tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47785589899206492342024-03-05T12:23:55.788-05:00Diane's Decorating DiaryDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.comBlogger537125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-26132399026500008112015-03-31T15:51:00.000-04:002015-03-31T18:00:25.890-04:00Getting lots of TLC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Helena doing a little bit of yoga with Emily and Lauren.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">coach, helping me back to health after a ten week stay in the hospital with a severe infection which settled in my knee. Ongoing physical therapy at a clinic twice a week, and a number of exercises at home three times a day, will hopefully straighten out my bent leg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are having such fun again together, and yesterday we shopped with a 30% off coupon at Value Village and we both made some great purchases. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We're both anxious to get into the amazing selection of wonderfully embellished ethnic clothing fabric. She also did a little grandkids shopping.</span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-34379722813293580202015-03-28T13:22:00.001-04:002015-03-28T13:22:14.679-04:00The Gift of Life<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday when I was in the car licence bureau, the clerk in the next wicket asked the customer if she wanted to sign the Organ Donor card. Without thinking, I spoke out: "It's a wonderful thing, I have a donated organ."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ten years ago both kidneys failed and I went on dialysis. After waiting three and a half years, I received a kidney. I would never know which family's sadness was my family's joy. Donor families remain anonymous. But it brought to mind the happiness I have experienced since that day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During those ten years, seven of my eight grandchildren were born. And because I am the Nana who bakes cakes, in total, probably I baked and decorated over 33 birthday cakes for these children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've travelled many times - over twenty times to visit my friend Mo in Florida, five trips to Colorado, Utah and Missouri to the Crazy Quilting Retreats, to Scotland with my mum at aged 92 to visit her remaining sister aged 96, and many family visits to Quebec and New York.</span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-26247829435675725402014-12-29T21:55:00.001-05:002015-03-09T11:52:07.805-04:00Christmastime Wedding<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-13398694132509319532014-12-19T17:54:00.000-05:002014-12-19T17:54:46.063-05:00Three Princesses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brynn, in middle was the actual Birthday Princess, celebrating her 6th birthday in Quebec, with the other two, Lauren and Emily assisting. </div>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-44754599032111031882014-12-16T06:49:00.000-05:002014-12-16T17:03:22.405-05:00Name this yarn.....please!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was remiss in not giving Susie Wolfe credit for this beautiful seam from her tree skirt.</span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-35627879479443636732014-12-11T22:57:00.002-05:002014-12-11T22:57:34.145-05:00August's Block<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Oh my, I'm way behind on the CQJP 2014 Challenge. This is my eighth block. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But...this is a 20 block project and there are 12 left to do, so I'm going to do a bock-a-month in 2015.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My aim at the beginning of this project was to drown it in lace, and that worked with couples, ladies and babies, but it wasn't so easy with the boy. I did find a lovely piece of European lace in Wilmas' stash at the September Retreat. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love making bullion flowers with Caron Watercolours thread. It's a 12 which is thin, but the variegations are just lovely.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This unusual bit of metal flower has been in my stash forever. It was the perfect centrepiece for this button cluster</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have this cheapo dollar store ruler with lovely scallops that I use in nearly every project. Here's one example.</span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-32235677698158844532014-12-11T22:34:00.004-05:002014-12-11T22:36:24.338-05:00Spiderman<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last of the birthdays was on the weekend. Grandson Josh was Superman for Thanksgiving, so that was the theme for his birthday cake.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Again I used Ruth Rickey's method to make the skyscrapers.</span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-29291099107611226332014-12-01T09:56:00.001-05:002014-12-01T10:01:04.789-05:00Birthdays etc.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Between October 15 and December 5th, four of my grandchildren have birthdays. Which means during that time I am either thinking about cakes or making them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Caleb and Brynn live in Quebec and I have previously made the trip by train for their birthdays in October. This year I didn't go, but the two birthday cakes did along with my two daughters and their families. