Next! Very Cute buttons for my 'Fairies in the Window' quilt ('Rebekah Amy' pattern by Rosalie Quinlan), with an extra border and applique. Friend Keeley suggested a honeybee block in the middle and voila - looks great. I've been looking high and low for bee buttons to finish it off - but so many bees look scary! Too bright, too stingy looking, but these are Very Cute. I also love the cross looking ladybugs "Why are you so cross?" The worms make me wriggle! Problem with bees is there are only four in packet and there are four honeybee corner. Should I use one in the middle or one in each corner, or 3 in the middle?
Just arrived in the letterbox - from ebay - 1 yard of 'Morris Damask' by Perfect Occassion (England), though came from US. The colours are not so pinkish, as in the photo, and perhaps not a true Morris pattern, but will still go well with my other Morris' for the hatbox UFO or should I say NSO (not started object). Though many would argue that fabric selection is an essential part of the project, and so it doesn't matter how long it takes before the actual sewing begins.
I found this wonderful poem today, on A Bird in the Hand who had taken stunning pictures of the sky, which I forget far too often, and they reminded me of a picture hubbie had taken of a country sky, in north eastern Victoria (Everton, outside of Wangaratta). Mesmerising, as is the following poetry:i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginably You?
(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
pidgeon holes in the wall. I particularly like the Victorian ladies at the bottom - the toiles will become the hatboxes and ....
then, use my stash of William Morris fabrics as the walls and floors of each compartment. Love Morris love Morris!
Some flower yo-yos I made to decorate a couple of baskets pairs I picked up for next to nothing - they are plastic lined (perhaps for a pot plant, as they were in a nursery, but I think that's a dumb idea) I would rather use them as stationery containers or something like that) Any ideas?
A dark picture it looks but this is our masterpiece hanging over our mantlepiece - actually its 'Bohemian' by Anna Maria Horner, stapled over inexpensive canvases ($50 instead of $$$$ investment in unknown artist - that may come later - but I like this effect - the colours are unusual for me - not a red lover, but that may be changing in my old age - never say never. The tones go really well with my neutralish couches and walls. There's little whippet again.
'Quality Time' - illustration by (I think) Anita Jeram. It often reminds me as a parent - to have fun with my kids, no matter how silly I look!
Little corner I like - in my dining room - embroidered lampshade (Ikea) and a little piccie I framed - 'Quality Time' - and a 'throw away' lamp table (a bit crooked, but it has charm).
Little sweetie whippet - present for hubbie for Christmas last. Very elegant and a lovely patina.
We do! We really do! They even write letters to us. One fairy is called Felicity and has a younger sister Joy. At the moment it is too hot for the fairies, and they have gone up to the mountains. When it cools down, they said that they would be back. I don't blame them - we can hardly water the plants, let alone the grass (drought conditions) though our washing machine water gets pumped onto the back lawn Well done Hubbie!!! Anyway, I digress. Fairies - as a tribute to our own fairies, I spied some really lovely material with Cecily Mary Barker drawings (famous English fairy flower artist), on ebay. I was hooked. Sourcing sweetpea material from England sealed the deal and Fairies in the Garden was born - my own design - simple and sweet.
A very purple quilt made for our friends who moved from our neighbourhood to Ballarat (country Victoria - about 1 1/2 hrs drive from Melbourne city) Krissie loves purple and when I found out that they (family of 6) were moving, a quilt to say bye but don't forget us was in order. I found some material with birds and then some tulip material, as well as a lovely pattern for waterlillies/tulips , which I really enjoyed making. Machine quilting by Laurene (my quilting lady!) in a great tulip swirl. My only bugbear is that I made it too small!!! When placed on the bed, it looks like it should be bigger, but I think Krissie and Jon like it all the same. My Hubbie loved it too, and I think hints often that he would have liked to keep it! Who would have thought?
