Hummingbird Feeder Sewing Project

I bought two hummingbird feeders at Where Ya Bin (a place that sells returned and odd lot Amazon and Target stuff.  Two for 25 cents was a good deal to me.  They came with suction cups that didn't stick to the windows.  Here's my prototype piece.  

Can you believe that I broke TWO hummingbird feeders (not these) yesterday?  One was glass and it broke in the sink.  The other was plastic and the top was super brittle.  These feeders were at least five years old.  It was time to swap them out with new ones.  I think I prefer glass ones.  We'll see what is on sale at our local farm stores at the end of the season.  That's a good time to get them for next year.

I'm not sure if hummingbirds like all that fabric hanging.  The elastic makes it easy to open the top to refill.  It was one of those corners that go on the sheets to keep them on the bed.

It's pretty simple.  I finished the seams so that it didn't fray--like that really matters.

This is what it looked like when I got it.  It does have a nice ant moat that gets filled with water so that ants don't get into the sugar water.

The cats really like to lay in my seedlings of coneflowers and bee balm.  I bought a pack with a variety of colors of each on Amazon.  I should have separated them better in the egg cartons when I planted them.  They seem to have a different germination period.  Oh well.  I have plenty more seeds.  The little plants seem to bounce back after the cats are done using it as a bed.

I planted the petunias in the flats last night right before the expected rain.  It did start to rain around 8:10 pm.  We really needed the rain here.  Finally got it!  I remember when I was a kid going to Amish country with my mom to pick out large flats with really nice flowers in them for about $8 a flat.  These half flats were $6.97 each ($14ish for what you see here.). Roll with the times I guess.  The marker in the flat just said petunia.  I hope they are the wave version, but it seemed that I had to dead head the blooms.  I planted them in my strawberry planter.  Hopefully they will flow down and give it some beautiful color.  Stay tuned.