Wednesday, March 23, 2011
3D flowers
Snow and more snow! Looking outside it is all white. Although not yet a blizzard, it is blowing snow across the window. And the coming days will stay cold
we are told.
This old oval frame I got from Laurence's aunt, but I had to promise her to fill it with something"nice"
The year was 1994 and I had just started with my first appliqued, Baltimore Album style quilt. I had never used the wired ribbon and after looking through my first Elly Sienkiewicz
book I found this block, perfect for trying out all the new techniques.The basket is made with ribbon. that had the wire taken out. The leaves have been hand appliqued after which I had sewn the roses on.
By now it looks a little dated and I have a new idea for the frame.
I also added 2 more small kimono quilts. Both have different sashiko at the side.
The pink kimono is made with a vintage piece of silk and some of my hand dyed fabric. On the side are 2 small crest designs.
The second one has a black background The fabric for this kimono was given to me by a workshop participant in Peterborough. She had seen my other samples and wanted to make one herself.
The next day she came with 2 pieces of fabric, all sewn together, but the
size was wrong and without a machine we could not make it work.She decided, that I should have a go with this fabric. I gave her the right dimentions and she went home with the promise to try again.
I think that with these 4 samples I have enough.
Looking outside you do not get the idea that it soon will be spring. Most years I have potted my begonias up by now and looked at my other bulbs. Most years I also run into problems with bulbs growing too fast here in the house.
So this year I'm taking it slow. I did start some seeds, but they are very slow coming up. Now last evening I heard of a solution. It was the monthly meeting of our horticutural society and one of the members mentioned, that she starts her seeds in the oven with just the light on and the door open a few inches.
Coming home I got my boxes of seed , put them on a tray and put them in the oven. They are not up yet, but I keep a close watch!
Friday, March 18, 2011
About boots and bogs
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
About cards and monkeys
There are 4 birthdays to celebrate in the first week of March around here. We will get together in a few days time and I needed another card.
We were invited to celebrate the Chinese New Year with Tony's parents, but due to bad weather we missed that. Since this is the year of the rabbit I thought it would be nice to make a suitable card. Lots of ideas on the Internet and with lots of selvedges in the bin, I came up with this idea.
For the rabbit I used WonderUnder, quick and easy.
My poor sock monkey was in need of a hat and some finishing touches. I had bought some red yarn and made a cap, which was too small. The next one was better, but finally with my 3nd try I did it right. I just kept on going, so by now I have caps for Jenny , Lois and for my second, yet to be made, sock monkey.
Here it is putting a few stitches in my new quilt. I have done a lot of boring, putting together by hand, work on this wall hanging. And there is more to do.
I always seem to be making cards. I just like making small projects during the evening.
The 3 cards below will be gone by next week.
The fabric circles come from a piece of Japanese fabric. The top one has a few leaves put on with again WonderUnder. The bottom 2 have a few sashiko stitches added.
I zigzagged around the edges.
Next week I will be in Kingsville, near Leamington at the Erie Shore Quilters Guild . Tuesday evening I will give my trunkshow and then on Wednesday I will give a workshop. We will be making a crazy quilt block.
This means, that I might not get back to this till later on in the week.
Today was a miserable day with sleet and rain. More is expected for the coming days. I did buy some seeds today, but looking out of the window I might be a little bit on the optimistic side.
Monday, March 07, 2011
Finally!!!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)