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Violas or Johnny-Jump Ups

Sow a packet of Violas one time in your garden and every year they will gift you with more and more tiny plants without any ~~work~~ help from you. What I find so fascinating about these tiny pansy-like flowers is that one basic heirloom variety begets many different color combinations. So, if you are a pansyaholic, enjoy shades of purple, and love surprises in your garden throw down a packet of these in the spring and enjoy for years to come.

The violas growing in my garden inspired me to create this little dress for my Fairyland Pukipuki Sugar. I used bullion stitch, colonial knots, lazy daisy, back stitch, and oyster stitches to create the embroidery on this hand knit lilac bamboo dress.

For more information on Pukipuki’s viola dress please visit cindyricedesigns.com.

The Littlest Rosebud

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We have two of the tiniest rosebushes that I have ever seen. Both are in bloom right now and have the prettiest pink rosebuds. The roses are so small…well, they are doll size. To get in the spirit of things Sugar (Fairyland’s Pukipuki) donned her pink dress with embroidered roses and is ready to show you one of our “doll size” rosebuds.

puki & rosebud 235

Pukipuki dolls are also sold at Denver Doll Emporium.

Pukipuki’s Spring Garden

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Pukipuki my dear Puki,

How does your garden grow?

With gentle rain and golden sun,

She has blossoms all in a row.

Just in case it isn’t obvious yet, I LOVE flowers. One of my favorite places to visit is the Chicago Botanic Gardens. In fact, I wish that I lived across the street from the gardens. I am sure that I would spend more time there than not. I could see myself finding a bench (always in a different spot) and knitting and embroidering away the day. Sigh… It really is a beautiful place with so many different gardens. If I tried, I could not pick out a favorite spot. Sigh, again… If you ever visit Chicago and love gardens you might want to add this to your “places to visit” list.

Soon our spring bulbs will start to bloom here in northern Illinois. Pukipuki has gotten a head start on her gardens. They are blooming along the hemline of her mint green and sky blue knit dresses. Teeny tiny daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, and grape hyacinths are everlastingly in their glory on these dresses.