Stitching We go.................

Wool work.............oh so comforting while you relax; just a few stitches here and there on this mystery project by Rebekah L Smith.  I found the group on Facebook, which is a closed group now.  We bought the year long pattern and each month a different pattern is released.

There is still much stitching to do--May's block is still waiting for more

stitches to be added--I'll get there soon! 

This is May's block--not a great photo though...

One Day Quilt...................

With a little help from my friends, I was able to sew up this fabulous

quilt in one afternoon!  And I was able to sew on my granny's featherweight

machine!  I forgot all about this machine until I needed a machine for the

summer and there it was!  It sews beautifully!

This was one of those summer projects that I brought with

me to the summer house--I found the bag in the bottom

of the stash bin--out of sight!

The best part of this quilt was that our group had shared

5" squares last year.  The squares were to be Texas themed

All the squares were ready to be used--just follow the pattern

and sew--Thought I was good to go when I laid out the major

part of the quilt--Well, NOT!  I didn't pay attention to the

way the background sections went--rip, rip, rip

out two sections and turn the block

and now we're good!

Borders are on and now we can say complete--the blue was

batik Texas bluebonnet fabric--don't have enough for binding, 

which means back to quilt shop or think of something else that

will work!

such a good day!  

Summer Projects

We have moved to the summer house for awhile--Can't be there

without some projects--I looked into one of storage boxes

and found all these pieces--2" squares and some units

And there are a few finished blocks--my memory faded

till I remembered these were the blocks for "Hopscotch,

Butterscotch" by Bonnie Hunter--I'd made one quilt with

these units and have oh so many left--enough for another quilt.

I don't have the pattern with me, but think I can 'wing' it

with the blocks and borders till I get to the outside borders--

then what??

I also found a box full of these units that are the next step in

leader, ender pieces--I'll be using these as I sew along..

come join me in a sewing summer time!!

Black and White--FINISHED!

These two blocks following are the last of the black and white--

and I'm happy to see them finished!

It has been a quick journey--25 blocks along the way--some very

large, some standard

some simple, some more complex

and now assembled into one 82" x 82" quilt!

It's hard for me to get a photo of the complete quilt--

I bordered with black although I did think about red

at one time

I'm thinking I'll ask the quilter to do red thread--but then

again, I'm not sure................

A border could be added to make it a larger quilt--

just don't know where I'll use the quilt or if I'll give

it as a charity--

Good-bye Black and White!  Hope I've got that out of my 

system!

Christmas in July!

Oh, yes!  Here come the Christmas in July ideas--good time to begin and this quilt will be finished and ready for hanging by the time December rolls around, if you stay on track...................

It's a Sugar Plum Stocking quilt presented by one of my favorite 

designers, Bunny Hill Designs.  Recently, she held a contest for

12 designs and with such response she has created this

timely quilt using those 12 selected stocking designs.

This will all begin July 7th--if you look at the blog

you can see some of the designers that were chosen.

And It Begins With 3 Stitches

Begin with three (3) stitches--sounds easy, doesn't it?

I can begin with three stitches and create

this lovely shawl--I'll knit forever!

This free pattern is presented by Wool Feast

on their blog

And it all begins with only three stitches!!

Our Chinchorro....................

Finally! we have a place to hang our special chinchorro or hamaca!

We were in and out of Venezuela for many years--living there,

working there, enjoying the customs, crafts, arts, food and especially the people.

When we left the country, one of hubby's Venezuelan co-workers

gave us this wonderful gift, which came from (Monagas)

Tierra de Gracia.

I had bought a hammock as well, but this one is special as

it was made with us in mind.

Just look at the detail in this tree fiber yarn, made from Curagua tree (much like tequila plant)-knotted, fringed, such decorative edges

And the stitches that enclose the loose warp threads

all twisted by hand, all stitched with loving care

Myself, as a spinner, know how tedious it is to make rope this

twisted--not an easy thing to do

Each section looped off and tied to the base warp threads

What makes it special is our names stitched into

the top of the hammock

Oh, yes, this is such a special gift!

as we swing under the tree, we remember those

lovely people who carefully crafted this with

us in mind

A Gift that will be loved for years to come...