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A New Year – Cookies, Embroidery and Mountain Living from From My Carolina Home

Several mornings this past week had such colors at dawn that I had to step out to the freezing cold to take pictures. This day had purple clouds low on the horizon, almost looking like a second mountain ridge with the sun coming up in front of them.

The birds seem to like the new feeder. A pair of chickadees take advantage of the bounty on a very cold and overcast day.

Here, a Carolina wren gets his share while a downy woodpecker has a meal on the opposite perch.

Another dawn in golden yellow and peach hues.

Morning fog ...

added by Carole @ From My Carolina Home 1 week, 1 day ago. under birds , coffee , machine embroidery , mountain living , roses , sewing , sunrise (Comments)

Lovely Surprises, and a Disappearing Log Cabin from Elaine Adair Pieces

From my daughter ...

...and a BIRTHDAY SURPRISE from a BUNCH of quilty friends ... (goodness, you'd think I could have arranged this collection of gifts in a more attractive setting). There are even homemade food items in that amazing group of gifts which includes yards of fabric! What a lovely and surprising day I had. I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy inside. 8-)))

Playing with Disappearing Log Cabin blocks.

My final choice - because I didn't want to make more blocks and end up with yet another huge quilt! OK, I bet some of you are thinking of trying ...

added by Elaine Adair 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under birthday , disappearing log cabin. , gifts , roses , surprise party

Rose extravaganza! from Art In Search

Not sure I can take any credit for it, but my rose garden was stupendous this year. I buy my roses online from Heirloom Roses They sell their own root stock, not grafts. They have super videos that show planting, care and pruning. I pruned them this year with the video next to me on my phone. I think I did it correctly. There are a couple of David Austin shrub roses and a very cool one called Hot Cocoa that has dark, shiny leaves and orangish red dusted with cocoa flowers. After the first explosion of colors, the Japanese ...

added by Linda Swanekamp 1 year, 5 months ago. under roses

Before the bloom comes the bud... from Art In Search

I can't believe how fast May passed. The siberian iris and the roses shot out of nowhere and are now in bloom. The colors almost make me faint with their beauty. The Hot Cocoa one did not open yet, so let's hope it does soon.

Up and getting ready Siberian Iris

This variety is more Blue violet than deep violet, also shorter

All three in bud, Hot Cocoa in middle, David Austin's on either side

added by Linda Swanekamp 1 year, 7 months ago. under iris , roses

Curl Center Rose from Shawkl

Way back in 2014 there was a post shared about a couple of stemmed roses that I had stitched in Silk Ribbon and perle cotton. Here is the Link.

Well I've been playing with that rose idea again, and thought you might like a little tutorial as I progressed through the stitching. This little variety is only about 2-inches tall from ground to tip; a perfect little motif size for any block. But, to enlarge just use 13mm ribbon and longer straight stitches and/or add more "rounds" of petals.

Kathy's Curl Center Rose

First off, I should ...

added by Unknown 5 years, 7 months ago. under roses , sre , tutorial

Remnants of Spring from Shelley Swanland

Collaged fabric, embroidery and embellishment on Linen, Remnants of Spring, is my latest piece. It features silk ribbon embroidery over vintage fabrics, digital pictures, vintage napkins and lace. It is embellished with buttons, charms and beads with a lock and key. Once finished the linen was mounted on a piece of felt and then a quilted base of crinkled batik fabric.

added by Shelley Swanland 9 years, 4 months ago. under crazy quilting , embellishment , embroidery , flowers , linen , quilting , roses , silk ribbon , silk ribbon embroidery (Comments)

Crocheted jar cover, roses and beads - Ulla's Quilt World from Ulla's Quilt World

Crocheted yogurt jar.

Virkattu purkinpäällinen. Jogurttipurkki.

added by Ulla's Quilt World 9 years, 10 months ago. under crocket , roses , ulla's quilt world

Beautiful Summer Day! from Aveli's Quilts

So all this time in my previous posts I have been posting pictures of our yard during winter. But I have neglected the summer!

Our Summer is so beautiful, a little rainy, but always super green. These pictures don't even begin to show the thickness or depth of the grass in our yard. The hills that surround us are also very lush and green.

Here is our yard in the winter . . .

This is the view from our cabin door.

Our wood pile in the winter

Same wood pile during summer

We had the apple trees trimmed of all dead ...

added by Unknown 10 years, 4 months ago. under climbing roses , grass , roses , summer rain , winter , wood pile

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