plenty of tutorials out there. I'll see how everything goes with all the other projects... It's probably going to be taking a back seat once I start the winning project from the vote!
I have never seen that done! A lovely idea!! I just stripped lavender leaves from stalks to dry, then making little bags w/ tulle n filling w/ lavender tying off w/ ribbon n use them for the same thing. Yours are so much prettier! Ty for showing us how to create Lavender Bottles, Marion
Thank you for the variety of crafts you show. I’ve always wanted to use lavender but didn’t know how to make the lavender bottles. Now that it is December, I love visiting your garden in June.
I love your designs & tutorials. There is not anything you don't know how to do. Did you participate in the Great British Design Challenge? If I recall correctly, you designed a room for a little girl. I was so amazed at what you could do in such a short amount of time on a limited budget. Have you written a book with your patterns?
Oh my goodness! No I've not done anything like that I'm afraid... Until I started my channel last year I didn't even show my things outside of family and a couple of friends... I didn't realise anyone would be interested.. So no books, no exhibitions, nothing but me sitting in my room crafting away ☺️
Lavender bottles are something I’ve not made for years thank you for reminding me how to make them 👍🏻I imagine your workshop is very relaxing and joyful.
Thanks for another peek into Marion’s Wonderful World!! Everything that you have gathered around you is interesting-finding the extraordinary in the ordinary- it’s an art form!!! Although it’s difficult to think of a rose as “ ordinary “?!!! But you get my meaning!!?
Yes, definitely harder than you expect. It's like making a garden look naturalistic.. Quite often it takes more work to keep things looking slightly wild, than to just prune everything neatly!
Hi! I have always wanted to learn how to make those bottles, thank you so much for sharing. I am so happy I found your channel; you are certainly a wealth of knowledge! Thank you again for sharing!
I love the lavender instructions for either laying somewhere or hanging. Thanks so much for sharing with us out here in the USA. Love your rose garden, wish this was a "smell" tube. 💕 😂 I also love the Hexie you are working on, something I have wanted to do for a long time. Was not aware of the shape you could buy, so am going to hunt some down and give this a try also. You are filling my head with so many ideas, just love listening to you talk about your life and crafts.
The roses are wonderful. They actually do very well here in the Arizona desert as long as they are watered deeply, however aphids are a huge problem. I had a couple of my mother-in-laws tea roses and I tried to keep them going bit the aphids took over and won. I did save some petals to dry. The lavender bottles are great, I’ve never seen them before. I wonder if I can grow lavender in Arizona?
Another lovely day in your world. I am off out into the garden to cut some lavender and try these bottles/wands. I remember I tried it many years ago without much success but now I have your tutorial I should be ok!! Many thanks.
I love this hexie runner you are making. It is a great way to do it and cleaner finish than the old way. I want to make one!!!! Tell me more about the center piece, what do they call it, what is it made of so I can try to find it on the internet to buy them.
There's a video all about making the completed table runner and there's a link to the place I bought the Hexiform from...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EYo8GoPsD8o.htmlsi=Sypx5nTWqXhlNgML
I love roses, but here in the midwest of the US we are plagued by Japanese beetles that devour my roses so I have given up. At least I can enjoy yours.
I've had to look up about the beetle. I hadn't heard of them before. They sound like they're hard to control.. I'll be planting some new roses over the winter. I can't imagine not having any...
I still have my lavender bottle - my one & only - that I made from a lavender bush I grew in the back yard, from instructions that I followed in an Australian Women’s Weekly back around 1996 or so, since I had to sell that house back in 1998. My lavender bottle is really more wand-like (thinner), but it has lasted well & still has some scent. I think these little lavender things are fabulous! 💐 I have lavender bags that were gifted to me over 50 years ago, & they all still have some scent left. Some have lace on them, some have crochet doilies & ribbon roses etc - really pretty, little things. 🌹 I keep meaning to make one of those potpourri mixes with dried orange slices in them. I have to get around to it - too many projects to do, & at present my priority is the two rugs/quilts I am slow stitching for two of my sons, in a kind of boro/strippy kind of way.
That's so lovely to say Stacy. I do need to start earning something, but at the moment I'm just not sure how that will work. Originally I was going to start a website, but I got sidetracked by joining in with the Hundred Day Stitchbook. And ...well.. it's all gone on a different track now. I never would have thought to start a RU-vid channel... yet here I am!
I have never heard of or seen lavender wands. I love lavender and they are beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with us. I have been “binging” on your videos and loving them -Toni in Texas
I've started them to make confetti for when Naomi gets married.😂 She's not even engaged yet, but these things take time so I thought I'd just start and see how much I could make. A couple of years worth should make quite a lot as I have so many roses ☺️
I'm doing them as quilt as you go. The hexiform acts as the batting. Although I have made lots of quilts I wasn't ever interested in hexies. All that basting and papers etc.... But quilt as you go has totally changed my mind. Because each little hexagon is its' own little quilt! They're great!
Thank you for sharing Marion’s world . I’ve never seen lavender bottles such a great idea. I’m a hexie fan .I’ve made many quilts and given up on random 😂 I just can’t do it so I make hexie flowers or specific patterns .I look forward to your next video
Your video offered a delightful break in my day. But now I must go out into my garden and gather some lavender to create my own lavender bundles. Thank you for a timely lesson !
Good morning Marian and thank you for another lovely treat today. It’s so relaxing watching you create beautiful things as you’re so natural in front of the camera, you also explain everything clearly. Your garden is a feast for the eyes. I’m off on a hunt for some lavender now! ❤️
