The secret sewing I've been working on over the last few weeks can now be revealed. I made this jacket using a cacti print for my friend Vicky. We found the fabric in February and thought it would be perfect for her Chelsea outfit this year. She is co owner of Craig House Cacti with Stan her partner, who are exhibiting at the show.
Their display was awarded another Gold Medal, their fifth at Chelsea. It was a great display, as usual. They were very busy while I was there with a lot of people stopping to admire their stand and to buy cacti and seeds from them.
Stan has a waistcoat in the same fabric. It was a challenge to work on because the pattern repeat was so big, getting all the pattern pieces from the fabric we bought was difficult. But I think they both look very grand and complimented their beautiful plants very well.
The rest of the show
There was so much to see, all the show gardens were wonderful. Here are some of my photos, I took over 50, so I will just show a few.
The Massachusetts Garden caught my eye because of the leather appliqué, it was beautiful, such a great combination of artistry in this garden, it is very inspiring.
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The garden I liked the most was the RBC Blue Water Roof Garden. Which is a vision for an urban rooftop garden. It was full of good ideas and biodiversity.
I just loved the living wall and the clever use of shapes in the design.
As well as the way the circular shapes for the natural habitat feature was constructed.
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Finally the photo I took which I liked the most was this one of the M & G Centenary Garden, there is something about this picture that makes me pleased it is my photo.
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