News About Our New Home

..........................................................................................does that give you any indication?  We made the offer in February.  Still no close date "Oye Crumbs"!

Happy Mother's Day!

my beautiful mom and me circa 1967

A very happy Mother's Day to all those hard working moms out there and especially to those who take the time to create!  Where would we be without our crafts?  I don't know myself.

Every year my family asks me what I want to do for Mother's Day and I reply with the same answer:  "I want to sew all day long."  The best Mother's Day to me is being able to sew to my hearts content, watch chick flicks, eat chocolate (I'm staring at a box of truffles right now.)  I don't have to drive anywhere, answer the phone, cook anything, or do laundry.  Is there anything special that you do for Mother's Day?

Magnolia Continued

I've finished another block and really like the way it turned out.  It would look awesome made into a pillow.  I am moving along so quickly that I will be a little sad when it's finished.  This is a perfect project to ring in the spring season. 


Leaves made with silk velvet



Close up of  a leaf with couched Ric Rac



Close up of the bird block

Another Block

 

I've finished another block in the Magnolia Quilt.  This block was fun because I "couched" some hairy looking thread around the flowers.  I also practiced my bullion knots too.  This block has two wools for the background and wool and cotton for the applique pieces.  I also used some Kaffe Fassett fabric from my stash!







close up of the bullion knots

close up of the fuzzy threads



The Only Good Thing About Being Sick

So, I've been under the weather with some kind of virus for the past week.  Coughing, sputtering, sneezing, the whole lot of it.  It's not fun when you have to function as the master chef, chauffeur, housekeeper, CEO of your own company, etc.  The only good thing is I can sit on the sofa and work on my hand applique.  Here is the latest block from Magnolia.  I am loving this project.  I was up until 1am cutting out the next block because it's so much fun, I just could not stop!

I used a combination of cotton and wool for the background and cotton, wool, ric-rac and silk velvet for the applique.  I tried my hand at the bullion knots and after watching a YouTube video, got that hang of it!  Love the bullion knots.

Magnolia Quilt Block 2

I am starting to make some headway with Magnolia.  I finished block number 2.  I really love working with ric-rac.  Couching the ric-rac is a fast and easy embellishment.  I used my hand dyed wool, silk velvet and some Kaffe Fassett fabrics for this block.

Oh For The Love of Plaid

A really cool stripe with beautiful plaids.

Look what the UPS man delivered this week!  I can't get enough of those soft, colorful textures that come with plaids.  How pretty they are!  The hardest thing about receiving these plaid wools is cutting them up.  I usually stare at the box for a few days before washing and cutting them into pieces.

OOOOOH! Geometric!

Check out the awesome green stripe