Saturday, February 18, 2006

Glitter & Sparkle & Everything Red



I finally finished the wall-hanging for my mom and besides the glitter, her favourite colour is red. I did the flower pot with a black sparkle which seemed to calm the piece down a bit. It's not really my thing but mom loves it and can't wait for it to be hung in her room. It should be interesting to hear any comments she receives, and I really did enjoy working on it, applique is one of my favourite things to do.

Friday, February 17, 2006

New Blog

Hi Bloggers :

Check out 'swan-artegan'.....a new link on my blog site. Wanda is my sister and is very talented and artistic. She does so many different great crafts, I'm hoping the blog-site will gain her more confidence.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Glitter


Is it possible to have too much glitter? I think so and with that in mind here is my collection of glitter fabrics. I'm not really sure why I buy them......just to add to my stash I guess. However, I have used them for Christmas, puddling them around the tree or on tables with Christmas decorations and have made a few decorations out of them. Now, I have a very special use for them. My mom loves these fabrics (and all things that sparkle and glitter) and wants me to make a wallhanging for her. She is in a nursing home and wants some colour over her bed, right now it's just a pale, cold shade of light green. Well, I'm about to change all that and jazz it up somewhat. My sister Tracey thought of the idea and I am in the process of putting it together. Mom has a red satin quilted bed-spread, red drapes and a huge chandelier lamp, think maybe the sparklie wallhanging is way over the top? Well, we know mom won't think so. It will be on my blog as soon as it's completed.

Incidently, my mum.........and my gramma are in the same nursing home.........mom will be 80 years old in April and Gramma will be 100 years old in August. I'm not giving my age, so with our 3 Lambs, myself, Samantha and Sadie we are 5 generations.