Monday, January 6, 2025

Post cards and more

 Well I did get a couple more post cards made. This time I used a tea bag, bag label and a chocolate bar wrapper. The tea bag one has match stick quilting. The chocolate bar wrapper card has just a little ribbon added. The items had been gifted to me as treats from  Newfoundland.  I thought it would be a nice way to use rather than throw away. 




I did use some of the paint up on fabric for future use. 


But now alas I must put things on hold. I have injured myself with my rotary cutter.  


Sew take care out there

I will try to

In stitches 

Saturday, January 4, 2025

What do you do

 When its -34c in the morning?

We hubby and I made German butter balls. They are kind of  a bread type dumpling. They go in chicken noodles soup . A comfort food in this house. 

We put them outside to freeze before putting them in a container 

I did get the quilted hug finished here it is. (I have a fair bit of binding left on the holder. )


Here are days 3 and 4 post cards. Day 3 post cart was made with fabric scrsps on my ironing board trimed off the quilted hug. The tree is on a fabric I made using a flour paste resit.



Well, soups 🍲 on .... with butter balls. 

Take care  stay warm.

In stitches 

Friday, January 3, 2025

Ahhh new phone.

 Learning a new phone and trying to find my account and then it changes things.....  ahhhh.

I will try my best to learn and fix it. 

 In the mean time I'm try to make a post card a day.  I will start with a month and go from there..

                   Day one and two

I am working on a quilted hug for a friend's mom. Lots of binding  made and now wrapped on a holder that came with some of the rope I made into bowls.




I have signed up for a collage class on line ,thinking I could use some of what I learn with on paper , I could use  on fabric . Always good to learn something new. 

What are you going to try new this year?

We are having a cold day here today. Sew it's stay inside and quilt or read. And figure out this phone some  more.

Stay cozy out there. 

In stitches Annette 

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Just a few crumbs

 Well I started with a few fabric crumbs from a recent quilt top that I made. A piece of prequilted fabric. Some pins to hold the fabric in place while I added extra quilting to hold it together.  Then some decorative stitches here and there. Then a couple more crumbs place and blanket stitched. A old doilies  cut and tacked in place . Some embroidery stitches and the buttons , but not all just yet. 


Trimed to size and sides stitched.  A few more buttons and then the binding on the bottom. 


Oh and stacked buttons on top to lift with. 


Now I have a fitted tea cozy for one of my tea pots. There will be more of these next year I'm sure.

I will try and have a few more photos  next time.

Have a Merry Christmas 🎅 and All the Best for the New Year 

In stitches Annette