To reflect and remember those who have served our countries in the Armed Forces both during times of war and peace. We live in freedom because of the sacrifices they made and continue to make. This is my soldier on his last day in the army back in August 2000. I will always remain proud of his years of service…
This week has been a fun week for finishes. First, I completed this Snowman and Moose embroidery. I bought this as a kit during the quilt shop going out of business sale that I posted about during the summer. It has been my on-the-road project and sitting waiting at the laundromat project so it’s taken a while to complete it.…
The Small Acorn embroidery pattern is the last of the patterns from the vintage Workbasket Pattern Sheets that I’ll be sharing this year. I hope you’ve enjoyed the patterns I’ve shared so far. As I mentioned last week, Vintage Embroidery Monday will be returning in the new year with another Day of the Week set of pattern. They are super cute!…
We’re down to the second last of the embroidery patterns from the Workbasket Pattern sheets that I’ll be sharing this year. This week I’m sharing the Large Acorn and next week I’ll be sharing the Small Acorn pattern. And then Vintage Embroidery Monday will be taking a break until the beginning of the new year when I’ll be sharing another…
I’m still busy sewing Christmas gifts and working on my novel. Just as with sewing, some days I make more progress on the novel than on others, but the words are adding up and I’ve been able to fill in sections of Chapters 11, 12 and 13 that needed to be freshed out so that the story would flow smoothly…
Part 2 of the Pheasant embroidery pattern especially brings back memories. I was about 7 when my Dad brought home an English Setter puppy. He bought her thinking that he’d raise English setters but that never happened and somehow we attached ourselves to each other and she became my dog. I called her Patches. After a bit of searching I…
I had some homemade pumpkin puree left from making the pumpkin pies for Canadian Thanksgiving that I didn’t want to go to waste, so I substituted 1.5 c of pumpkin puree for the grated zucchini in this recipe. They turned out great!! Oh and Dave showed me a new “test kitchen” approved method for separating those paper muffin liners. (<-affiliate…
Today we celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada but as usual we had our turkey dinner Sunday evening. There is so much we are thankful for this year that it would take too long to list them all. We are well and truly blessed!
This next two part pattern reminds me of fall back when I was a teenager. On those last days before the long Alberta winter set in I would go for walks with my dog, Patches and we would sometimes flush out a ring neck pheasant from the tall grasses. Part 1 of the Pheasant pattern is available for download here.…
I’m excited to show you one of the Christmas projects I’m working on as it’s turning out even prettier than I had pictured in my mind. I managed to get a bunch of projects all cut out while we were in St. Catherines, ON for a contract that Dave was working on. Now that we’re back at our son’s place…