All posts by Sherry

Table Topper

Quilting
Candy Hearts by Helle-May Designs

Madison also requested a hot pad for her table that was big enough that she could set pots and baking dishes directly from the oven to the table. Again, I sent some patterns and she picked this one. I’m not sure where the pattern came from; it was a print-out that someone (probably Gail) gave me.

I used the same blue fabrics that were in her placemats; the hearts in the centre don’t show up quite as obviously as they did in the pattern but I think that is a good thing. I used a double layer of insul-bright so her table top should be safe.

Making the octagon shape wasn’t difficult but it wasn’t easy stitching the binding – all those corners.

Pick 6 Placemats

Quilting

Before Christmas Madison asked if I would make her a set of placemats. I sent her some pattern ideas and this is the one she picked; the original pattern came from Stacia. The request was for them to be made in blue and grey. I went through my stash and came up with fabrics that I thought fit the bill

This was an easy and fun pattern to make. I picked out six fabrics and since Madison wanted six placemats I was able to put some of each fabric in each placemat but I arranged the sizes and placement differently.

Quilting was just straight line as well as my often-used eight-pointed star.

The Kingdom

Books

Author: Jo Nesbo

I’ve read a few books by this author but this is the first that wasn’t part of the Harry Hole series.

The story is mainly from the point of view of one of two brothers, Carl and Roy. Roy has remained in Norway at the family homestead while Carl has travelled to both the USA and Canada. The mystery and mayhem begins to be revealed when Carl returns to Norway with his wife. He has great plans to build a resort hotel on the mountain near their home and wants the whole town to invest in it.

The story plays out quite slowly and by the time I was finished I was tired of them all.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Needle Case

Needlework

Although this was my first attempt at wool felt embroidery it took me years to finish it. In fact I can’t even find a date for when I took this class.

The class was held just up the street at our local quilt shop (that has since closed). The instructor was from Woolies on the Coast and I’ve since purchased several of Ushi’s patterns (the chickens) and I’m currently taking a once-a-month class from her (my trees). Suffice it to say that this little project languished away over the years – traveling from home, to Texada and back home again.

Since I had some experience with the chickens and trees it didn’t take long to finish embellishing the piece. I still was stumped many times deciding what stitch I should use; looking up pictures online was a big help.

I’ve got it filled up with various needles and, for now, it will travel to and from my wool embroidery class. At the last class I was surprised at how many others had this same needle case but I suspect theirs weren’t years in the making.