I took some time to go through my myriad files and consolidate my Thanksgiving images. So here are some more, and I think they're the best!!
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Some Vintage Thanksgiving Images
Some vintage Thanksgiving images for you from my collection! To save with the best resolution, right click, open in a new window and save from there. Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Lace, Pearls and a Magazine
For all you Crazy Quilters or embroiderers or art quilters out there, the new issue of Crazy Quilt Gatherings from Pat Winter is now available at Mag Cloud here. I’ve ordered mine and am excited to get it because my friend Susie Wolfe is featured. Her lovely Christmas Tree skirt, which she started almost two years ago (and I mentioned in the post about our visit to her home here) is on the cover. It looks like the feature is a few pages long and has lots of pictures. Believe me, Susie’s stitching is beyond beautiful. It is meticulous and creative and a real inspiration. An eye candy overload, I promise!! This issue is worth the cover price for Susie’s stitching alone!!
And I have been doing some stitching myself. This time it was for Elizabeth, my friend in Kansas. We are participating in the Lace & Pearls round robin at Crazy Quilting International. For some reason, her blocks really spoke to me, blue notwithstanding!
There were two stitchers previous to me who had each completed their own 6” block for Elizabeth. One of them, Gayle, had used a piece of vintage beaded lace that she had purchased from me at the CQI Retreat in September. To coordinate with her block, and since I had more of that lace, I also used it. It is the lace in the upper right corner. Barbara, who had done the other block for Liz, had made blue flowers out of Mokuba ribbon, so I did the same (although I reversed the light and dark) to further coordinate the blocks with one another. Finally, Liz had given us the Irish crocheted lace to each include on the blocks, and I used that in the upper left.
The light brown gathered ribbon in the upper left was raided from a thrift store find and given to me by my friend Bev. The other laces are all vintage. This was so much fun for me to do. I am just loving the Lace and Pearls theme!!
My Weight Watchers weigh-in was this morning, and I maintained my current weight - no loss or gain. But that is just fine, as I have lost 16 pounds even to date. I had my Thanksgiving day all planned out nutritionally, and now we have been invited to Cousin Carrie`s. Some of the family is Jewish, so we will be celebrating not only Thanksgiving, but Hanukkah, which some are calling Thanksgivukkah. (Does that mean that Adam Sandler needs to write another Thanksgiving song?)
Hugs,
And I have been doing some stitching myself. This time it was for Elizabeth, my friend in Kansas. We are participating in the Lace & Pearls round robin at Crazy Quilting International. For some reason, her blocks really spoke to me, blue notwithstanding!
There were two stitchers previous to me who had each completed their own 6” block for Elizabeth. One of them, Gayle, had used a piece of vintage beaded lace that she had purchased from me at the CQI Retreat in September. To coordinate with her block, and since I had more of that lace, I also used it. It is the lace in the upper right corner. Barbara, who had done the other block for Liz, had made blue flowers out of Mokuba ribbon, so I did the same (although I reversed the light and dark) to further coordinate the blocks with one another. Finally, Liz had given us the Irish crocheted lace to each include on the blocks, and I used that in the upper left.
The light brown gathered ribbon in the upper left was raided from a thrift store find and given to me by my friend Bev. The other laces are all vintage. This was so much fun for me to do. I am just loving the Lace and Pearls theme!!
My Weight Watchers weigh-in was this morning, and I maintained my current weight - no loss or gain. But that is just fine, as I have lost 16 pounds even to date. I had my Thanksgiving day all planned out nutritionally, and now we have been invited to Cousin Carrie`s. Some of the family is Jewish, so we will be celebrating not only Thanksgiving, but Hanukkah, which some are calling Thanksgivukkah. (Does that mean that Adam Sandler needs to write another Thanksgiving song?)
Hugs,
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Bumblebees, CQ and Treasure
When I get really busy, I tend to hyper-focus and forget about other things. When I was a book-aholic (and had better eyes), I could read for hours on end and forget dinner, bedtime, etc. I do that now with stitching and being on the computer; working on my Etsy shop, playing games, reading blogs or surfing Pinterest. And CQI (Crazy Quilting International) takes a good chunk of my time (and heart). So, that is my excuse - and I`m sticking to it - for not blogging even when I have lots to share. :-)
I am still doing catch-up posts in addition to sharing current projects and happenings. So, jumping back to last August, here are some pictures from granddaughter London`s 4th birthday party.
She wanted a bumblebee theme, and we even had a cute bumblebee costume that she wore, with antennas, but that came off rather quickly because it was “too itchy”. I think it was a former dance costume (courtesy of the thrift store) that was meant to have a blouse under it. So the bumblebee morphed into a princess.
