Links and More

Yesterday, I linked up with The Needle and Thread Network. It's a great place to see the work of some Canadian Quilters. I've been checking their blogs out and came across The Inquiring Quilter's list of linky parties. There are links for each day of the week. Worth a view!

A new shimmer has just been tested and looks good. More on that when it's stitched out. The Newfoundland Dog is on my machine at the moment. These, along with lots of other Shimmer Ornaments, are headed to The Rooms Gift Shop, St. John's, NL.

Since I don't have a photo of my work to share today, here's a 6" x 6" oil on paper that my daughter, Jill, completed today. I copied it from her Instagram shots (permissions granted, of course). She is giving this one away on her facebook page.

New Shimmer Ornaments

We have new Shimmer Ornaments created and working on a few others. Have a look!

The Caribou and Forget-Me-Not were requested by The Rooms Gift Shop to be exclusive to them.  More on that at a later time.

Enjoy!

Sea Horse

Shell

Salt Cod Fish

Caribou

Forget-Me-Not

Delivery to The Rooms

Today, I took some more art pieces to The Rooms Gift Shop. This is the second order in a month, which is great! I took these photos this morning. It was sunny but cool.

The Rooms

On the grounds of The Rooms  (spring is very late indeed)

New pendants delivered! Lots of Shimmers too.

View From The Rooms

I thought this had been posted yesterday! I just discovered it was still a draft - what a bummer! Oh, well, better late than never.

So: Yesterday I made a delivery to The Rooms Gift Shop. While there, I took several photos from the 3rd floor. Have a look at the ice just outside the harbour! Apparently there are over 600 icebergs along the coast of Newfoundland. No wonder it's so cold these days. Brrrrrrrrr . . .

A few years ago, I created the textile piece below, and it is called 'View From The Rooms'. It was taken from a different angle than those above.

View From The Rooms

Spring Ideas!

Happy Thursday! I hope you are ready for the holiday weekend. The focus here these days, is house renos. And I'm trying to get my orders finished. This year, The Rooms Gift Store, has added Shimmer Ornaments to the Fibre Art Pendants, that they already carry. The embroidery machine has been working overtime these days.

• I realize that this is the Easter Weekend and these sewing projects are a bit late, BUT - there's next year, right?  18 Easy Spring Sewing Projects    
• All Free Sewing presents these Spring Projects   
• Creative Ideas for Sewing & Quilting from A Great Notion, Spring 2017
• Spring Sewing Projects from All People Quilt   
• Sew Gal has lots of Scrap Sewing Projects for the Home

Enjoy!!

Happy Colours!!!

The Rooms

We took the family to The Rooms today for brunch. The food and the view of St. John's was awesome!
One of the galleries had an exhibit of Inuit art. Photographs were permitted. I did zero in on a couple of pieces with applique, beading and fine stitching.

The caribou are beautiful!

 Carved antler 

 Basket weaving

Embroidered Flowers and Fibre Art Pendants

I had a request from The Rooms Gift Shop for Fibre Art Pendants with flowers embroidered on them. Have a look! The daisy petals are embroidered on water soluble interfacing (in this case Aqua Magic), and then spritzed with water. When the flowers dry, the glue in the Aqua Magic hardens them so they can be stitched in place. This gives a 3-D effect to the pendant.

More photos!

I took a trip out to Petty Harbour yesterday to make a delivery to Herbie's Olde Shoppe. They have been featuring some of my work in their shop. It was a beautiful day. On the way, I stopped and took a few more photos of the downtown area. This time, I was at the top of the hill on the road leading out to Cape Spear. In the first photo, overlooking the city, you can see The Rooms and the Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. They are very prominent landmarks.

Work in Progress - It's finished!

The commissioned piece, Gower Street, St. John's, is finally framed and ready to go. I am very pleased with the results. The trees worked out very well and I will making more to use in future work. A friend told me that these houses are Heritage Homes. The pink one was owned by a Captain Moss. It burnt down and he rebuilt it in its original design.
Check out my previous piece, View from The Rooms as well as In All Its Glory.

Work in Progress # 1

My trip to Chicago was a success. Now I'm back and already working on a commissioned piece. Here's a photo of the houses I'm doing. I'm using similar techniques used in 'View From The Rooms'. Actually, this photo is also taken from The Rooms. Photos of the actual piece will be posted soon. Check back!

View From The Rooms

I have the piece, View From The Rooms, finally finished. It's out to be framed. I had a call just before supper saying the mats were cut and ready for my signature. It's almost impossible to see some of the clapboard lines in some of the houses but they are there! I do like the way the foliage came together. The different shades of green worked out well. The dimensions before framing are 27" x 9 1/2". Needless to say, I'm pleased with the final result. I will be entering it in the annual member's exhibit at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, Devon House, St. John's. The exhibit is on for most of the summer.

Work in Progress: # 4

This is just a brief update on the progress of the textile piece: View From The Rooms. I haven't progressed as much as I'd hoped this week as life keeps getting in the way! Today I must search for more shades of green organza as that really determines some of the shading for the trees. Here's a corner house. The corner is defined by machine stitching using invisible thread. A tall chimney has to go up from the side of the red roof. I can't wait to get this piece finished!

Work in Progress: More Buildings #2

This is just an update on the progress of my work. Last evening I finished most of the buildings but without any details added. However, this photo shows a section of the background that is almost finished. As you see, stick pins are keeping some foliage in place. Think you can find these houses in Tuesday's post, View From The Rooms?
I did find another free pattern for Row Houses.  It's called Around the Corner and was inspired by Flavin Glover's Row Houses, a traditional log cabin.

View From The Rooms

I wasn't quite satisfied with the photo I am working from to do my textile piece so decided to visit The Rooms again to do more photography. Since it's not the tourist season yet, I had to get permission to go out on the balcony. This was the perfect time of year to get architectural details as the leaves are not out on the trees. St. John's has a lot of trees which masks details. Even though it was a dull day, I'm quite pleased with the photos.

The first one gives a partial view of the harbour.
The next photo is a closeup of some of the houses I'm doing. I'm glad I took newer photos as some homeowners have put new colours on their homes. I discovered that the pink house in my textile piece is now a toned down creamy colour.This is the downtown section of the city and has very old homes.

I included the third photo so you could see Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in the background.