Tuesday, July 15, 2014

A flutter of butterflies?? and a couple of finishes

A Christmas Tale featuring Miss Mistlemouse all finished and ready to go. This is such a sweet quilt and all in all I am very happy with the way it has turned out.

Christmas Bakeshop also finished and ready to go. These are going to be donated to hopefully go in a Christmas raffle.Thanks Michelle, I love both of these patterns and they both turned out well. I altered my Gingies a bit so hope you forgive the poetic license.

After seeing a review of the Gail Pan book Patchwork love embroidery I decided to buy it at the quilt show. Yeah I even got Gail to put her name in the front page. Very happy little bunny walking around the show with it tucked in my bag. Hmmm after swapping shoulders I realised that I had spilt water on my beautiful new book. Home again and I dried the pages with the iron. Okay so it's not as pristine anymore but still useable. Last Friday had a great sewing day with Rosalie at Marina's and while showing off my book ... oops there goes the coffee, all over my book. I took it home with every page separated by paper towels. This book is just not meant to be in pristine condition! I can still use it, have done lots of the stitcheries already and it is being replaced.(thanks )Accidents happen and it is just a book. Despite everything the day spent with the girls was wonderful.

A month ago I told someone that I could crochet. Hmm better just check that I can remember how. As you can see, I remembered. A group I attend has the butterfly as a symbol so I googled patterns and the result is 12 big ones,1 thinner so smaller one and one that is slightly different. I also tried a snowflake but that is a one off, far too hard and not sure what to do with it.What do you call a lot of butterflies? a flutter, a horde or...?

5 comments:

  1. your christmassy finishes were just gorgeous. Well done.
    Glad they didn't try to save the gail pan book from the coffee massacre lol
    love all those pretty butterflies.

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  2. Good to see the Xmas wall hangings done. They look lovely.
    Oh no!!! Not good about your book. I would be really annoyed.
    Your butterflies are multiplying.mmmmm. Don't know

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  3. They both look great. I hope that they do really well. Good luck with the butterflies... Shame about your new book: (

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  4. I love your butterflies!! And your two Christmas finishes are great!! Well, and with your redwork book being coffee stained (same as tea stained), it is now the prim look!! :-))

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  5. Oh those two Christmas quilts are so gorgeous, loving the stitcheries in them...pretty flutterbys in the blue/green variegated...

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