Weather Outside My Window Postcard Exchange

By on 2-15-2011 in art quilts, Fabric Postcards, Original Pattern

Weather Outside My Window Postcard Exchange
More fabric postcards, the first for this year plus my Christmas postcard for 2010 are all here. The exchange subject was the weather outside our windows. Miriam in Ireland saw snow for the first time and made snowmen, thus the snowman on her card. Sheila in Scotland saw the sun shining through the ice and snow in the tree branches and Margaret in Australia saw too much rain and flooding. I look out my window here in Canada and see an oak tree in our backyard that still hasn’t lost all it’s leaves and when the wind blows it plucks a few more from the tree and carries them swirling to the snow. The deer in my Christmas postcard are the same ones that I used in my winter postcard exchange last year. They were created from a photo of a pretty little doe who visited my garden in the fall.

On my Christmas card there is a frozen lake created from a foil bag that held tea bags and silver ribbon adorns the blue winter sky. The trees in the back ground are zigzag and painted in with paint pens and a little silver glitter was glued around the lake. The oak tree on my weather card is cordoroy with stitching and paint. I stitched through it and into the branches to make the small branches. The leaves on the tree and the snow beneath are beads. The beads are stitched on and then glued with a waterproof glue to survive the mailing.

Redwork Snowmen…..meet Freddy, Albert and the Snow Family Village

By on 2-11-2011 in Christmas Patterns, Embroidery, Original Pattern, Original Quilts

Freddy and Albert Quilt

This little redwork quilt is 22″ x 23″. Freddy, Albert and the snow family village are all original sketches. The village has “Snowmen are communities of little flakes”. These fellows were just bursting to get out so here they are. I embroidered the snowmen on diaper flannelette to give them a ‘snowy’ feeling using mostly chainstitch and French knot stitches. The quilt itself was sewn on the serger…. no little bits of thread to worry about and the seams were absolutely straight. You can download Albert here: Christmas in July and here: Christmas in March

Christmas Noel Angel 2011

By on 1-24-2011 in Christmas Patterns, Embroidery, Vintage Patterns

Original Wooden Angel

A pretty angel to update. Published in the McCall’s Christmas Make It Ideas Volume X, this little angel was painted wood with dried flowers. She would make a very pretty Christmas quilt with beads and embroidery adorning her hair, wings and dress. I think she would also look stunning on a little hand towel as well. A great gift for the cook who roasts your Christmas turkey dinner.

New Coloured Angel

I filled the angel pattern in bright colours. Printed on a piece of card she could adorn your table or tree. The pattern for this little Noel Angel is below.

Noel Angel Pattern

Embroidered Silk Collages

By on 12-09-2010 in art quilts, Embroidery, Vintage Patterns

embroidered silk

Silk…..these collages were published in the McCall’s Needlework Fall/Winter 1973/74 magazine….. is the fabric of choice for many thread artists now. What a great way to practice your stitches using these two patterns. Although they are over 30 years old they still hold up today. The patterns could also be done on wool felt or painted cottons. Colours could be chosen to match your home’s interior decorations. Box frames would give them a completely new look.

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Here is one pattern. If you want both patterns you can download them here, in PDF format:
Embroidered Silk Collages, McCall’s Needlework Fall/Winter 1973/74 magazine