finally joining

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I am seeing white. Lots & lots (...........did I say 'lots'?) of white. . All of these white hexies are being hand sewn....
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...and finally being joined to the colorful grandmother's flower garden blocks.
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I loooooooooove the way these blocks come to life. Half of the fun of this quilt is matching the fabrics. The other half is the quietness of piecing these hexies together.
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Now. Let's see. How many more to go before this is a queen-sized quilt?

crazy for a purple pillow

I'm a bit crazy for purple. And it's funny -- I have found that others either love this color -- or hate it.

I love it. And I love embroidered flowers. And I love the sweet ambience & serenity of this English Country cottage.

I simply printed a pic from a computer image onto muslin that had been ironed onto parchment paper. So easy, although truth be told -> my husband would freak if he knew I was running fabric through our printer.

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And then pulling a whole slew of purple fabrics, I built this crazy block by just adding & sewing & cutting & more adding & more sewing & and more cutting purple fabrics.

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Then the embellishment begins and ironing on vintage embroidery transfers, I 'planted' a thread garden.

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Someday. I will reside in such a place as this.

But for now, it will have just have to be a crazy pillow.

patchwork crochet finish

Do you remember this Star Gazing doily?
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I finished it!

The pattern is from Magic Crochet magazine which I am sorry to say -- is no longer published. And the crochet thread is oh, so gorgeous in its vivid aqua-ness.

Too bad we have a small house. I could fill every room with these.

so girly -- once again

Once again we are -- so girly -- here.
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Another one of these small carryalls, but for our older teen.
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Taking cross-stitch pattern that looked most like her from this book ...
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and the deepest blues that mimic the sea....
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and a black & white animal print...

a couple of fabric yo-yo's and some ric-rac...

And she's got a brand new bag.