I have had some really fun giveaway wins this month! First was this gorgeous fabric panel that I won in a giveaway that Mary over at Needled Mom held during the Tree Bird Blog Hop. The panel is from the Beautiful Birds line of fabric by Tracy Lizotte for Elizabeth’s Studio and was the inspiration fabric for the blog hop.…
Has spring come to your area of the world yet? If not we know it can’t be far away and maybe you can get some of that spring time feeling by putting all the Tulip patterns that I’ve posted over the past four weeks along with today’s section to create a beautiful Tulip Luncheon Cloth. The original Workbasket pattern was…
I came by my love of birds in quite a bit different way than I would say most people do. You see, when I was growing up my Dad raised exotic birds. At various times we had Golden Pheasants, Ring Neck Pheasants, Peacocks, Egyptian Geese and Bobwhite Quail… just to name a few. Here are a couple of photos that…
With Easter only two and a half weeks away, I went back through my Vintage Embroidery Monday archives and found links to some bunny and lamb patterns that readers might have missed when they were first posted. The pattern for the bunny digging carrots can be found here. The bunny mowing lawn along with his other friends on that pattern…
Only 4 more days until the first day of spring!! If the tulips haven’t poked their heads out in your area yet, here’s the second last section for the Vintage Workbasket Tulip Luncheon Cloth. This pattern is available as a pdf here.
March is going to be a very busy sewing and quilting month for me as I work away on my secret Tree Bird Blog Hop project. I can’t show you the actual bird fabric that I ended up choosing but I can give you a sneak peek at the other fabrics that I’m using in the project. Aren’t those luscious! …
It’s such a cold and gloomy day today after the bright sunshine we had yesterday that I’m tempted to choose another bright, colorful UFO/WIP for A Year of Lovely Finishes goal like I did last month when I completed my Flying Zebra Quilt. But I’ve already started the quilting on my Paper Pinwheel baby quilt so I’ve decided that it…