Every Inchie Monday #49

Red: any of various colors resembling the color of blood; one of the primary colours.

 Red acrylic painted inchie with red glitter, red beads and sequins and a red button. All decked out for the holiday season.

W.I.P.Wednesday

Once again I am taking part in the works in progress Wednesday at Needle and Thread Network. Click on the link and visit the other needleworkers who are taking part.

 This is now off the frame and I have to get the binding done - along with the label and a hanging sleeve.

My eldest daughter Laila put it together and started quilting the tree in gold thread (sorry for the poor quality photo.) The gold thread is not an easy thing to quilt with because it keeps shredding. She gave up the quilting because she didn't really have the time to devote to it and handed it to me to finish. I put it on the frame either at the end of October or beginning of November. 

The pattern is from The Quilt Patch in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. It was one of their Mystery Mailouts several years ago. I took this photo to show the quilting of the empty spaces - I put holly leaves in there. Quilts on the frame aren't usually basted first but since this was Laila's quilt, she started quilting it in a hoop. I suppose she has seen me make enough quilts to remember what to do. I think she did a wonderful job with both the piecing and the embroidery. She even changed the border - adding a black with metallic instead of the original which was to be a red and off-white plaid. I have the exact same quilt but it is still in pieces. This one has given me the desire to finish mine.

Quilter's dilemma...

running out of fabric. Does anyone know of a source for some of the hockey fabric shown in the this photo?

I was contacted by a fellow quilter who sadly ran out of this same fabric. The store where she purchase the fabric sadly no longer exists. If there is someone who knows of a source for this fabric please leave a comment or email me.

Thanking you in advance for any assistance you can give.
The fabric has been found! Thanks to everyone who left a comment and suggestions. Thank you too, to those who read this post.

On a second note: does anyone have instructions on how to change the blogger settings so that the photo will enlarge when clicked on instead of going into the display mode that was forced upon us? I read it on a blog that I follow but have been unable to find it again.
Thanks to Michelle of    http://brainangles.blogspot.com/   my photo dilemma has been fixed.

I tell you, bloggers are the best. Thank you!!!

W.I.P. Wednesday and a special day

Here's my Work In Progress for the Needle and Thread Network. Click on the link and visit the other needleworkers who are taking part. It's always nice to see what others are working on.

It's knitting once again for little Luc. His mom chose the yarn - she didn't like the baby colours they had in the recommended yarns. This one makes its own stripes and as you can see from what's on the needle, the two sleeves that I am knitting at the same time will be different. I figured it would be easy to distinguish what is the front and what is the back of the sweater this way. All you have to remember is what sleeve gets the dark stripe at the cuff and which one is the light one. I am hoping to finish it soon since I have other knitting that I started and should finish up. This one apparently is an easy sweater and I wanted to try out the pattern. Hopefully, next week I will have some quilting to show.

Today I am looking after Arja, a Shih-poo who belongs to my youngest son and his girlfriend. Arja is a bundle of high energy and loves old Baxter and the kitties. They, of course, want nothing to do with her. So, I guess we will be taking lots of walks today.

And 31 years ago today I gave birth to my third child, a little girl we named Maili.

I don't know how many years apart these were taken and the top one is several years old now but I thought it was nice to see.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAILI!!!!

Every Inchie Monday #47

Pretend: to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to make believe.

Children and the world of make believe. Pretending to be a cowboy. I grew up watching westerns and even had a Dale Evans outfit.