What's in a Name.........

I made these fabric and embroidered names for the grandchildren of a dear friend in Calgary. I love the children's names and doubt they would ever find pens or door signs etc. for their bedrooms.

Shower Gift

This embroidered wall piece is a shower gift for my nephew Ben and his wife Megan who are expecting a baby girl in August.

Hooked on Postcards

I really love making postcards, whether artistic or not I am having fun. Tried appliique on one and think I will do more, it was Sadie's favourite.  I prefer watercolours over oil paints but am still experimenting and hope to learn more.  Does anyone know of some good books or magazines on this craft?

Post Cards from Gramma 2

Post Cards from Gramma

Sadie loves to teceive mail so I decided to make her some post cards. Once I started I can't seem to stop.  I'm using card stock I found at Winners and use oil paint sticks, thread and glue glitter.  The glitter stops any fraying of the muslin when I sew the edge. I really can't draw so I collect pictures I like from magazines and the internet. The first few are fancy dresses that I hope Sadie will like.

Christmas Village

Scarves

This year I decided to make some scarves for my sisters, cousins and aunt. Although not the knitted kind, they are made from fabric. I'm not too sure if I'm happy with them but everyone seemed to like theirs. In the photo is a gold stripe fabric trimmed with gold sparklie ribbon and other gold ones were trimmed with gold fringe. I also made black stripe ones with a silver thread in the fabric and trimmed with black ribbon. There really are all kinds of fabrics that would make great scarves.

Christmas 2009

I'm back in the sewing mode and had lots of fun making a quilt for Sadie for Christmas. It's called the 'Paper Doll Quilt' showing several dolls that resemble the Campbell Soup Baby, clothes, hats, and of course shoes. I transfered a photo of Sadie to put in the centre and a photo of Milo in the corner. Sadie always includes Milo in her school drawings. She really seemed to like the quilt......I'm so glad.