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About Me
- Diane
- Ajax, Ontario, Canada
- I am a happy person with three lovely grown children, a beautiful DIL and two special SIL, five grandsons and three granddaughters. Lucky me!
Popular Posts
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I had a lot of fun doing these beetles. All but the prety one on the left are authentic shapes and colours. I just had to make an imag... -
Isn't this a lovely stitch? I found it in one of my new books, "Three Dimensional Embroidery Stitches". It's the raised c... -
While I was surfing around I found a lovely sequin flower. There were no instructions, but it was mentioned that originally instructions... -
In the Fall I received an order for tulips for a wedding cake. This is how they looked. If anyone wants a tutorial on them, I'll be ... -
I signed up for CQJP2013 but I didn't have any clue of what I was going to do for 12 blocks. In my head I went from one crazy thing to... -
On CQforNewbies , there's a discussion going on about how folks store their stash. I've been involved in loads of different crafts ... -
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time today. I popped into Bulk Barn in Pickering for some icing sugar and there was a...
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Circle of Life - First Place Judges' Choice & First Place People's Choice This past weekend the Ina... -
I made this single bed quilt for our Seniors' Club Bazaar. It was a design I saw on Pinterest, and I really liked the pastel rainbow... -
I'm the first person working on Cathy L's BB&B block with the CQI group. Her nakid block is below. On the right is my first b...
My Blog List
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July 11th - Banff Day 2 - Part 2 - Leanne and I enjoyed the various peaks, coffee n pastries and then some fun pics. This is the only snow covered mountain way in the distance. ...
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Stitch Stars: Taylor: Over 20 unofficial embroidery patterns for stitchy superfans - “Stitching Stars: The Story Quilts of Harriet Powers” is a compelling children’s book by Mary E. Lyons, first published in 1993. It offers an insightful ...10 hours ago
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Catching Up - This month the theme in my sewing space was supposed to be " some assembly required " but I saw a request from Wrap-a-Smile for some "smalls" or quilts ...
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A Good Week - This was a good week on so many levels, but a hard one as well. Hard in that we’ve been in the middle of having the condo painted - well, the living room...
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Recipes You Don't Want to Forget - My Mom and I love sharing recipes...but, there have been many times when we remember WHAT was cooked/baked...but we can not recall which cookbook it was...
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Quilt Finishes 2024 - My work in 2024 was exploratory as usual, but also taken up by months of preparation for my new crafty class on Contemporary Stained Glass Quilting Many ...
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Button, button - I get these little rubber buttons from the Lilac Services for the Blind. They’re such a small item, but it's amazing how valuable they have become to ...1 year ago
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TAST Week 7 - Take a Stitch Tuesday Week 7 Basic TAST This week’s basic stitch is very simple and very useful. I am encouraging people to learn and use Seed stitch als...1 year ago
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Winterstop - Misschien heb je het al gemerkt, maar ik ben even gestopt met bloggen. Niks ernstigs, maar ik heb er even geen tijd en energie voor. Natuurlijk wil ik ju...
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Yoyo Flimsy - I'm not even sure how long this top has been sitting half assembled. Wayyy too long! The problem really was that it was too challenging to keep taking it o...
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Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 209- Padded Cross stitch and 210- Closed Fly stitch https://queeniepatch.blogspot.com/p/sunday-stitch-school.html These stitches were so quick an ea...3 years ago
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WIPocalypse 2022 Kick-Off! - Hi everyone! It’s a brand new year! Thank you for swinging by and hopefully participating in another rendition of the WIPocalypse. I know that the world of...3 years ago
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Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill - All 50 USA states are represented in this quilt.. Sue and Bill's clothing is from Northcott's state flower fabric line. This was a huge swap between 50 ...
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Moldova - Une boîte à crayons de tendance folklorique avec ses couleurs vives. Un motif simple mais délicat pour broder avec décontraction! - Tutoriel complet broder...
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scarf and blanket - Hello everyone, I've been knitting and crocheting a lot for the past couple of months and it's time to go back to embroidery. ...
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Crazy Quilted Christmas Tree Skirt Tutorial - Release - It's been too long since I've posted. So much has happened, so I'll make a couple of posts to tell you all about it. My Christmas Tree skirt that I made...
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adding sequins to a seam - As you are seeing so much of these pieces for 'London 2018' I figured I should speak a little about the process without giving too much away. There's a...
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A Review for Hiroko's Book - Isn't this a big review for Hiroko's book? I am so glad her book has got such a big appraisal.7 years ago
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Baigtas, baigtas, baigtas... - Pagaliau! Labai džiaugiuosi pagaliau užbaigusi bent vieną iš pamirštų darbų (ta proga planuoju dar bent porą naujų pradėti, tik tiek, kad juos šiemet ir už...
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Muskoka Landscape - finished! - So, here it is... finished! Once again, this was a workshop taught by Kim Beamish. I love her projects- they are such fun stitches. Managed to frame t...
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Contest - I won 3rd place in an extended seam* contest on CQI this month. This was my entry, which has since been made into a notecard and is for sale at Grand Val...
9 years ago -
Merry Christmas To All! - Hello Everyone! Making one of my rare appearances to wish you all a very Merry Christmas ... and a Happy 2016! Hard to believe that so much time has passed...
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Pine Needling - Last weekend I was away from home stitching with friends in Chincoteague, Virginia. It was a wonderful, relaxing few days away where we stitched all ...
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1900 Sampler - This was another treasure I got at the estate sale this last week. It was made by a Mrs. Harvey Moore when she was a young girl in Holland and given as a g...
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VINCENT AND THE NIGHT -book is now OUT THERE! - Mila is testing out the new book: Vincent and the Night, via Instagram Read more about the book and find a place to buy it. PS, I rarely update this blog,...
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Kathy Shaw's Basic Crazy Quilt Class - In order to try to get back into doing crazy quilting again, I took Kathy's basic class. I really had to push myself to keep up but managed to finally fini...
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Almost a year................. - It's getting close to 1 year that I lost my both my fathers. For some reason only known to my heart, I just haven't been able to post any new blog pos...
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Trying to get back in the Groove! - I have taken an extended break from blog land and crazy quilting. I decided that since I woukd be home this winter and not working to get back at it! My ...10 years ago
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Wow, here again - Hello all, 2 posts within 2 weeks , I'm on a roll. Here's block 2, before and after beads The photo of the girl was a bit faded and pale, after judi...
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Hello Everyone!! - I haven't posted in ages.... finally starting to crawl out of my shell I hope. Smiles. I wanted to share an amazing sculpture that was recently completed...
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Finished Quilt Top and New Project Details.... - First I have photos of the finished quilt top for the Flower Garden Quilt A Long....This was suppose to be done over many weeks but since we are getting re...
12 years ago -
Crazy Quilt Gatherings Magazine - Pat Winter's wonderful magazine, Crazy Quilt Gatherings has recently come out with the summer issue and I am absolutely thrilled to have several of my craz...
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I'm Still Here - Thank you all for your kind words and support. I have received several requests to keep this blog going so I'll continue to show the quilts I finish whic...
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Oops... - How did these couple of hearts miss their photoshoot? From Redditch in UK and made by Susan Tatlow. Thank you very much for the hearts and for the lovely l...
12 years ago
2 comments:
Good morning, Diane and Happy Belated Birthday!!! What a nice surprise to have waiting for you.
When I opened this post, my first words (out loud to myself. LOL) were, "Ohhhh, that's pretty!"
I am very glad my atc suprised you and you like it!
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