OLD LINENS QUILT

I have been steadily working along on my old linens quilt as my back allows.  Hand embellishing is no problem but bending over the counter or over the sewing machine for too long is what bothers me.  I have all but 1 of the 6 machine stitched down and have embellished 4 of them.  I took pictures of 2 of the finished ones.  The centre panels have been finished and sewn together.  Once the 6 are finished they will be sewn down 3 to a side of the centre panels. 



JAN'S ETSY

I received a note from Jan that her Etsy shop is now open.  I went and had a look and was blown away by the beautiful work she has there.  I thought she just made cards but that is only a small bit of what she has made.

Go to:  StitchesbyJanO on Etsy and treat yourself to some gorgeous eye candy.

BEAUTIFUL GIFT

Pat Winter on her blog Gatherings showed some beautiful fabric cards that had been made by her good friend Jan Obertein.  I fell in love with them and ordered one from Jan. I did not specify any particular one and she picked one for me that is so pretty. I think they would make a great birthday or anytime card for a good friend who you don't send an actual gift but want to do more then a paper card.

Here is the card I bought.  Note the neat envelope that came with it.  I can't give this away because it is so pretty.  I have it on a shelf where I see it every day.

If you are interested Jan has not set up an etsy shop yet but hopes to in the future.  You can reach her by email at  jobertein@aol.com.





LACE GIVEAWAY

I am finally back with the giveaway I talked about on the last post.  I have been having computer problems the last few weeks and I was so frustrated.  I complained enough about it that Harv finally took over and did a lot of cleaning out files, etc. and then he restored it back a couple of weeks.  That did it and I am back happy with my computer.  I will pull a name or maybe two out of Harv's hat on Sunday Augst 25th. 

I will have 3 chances to win.  One leave a comment on any upcoming posts, 2 if you are a follower or become a follower I will add another chance and 3 if you talk about the giveaway on your blog. Also for my longtime friends who always follow and leave a post I will add another chance. I know who you are.

I am posting the pics of what

 

I have come up with so far and will probably add more to it over the next 2 weeks.  Hopefully all I can stuff into a large envelope or small carton.  I have an oval piece of lace with fabric already sewn inside that can be the start of a lace journal.  I have included one of Pat Winter's beautiful little girl prints that can be added to the cover.  Also I have included one of Gerry Kreuger's painted buttons and a lovely lace motif in Kathy Kazerian's signature color gold.  I added one of my bobbins covered in lace.  I have a bunch of these and love the look of them piled in a bowl.



GIVEAWAY

ust wanted to post that I am today putting together a package of lace and other assorted goodies for a giveaway that I will post in the next few days.

Hugs
FredaB

STONE ANGELS BOOK

 

 

 

I finally finished putting together my book of the stone angels.  This started out as a wallhanging then sanity made me think of where I could put another wallhanging - hence I decided to make it into a book.  I am very pleased with it and it can be displayed on a coffee table quite nicely.

I used the crazy quilt method of piecing and embellishing the blocks but did a lot of Karen Ruane's type of embellishment that I have learned in her classes using lots of french knots, bullions and web stitches.

 

This was a fun project to do.  I now have to finish a book I started of our 50th. anniversery card collection.  I just have to do a cover and then put it together.  After that I am going to do one of Karen Valentine's lace books from her class that I signed up for.

 

I am still working on my old linens squares that I have decided is going to be a wallhanging to hang on a large wall in my Florida sunroom.  It will be roughly 60 x 60" and with the 9 foot something ceilings in there it will have lots of room.



STORM

Last Friday night Harv and I were sitting in the family room watching TV and he mentioned that it was raining out and that the wind was picking up.  There were no warnings on TV so I didn't pay too much attention to it.  A little later I heard a bang and didn't think too much about it until I looked out the patio door and all I saw was a tree covering my tea cart and part of the table. It was the whole top of a tree BUT was not one of ours.  This tree had been blown into our backyard with the winds of about 50 MPR.  We only have one neighbour whose yard it could come from and it wasn't from his.   We could tell by the type of tree it was.

We live in a fairly wooded area so it could have come from anywhere.

I commented to Harv that good job it was night and we weren't outside.  Sat. I went out to look and he came around the side of the house and down the ramp to see this tree.  We were both stumped as to whose tree it was.  We went back inside and I was in the laundry room off the kitchen and I heard another thump.  I looked out the window and what do I see but a 20-25 ft. dead branch about 4-5" around.  It must have come down like a spear because it went right thru one of the 2x6 deck boards.  Just thank goodness it had not happened while we were out there.  If it had hit one of us in the head or almost anywhere we would probably not be here telling you about it.  Heaven knows where this came from.  Must have blown up top of our old trees and then worked its way down.  We do have the tree trimmers out every 2 years and they go through the trees and take the branches up and cut off any dead limbs.  We just had it done last year.  Living in trees is lovely and keeps us very cool but I never thought of it as being that dangerous.  Here are a couple of pics.

When we came home from Florida I commented that the deck did not look bad and we probably did not need to power wash it this year.  Well that has changed with all the rain we have had.  Between all the rain and shade from the trees it is filthy.  If it ever stops raining almost every day or night we will get it washed.