Grandpa Bruce and I gave her a great art station (desk and chair behind London in picture below) that I found at Costco. It is made of durable plastic and has room to store her markers, paint, etc. Her daddy (my son Shane) is an artist and London definitely has artsy genes. Last year we gave her an easel/white board combo, so now she and Daddy have their art spaces set up together in their apartment.
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I am still waiting for DH to download all the cruise wedding pictures (from June - my son Ryan and DIL Kim) from his spare hard drive (that he calls “Spock”) onto my hard drive. He was supposed to do that on his last days off as one of his “honey-do’s”, but he forgot. Ahem. Well, at least I got the legs to the kitchen table tightened up. :-)
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Let`s move on to some stitching-related things.
I have finished my work on two blocks in our Lace and Pearls round robin at Crazy Quilting International. These are 6” blocks.
The first block belongs to Gayle. I really enjoyed working on this and did most of the work at our CQI Retreat in September. The gray thing on the left is a Margaret Rose, one that Sharon Boggon teaches in her workshops. Elizabeth Rudder refreshed our memories (with permission from Sharon) on how to do those. They are time consuming but fun (and my example is rather lacking).
And over on CQI, we have started a program that runs through the end of the year - featuring the Etsy shops of CQI members twice weekly. We do this in the form of Treasuries, curated collection of items. One is a “supplies” treasury (think threads, ribbons, needles, lace, buttons, fabrics, beads, charms, etc) for needleworkers of all types. The other is a “gift” or finished product treasury.
If you fancy a browse, here are some of the Treasuries that we have posted so far:
Crazy Needlewoman’s Necessities
Sewing Southpaw’s Favorite Treasures
A Crazy Quilt Journey Red and Green Christmas Sewing Treasures:
Crazy Crafty Christmas Gifts
LES Designs Inspiration
That ought to keep you busy and out of trouble! hehehe
Hugs,
I am still doing catch-up posts in addition to sharing current projects and happenings. So, jumping back to last August, here are some pictures from granddaughter London`s 4th birthday party.
She wanted a bumblebee theme, and we even had a cute bumblebee costume that she wore, with antennas, but that came off rather quickly because it was “too itchy”. I think it was a former dance costume (courtesy of the thrift store) that was meant to have a blouse under it. So the bumblebee morphed into a princess.
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| London, Age 4 |
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| Bumblebee cake made by Grammy (me) |
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| Eating fruit before the cake was cut |
Grandpa Bruce and I gave her a great art station (desk and chair behind London in picture below) that I found at Costco. It is made of durable plastic and has room to store her markers, paint, etc. Her daddy (my son Shane) is an artist and London definitely has artsy genes. Last year we gave her an easel/white board combo, so now she and Daddy have their art spaces set up together in their apartment.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I am still waiting for DH to download all the cruise wedding pictures (from June - my son Ryan and DIL Kim) from his spare hard drive (that he calls “Spock”) onto my hard drive. He was supposed to do that on his last days off as one of his “honey-do’s”, but he forgot. Ahem. Well, at least I got the legs to the kitchen table tightened up. :-)
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Let`s move on to some stitching-related things.
I have finished my work on two blocks in our Lace and Pearls round robin at Crazy Quilting International. These are 6” blocks.
The first block belongs to Gayle. I really enjoyed working on this and did most of the work at our CQI Retreat in September. The gray thing on the left is a Margaret Rose, one that Sharon Boggon teaches in her workshops. Elizabeth Rudder refreshed our memories (with permission from Sharon) on how to do those. They are time consuming but fun (and my example is rather lacking).
The block below belongs to Barbara W. She asked us to add touches of black. Her six blocks in this round robin will go into a wall hanging featuring a vintage silkie of a spider`s silk wedding dress shop. It is so cute!
And over on CQI, we have started a program that runs through the end of the year - featuring the Etsy shops of CQI members twice weekly. We do this in the form of Treasuries, curated collection of items. One is a “supplies” treasury (think threads, ribbons, needles, lace, buttons, fabrics, beads, charms, etc) for needleworkers of all types. The other is a “gift” or finished product treasury.
If you fancy a browse, here are some of the Treasuries that we have posted so far:
Crazy Needlewoman’s Necessities
Sewing Southpaw’s Favorite Treasures
A Crazy Quilt Journey Red and Green Christmas Sewing Treasures:
Crazy Crafty Christmas Gifts
LES Designs Inspiration
That ought to keep you busy and out of trouble! hehehe
Hugs,
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