Fall Welcome

FALL WELCOME

Welcome Fall

We want beautiful weather, colorful leaves and for fall to last a long, long time before it lets winter slide in.

 This is the fall banner I stitched for the church many years ago. Hung it at Lourdes yesterday. The side panel with the churches I found as a fat quarter in Halifax and thought the fall themed churches were cute but did not know how I would use it. This is how stash is built. A friend gave me a piece of her scrap fabric with leaves on it ...and a banner was born.

 Several years ago I was asked to create a banner for a local gardening club. They were hosting a provincial conference and wanted a banner which could be hung at conferences for their annual events. It was to be a travelling banner onto which the host club name could be recorded and they wanted it to reflect their activities. 

A gardening  bear and a club house

 Leaves are added each year indicating the convention location. I included a supply of leaves which the local host could label and attach.

I had not seen the banner for many years. Because it would travel to many homes and have many owners I stitched a travel bag with a pocket and a pool noodle for comfort.  When you create you often do not see how well things age. This did pretty good but if I did another one I would do more quilting.  I am not fond of the wrinkled look but I guess if you live in a tube you cannot complain. The leaves falling from the flower worked well and the clubs were able to add their names. 

Normally I invite readers to pour a cuppa and sew but maybe today you should pour a cuppa and plant.

 

ROWS IN TRANSIT

ROWS IN TRANSIT 

Relatives who travel like to have new adventures. I was the beneficiary of loads of travelling relatives who on their trip down home explored fabric shops. When they arrived playing Santa Claus it was like Christmas in July. For some it was their first ever visit to a fabric shop. Interesting. But I do think we have some converts :)

Lovely fabric choices in the kits

Very creative selection of designs and fabric licence plates from across Canada - Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, PEI & Nova Scotia.  Will be lots of fun  stitching this fall.

And some Newfoundland beauties wanted to model their graduation dresses on the Bras D'or -- not quilting related but they are just to sweet not to share :)

Happy summer stitching, 

Frances

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The Neighborhood

 It was nice to get second row in Kaarens Mystery quilt ccompleted before the next one comes out. It was wonderful to use those tiny fabric pieces in the row with 1 1/2 inch strips. I would not want to date how old some of those scraps were.

 Just picking scraps ment some interesting combinations. 

 Adding quilts and trees added charm to the neighborhood in the first row of the "Clothesline Village" 

Just have to bind these quilts I  picked up yesterday.  

The Bitty Boats are setting to sail.

This quilt was at the Northumberland Guild Quilt show last weekend.  Just including it for inspiration.

Sew Have A Creative Day,

  

CONSTRUCTION ZONE

Construction Zone

 It seems as if all I have been doing lately is building houses. This is a lovely Mystery Quilt Along by Kaaren of The Painted Quilt. It should be a great stash buster. Step # 2 has already been posted and Step # 1 is far from complete :)

The first row in a Clothesline Village. This appears monthly on the DOD Mystery blog. 

 I now have to stitch tiny quilts to hang between the houses in my village. And maybe trees. And maybe fix the pink house cause it looks like it is buldging at the foundation. And whoever hung the door lives in a slanted world! How come you can look at something a zillion times, not see anything wrong and then suddenly see its imperfections. At least I caught this before it was quilted. 

The monthly QM Bitty Blocks from Quiltmaker for July are sailboats and at 3 inches they are tiny. 

I think I will add this to the Row X Row quilt. 

                       

And I stitched pillow cases.

Have a great day stitching ,

Frances

ROW X ROW

Row X Row  

Wow !! Four months since my last post. Not that I have not thought about writing or been sewing... just was not in composing mode I guess.

I have been stitching and am currently working on rows featured in  Row By Row Experience 2015.  The theme for 2015 is water and there are such creative designs showing up in fabric stores in Canada and the United States. The patterns are free and fabric kits and license plates may be available for sale. Each store has an individual design personal to them.

My first row was from Atlantic Fabrics in New Glasgow. I'm loving the water theme. 

A kit and a fabric license plate arrived from Quilting B & More in Charlottetown PEI after a trip across the Northumberland Strait thanks to a kind brother.

This design so mirrows the island look.

There is no set layout for the rows and I am too impatient to wait until I get more so I am just going to sash them and see what happens. 

Row, Row, H-2-O let's go Sew Some Seams,

Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily quilting is a dream !