tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49202987732401881552024-03-13T00:13:41.629-07:00stitchaholickHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-40935673706421893152011-12-23T21:56:00.000-08:002011-12-23T21:56:40.335-08:00Deck the Halls...My latest obsession has been spending w a y too much time on Pinterest. I get so inspired looking at projects made by very clever people! Now that I am on holiday, I have been following through with my own versions of some of the quilting and decorating ideas that I have seen on Pinterest...<br />
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a friend had a baby, and what else could I do...<br />
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but start a quilt!Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-67831692356864264952011-08-15T19:38:00.000-07:002011-08-15T19:38:22.124-07:00We moved!After talking about it for over a year, we moved to Bowen Island just a little over two weeks ago. We are pretty settled in most areas of the house and get to enjoy this view from the deck...<br />
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I have run out of steam with the unpacking and this is how my quilting/craft 'stuff' looks...<br />
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We decided to make luggage tags as 'take-away' name cards for the tables.<br />
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Because of this connection with caterpillars and reading <u>The Very Hungry Caterpillar</u> daily, I <span style="color: #274e13;"> <strong>love</strong></span><span style="color: lime;"> </span>the Eric Carle collection of fabrics! I couldn't wait to get my hands on the fabric and had a lot of fun making this quilt for a very dear friend's baby<br />
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As we are not having our Easter dinner until tomorrow, I was able to turn our <br />
kitchen into a quilting studio (again) and enjoy working on this...<br />
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What fun to work on such a quick and easy project! <br />
Now I can make a sandwich and get busy with the hand quilting.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-42099841187028121722011-04-10T20:26:00.000-07:002011-04-10T20:26:40.091-07:00free time to blog again!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Since my last posting, we listed and sold our home of 24 years! We had been preparing for this event for quite some time but it was still both incredibly exciting and nerve-racking.</div><br />
Not having to worry about "Open Houses" anymore, I can now have all of my sewing 'stuff' back out in plain sight and get on with the fun:<br />
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I sent this quilt to my daughter in Halifax and she then sent the <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(I still plan to embroider a 'wire' under the birds' legs)</div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-36341001037195947812011-03-13T22:08:00.000-07:002011-03-14T12:56:17.782-07:00Memory LaneAfter 24 years of living in the same house we have decided to move! And boy do we have a lot of stuff!!! Twenty-four years of just 'putting it away' in the attic (hoarding)... It is not pretty!<br />
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Most of the stuff we pull out of the attic I question why it ever went in there!!#!#@!! But tonight we came across some gems and I just have to share. . .<br />
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</div> <span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This is where I got my start! </span><br />
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I remember getting this miniature sewing machine for Christmas when I was either in grade 1 or 2 (the mid- sixties) from my Aunt Mollie. I even have the accessories in a bag that I must have made out of the leg from a pair of my Dad's pyjama pants! <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How cute it that?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Does it look familiar to anyone else?</div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-72103694598531143042011-03-01T18:54:00.000-08:002011-03-01T19:27:44.047-08:00In like a lion... How true today!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I am looking forward to the lamb part!</div>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-67920541784940761412011-02-20T21:18:00.000-08:002011-02-20T21:25:23.580-08:00birdsI love checking out clever quilting blogs and then I get so inspired that I have to leave the computer and immediately go to my sewing machine and make something, like this:<br />
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As I was trying to get a photo of all of my birds, wouldn't you know that a breeze would come up and they tried their best to fly!<br />
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Here is a Valentine quilt I made using a Nancy Halvorsen pattern.<br />
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Before Christmas, I saw some cute little houses on the cover of a magazine and then went to town (pardon the pun) with my own version. After completing the first one though, I wasn't excited about the roof and so they sat......<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Until this morning!</span><br />
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This is <em>Wear Your Mittens, </em>a pattern by Button Stitch DesignsHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-45381817056855521532011-01-25T20:11:00.000-08:002011-01-25T20:11:54.845-08:00Cute little fellow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNP30uJmWeuefHc2_8SnjniAw0rffXXaKvs05Whx8rIf4Z0K9bEl9hJe54KonvKhFrhyphenhyphenR7IuvWX0pPX3o397XPeod-gCtiCirAMeZQaSgSbx3MngipdOjOYWEyoBoGsE-a6jyOEd1Zho/s1600/let+it+snow+emb+CAH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="307" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNP30uJmWeuefHc2_8SnjniAw0rffXXaKvs05Whx8rIf4Z0K9bEl9hJe54KonvKhFrhyphenhyphenR7IuvWX0pPX3o397XPeod-gCtiCirAMeZQaSgSbx3MngipdOjOYWEyoBoGsE-a6jyOEd1Zho/s320/let+it+snow+emb+CAH.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I really like Meg Hawkey's style (Crabapple Hill) and have enjoyed doing many of her patterns. This one adds to the snowman theme in our house right now. It's kind of funny how many things that I have made that say "Let it Snow" when I really would prefer that it didn't (only up the mountain for those of you wanting to frolic in it).Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4920298773240188155.post-37291691908459528912011-01-23T16:03:00.000-08:002011-01-23T16:03:50.979-08:00Luckily, the snow is on the mountains <div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2isU88m3bjq0y2gkkWY8x2CMm2nYs5vR8ytwJ0mC2ymSK8vF8nMc_TNtr6JoX6ULraUUG2inbMgaQ5FrCKM2Luq73nivl73ZM6t4C-_n7nqgjj-3ZHXiQWYbl25XYXwYB_voR3QMcny0/s1600/a+chilly+trio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2isU88m3bjq0y2gkkWY8x2CMm2nYs5vR8ytwJ0mC2ymSK8vF8nMc_TNtr6JoX6ULraUUG2inbMgaQ5FrCKM2Luq73nivl73ZM6t4C-_n7nqgjj-3ZHXiQWYbl25XYXwYB_voR3QMcny0/s320/a+chilly+trio.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Even though we are in the middle of winter, it doesn't feel like it today. I am happy that all of Vancouver's snow is up on the mountains. Inside, however, we do have a few reminders of the season...<br />
This is <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">A Chilly Trio</span><br />
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This is <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Snowman Patches</span><br />
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Much to everyone's surprise (mostly my family), I am starting my very own blog! This is a HUGE step for someone who doesn't take easily to technology. However, in the name of 'stitching', I am motivated to take the leap.<br />
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It has just been over the last couple of weeks that I have discovered the world of quilting blogs. Since this discovery I have been spending countless hours pouring over this new, amazing source of inspiration.Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02441780990403395168noreply@blogger.com2