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ART

All kinds of Birds

Not sure how I didn’t know a photography category existed but now that I do, thought I’d share a very small sample of my latest birds Semipalmated Plover [image] Tundra Swan [image] Bald Eagle [image] Great Black-backed Gull (the largest gull in the world) [image] Swamp Sparrow [image] Semipalmated Sandpiper [image]

Rubber Chicken Layette Set - ART 2020 Q1 Challenge Entry

[image] The swaddling blanket is 7” square and the sleep sack is 4” long. That’s at least 1:6 scale or smaller and it’s for a rubber chicken … [image] For 15+ years my hubby and I have been exchanging a rubber chicken with friends. It started when I took it to a Christmas gift exchange and our friend Bruce got it. He slipped it into my coat pocket that night and I discovered it two days later. I returned it to his coat pocket a few weeks later at church and the fun began. Sometimes the…

Just Flowers (somewhat picture heavy)

Scrolling through my flower photos looking for the ones containing bugs brought me so much pleasure, I thought I’d share a few with you … One of my first and still favourite shots [image] [image] [image] Close … [image] and closer … [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image]

HOME AND GARDEN

Quiet Book for Grand Daughter 1

I really should have kept track of the hours I put into this book Started before we moved and thought I was finished but then I unpacked my new sewing machine and decided modifications were necessary because it could handle the bulk better. Then this morning I decided her name should be on it so I added the star on the front cover (name blotted out) [image] Balloons for learning colours and sorting … there is velcro on them and circles under each balloon with the colour name writt…

Sewing Machine Cover

I purchased a new machine just before we moved clear across Canada and first thing I did when my sewing area was set up in our tiny cabin was start a cover. Finally finished it today … there are lots of distractions when you move to a new area … [image] Plug side [image] New machine [image]

Chartreuse Needle Book

I made this for my partner in a swap called Put A Pin In It. [image] [image] Glad I looked up chartreuse because I always thought it was red.

FASHION AND WEARABLES

Macaron Coin Purse

I made this for my partner in the OTT Secret Swap but it was lost in transit and all I have to show for it is pictures. I’ve wanted to try one these for awhile so when I saw it on her list, I had my project. She also wanted birds and I knew exactly what to use. Fastest I’ve ever decided on a swap item. It’s all hand sewn and measured 1.5” x 1.5” when closed. I have never sewn this small and was so proud of it, that’s why I’m heart broken it’s lost. [image] [image] Open on a plastic pen…

Beach Bucket, in Hat Form

I made my oldest grand daughter this hat with plans to make a matching one for myself. I did make one but it was massive so I pulled most if it apart, left out some rounds and finished again. This time I didn’t like the look so grabbed what was left of the ball and started a different pattern. Part way through I knew it wasn’t working so pulled out a few rounds and just winged the rest. I ended up using half the yarn from the first hat to finish. I should mention, the majority of this took …

Owl Pyjamas

Made our two grand daughter PJs for Christmas this year … our 2022 family Christmas is happening this weekend I bought the white fabric 4 years ago, the pink recently and never realized until I went to sew they both feature owls (guess that’s what happens when Gramma is a bird nerd) [image] [image] [image] [image]

FIBRE AND TEXTILES

It’s a Cow, mini

My partner in an IG swap had quite a few cow patterns in her mosaic designed by Marylou Weidman, who was new to me, so I had to give it a go. She has a unique technique so I borrowed a book from the library to work through it. I was very happy with the results and the recipient was thrilled. I think the sunglasses were a sweet addition. [BC4060E3-2FE4-4771-B6B7-7246155BA04C] [7F255770-4081-4DDB-A399-2C5FE11C6E5E]

Penguin Sweater for Grand Daughter 2

Oh what a work out I had making this sweater It was almost half finished and realized it was going to be much too large so frogged the whole thing and began again with a smaller hook. Half way through again I realized it was still too large but decided to finish anyway. When the body was finished, I realized my error. I used worsted weight from my stash and hadn’t checked what weight it should have been … oops, fingering weight, no wonder it’s large. [image] She’s 21 months but o…

T-shirt Quilts for our sons

I started making a t-shirt quilt for a friend today and it made me think of the two I made for my sons. My mom made me one in this style many years ago and both my boys wanted one when they grew up so I waited until they were 25 and 28 Really, I put it off that long because I knew it was going to be a lot of work but when son 2 started hinting he was waiting, I felt I should do them. In 2016, just 12 days before flying to spend Christmas with son 2, I started and managed to finish w…

FOOD AND DRINK

Twisted Rainbow Muffins

In the Challenge Chain for fun I chose @audity’s Twisted Rainbows … this wasn’t what I had originally planned to make but it came to me at 3:00 am and I went for it later this morning. [image] [image] I was cleaning up when my hubby walked into the kitchen and wondered what kind of a colourful breakfast I’d had Progress shots [image] [image] [image]

Slow Cooker Roast - with recipe

[image] (oops, forgot to take a photo before we ate, it was much fuller before supper) We’ve made this recipe twice and have it tweaked to our personal taste. Any roast will work, this time we used a boneless blade roast because it was on sale, it was 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg) First time we used a smaller one, just had more gravy than meat. Season your roast with salt and pepper. In a large fry pan, sear it well on all sides then place into a large slow cooker. Using the same fry pan, add … 1/4 …

Homemade Taco Seasoning with recipe

[image] 20ish years ago, our family started eating tacos, taco salad or nachos every Saturday for supper. Our sons were 11 and 13 and just getting into watching hockey on tv. We had one channel, CBC, and this was the only time hockey was on. We had agreed to letting them eat supper in the basement, where the tv was, and needed something easily transportable, thus began our tradition … Hockey Night in Canada with Tacos. When our oldest got married and moved out, the younger almost begged me…

PAPER AND VINYL

Oodles of Doodles - Christmas edition

These are some of the Christmas cards I doodled this fall. I also made others not shown because they are on their way to LC members. [image] [image] [image] The ones below went to a local store for sale … [image] [image]

Folded Book Tree

I purposely left off the word Christmas in my title because these can be for anything, I chose pages to make them christmasy. The original idea was to fold the entire book but I was part way through the first one when my hubby came home and he thought it looked great the way it was. We leafed through the books looking for Christmas pages to put on both sides as these are centrepieces for our church Christmas banquet. The original idea had them sprayed solid green but I wanted the pages visibl…

Oodles of Doodles (Picture heavy)

I recently did Alisa Burke’s Doodle It Out course and thought I’d share some of the doodles I’ve made into cards. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] ELC are my dad’s initials [image] [image] [image] [image] [image]