The crafter's bag

This is the perfect bag to practice all your quilting patterns. I am on a roll and can't stop. The size roughly measures 12 1/2 "by 14" so it fits a magazine, your knitting or sewing project.

For my next bag I chose the Churn Dash block. I used my all time favourite Woodgrain fabric from Free Spirit and and Farmyard by moda.

to select my stash of fabric is always a challenge

layout of my cut pieces 

I am starting to love this little farm square.

make something

I have accomplished several sewing projects and stayed for one week on a diet ( protein,fruit and green veggies). My energy level has increased at least 200 percent - just scary how carbs can slow you down. This muffin is not for me! A sweet surprise for a friend on a rainy day!

The Ball canning jar

This was my second Still Life drawing session and I chose to continue to draw household items. Ball, Kerr and Mason jars - I love them all. At home they are filled with buttons, acorns,  fabric snips and vintage metal numbers. I never painted a translucent object.......but as my yoga instructor tell us practice, practice and magic will happen! I am far away from magic but I like my painting.

Showing off her colours

Dragonfly Sunday in my garden

The beginning of Still Life painting

This was one of my goals I posted in the summer to join a painting class.I signed up with the city program and had my first class last night.  When you hear Still Life the first thing which come to my mind are florals, kitchen life and the dead partridge draped over the pewter decanter. I want to explore which kind of style I like. There are so many.....

 warm-up drawing

Some of my drawings I will do on heavy oversized card stock for mail art.

Purple Hills

Another extended weekend with gardening and sewing projects.

The sky in Ontario is spectacular and our area is known as the "purple hills".

Early morning walks with my dog Skip is one of my favourite thing to start the day. The mist is rising, dew on the milkweed and the sun is coming up. How fortunate I am.

I made a wreath from my overgrown garden.

The next rainy day was perfect to go down to business. I have an upcoming winter craft show in Germany. A group of very talented  women are getting together. Paper crafts, children's knitwear, fabric  (yah that's me), whimsical teddy bears ( you want to buy them all) and jewellery is for sale.

This is a table runner number one, leaning against an old orchard ladder. I choose fabrics in orange, lime green, grey with a splash of brown. Both sides are done in a light grey tone. The colour doesn't do justice. I will post the finished runner this week. I have to find the right backing. Zipper bags are also in production.

This is no ordinary frog / no bull

I know it sounds funny but country life has its moments. After both of my boys are off to university the house is empty and I decided to take an extended stay in the country to catch up with endless grass cutting and weeding. It seems like a race - you are done at one end cutting grass the front has grown again. The good thing is, I am all day outdoors and moving soil, plants and planting. The hope of loosing some pounds with garden work is a myth! My border collie Skip had her second vet check-up after she fell very ill. The news is good and she recovered quite well. On the way back to our log house I saw 2 little dogs wandering on the dirt road - no collar -no tags. There was no farm  or house to be seen, so I packed them into my car . To make the story short it was truly a community effort to return these wonderful dogs to the owner. I feel happy about a good ending. I ran that night a bath to relax after this eventful day. Our bathroom is on the second floor right under the roof. I have to explain that we have a very steep pitch to avoid too much snow on the roof line. As I looked out of the window into the night sky there was a frog sitting on the window sill. Hard to believe, but how did the frog get up on the roof?