Fibre Lace Scarf

Today we woke to a bit more snow. Tomorrow it's suppose to be 13C. Go figure! That's weather in Newfoundland.

Here's the last of the Fibre Lace Scarves. I like this one a lot. Love the colours used on both sides.

Hand Stitchery!

When I got up this morning, the ground was covered in a soft blanket of snow! Yikes!!! And snow flurries on and off all day! That's much too early . . .  I'm not ready for this. In fact, I'm never ready for snow. Did I mention that I'm NOT a winter person?

Today was spent finishing up things for the Christmas Craft Fair, getting the mail and picking up the car at the dealer (snow tires were installed).

I've decided that I'm not going to dwell on the cold, but on stitching projects instead.Have a look at these:

• Jolly Wee Elf to knit
• Felted Gingerbread Ornaments
• Christmas Cross Stitch on Pinterest
• Primitive Christmas Stitchery
• Christmas Embroidery on Pinterest
• Christmas Bauble Free Stitchery

My hand stitched Charlie Brown Christmas Tree (original design) made a number of years ago

 

Art Pieces

Two more 5 x 7 art pieces were finished today. Both are a combination of free-motion machine stitching and hand embroidery. The fantasy fish, in the second photo, was created from a piece of fantasy fabric that was embellished with tulle, yarns, and decorative threads.  I also used decorative yarns that remind me of an underwater garden. That is, my interpretation of what it might look like underwater. 

I've also hooked up with the Needle & Thread Network. Please drop by their site to see some wonderful work.

Quilted Sign

Today was spent finishing up some last minute Shimmer Ornaments and a new quilted sign for my display. I decided to use different colours for this one, more in line with the cool blue of winter. The background fabric is white with pale blue and sparkles. It's hard to see that in the photo. The snowmen aren't sewn on as I think I might attach them with velcro. The other sign, with the gannet, is all machine embroidery.

Underwater Art Pieces

I'm trying to finish up a few art pieces for the Christmas Craft Fair. Each one will be framed with a black metal frame ordered especially for these embroideries. Click on the photos to get a close-up view.

St. John's Guild of Embroiderers Auction

The St. John's Guild of Embroiderers fundraising Morning Coffee and Auction will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Corpus Christi Parish Hall, Waterford Bridge Road.

All the auction pieces can be viewed HERE.

If you are going to be in the city next Saturday and would like to attend the auction, please check HERE for ticket cost and contact number.

Enjoy the eye candy!!!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! Usually we go out for supper on October 31st as I really don't like going to the door over and over and over. Guess you can tell, I don't like Halloween!  After spending 30 years in primary classrooms, I'm done in! My neighbor told me that last year they had about eight children to the door for the whole night (they are just round the corner from me). So since I've been busy getting ready for the Christmas Craft Fair, I opted to stay home. There have been just ten Trick or Treaters to the door. I'm good with that!!!

Enjoy the rest of your evening!!!

Take a look at some other Halloween Treasures (for next Halloween)

• Halloween Quilts on Pinterest,
• More Quilts on Pinterest, 
• Halloween Quilts (patterns free to download) 
• Bing search result

Happy Halloween!

New Shimmers

I mentioned a few days ago that new shimmers were in the works. Well, here they are:

Temari Ball

I have another temari ball to share with you from my friend Verna. This is Verna's donation to the St. John's Guild of Embroiderers' fall auction next month. It is stunning!

2015 Winners in Quilts: A World of Beauty, International Quilt Association

This is the time of year that quilters flock to Houston, Texas for the International Quilt Show! I had the opportunity to go to this show a number of years ago and would love to make a return visit. This show was hugh and the best I've ever attended.

Well, last evening, the winners of this year's event, A World of Beauty, was announced. I am very pleased to see that several Canadians were among the winners. Congratulations to everyone.

Check out the winners HERE.

Enjoy!!

Pendants!

