Snowmen

It was 10C here today - wonder of wonders! I even saw a runner on the street in shorts and T-shirt. We have no snow (thank goodness) as I'm not a winter person. However, I found a few sites all about snowmen!!! Ironic, I know!!

• Felt Snowmen 
• Snowmen Star Ornaments  
• Cross stitch Snowmen on Pinterest
• Stitching Snowmen on Pinterest; more HERE
• Christmas Snowmen  
• Noel & Snowmen Crossstitch
• Free Snowmen Pattern
• More free patterns  (scroll down)
• Quilting ... Christmas and Snowmen on Pinterest  & more HERE
• Snowmen Quilt Patterns
• Snowman Stocking   
• Snowmen Mug Rugs  

Enjoy!

Stitching!!

In honour of World Embroidery Day, I hope you managed to do some stitching. It was 31C in the shade at my brother-in-laws house here in the valley, NS , so I sat out on the deck and stitched for a short while.

Now for your pleasure, here are a few stitching links:

• Let's make a hussif tutorial (lots of stitching projects)
• Feeling Stitchy
• Stitch School
• Mary Corbet's Needle 'n Thread
• Sublime Stitching
• Embroidery as Art
• Racaire's Embroidery and Needlework
• DMC Threads
• Polka and Bloom
• French Knots
• Make It Coats
• Stitchin Fingers

My friend, Verna, made this beautiful Temari Ball for my birthday mid July.

The Valley

I can't believe it's been over a week since I last blogged! It has been a busy time here in Nova Scotia. We are about a 30 minute drive from Lower Sackville and another 20 minutes to downtown Halifax and in another direction, 30 minutes to Avonport for a fabulous quilt shop (more on that later).

 

Our motor home is looking down into the valley. From here, I can see horses across the way, green fields, tall trees and farm houses. Everything was so green and peaceful that Sunday, I decided to take some photos. I walked through the garden and along a small path. Much to my regret, I got eaten alive by black flies. I got quite a reaction to the bites and today is the first time that they don't itch! However, I did get a few photos! In fact, I can see some potential stitching and maybe a landscape. Enjoy.



The Needle and Thread Network

Each week, I usually share my link with The Needle and Thread Network. This is a great place to see what some other Canadian quilters and embroiderers / sewers are doing. You will see lots of wonderful 'stuff' !!! Please check them out!  You won't be disappointed.
Enjoy!

More Temari Balls

Here's a few photos of Temari Balls made by my friend. Her previous ones can be found HERE.
I must say, she is doing a fantastic job on making these mini pieces of stitched art!
Enjoy!

Temari Balls

The second Tuesday of each month, five of my friends and I get together at one of the houses for some stitching. Last year one of the ladies had a mini workshop and taught us how to make Temari Balls. I did a couple and have some ready to start with the stitching but other things seem to get in the way. However, one of the 'gals' took quite a shine to this type of stitching and has made many beautiful Temari balls.
Have a look!
The photo for this first one doesn't do it justice! The background is silver threads which makes the piece glisten. It is really beautiful. The second photo shows another one almost completed. You can see the pins for placement of threads. By the end of the evening, the piece was finished except for some crystals. Unfortunately, the lighting for last photo wasn't very good. It is really very vibrant with the turquoise threads.

If you are interested in the art of Japanese Thread Balls, check HERE, and HERE. For some free patterns, check out Japanese Temari, by Barbara B. Seuss.
Enjoy!

UFO's

Every now and then the topic of UFO's enters the conversation at FETE (Friends Every Thursday Evening - our stitch group).Well, one of the ladies decided to write down some more terms related to quilting and / or stitching. I think some people just have too much time on their hands (GRIN)!! Here's the list to date:

AUFO  Only one unfinished object (a UFO)
BUFO   Bad or Beautiful unfinished object
CUFO   Cute unfinished object
DUFO   Distasteful unfinished object
EUFO   Excellent or Evil unfinished object
FUFO   Favourite unfinished object
GUFO   Good or Great or even the Greatest unfinished object
HUFO   Hard unfinished object
IUFO    Intricate unfinished object
JUFO    Just an unfinished object, just started or just about finished
KUFO   Kitted unfinished object
LUFO    Lost unfinished object
MUFOs Many unfinished objects
NUFO   New unfinished object
OUFO   Old …. Or ordinary unfinished object, or overdue unfinished object
PUFO    Prince of the unfinished objects
QUFO   Queen of the unfinished object
RUFO    Rejected unfinished object
SUFO    Small unfinished object
TUFO    Traditional….. Or Terrific unfinished object
UUFO    Ugly unfinished object
VUFO    Valuable unfinished object
WUFO   Wonderful unfinished object
XUFO    Xmas unfinished object
YUFO    Yesterdays unfinished object or in Australia You-beaut
ZZZUFO Sleeping unfinished object

NB UFOs could also be classified by colour, size, and style.

Also

PIG     Projects In Grocery bags

PUB    Project Under the Bed

PIP     Project in Progress and Patterns in Progress

TIS     Tops in Storage

CAP   Currently Active Projects

WIP    Works in Progress

RC      Recently Completed

WISP  Works in Slow Progress

SINS  Stuff I’ll Never Stitch