Bright colours because I wanted a Springtime on the Farm kind of feel to it which I think it has now looking back. I still shake my head when I look at this...talk about start big! Speaking of spring, LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color's prompt this week was do we plant a vegetable garden or herbs or whatever. Though I've tried often, I've had little success with vegetable growing. The best I've achieved are some tomatoes and green beans. Meanwhile I fully intend to try again this summer. My issue here is all the critters getting into things even before they get a chance to sprout. I would have to figure out coverage for the plantings and I'm not sure I'm committed enough to fool with it all. But I'm all in to try tomatoes and beans again. What about you? |
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Free Patterns, Farmer's Wife Quilt, Hockney's Pink Tree, Apple Blossoms
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
EPP Plus Quilt, Embroidery, Pizza, New Quilter Video, Barred Owl is Back
Thursday, 16 March 2023
Three Free Patterns, More EPP Pluses, Embroidered Snowy Scene, Muffins, A Show to Watch
My Jasmine Magnolia is bravely blooming a little. Photographed against a screen and that backyard bank of snow.
I'm a bit proud to have kept this one alive and kicking. And thanks Mary Anne, Magpie's Mumblings, for that tip about banana skin water being excellent for houseplants too. We eat a lot of bananas so I will definitely be adding it to the mixtures rather than straight to composting.Daughter shared her walnut and bran muffins with us. She had cut the sugar in half and realized afterwards that that was a tad extreme. But with butter and raspberry jam, they are delicious.
It's coming to the time for Easter and bunnies. This fabric, Dandelion Easter, showed up in an email from The Quilted Boutique, one of my favourite shops to explore. So pretty.Slow stitching this week is taken up with my Crabapple Hill Studios' Snow Days blocks. Here is the first block finished.
Thursday's Three Free
Tuesday, 14 March 2023
Knitted Coasters, EPP Projects, To Do This Week. Woody/Wendy of Woodpeckers
I may have mentioned before that I knit scrappy wool into table toppers and use them underneath my plant pots. I've learned that wooden tables need protecting from the damp or scrapes that happen (even when sitting on saucers) when used for the plants. Smaller squares knit from prettier wool are good for a coffee coaster too.
To Do This Week...I'm looking after Daughter's dogs, very lovable Abbey and Petey, this week. She is recovering from an exercise injury which seems like such an unfair thing to happen. Ned is in his glee.
I finally got a photo of the fellow pecking so much alarming damage to one of the trees near the house. I recognized the rectangular shape as being made by a Pileated Woodpecker.
Thursday, 9 March 2023
Free Patterns, Lone Star Medallion Progress, Cutest Thief
Thursday's Three Free
Planted Seed Designs is home to Gerri Robinson, a designer for Riley Blake Designs. She has interesting free patterns like this one called Chinese Checkers... It involves something called a Triangle in a Square block that when aligned together forms stars.
I became quite taken with the look of a quilt made up of a block called Clown's Choice. I found free download instructions at Meadow Side Designs Link Here. Very simple geometrics (yes I could sew it!) but the combination gives an interesting overall look to a project. Two basic colours, a light and a dark but they also show how to incorporate a third colour into the design for another "look".
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
Snowmen, Panama Pyramids, EPP Plus Quilt Pattern Link, Indoor Gardening
We did get lots of snow on Saturday.
Friday, 3 March 2023
Free Patterns, Ned's Birthday, Thrifted Fabric, YouTube Channel to Watch And Learn From
This fellow, Our Ned, is two years old! .JPG)
He is a quiet dog, rarely barks or makes a sound. His favourite thing in the world is playing ball with Petey and Abby; a close second is taking up most of the bed at night for his long winter naps.
LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color's prompt this week is to talk about our dedicated sewing spaces if we have one. I have a bedroom converted to a sewing room and love the way I can close the door on the mess as it were. It is small and oddly proportioned and there isn't room for a cutting table which is a drawback. What I like best about it is the window and its view of a portion of the back yard. That changes with the seasons. Here I am in my room with said window engaging in my least favourite part of the quilting experience...using the machine- in this case to join those pumpkin blocks. There comes a point in almost every project where I have to use the machine.
Thursday's Three Free
From The Fabric Hut Blog comes this pattern called Neon Bow Ties.Adaptable for all sizes including a table cloth.
I'll show how my indoor garden is doing in the next post. It's hanging in there.It was -15C on my morning walk but sunny and pleasant. However, another weather event is imminent. Snowfall warning for overnight into Saturday with high winds.