Monday, April 19, 2010

Hanna`s quilt


I just unpicked a single line of machine "stitch in the ditch" on a quilt for Hanna. I was in a rush to be done with it to beat a birthday presentation and after just the one line, her quilt screamed "STOP!" I decided this one would be better in the end with Gram`s uneven, but loving stitches. Years from now, those stitches will mean alot more to her than having received the quilt a month sooner. AND I found some variegated thread perfecto mundo for it. The decision was meant to be. Heart motifs, her name embroidered in, little bits of whimsy here and there. I`m a stitcher first and a quilter second so I truly enjoy the extra "work".
I gave her her first "piecing lesson" on this quilt. (She was 9) She and I know which block is HERS, she did very well and nobody else would ever know. I can let her take her first hand quilting stitches on it as well, thus passing on my addiction, I mean a meaningful hobby, to a new generation.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

One for Dad and Jim!



Speaking of planes, I`ll do planes tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Winter















Saturday, December 19, 2009

Wait. What happened to Fall?

We woke up to what they call "nuisance snow". About 1 1/2 inches, just enough to muck up the roads and make driving slippery and sloppy. But it`s lining all the bare branches on the trees out back and I must admit, that`s beautiful! The cardinals love it, you`ll see a splash of red here and there in the sepia tones of the winter landscape. I don`t need to go anywhere so I`ll just sit with a cuppa and enjoy the view out the slider.


Monday, November 9, 2009











Monday, November 2, 2009

It`s Fall, Y`all!

Click on each picture to biggify, you`ll be glad you did!

























Friday, October 30, 2009

Happy Halloween!

This is a raccoon that lives under someone`s deck. There`s a knothole in one of the boards and he reaches through it to grab anything tasty. He loves cat food!




Happy Halloween Everbody!