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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

It's Coming Up Tulips!

One of my 'finds' at Value Village about a year ago was a quilt top of 20 squares of hand-appliqued tulips on a white background, all sewn into 1 piece, no sashings or borders. I think I paid $4 for it. I cut it up into 20 separate squares, added my own sashings, backing and binding and machine-quilted it, finished only 10 minutes ago.
It's not my usual 'primitive' style but I love the cheerfulness of it. It reminds me of a quilt I received from my maternal grandma when I was in my teens.
I quilted little crooked stars into each of the squares.
Not bad for my $4...

Friday, October 21, 2011

pumpkin pumpkin

We made our traditional family visit to Willow View Farm again to search out the perfect pumpkins...





I found mine...

Friday, October 14, 2011

fini!...almost

this is Jakob...


and this is Jakob's stocking...


Now just to sew it together and it's ready to hang by the chimney.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

with a grateful heart...


...for love, for family and friends, for an abundance of blessings...


Saturday, October 8, 2011

Oscar Wilde and Me

St Stephen's Green...Dublin


Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Oscar Wilde

...and one more...

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Oscar Wilde