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Rose Garden

 “It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”

Happy Saturday, everyone! Woke up this morning to accomplish my first goal, that is, to accompany my husband for his regular blood examination. On our way to and from the laboratory, while my husband was driving, I was able to crochet 3 rosebuds--- yellow, orange and blue. Wow, I missed doing that for several weeks now, after the Christmas holidays! The truth is, I still owe a few friends the crocheted give aways intended for them. The back-to-work load in the office has been piling up faster than I could catch them, so I badly need a breather at home. That's precisely the reason why I've been posting only about food for several weeks now.

Now, rose garden here we go... my new batch of roses in different colors... inspired by the rose buds from Fiber Flux Luggage Blossoms which I featured in my post entitled, Rosebuds as Identifiers. In making the roses, I used the pattern from Free Craft Project .

I just added a lime green tail so that each rose bud can be tied in any bag. Just like these...

Aren't you falling in love with the roses? Why don't you start making your own garden too? It would make a nice gift for Valentine's day, don't you think so??!  :)

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  1. UnknownJanuary 19, 2013 at 5:08 PM

    I always prefer roses than hearts, for the Valentine's day. Your are pretty, you can also use them as pretty bookmarks.
    Enjoy the weekend! :)

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    1. Garden ChefJanuary 22, 2013 at 11:31 PM

      Thank you, I'm amazed at how I've learned to like roses nowadays! I'm dying to crochet a lot more!

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  2. lindaJanuary 21, 2013 at 11:54 PM

    your roses are very pretty, I read your comment on Hindustanka's blog about the tunisian crochet and thought you may be interested in this tutorial, I'm making a blanket from it right now . :)
    http://appleblossomdreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/rockman-afghan-cal-week-2.html

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    1. Garden ChefJanuary 22, 2013 at 11:35 PM

      Thanks linda, been to your site, too, and am now following you! I've wanted to venture into tunisian crochet but haven't gotten there yet. Hopefully one of these days, I will.

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  3. RoosJanuary 22, 2013 at 3:59 AM

    These look so cute!! I adore roses!

    Love from the Netherlands!
    xo Rosie

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    1. Garden ChefJanuary 22, 2013 at 11:37 PM

      Hi Rosie, thank you! Roses are beautiful, indeed! But I couldn't grow them in my own garden! Nice site you've got! See you around!

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