SSCS Finally Arrived

Yippee!  I got so excited to see my SSCS  parcel that I forgot to take a picture of the beautiful packaging it was in.

Shiree from Twizel, New Zealand was my SSCS partner and look at the beautiful ornaments and quilt she made me along with the fabulous gifts.  Shiree thank you so much for all of it.  I love everything.  Your effort is much appreciated.  I am going to leave the heart ornaments out for Valentine's Day!

Thanks again Shiree,
Lori

Le Jardin Finished TOP!!! A Gardener's Journal last block and blocks together and more

Finally I can let you see what I made for Chookyblue's SSCS swap.  My SSCS partner was Toni of The Red Boot Quilt Company.  Here are the ornament and quilt I made for her.

I haven't received my gifts yet.  They are lost somewhere in the mail and hopefully will turn up soon as I am getting very impatient.


Finally I finished the top for Le Jardin.  I love the colours so much.  It is such a beautiful quilt.

And I finished my last block for A Gardeners Journal.  Here it is.

And then here are the blocks together.  Onto the borders.  This has been such a great project and stitch-a-long.

Life is Beautiful is starting now in beautiful purples, browns, creams and silks.  I cannot wait to post a block or two.


Also working on My Garden, A Kitten's Tale and Stitched by Me.  Hope to post on those soon also.


Oh and I thought I would throw in pictures of my dog, Molly, Lazy sleepy bum. She loves to sleep upside down and has taught our cat, Rory to do the same. See below.

Here's Rory.  He woke up when I took his picture.

They are so adorable dontcha think? I love my pets so much.  They are so spoiled.

Hopefully now that Christmas and New Year's are over, I will be able to do more blogging.  More soon!

Le Jardin

Block 9 of Le Jardin is complete.  This is the last block. I am so excited.  Just a bit of embroidery, then I can put the quilt together.  It is so beautiful.










and then, I just couldn't resist laying out the quilt

I am cutting the borders tomorrow, so hopefully will be able to post the completed quilt top soon!

Block 8 of Le Jardin, Block E of Gardener's Journal

Just finished Block 8 of Le Jardin.  Here it is:  I have started Block 9 and soon will be able to show you the entire quilt.

and Block E of Gardener's Journal - I am so excited this quilt is almost done, but will be sad for the Stitch-A-Long to be over. Although I just saw a post of maybe continuing with something else, which makes me very happy!!!

A Gardener's Journal, A Kitten's Tale, Le Jardin and Secret Santa

So I have finished another block of A Gardener's Journal.  This is Block B - two more to go.  I have some of the quilt top put together.  It is going to be beautiful.











Here is my first block of A Kitten's Tale.  It is so cute.  I ordered the pattern from Pastimes On Line.  It is in Chestermere, Alberta Canada and Val is fantastic.  She runs a private blog for people who are making the quilt/doing the block of the month/or just a pattern of the month and it is awesome.  I am starting a new quilt with her in January - Life is Beautiful.  I can't wait.  You will see the tag on the right of my blog.

Block 8 of Le Jardin is almost finished.  I hope to post it soon.


I have been involved in a secret gift exchange also.  Here are pictures of my wapped gifts.  I wrapped them in fabric and shipped them off to Australia. 

but I cannot show you the finished items until my secret santa partner has opened everything.  How exciting.  I wrapped them both in fabic.  I can't wait to get my presents!

I will post the pictures of what I made and what I receive as soon as I can (which will probably be Christmas).

Happy Quilting and Stitching!!!

Le Jardin, Gardener's Journal, Christmas Ornament

I just came back from a retreat this weekend.  How amazing to be able to sew and eat for three days.

I just finished Le Jardin block 7 which is the on on the bottom.  On the top are two other blocks from le Jardin which I have just joined.  I just started Block 8 and only one more to go YIPPEE!  It is such a beautiful quilt.  I had lots of compliments on it on the weekend at my retreat.

My dog, Molly, loves this quilt also!  She is so cute!

Oh and Block F of A Gardener's Journal is finished.  What a pretty quilt and such fun embroidery.  I love the embroidery.  This has been such a fun stitch a long with Chookyblue just a couple more blocks to go and then put together and quilted.

Here is something else I just finished - a cute embroidered ornament.  I have had so many compliments on this ornament.  I just have to add a hanger.

More later,
Lori

A Gardner's Journal/Le Jardin/A Kitten's Tale

I have not posted in so long.  It has been quite a busy summer and we just got high speed which makes things so much easier!

I have been working on the A Gardener's Journal quilt and have been posting to that blog.  Here are some pictures of my blocks:

 It is such a fun quilt to make and with the support of a group it has been easy to keep up.  Check out the A Gardener's Journal Stitch-A-Long blog.
 

Here are the blocks I have completed for Le Jardin.  It is such a beautiful quilt by Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs.  I have completed five blocks and am almost finished the 6th. 

I am also about to start A Kitten's Tale by Lynette Anderson.  Here is the pattern for block 1 and my fabrics

Happy Stitching and Quilting!  Back to school for my girls on Tuesday.  My youngest starts grade 7 and my oldest girl is starting high school!

Lori