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Brynn is in the everything- princess stage so I couldn't go wrong with a Princess Elsa from Frozen theme. Caleb has always been about cars and my son suggested a smash-em-up derby.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I chose to use a ready made princess instead of trying to model one. The castle I made using Ruth Rickey's method that I learned in a class last summer with her.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I built up the side of Caleb's cake to make a hill, piled the three Matchbox cars in a heap on the chocolate racetrack, and tipped the fourth car down the embankment.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elijah's birthday came next and my daughter suggested something from the Lego Movie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At my cake partner Verdie's, we have been busy too. Here's a pretty order of cupcakes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the sewing end of things I finished a flannelette rag quilt for my youngest grandson Sammy (forgot to take a photo), and another pincushion teacup for the owner of the quilt store that I teach at. I think that this is my favourite one so far.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the seams that I like is the cretan. In between the threads I stacked different piles of sequins. The idea for this came from a photo frame I bought at a Fair Trade shop.</span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-39501386557452379712014-10-30T23:13:00.000-04:002014-10-30T23:13:39.778-04:00CQ Teacups<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been teaching crazy quilting at our local quilting store, Art of Fabric, for two years, one class a month, in four monthly sessions. I have a couple of students that have been with me from the beginning, and are now beginning their 25th class! We've been through, piecing and all it entails, masses of embroidery stitches, lots of silk ribbon embroidery, some brazillian, some stump work, sequin flowers, bead clusters, zipper flowers, etc., and as you can imagine it was becoming a stretch each month to find something new and interesting, especially as each is three hours long. </span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-74551435505094624822014-10-30T23:07:00.000-04:002014-10-30T23:07:03.235-04:00Rainbow strip quilt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">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 pattern of three strips each of pink, lilac, blue, green yellow and peach. We have a good supply of cotton fabric so I knew I would have plenty of choice. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made each strip separately using the flip and sew method and then joined the strips together. The outside binding is the same white as the sashing, but it's about 3" wide compared to inside sashing of 1". To keep the outside batting in place I sewed a button beside each set of three strips in the same colour. </span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-42220434871874068152014-09-27T17:05:00.002-04:002014-10-04T21:46:29.233-04:00A Couple of Schemers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And here's a photo of Suzie with the pink dress. It was graduation day from Nursery School. She was about 4.</span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-60703981376573884882014-09-23T19:12:00.002-04:002014-09-23T19:13:06.584-04:00 August's CQJP 2014 Block <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year's CQI Retreat was super. The largest group so far in the seven years this has been running. I think about 26 or so ladies, many that I had met before and were already friends, and lots of new crazy quilters to get to know. The Retreat was from Wednesday afternoon until Sunday morning, and it's amazing how much we did in that small amount of time. The organizing ladies did a super job. Elizabeth from the Kansas City area, and Cathy K. and </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rather than take a mountain of projects and embellishments, I travelled with only two of the CQJP blocks, July and August. I finished the August one, and here it is:</span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-68668757760300644932014-09-08T18:15:00.001-04:002014-09-08T18:18:05.510-04:00CQJP 2014 August's Naked Block<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm stretching the truth a lot when I say this is a naked block. It's actually full of wonderful Indian bead, sequins, and gold work embroidery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Helena is my younger sister. We didn't grow up as good friends possibly because of the few year's age difference and probably because I was a bit of a bossy big sister. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last year when we spent seven months together looking after our mum, we had an amazing time, mainly messing around with all the ethnic fabrics that abound in Toronto.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Helena discovered my stash of saris and other well embellished garments, and set about creating wonderful fabric montages, all of which she named. I think the total number was a bit over 200.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So to celebrate our sisterly friendship I created a bejewelled block. I'll still add more to it, and especially to the lacey pieces as I am still mindful of Gerry K's lesson in using lace and embellishments to the max!</span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-49231261407942738652014-08-15T13:52:00.000-04:002014-08-15T13:52:14.000-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This summer has sped by! Here we know that it is nearly over when our CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) is only days away. It ends on Labour Day and then school starts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's a few weeks since I posted last, and I have a bit of making up to do for sure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My son, Neil and family made the annual trip to Toronto on the weekend that a surprise birthday party was planned for his sister, Heather. It was great fun, with 24 of us sitting at two huge round tables, selecting various delicious Chinese dishes spinning around the lazy susan in the middle. Of course I made a cake.</span><br />
