One of Twelve!!

I've been slowly working on Mary Corbet's Twelve Trees for Christmas, a collection of twelve 3" Christmas tree designs for hand embroidery. Seven of the twelve are done. This is the latest one.

Five more to go!!

The weather here in Pine Grove has been varied which has been great for landscaping. We have lots of deer resistant bushes and ground cover planted out front. At least, the deer have stayed away so far. Time will tell if they fill up on them or not! Mulch has been put around all the new plants and yesterday, lawn seed was sprinkled in place. It's slowly getting in shape.

• Embroidered Felt Star Ornament
• Twelve Trees for Christmas
• Christmas Tree Embroidery Pattern
  
• Owl Felt Ornament  
• Embroidery Trees on Pinterest  

Enjoy!

Stay safe and get vaccinated

 

 

Ready for Christmas

All parcels have been mailed and most have been received, trees are up, floral arrangements done, dark fruitcake is made and wine has been purchased!

This year I opted to leave off the strands of tinsel.

My Charlie Brown tree is in the dining area. It's a skinny one and doesn't take up much room.

Here's a full view of the tree skirt that made my sister made a few years ago.

Our favourite dark fruitcake from an old recipe of mom's.

I have been making a few gifts but cannot show them until after Christmas. Stay tuned!!

Enjoy

The Tree is Done!!

The Christmas Shows / Markets are finished for me this year! It's been a hectic fall. Thank you to everyone who commented on my art work and to those who purchased something from me. You are all awesome!

Well, the tree is up and decorated! Big job!!! I wasn't going to put tinsel on the tree this year but it was bare to me as I love lots of glitter. In any case, why break with tradition as I've always put it on my trees. Even as a child, I put it on one strand at a time.

Please note my gorgeous tree skirt. Made for me by my wonderful sister, Joan. This was a birthday gift a few years ago before we left Newfoundland.

I received a pre-christmas gift in the mail this week. What do you think of these!!! Apparently, my sister measured my cushions this summer with Christmas ones in mind.

Here are a few closeups of ornaments on the tree - before the tinsel was added.

Hand made by my friend, Marilyn in NL. Love this one!!

The stained glass ornament is one of three, made by my brother, Don, in NL. Gale made the snowman when she was living in Chicago (about 4 years ago).

 This cat is ancient. It must be at least 45 years old.

This one was made during a textile tour to England in 2008. We visited a local artist and did these.

I received this Temari Ball during an ornament exchange at the St. John's Guild of Embroiderers, years ago.

Enjoy! Hopefully I get back into the routine of posting more to the blog. Thanks for visiting.

Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas wherever you are!

Today's post shows a few photos of getting ready for Christmas. I know, this should have been done a few days earlier but life takes over.

Gale decorated her own tree at my house. She chose all my bird ornaments to put on hers. Then she looked over at mine and saw a few things she liked and said "that would look better on my tree"! Of course, you know where they ended up. BUT, it's all about making memories. We had fun.

This is Gale's tree

Tree with Shimmer Ornaments

We had a green Christmas but snow was on the ground when this was taken

My Christmas Pudding from an old recipe mom used to make

Made back in the late '90's

Cookies for Santa that Gale & I baked. She did the decorating!

Now for a few links to check:

• Ten Textile Artists Pushing the Boundaries
• Exploring Textile Art on Pinterest HERE
• Art Textiles: Made in Britain
• The Textile Blog 
• The Textile and Fiber Art List   

Enjoy!

Christmas Trees

It has taken a week, but my Christmas tree is up and decorated. I had lots of help from my granddaughter, Gale, on Sunday. She also finished her smaller tree. It's suppose to go in her bedroom but this is as far as it got. 

Gale made some of her ornaments and also chose ornaments from the boxes. She selected most of the birds and a few cats! Like me, she loves glitter and had to have the silver tinsel garland. Needless to say, we had fun.

Gale's 4 foot tree

• Past posts referencing Christmas Trees HERE and HERE
• Feels Like Christmas Mug Rug 
• Stitched Christmas Trees   
• Plaid Tree Cross Stitch  More HERE on Pinterest  
• How to Crochet a Tree 
• No Sew Quilted Christmas Tree      

Enjoy!!
       

Update on Snow Happens and More!

I have the quilting done on 'Snow Happens'. A big thank-you to Jo, Linda and Carole for their quilting suggestions. I'm working on the binding. Needless to say, I won't be taking any commissions for this one (HA!).

On another note, my brother sent me a photo of his two 'Shimmer' trees. The trees are decorated with only my ornaments. If you click on the photo you will see them.

Now for more links:

• Winter Square to stitch      
• 100 Ornaments to sew    More HERE
• Christmas Cross-Stitch  
• Sewn Ornaments  
• Cross-Stitch Patterns on Pinterest       
• Christmas Stitching on Pinterest   
• 30 Free  Christmas Ornaments  

Enjoy!!

Christmas Trees

There are lots of projects with Christmas trees as the focal point. Here's a few I found:

• Festival of Trees 
• Free Christmas Quilt Patterns on Pinterest   
• Christmas Tree Card  
• Tree Applique Patterns (free)   
• Christmas Tree Wall Hanging 
• Scotch Stitch Needlepoint Tree
• Christmas Tree Quilt  and another HERE 
• Applique Quilt 
• Free Embroidery Tree 
• Fabric Tree Project 
• Free Tree Patterns 
• Origami Tree Tutorial 
• Hot Pads 
• Embroidery 
• Felted Tree Ornament     
• Pintangle - free tree embroidery         

Kitchen Tree

Shimmers Tree at Some Good Market

Side entrance tree

Trees made about 35 years ago