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Snow Days and More
Well, actually, everything I am about to show you was completed long before the snow started to fly. As summer turned to fall I began stitching Snow Days, the January block of the Sweet Nostalgia...
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Flower Garden and More
There you have it; Karen's Flower Garden quilt top is complete. I decided to remove the border and go borderless. But, not to worry, the hexagons will not be wasted; I need them for edging the back...
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Friendship Star Finished
I was seeing stars as I hand quilted Friendship Star, with so many seams it was hard to keep the stitches nice and even. But, it's done and still worthy of a place on the wall. Also finishedSweet...
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Civil War Bride Block 19
Applique I have missed you! My first quilting love, yet we have drifted apart. So, to ease my way back I have stitched Block 19 of the Civil War Bride quilt. With eight blocks completed, my focus...
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Bowls
Pottery bowl Wooden bowl Yarn bowl Felted bowls! As you can see I love bowls, so when I came across a pattern for felted crochet bowls, well, I just had to make some. Afraid of ruining them I...
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Civil War Bride Block 2
Today was a cold, windy and somewhat rainy Sunday, so spending time in the garden was now freed up for other things. It was a good day for PPP, press, picture and post. And, this would be the...
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Still Beautiful
As fast as they bloom, they fade away, and sometimes what is left is just as beautiful. Lots to see and do in the garden as summer gets underway. Spring flew by, will summer do the same? I...
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A New Toy
I've been away so long that the battery in my camera died after just one picture. The only time spent blogging this summer was tending to One Flower Wednesday. It was a great summer with more good...
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Tracks in the Snow
January arrives and settles in like an old fashioned winter. And, even though the garden appears to be deserted, tracks in the newly fallen snow tell a different story. We don't have any bears...
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Small Studies 1
You may remember, some time back, I purchased Gwen Marston's book, 37 Sketches. My intention was, one day stitching a series of Small Study quilts. Well, around the end of summer I pieced together...
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Airing of the Quilts
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~Charles DickensPainting by Valeriane Leblond
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Recipe for Friendship Part 2
So you can see the true colour and detail of the fabric used, I snapped a close up. My original idea was to have a mix of hexagons as the center of the quilt and use the yellow and red polka-dot...
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Stitchery Blocks
Sweet Nostalgia July BlockFun at the Beach Sweet Nostalgia August BlockHide and Seek Hocuspocusville (my 4th block)Hermoine's Split Ends Now that all my Sweet Nostalgia blocks are complete, I read the...
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Icicles
As the last of winter melts away..... Small Studies 2Icicles through the Window
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New Work
My new work in progress."The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work."~Berthold AuerbachHave you seen this vintage photo?Wonderful, yes!
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A Good Friend and Birdhouse
I have not forgotten the Polka-Dot Girls.Stitcheries for Block 5
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Camellia
I'm calling it a mini quilt (16 inch square), but it is actually meant to be one block in a quilt, from Kumiko Sudo's book, East Quilts West. Hand pieced and appliqued. Until next time.....happy...
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A Breath of Fresh Air
Perfect for cool evenings relaxing in the garden, I am just finishing up hand piecing my spring time lap quilt. The fabric is from two different collections that seem to go well together, Faded...
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House on the Hill
You may recognize this little house on the hill; it is from Anni Downs applique pattern, My Favourite Things. I turned it into a rug hooking, using all wool yarn. My first rug hooking was made from...
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Spinning Wool
Natural Coloured Fleece and Fiber Cotswold (white) Cotswold (medium brown) Jacob (dark brown) Navajo-Churro (medium brown) Icelandic (grey) Corriedale (white) Corriedale (striped grey and white) Border...
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Treadle Sewing Machine
Thinking back, twenty-five years ago, I spent many a Saturday at flea markets, garage sales and antique shops, filling my house with treasures from the past. One neglected treasure that followed me...
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