Hi! (hand waving) It's the very first Pokemon Friday! Do you have any Pokemon fans at your house? It was all the rage at our house this summer, from Pokemon Go to a local art camp that had a Pokemon week. So, of course, the natural progression of things led to a quilt. :D Ever since finishing the Minecraft quilt, my son kept asking me when we were going to make another quilt and
read moreI’ve had a very productive week and I love all the little dresses and the two little rompers – but I don’t want to see another buttonhole or button for a very long time. But it is lovely to look back and see what I have done this week, instead of the normal cleaning and cooking (have to admit – I have done NO cleaning this week!). I took a quick photo before the one little romper went to a mum-to-be who is expecting a little boy
I have about another 8 bits of fabric already smocked but will leave ...
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I decided for my other entry for Amy’s Quilt Festival I would enter The Final Frontier – this was the one I started from Audrey’s Quilty Folk challenge to make a circle a day last year. This photo is from when almost all of the circles were made – there was no “design” in play […]
read moreWell I thought I had a post started.... about a week or so ago.... but alas... must have been snatched by that pesky computer gremlin, (which I hope has been excised by taking a very old copy of Photoshop off). I have been busy!!! Very, very busy. And I will be busy for the next week or so... and then I hope things start to settle down and I can begin a routine that has me focusing on "I Have a
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Located in Amsterdam, it isn’t a surprise that the museum is known for the best collection of Dutch art in the world. However, with more than 8,000 artefacts on display in 80 wings...it is almost too much eye candy to be seen in one day. Kay and I were quite determined and mapped out a plan of attack. First we inquired about the textiles on display to be sure we’d included all of those. The attendant couldn’t think of many textiles on display, but dutifully marked a few spots. (We later learned, it wasn’t ...
I'll make and play with some new binding for my Halloween Churn Dash - Because I sure didn't get to it today - I spent too much time sorting more paperwork - which seems to multiply faster than my scraps - if that's possible - And I ran out of energy - So - no new photo to post - No new nothing on the quilting front - Or back - Or binding - LOL - ;)) Talk to you later - gotta
read moreLast weekend had themes.
Books was the first theme, and then we moved on to orphan projects.
The orphan projects just happened. I think the Universe was having a little fun with me.
It started with a guild friend that may not join again next year. She had some charity quilts at her house and wanted to make sure they got back to the guild. I told her I’d take them and make sure they got quilted. The bag also contained a ziploc of blocks and block pieces. Unexpected, but not a problem.
At the end of the meeting ...
I like it!
Now I am going out to cut the fig tree back a bit … which suggests what series of quilt designs I will share from tomorrow.
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Got in some stitching time today after a walk, a few hours of freelancing and a trip to Aldi's.
Hand sewing is so hard to do with my glasses on. All these tiny pieces and tiny stitches. But after I finish the first big rosette, I will really feel like this project is cranking along.I am stitching at a little cleared space on my main sewing desk. You can see my unofficial color it in as you go map in this photo. It's not an official creation of Willyne Hammerstein, but I found it by doing a ...
I have failed miserably in my many attempts to make finger puppets with felt to go with my Quiet Books. I guess there is a time in which we should just call it quits and give up! But.. that doesn't mean to forget! So I fiddled with my 3-D Images creation idea... and...
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Sorry, lovely readers.
I think if you go back and look at my past years’ of posting, you’d probably find that I drop off the planet around September.
September is a very busy month for me. Lord knows why, it’s only September, for goodness’ sake.
It’s not been all hustle and bustle though. In my quiet times (waiting in the car…waiting….waiting) I’ve managed to do some hexies.
You’ve not seen these ones before. Some time ago, while cleaning out a cupboard at our quilting rooms, I found this lovely pouch donated by an ...
read morePhilippians 4:8
We left Minot on Tuesday morning and drove due north for most of the day on our way to Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada. It was dark and rainy, and the weather was true to its forecast of thunder and lightning storms toward late afternoon and into the evening. For our drive, it rained steadily for most of the day. The cloud cover was low, making it very dark.
We passed a few more abandoned structures before leaving North Dakota. For some reason, I'm charmed by these old buildings, no matter how badly deteriorated they are.
We left Minot on Tuesday morning and drove due north for most of the day on our way to Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada. It was dark and rainy, and the weather was true to its forecast of thunder and lightning storms toward late afternoon and into the evening. For our drive, it rained steadily for most of the day. The cloud cover was low, making it very dark.
We passed a few more abandoned structures before leaving North Dakota. For some reason, I'm charmed by these old buildings, no matter how badly deteriorated they are.