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-21426055631006813912014-08-15T12:30:00.000-04:002014-09-17T08:16:29.282-04:00My little seahorse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wrote instructions as I went along and after three or four tries with different beads and sequins, this is the final little guy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are interested, check him out on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ly5ocxb">e-bay</a>.</span></div>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-3032134690897342712014-06-30T11:24:00.000-04:002015-03-09T11:53:25.428-04:00Cakes and more cakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bottom tier of this cake is covered with hydrangea blossoms. I think we made 18 dozen flowers. The top tier has a large peony on the side.</span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-42475503653137161482014-06-14T15:00:00.000-04:002014-06-14T15:33:57.634-04:00Emily's 3rd Birthday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A third birthday for my granddaughter Emily. At that age it seems that all little girls are into pink, lilac and princesses. My daughter, Suzie helped with the design of this cake and also provided the pretty model of Princess Sophia. It's all very well to model bubble guppies or lego men, but getting princess's faces and fingers looking just right is important, and Suzie understood. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The cake was really pretty, mainly due to the backdrop of the castle, which is a story in itself. Through my cake club, CSSA in Toronto, we were very lucky to attend a cake decorating workshop by Ruth Rickey from the USA. </span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-1354110195146629882014-06-13T16:02:00.002-04:002014-06-13T16:03:54.129-04:00Birth Day and Birthday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This little sweetie arrived on May 30th, a bit ahead of schedule. He is Samuel Stephen and is my daughter and husband's new baby. He has two big brothers, Josh and Elijah, 4 and 6, and a sister, Lauren, 2.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just a couple of week's before Samuel arrived we celebrated Lauren's second birthday. Lauren's favourites are the Bubble Guppies, so Verdie and I made the little characters to order.</span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-84467116131394006002014-04-18T09:55:00.001-04:002014-04-22T17:00:21.989-04:00Emily's CQJP2014 block finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-57236889371638485642014-04-07T15:49:00.002-04:002014-04-07T15:49:55.566-04:00CQJP 2014 Next Naked Block<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-54021240641464207632014-04-04T17:13:00.000-04:002014-04-07T15:38:27.738-04:00CQJP 2014 May's Block finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This little spray was a surprise to me. I'm not good at drawing or designing this type of thing. But this one began with just one big cross drawn on the fabric. The centre button stands out and then, as you can see, I added some bits and pieces, embroidered some leaves, and it looks pretty. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is my daughter Suzie as a baby. The block is a bit wild, but it does go with her red dress!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The next block is Heather, my younger daughter. I had this wonderful old fine lawn hankie edged with tiny rosebuds. I didn't want to cut it up, so I laid the photo on top and folded the hankie around to make a frame. I am without sewing machine while on holiday, and these blocks are all hand sewn, so they all look a little bubbly. </span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-31271180477861696592014-03-26T14:37:00.000-04:002014-03-26T14:37:08.603-04:00CQJP 2014 March block finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is March's block and these are my grandparents on my mother's side. The block turned out rather fancy, but I don't think that my grandmother had many beaded or sequinned clothes, they were very much from the working class. She worked very hard to giver her four daughters a decent education and a chance for the future.</span></td></tr>
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-7991154909451939682014-03-21T15:30:00.001-04:002015-03-09T11:54:48.747-04:00Wedding Cake<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649543737183491722noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778558989920649234.post-46570004639821918182014-03-07T16:41:00.001-05:002014-03-26T14:38:58.338-04:00March's CQJP Block<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some fool's gold work</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This page is mostly simple silk ribbon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the stitch pages - feather and cretan</span></td></tr>
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