It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Christmas is coming! There are treats to be baked and gifts to be made. So, let’s get cracking on this wool appliqued nutcracker ornament!
Read MoreSmiling Cat Wool Applique Pillow Tutorial
Fall is almost here! Halloween is just around the corner. The days may not be cooling here in southern California, but It definitely feels like sweater weather when the sun goes down. To celebrate the coming fall weather I decided to finish the Smiling Cat and Jack-o-Lantern design patterns that I began last year. Both of the designs are in the vintage Halloween style that I love.
Read MoreAudubon Inspired Wool Applique Picture
This is my primitive needle and thread interpretation of John James Audubon’s magnificent watercolor birds.
Read MoreSigns of Spring
Here’s another wool applique pattern in the Pennsylvania German Fraktur art style.
Read MoreBlooming Hearts Wool Applique Pillow
Happy Valentine’s Day! My Blooming Hearts design is based on a early 19th century Pennsylvania German Fraktur.
Read MoreYear of the Pig
2019 is the year of the pig! Here’s a quick and easy wool applique mini quilt to celebrate the new year.
Read MoreA Partridge in a Pear Tree
Here’s a quick wool applique project that you can complete before the 25th.
Read MoreGive Thanks Aplenty
It’s finally fall and the heat of summer seems to have left us. Let’s celebrate the arrival of Autumn by making a harvest themed wall hanging/table mat.
Read MoreLove One Another
A sweet valentine to hang upon your door. Inspired by French General fabrics and the lyrics to a song sung by The Youngbloods.
Read MoreKeeping It All Together - The Inside Story
Let's work on the interior of our needle and scissor keep.
Read MoreKeeping It All Together in the New Year
Let's start the New Year off with a needle and scissor keep tutorial.
Read MoreJolly St. Nick
A quick and easy companion ornament to the snowman from the "Tis The Season" post.
Read MoreHappy Halloween!
Happy Halloween!
Read MoreFlowers From My Garden Mystery Quilt Border - Part III
The finish line is in sight!
Read MoreFlowers From My Garden Mystery Quilt Border - Part II
We are going to work on the left side of the quilt. We will add a robin to accompany the flowers, leaves, and berries.
Read MoreFlowers From My Garden Border Applique - Part I
A few years ago a pair of robins made a nest in the Cecile Brunner rose that grows just outside my back window. Each morning I would sit at my kitchen table, drinking a cup of tea, waiting for the arrival of the hatchlings.
Read MoreAdding the Border
We are adding the border with 4 patch corner blocks and the ribbon branches of the climbing rose.
Read MoreFlowers From My Garden Mystery Quilt - Adding the Sashing, Corner Blocks, and Center Applique
We are piecing the blocks together and adding a center wool applique to our Mystery Quilt.
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Grandma Yoko's garden in Spring
Just a Little Sharing
I Just thought I'd share a few beautiful gifts from my life.
The photo above is from my 90 year-old mom's backyard. Yes, she still works in it everyday with her "outdoor" walker.
Making a home in my potting bench
Remember how I mentioned the critters that like to help themselves to my garden? Well, one of them decided to make a nest in the drawer of my potting bench. Mouse?
And lastly, but certainly not least, I'd like to share the beautiful work of my Friendship Group. We are all stitching the Flowers From My Garden designs together. They are such a wonderfully talented group. Don't you agree?
Have a wonderful day!
Flowers From My Garden Block 4 - Part II
This is the second and final part of Block #4 of the Flowers From My Garden Mystery Quilt.
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