Family Day

I am enjoying a holiday for Family Day.  I have been doing some relaxing and some cleaning and moving furniture.  Finally I got rid of the couch in the family room. We have put it on the front porch until garbage pickup.  Not too popular with the neighbours, I am sure, however, it was heavy and we struggled to get it that far. I suppose we could leave it there for the summer and watch the world go by from it.  Better thought, to the dump it goes.

This is a pretty sad couch.  We adopted two cats from the shelter last year.  One of them loves to scratch at the furniture.  You can see where his favorite spots were.  So we kept the couch as long as we could stand it.  We kept the cat too, cuz he is cute.  But we bought new chairs.  So far so good.

I have finished block one for my promises quilt from Jenny of Elefantz .  I am looking forward to this quilt as it progresses.  I am not very good at the lettering.  Maybe block nine will look better.

I have a ways to go.  But I am encouraged I stuck to it and finished.  Now on to block 2 and I will be caught up.

I attempted a little phone case for my new phone.  The design is also from Jenny.  The embroidery design. Not the case design.  I was on my own for the case and it does not quite work.  So I will be back at it this week.  I would like a nice case, because I always throw my phone in my pocket and it gets banged around.  Besides it is nice to have something pretty to flaunt!

 

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Something new, Posting from my iPad

I finally got the world aligned and I can access the Crimsoncricket from anywhere. I think that is a good thing. Not sure how to insert a photo. But the learning is on! I like learning new things. I am not finished anything new. I have been playing the harp so practice has been the time consumer lately. This weekend is a long one so perhaps I can put needle to cloth. I would like to lay out the backing for my slow cloth and see how all the pieces fit together. and maybe even take a few photos. That would be exciting. I have never seen it together. We are going to rearrange our family room tomorrow and take a trip to Ikea. Could be fun!

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Sew much to do.

Hello.  I am finding so many cute projects to do.  I don’t have enough time.  I need to clear my schedule.  Which I think I will do for a while and have some fun.  Over at Jenny of Elefantz  I have found two projects that I am going to work on.  The first being her free BOM,   a quilt of promise quotes.  I have changed the verses to be quotes of promise from the Book of Mormon.  We are studying the Book of Mormon this year in Sunday School.  I am excited to see how the quilt will come together.  Thank you to Jenny for providing such an opportunity.

Also I am going to work on Re-purposing 2012.  I love the idea of upcycling clothing and linens and using them in my slow cloth that is in progress.  Jenny’s site gives me inspiration and joy reading it.

We are expecting more snow this weekend.  Then warmer weather next week.  Our weather has been strange and as a result I have a cold that will not quit.  I am blaming it on the weather and that is my story and I am sticking to it.   I dream of summer,

an inviting a few friends over to –

sit by the pond with Kermit

and enjoy the sun.

 

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First finish

I finished my lavender sachet for the Little French Swap.  They are kind of cute.  Not too hard, but pretty.

I am off to harp practice with a friend.  I am not sure how it will go but we are going to give it a try.  I would like to put a soundbite on my blog.  Something else to think about.  Have a good Saturday.

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OPAM 2012

I am getting brave.  I have joined in the fun of being challenged to complete “One Project a Month” for 2012.  See my sidebar button for information.  Hey Helena, wanna play?  I am great for starting but not finishing things.  So I am hoping this project is right up my ally and I will get some things done.  I am teaching an Institute class every Wednesday evening about The Gospel and the Productive Life.  A couple weeks ago it was about setting goals and making To Do lists.  Two things I have tried my best to avoid in my life.  Now I feel a little guilty.  So here goes.  I am pumped and ready to get some of those projects done.

I hope I have not jumped into a pot of frog soup! Look at all those little frogs!

And I hope I can be brave like Simon the lion. Doesn’t he look like a wild lion?

And not take too many cat naps like Abby.  She loves to cat nap!

But hop to it like Kermit here.  Kermit lives in my backyard pond, and probably is responsible for many of those little Kermits in the previous photo.

I am really looking forward to a year of finishment.  Is that a word?

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Sunday Afternoon Visitor

This afternoon, I took these photos of a visitor in the Maple tree.  I have seen him before and I have photographed him many times.  He is quite majestic and beautiful, as well quite a threat to the other wildlife in our backyard.  He certainly does not mind me taking his photo and he lets me get up close.

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A Little Bit French

I am very excited.  I have been included in a swap group led by the very talented Cheryl Goss, of Willoberry Designs.  I have placed a badge over to the right called A Little Bit French.  Cheryl is uploading a tutorial once a month for an embroidered item. Here is her description of what will be there:

“So, each time I make a finished gift, I’ll be stitching a second one and popping it in my ‘Provence’ basket.  When all is said and done, and there’ll be a fair bit of saying and doing, we’ll have a bundle of gorgeously mushy gifts and a basket full of bits and pieces to complete a beautiful storage hanger for our creative sewing spaces.”

Cheryl’s work is beyond beautiful and if you would like to do some too, click on the link, fly over to Willowberry Designs and check it out.

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Sunny Saturday

Well it was a beautiful day.  I was able to get my Etsy Shop open : http://www.etsy.com/shop/CrimsonCricket?ref=si_shop. I am still working out the bugs.  We had to punch a hole in the pond today and put the heater in.  I would like a nice air hole for the fish. Here are some photos of the day.

Poor little Simon looking out the studio window wishing.

This little kitty is looking in wishing!

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The Wind is Really Blowing and the Slow Cloth is Showing

I am glad I am inside tonight.  I was planning a trip over to my friend Valerie’s for a practice.  However, I had a few things to do tonight so I cancelled and stayed away from the nasty weather that is soon to arrive.  Even the cats are sleeping in the warmth.  The Hyacinth is growing leaps and bounds.  However, I think it has a funny smell.  When I came home from work tonight I asked what the funny smell was.  I don’t think I used those words but you get the picture.    I think it is the flowers! HMMMMMM!!!  Didn’t I say I love the smell of the hyacinth?  I wonder what is going on.  But they are pretty.  As you can see I had to tie them up a little.  They like to droop.

Ok, here is the unveiling of my newest work on my slowcloth.  Don’t be too harsh.  The cloth is yet new and the full thought has not come out yet.  (It takes me a while), but I am glad to be working on a new piece.  Soon I am going to dig out the whole backing and start arranging my pieces.  I love working slowing and feeling the cloth change with the stitches.

The base cloth was soaked in beet juice for about three months.  It did not make much of an effect on the cloth.  The weavings are inserted into the cloth and surrounded with a bias cut strip.

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The investigation continues

Well Simon, Abby and I are continuing the watch of the ever growing Hyacinth.  Yesterday it had grown above the mark on the stick.

Simon is keeping the plant honest and making sure the photos are taken from the same angle.  Maybe the growth is because he talks to them alot.

Both cats now are deciding what to do about this situation.  They are mystified about the growth and why I care so darn much, and where are the treats, anyway.

Well, the treats are on the counter.  And it is not treat time!

The plant is growing, and I am excited for the bloom, and then spring. Take that.

 

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