Happy Easter

"Antique Fair Baskets" 

freebie by BBD

Size: 11 1/4" x 11 /1/4"

*** Made just one basket block and added

corner stones and bunny ***

Happy Easter/Spring mini!

Sunday's fun

"Blessing Baskets"

Block #3

SAL at TQC

Block Size: 4 1/2" unfinished

Who's having fun?

This weekend

"Christmas Garden"

by BBD

Fabric: Vtg. Meadow Rue 40ct

by Lakeside Linens

Fibers: Belle Soie and

 Frorimell by Gloriana

Size: 225W X 272H

Got a little further!

And stitching, too!

More and more blooms in my garden.

More blooms in my garden

Getting more blooms in my Christmas Garden.

Ta-Dah

Ms. Limo: Do you want to see 

what's laying behind me?

Christmas - Stitching

"Christmas Garden"

by BBD

Fabric: Vtg. Meadow Rue 40ct

by Lakeside Linens

Fibers: Belle Soie and

 Frorimell by Gloriana

1st post of the year

What are you all up to 

on the New Year's Day?

Last day of the year

I don't really know 

how it's the last day of the year today?

Nappy time

Ms. Limo: Here is my new nappy quilt!

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On Sunny Memorial Day,

On a long weekend day,

no cooking, no cleaning

 (Do I ever do that anyway?),

and no one else is around the house,

what would you like to do?

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Holiday weekend

Ms. Limo: Any fun plans for the holiday weekend?

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Wrestling with the raffle

"Country Charm" @"Country Inn"

by BBD

Fabrics: "Rural Jardin" line by FG

Block size: 6" finish

Quilt Size: 42" x 54"

It's basted for quilting and

 the raffle is ready to be attached.

Then now what?

But the title for this post doesn't

sound very pretty at all, does it?

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Dash to sewing room!

Before heading to Costco...

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Nine Patch Fun

I made three each of these last night.

I can tell summer is right around the corner!

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More sewing

When you have some pretty fabrics

in red, white and blue,

what would you like to do with them?

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Are they really ready?

From top left,

"Sarah Seifer" by The Goode Huswife

"Merry Christmas Sampler" by CHS

"It's Berry Time" LF #37 by BBD

"Moonlit Garden" LF #22 by BBD

I was gathering some of

the finished pieces to get framed :)

Then guess what I found out?

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Light the Candle!

"Holly and Ivy"

by Tina Richards Herman

@ Shepherd's Bush

A kit from Sampler Weekend

@ The Attic Needlework in Fall 2008

*** I replaced the linen to "Vtg. Pearled Barley"

40ct by Lakeside Linenes ***

One of the most nice things

I enjoy during the holiday season is

to light the Christmas candles.

This is my most favorite for this year,

"Simply Christmas" by 1803 Candles.

It smells with cinnamon, clove and

 boughs of greens.

As we don'nt have a fresh tree,

this helps to spread that special aroma scent

all over the house very nicely...

Back to my stitching piece.

It was a class piece

of Sampler Weekend at my LNS in 2008.

I don't think I've even posted about

that special workshop weekend with

Shepherd's Bush and

Blackbird Designs on my blog

at that time as I was extremely busy back then.

One day, as I saw Nicole's beautiful work,

I thought that one looks awfully familiar.

Well, no wonder I have that exact kit,

which has been sitting in my closet

for two full years!!

Red painted box was a project

for BBD's workshop over the same weekend.

And this very cute Christmassy

scissors' fob was one of

SB's workshop's quick projects.

We all made this fob while we were there

with a lot of fun!

It's time to start getting ready

to visit to the friend's for dinner tonight.

Enjoy your evening

with a special holiday spirit.

 

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And more...

*** From far left: "Christmas Ornament"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

*** Center: from JCS Ornament issue 2010

by Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0164 Cinnabar

*** Bottom right: "Nordic Star Ornament"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

*** Top right: :Hardanger Crystals #1"

by Roz Watnemo @ Nordic Needle

Fabric: Northern Cross Linen 27ct Natural

Fiber: Caron Waterflowers #0025 Holiday

The far left one is my contribution for this year

to BCRF auction@ my LNS.

The rest are still sitting there to be finished.
They are all Hardanger pieces with
some drawn work techniques.

" Quaker Christimas Samplers"

by CHS

Fabric: Vintage Fawn@ Lakeside Linens 40ct

Fiber: Gloriana Silk floss, Rosewood

This is one of my purchases

when I found out about Kathy will be retired

from designing the patterns.

"Les Lettres de Noël"

by Marie-Anne Réthoret Mélin

@De filen aiguille No. 52, Nov-Dec 2006

Fabric: Wichelt linen 40ct Natural

Fiber: AVAS 100/3 Creme & #500

This ons is a companion piece of the below.

I stitched up the first one

a couple of years ago,

then found out I had a little problem

finding the embellishment- extra small beads.

I finally finished up and framed it

about this time of last year

with some great helps by my blogland friends

Emma and Sanae in Japan.

They both saw and liked mine first,

then finshed theirs even before I did mine.

What's up with that? lol

Thank you both and it's that time again

to pull out from the closet to show off!

Right: "Moonlit Garden" Loose Feather #22

by BBD

Fabric: Lakeside Linens 40ct Vintage Dill

Fiber: WDW- called for the chart

I finished my fall house

even before putting my blog on vacation.

That was really fun while our weather

here in Arizona was still extremely warm!!

Then I started another fall project

as I really liked my fall house.

It's Fraidy Felix in black linen with 30ct.

Yes, 30ct in black is not something

I'm used to... 

Here is a lovely antique looking pincushion

I made as a class project last month. 

Linda Danielson@ Samplers Remembered

had a workshop at my LNS.

We learned how to embellish the pincushion

with the lace trim with the antique MOP buttons.

It was such a fun class learning and stitching with

all other participants,

some of us were even from out side of the state!

I've heard she is going to give another class

in early January as it was so popular

between the two classess she's already had.

"Petals for Penny Table Mat"

by Primitive Gatherings

And the last one, but not the least,

I'm also stitching this wool applique mat.

Wool applique is such a relaxing project

without any hustle.

I almost feel so sorry to finish the project

towards the end of it as it's that much fun!!

I think that's about it for now from here.

See you again some time...

 

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Shining Stars

"Moonlit Garden" Loose Feather #22

by BBD

Fabric: Lakeside Linens 40ct Vintage Dill

Fiber: WDW- called for the chart

Now the stars around the house

 are all stitched up.

Then finally,

 I'm getting into my most favorite

part of this- saying!

 

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