Happy Canada Day

Poppy Monday

It's playtime with my new camera. I used the 35mm/1.8F  I love the blurry effects  and downloaded the free image from Kim Klassen " love in layers".

This is Judy

After my second stop in a very small antique store she was still there, tucked away in his basement. Judy came with a very tempting price tag, that I could't resist packing this antique dress form into my car. Built with a series of slides and tightened with wing nuts I can adjust the mannequin to get precise tailoring.

Ellanam Adjustable Form Company was based in Brooklyn, NY.  Miss B size has a  hole on her left bust side. I think the use over the years of adjusting the form damaged the compressed cardboard covered by cloth.

Mo

Yesterday I said good-bye to my cat Mo after 23 years. For the last two weeks I know the time was coming - it was hard. We both had this unspoken relationship that she would live forever, maybe because she used up her nine lives during these 23 years. I picked her up when she was a kitten at the Mohawk Racetrack . A stallion stepped on her leg and a jockey handed me her to have a good home. I called her Mo and that's how our life started together. She followed me through relationships and new homes. She was my sewing companion, watching me write letters and never missed a beat waking me up sharp at 6 A.M. on my bed site. I never needed an alarm clock.   I remember taking her several years ago to a vet and she told me that she was such a divine cat. Two weeks ago we both spent time at the cottage where she was lying in the sun  and I tried so many different cat dinners to entice her appetite. She is now at peace where her spirit is resting under a whispering pine forest at our cottage. I am so grateful that she came into my life.

My Retro Quilt

I signed up for a " Machine Foundation Paper Piecing" class at the workroom. Foundation Paper Piecing is a great exercise to train your brain with the reversed thinking process. I have to admit that I never would hang a traditional wall quilt in my house but Johanna, our instructor, always gives a fresh look to some traditional or outdated style. ( I hope you know what I mean).
How did I come up with the idea from the 50's? A few weeks ago a found  a 1957 edition of the canadian magazine Liberty.

The inspiring retro ads where a perfect match from the novelty print from Michael Miller.

A three day sewing marathon left a kitchen table in mayhem.

I think my three guys could have not handled all these fabric bits and pieces . These are the days when you are by yourself and cooking is not required.

The little girl on the swing is from the lovely collection " Sherbert Pips".

Lots of fuzzy cutting to get everyone under the roof.