Happy Mothers Day

This Sunday is Mother's Day, a time I'm sure we will all think of our moms and reflect on the past. I think it's the most wonderful job in the world and the most rewarding. My mom is still with us and for that I am very thankful, she had a stroke in 2001 and through sheer determination is walking with the aid of a walker and doing quite well. My maternal grandmother is also still with us, and will be celebrating her 100th. birthday this August. Last year in May we lost my husband's mother at the age of '90', although a good age, we miss her. My daughter has a wonderful mother-in-law and our thoughts will especially be with her this Mother's Day and to Margie & Esther, Happy Mother's Day.

I would have to say......the best mom I know is Samantha. She & Sadie are already best friends. Samantha is back to work full time, and still manages to create, cook, read, knit.....the list goes on but first and foremost she's a great mom.

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Happy Mother's Day, Samantha,
Love mom. xoxoxoxo

Family Project

As usual, I'm working on several projects and have finished none........so I thought I'd post a quilt that I finished a few years ago. It's called 'Blocks of Love" and was made for our mom's birthday. It's a family quilt and each member made their own block, even the younger members. Three were especially beautiful paintings, a Christmas one done by my sister Wanda, a farm house by my sister Tracey, and a river painted by Carl. Some traced their hands, a brother-in-law put an actual tire tread from a motorcyle, another brother-in-law who works for hydro, spray painted his block 'black' as you can see, and I broke 3 needles trying to sew around it........AND.... another brother-in-law traced his foot......comedians in every family eh? There were poems and flowers, an appliqued fire engine for a special nephew, a see-through photo from Samantha surrounded by french knots, intertwined hands from sister-in-law Cathy, hearts and musical bands, a lily painted over the number '72' painted by my husband in honour of mom's 72nd. birthday. I embroidered a teapot on my square but I think the best block of all was done by our gramma, she crocheted 3 red roses and I attached them to her block.......at the time she was 92 and she's still with us looking forward to her 100th birthday in August. To fill in the left-over blocks I appliqued some hearts in each corner, added photos of mom & dad, and made a felt cat in a block for their cat Holly. It was a wonderful project, anticipating all the different blocks I would receive.

The quilt really was made with love and I enjoyed every minute of piecing it to gether. I sashed the blocks with a red-dotted fabric and used the same for the border, it was the finishing touch.

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.

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.

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.

Christmas

This is a Christmas card we received from England this year. It is so beautiful, I wanted to share it and will probably have it framed. There are little sparklie little stones on it and some of it is 3-D.

Wrist Warmers

I knit these wrist warmers after seeing them in a knitting book and made a few for Christmas gifts. I made shorter ones but prefer these long ones. They are fun and easy and the embellishments are endless.

Wool

I hope everyone saw the doll my daughter "sam lamb" made me for Christmas.....I'm so lucky! This is a photo of the beautiful wool she also gave me with pink knitting needles. I almost hate to use it but will probably knit a scarf.

Handmade Sale

Sadie modeling a hat for Jay & Samantha's hand made sale.

Quilt

I made this quilt for our family room, the solid pink/taupe squares are the same shade as the walls. The print is very whimsical and had all the colours in it that I wanted. Now, back to some knitting and embroidery. I am also inspired by the bloggers to make a bag and have some wonderful fabrics in mind.

Sadie's Birthday Party

Wearing a new hat & waiting for cake.......

First Birthday

Happy Birthday to SADIE '1' year old today !!!!!!! Love from Grampa & Gramma L

Winter Hats

I've been having fun knitting some winter hats, and enjoy looking at all the beautiful wools and the colours. Sadie might have a hat to go with every outfit.....although I have done a couple in adult size. Isn't life grand when you love what you are doing and the day isn't long enough?

Sadie on Labour Day

country home

This is a painting that Samantha did of our home in Napanee

Wallhangings

Two wallhangings I made for my sister, she loves red. The dresses are embroidered.

sadie

Squeaky clean Sadie

Treasures

These treasures were made by my daughter Samantha, when she was still in high school. First is 'Santa', his beautiful clothes are velvet and he is very special to me. Samantha's attention to detail is amazing and he is certainly 'one of a kind'.

Next, is a white velour cat.....he's wonderful with his long legs, fat belly and distinctive personality. One day I heard this loud thumping, our 'real' cat Ollie, was dragging velour cat down the basement stairs ....thump...thump....thump.......I can only guess that Ollie wasn't too impressed with 'velour cat'.

Last, but not least is "Rag Doll", with her striped legs, amazing face and wonderfull hair. I cannot think of anything better than having a special soft doll made just for you. I'm so lucky, these three treasures will remain very dear to me and one day they will belong to Sadie. Thankyou, Samantha.........your talent and creativity never ceases to amaze me.

Favourite things

Above is a wallhanging I finished a while ago, which looks nice on my kitchen table. It was hand appliqued, hand quilted and embroidered..... my favourite things to do besides making quilts.

First photo is another wallhanging I hand appliqued and hand quilted.

sarah & noah

I finally finished two wallhangings, it's the beginning of clearing things up so I can start some new projects.