I added a few more Fibre Art Pendants to my supply for the Christmas Craft Fair. Here's some of them.

There are a couple more new Christmas shimmer designs that I will share soon. I can hear the embroidery machine doing its thing as I write. My husband creates all my shimmer designs in Corel Draw and then they are converted to stitch in another program. That program can convert the stitch to be used with any embroidery machine on the market.

It's a great team effort!

Making Gifts For Christmas ???

Christmas is less than two months away. How many of you have already started making a few gifts? Well, in case you haven't, I've found a few projects to consider.

• Christmas Sewing Projects on Pinterest
• All Free Christmas Sewing
• Christmas Sewing Projects for Beginners
• The Sewing Directory Free Projects
• About Home Free Projects
• Christmas at Free Needle
• Craft and Fabric Links

I hope you find something interesting to spark an idea for a special gift.

This pillowcase was made by my sister for Gale, last Christmas!

New Fibre Art Pendants

Friday, I took another order of  Fibre Art Pendants to The Rooms Gift Shop. They are a popular item in the shop. This morning, I finished up the ones you see below. I'm trying to get things in gear for the Christmas Craft Fair in November. This fair will be at the Jack Byrne Arena, Torbay

On My Table . . .

I'm usually working on several things at the same time. To keep some order to my work, I keep projects on trays. That way, I don't have to keep cleaning off my table. I just put the tray away for the next time. This works well for me.

I also have clear plastic scrap book storage boxes to hold supplies. These are very easy to take out and put away!

Pendants in various stages of finishing

Some felted stockings to be finished and 5 x 7 wall art in progress

Scarf needs an additional fringe and hand embroided flowers in progress

From Nova Scotia!

One of the quilt blogs I frequently visit, is SCRAPMASTER. Linda, owner of this blog, has posted two great write-ups about last weekend's 8th Annual Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival, Amherst, Nova Scotia. Linda has linked to a number of places worth visiting.

Linda is also a member of the Maritime Modern Quilt Guild.

New Christmas Shimmers

Here are my latest Christmas Shimmers!
There are five different snowflakes. I've done some of them in silver but the majority are white.  my favorite are the white ones.

White & Silver

Getting Ready For the Christmas Craft Fair . . .

These two embroideries will be framed 5 x 7 with white mats and black metal frames. All my frames are custom cut by Image Fusion, Mount Pearl and put together here at home.

One of the hardest parts of composing a picture is coming up with a suitable title. I have my sister working on that one since she has been so good at giving titles to her quilts! However, I had to tell her to leave the food names out of it. She does have a bit of a sense of humor when it comes to something like that.

I've also linked up to The Needle & Thread Network this week.

Tidal Pool

Water World

Needle Felted Ornaments

Before I can cut out the shapes for my Needle Felted Ornaments, I have to make the base fabrics. Here's what a sheet of needle felting looks like before I cut into it. As you can see, I do have quite a collection of decorative yarns. It's hard to see the sparkly yarns in these photos but I put them in usually every after 3 - 4 lengths of yarn.

My newest shape is a winter cap.

Fibre Lace Scarve

Here is another reversible Fibre Lace Scarf that was finished last week. My scarves will be at the Christmas Craft Fair (Craft Council of NL Juried Work), November 11 - 15 at the Jack Byrne Arena. If you are going to be in the area at that time, please drop by as there will be lots of vendors from all over the province.

Autumn Colours From My Garden

I just had to capture some of the vibrant, fall colours from my garden. It is a great way to preserve your own colour pallet for autumn. Don't you just love these colours!

In fact, you can match your threads to the colours in your photos. Print out the photo, stick it in a journal and put thread samples with it. Of course, don't forget to write in the colour numbers for reference. Or, if you prefer, dye or over dye your floss.

If you have a set of Inktense Blocks, it's easy to dye floss for a project. These blocks of color, once applied and set, are permanent. A great way to get one-of-a-kind colours.