Forest Friends before and after

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

I recently posted a picture of a panel "Forest Friends" that I've made into a quilt to list in my sister's on line store. I added borders and other 'touches' to make it my own; I hand quilted the whole thing. I'm pleased with the end result... this is one of the least complicated quilts I've made in a long, long time. I'm not sure why I like it so much but I do - I smiled the whole time I was working on it and I find myself looking for reasons NOT to sell it. Sis thinks I'm "losing it"

Here is FF before:



This is FF now:

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Forest Friends quilt

Friday, January 04, 2013

I'm working on a 'quick and easy' quilt to contribute to Sis's on line store. I started with a panel (pic below) and added borders and lots of my own personal touches to make it unique. This is the base panel:



I hope this helps, Weeze.

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Sis's Christmas quilt

Friday, November 09, 2012

As many of you know, I haven't been around the site much. Between riding and working on the quilt I'm making for my sister for Christmas my computer time has been pretty limited.

I used flannel so it's soft and warm ... finished today It's name is Christmas Rose.





This is the border. It took me (what seemed like) forever to finish hand quilting it.



The block is made up of 1 1/2 inch pieces.



These blocks are hand embroidered and hand quilted.



I'm pretty happy with how it turned out - I'm very happy to have it finished!

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fall colours

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

I wanted to share fall (in my neck of the woods with my SP friends). I have some other lovely ones but couldn't upload them. SP kept saying they were too big - and it's too late to fiddle with making them fit ... so here's what I could post. I hope you enjoy.









This one was taken by my riding partner and used with her permission

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Summer's end

Saturday, September 01, 2012

It's the first of September and I'm feeling reflective ...

This summer has been wonderful, busy and so very different from any other I can remember. I've been so busy the time has passed in a blur; I've been riding several times a week, learning tons, working on quilts (the king-sized monster and a smaller flannel lap quilt) for the most part keeping up with the housework and ... volunteering at horse camp.

This weekend marks the end of the camps and I'll miss 90% of the kids - there is always that 10% but I think we often see the "difficult ones" and forget the really kind, nice ones. I hope their parents see past the irritations and frustrations of parenting to the wonderful little people they're raising.

The ones I'll miss most, of course, are the ones who had my horse groomed and tacked when I arrived at the stable (they can come visit any time)

Next week life returns to normal - whatever that is. It will be quiet around the barn ... while I'll welcome the freedom to ride (pretty much) whenever and wherever I want I know it will feel so very quiet there without the campers. I think there might be a riding clinic/workshop happening at the stable the weekend of Sept 9th; the number of registrations is borderline right now but I can't help but think the spots will fill up quickly once the back-to-school rush is over.

In another 10 days or so I'm heading back to SW Ontario for another visit. I'm looking forward to visiting my DD and sis; the best part is that they live close enough to each other that I can do both at the same time.

Happy September, everyone.

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