July 1st is fast approaching. How will you spend your day?
To celebrate I’ve decided to offer one of my Canadiana charts for your stitching pleasure. Enjoy!
(right click on the picture and save to your computer. You can print it off full size from there. This is my first time trying this so I hope it works!)
Happy stitching! Vivian
Lisa found a wonderful fabric at our local sewing shop (the Golden Thimble). Its an array of bright and beautiful colours that delighted her eyes when she saw it.
I chose a simple pattern with elastic neckline and elastic sleeves. It was quick and easy and she eagerly wore it to school the next day.
I decided to make a quilted bag for Lisa’s teacher as her end of the year present. It’ll fit a wallet and a book or can be used to carry a lunch. Lisa, ever the lover of anything homemade, proclaimed it perfect and proudly presented it to her teacher. As you can see, Crammer was more enthused about the recently vacated sewing chair then the bag.
And here’s what I worked on last night. I was inspired by our needlework guild’s AGM thursday night. We’re moving forward, fresh and anticipating new choices. An idea of a possible class for next year was the biscornu. I’ve never stitched one myself. I’ve never seen a pattern for one in person. But how hard can it be? I figured I’d try it and see what I could come up with. The fact that it’s square works really well. I chose the words “beauty within” to work from. I love rich red. I love drab browns. They go perfectly together. Now, I have to figure out how it goes together. Thank the internet gods for Google! There seem to be several tutorial sites on how to sew it together, I’ll work up my courage and give it a go.
Happy stitching! Vivian
Well I guess I should have put this all in one post but it’s hours later LOL.
I just finished (finally!!!) sewing my Grandma’s Arms pattern. I did it ages ago but just didn’t know how I wanted to finish it. I just got tired of looking at it in the finished basket so I made an ornament.
Then I couldn’t decide what picture to use!
Grandma’s arms are made for hugs. Aren’t they though?
Oh and here are my Kissing Pillows with the backing fabric.
Now off to watch Criminal Minds, season finale!!
Happy tv watching! Vivian
Tears are not bad. Tears don’t hurt. They are a part of you, a part of me, a part of everything. Some people fear their tears, holding them in so tight it hurts. It doesn’t have to be that way.
You have permission to cry.
This piece is very symbolic to me and to the new owner of it (that’s not my wall it’s hanging on!). Not only is it significant in our daily job lives (I won’t say what we do here because it may traumatize some viewers) but for my friend, it’s a big part of her home/family life. The words of wisdom were spoken by a toddler. Who else would be able to give permission, in it’s simplest terms. Is mommy sad? Cry then. And off to play. They are now a motto that has given this family so much strength and safety over the years. It’s ok to cry.
I stitched it using Crescent Colours Purple Pansy on a beige (”bone”) evenweave.
I used an assortment of batiks in a rich purple.
Incorporating the soul of the “Dr Suess” trees, I created a wave flowing seam across the top and side. And quilted the piece in the same wavy line.
Why go straight when you can wander.
And lastly, I finished it off with some beadwork.
Happy stitching! Vivian
I’m craving spring!
We are once again having a weekend of snow, snow and more snow. Between that and the wind, it’s like a blizzard out there!
So I pulled out some floral fabric and started stitching. It was quick so I even had time to sew it into a pillow. I love projects you can finish in one day!
Have a great snowy weekend everyone!
Sometimes, he’s just a frog. That’s a lesson we all can learn, not every frog we kiss turns into a prince! I keep telling my girls this.
I had fun tonight sewing this into a pillow along with a couple of other finished projects, one was from 2005!!!!
Here is a Margaret Sherry design called Purrfect Partners. It was a cover kit in a UK magazine that has long since disappeared somewhere. I’m sorry I can’t share the issue number.
And this is my 2005 finish! It’s a Stitcher’s Habit design I believe (someone correct me if I’m wrong, it was so long ago!). Finally I can display it. So many finishes in that rubbermaid tub, I better keep sewing!
By the way, I finally took a picture of my new baby. My Christmas present. My Bernina. She’s an Activa 230. Isn’t she beautiful?
I have another quilting class on wednesday so stay tuned!!!! This time, we’re doing curves.
Happy stitching! Viv
Good news, one of my patterns has been released by X’s and Oh’s this month. ( www.xs-and-ohs.com )
It is Tic Tac Snow!!!!
This is a super quick stitch up and it’s fun. I stitched my piece on ivory aida and will be finishing off as a quilted pillow (little sidenote, I’m learning to quilt and loving it!!).
i hope you enjoy it and be sure to keep an eye out for more patterns in 2009!!
Yay! Not only is my birthday month but my latest published design with Xs and Ohs is one of the May Release patterns.
http://www.xs-and-ohs.com/Catalog/LL-LittleLeaflets/xo3LL-CC.html
I haven’t finished my own stitching of this yet, thank heavens Xs and Ohs has model stitchers LOL. Usually I stitch my entire design myself to make sure it works but this time I just stitched enough to make sure it works.
We are campers. Have a grassy area on the side of the road and it’s enough room to camp. We are fortunate to live in an area of such vast wilderness (the Yukon is a wonderful wilderness), we can camp 5 minutes from home!
My favourite coffee mug when camping is of course the blue tin cup. Got a soup one too!
I’ll post my version when I’m completed. A friend who critiques my work for me is planning (or was, I’ll have to get back on that to see if she still wants to) to stitch the words camp coffee on a denim shirt.
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed yet, but I am EXTREMELY fond of coffee LOL.
Happy stitching!!!! Viv