Thanksgiving in Canada.

To all my Canadian friends, I hope your Thanksgiving Weekend is a special day for you and yours.

Comfort Doll

One of my dear friends has terminal cancer. It saddens my heart so much. I thought I would make her a comfort doll and here it is. A guardian Angel beaded and lots of sequins to brighten her day..filled with Love and Prayers .
I hope this wee doll will do it's job....

New Things to Share

I Love making Journals. This one I did with my Embellishing Machine using wool rovings. A bit of embroidery, beads and some Birch trees . Look closely there is a bird's nest with 3 turquoise eggs in it. Isn't it sweet. This one is going to a friend.. I hope she likes it..

A Bump In The Road

I was happily creating in my studio using my embroidery machine for lettering on the cushions I am making......WHEN..... frustration took over as the machine refused to do any more!!!! Talk about "Bird's Nests!" They kept appearing under my work and when I cut them away the threads fell into the machine and I could not reach them...$%@##

Best laid plans of mice and men...... cats in this instance!!!!

So I have put my dancing shoes away and will direct my creativity in another direction until my machine is released from the hospital!!!

Stay tuned!!

Remembering

I was visiting Aida Costa's Blog and she posted a picture of a cushion she had made in Home Ec..

Well when that pattern came out I certainly was NOT in school!!!! but I saw the pattern and immediately fell in love with it. I made several for my friends.

Thanks Aida for jogging my memory,,,

Something New

I thought you might like to see my latest project..

"Boudoir//Dream Pillows" Made with Moire taffeta , dupionni silk and my embroidery machine they have cute sayings on them.Size is approximately 8"x12"

This one has a wee bit of silk embroidery and a dragonfly charm. I have others I need to take pictures of so stay tuned..

Crazy Patch Journal

Here ia a journal cover I did in Crazy Patch...The image is from Mind Wide Open, It was an enjoyable project but a bit labor intensive for a beginner like me!! I tried and tried to do some silk roses but they were not pretty, I nearly wore out the fabric, so I put a bow applique on the spot and added sequins to cover all the little needle holes....Yeah Sequins!!! I did manage to do an iris which ILOVE!!! so you may see a lot of it in various pieces....;-}

The cover to this journal was clear which I really paid no attention to until I placed it in the cover . At once I realized it needed to be lined... I will be aware of that the next time!!

Anyway I am pleased with the finished piece. I added a ribbon page keeper with a delicate butterfly attatched to it..

COMING SOON

Hi to all my followers.

I can't tell you how much it means to me to have so many blogging friends..... I love you all and appreciate your support and all your sweet comments.

I have been meaning to have a give away for you but life got in the way... I am trying to decide what to offer .

sooooooo...... give me a little more time and I will have something special to offer..

Wedding Anniversary

Here it is our wedding anniversary.. We were married September 11, 1954....(9/11) You do the math!!

My gown was chantilly lace and I carried gardenias.my favorite... Wish I had saved my dress but my girls wore it out playing with it!

We have had a wonderful life, launching 2 daughters and 2 sons from the nest, and making so many memories that last a lifetime...

Thanks to my dear Husband who has made it all possible...

I love you....

Don't think we will celebrate to-day as DH is recovering from a bronchial virus which I passed on!! Sorry dear.....

We will celebrate later on but for now a nice glass of wine should sooth your throat!

Miniature Scene

I had to do a miniature piece for a silent auction and this is what I decided on.

The piece itself (4''x4")was done with my embellishing machine, needlepunching the basic scene with wool rovings. Then I used my sewing machine to put in some birch trees, and finally finishing it with a bit of tatting , embroidery and beads..

I was pretty happy with it and proceeded to find a nice frame for it.

WELL..... after struggling to get it framed I could NOT get it to look centred. Don't know if it is because of the puzzle shape or what but it was not to be.

So.... I needlepunched it to another piece of wool and trimmed around the edge to look like a frame??!!??!! Since I photographed it on a black background, you cant see the black frame around the piece!

I applied a hanger on the back and considered it done!

Perhaps I will set this aside and do something else!

Bird's Nests

I was talking to Pat Winter about the bird's nests as I wanted to make some. I decided I would make a pin out of it rather than a ribbon for wearing around the neck..

This is my first and as you can see I need a bit more practice..... I also think I need a heavier wire.... but gosh they are really fun..

A Flock of Tweeties!

Here are the Tweeties I have done to date... Cute little bunch I think!