Category Archives: Cards

Happy Birthday Dylan B

March 27, 2023

We have two Dylan’s in our family. Some refer to them as Big Dylan and Little Dylan but Little Dylan isn’t very little any more. I have always referred to them as Dylan B(urton) and Dylan A(tkinson).

This year’s card for Dylan is called Iowa from the Splendid Sampler series.

Happy Birthday Will

January 18, 2023

From the Quilter’s Block-a-Day calendar (April 4)

When I was cleaning up the Block-a-Day calendar blocks that I made during the Covid pandemic I set the big ones aside for quilt tops but many of them were the perfect size for cards.

I’d like to say I did some exquisite quilting on the card but you wouldn’t believe me. In fact the quilting was very simple but I totally forgot to take a photo before I wrapped it up and send it off.

Happy Birthday Taylor

January 10, 2023

Gran’s Button Jar (from The Splendid Sampler series)

Many of my cards fit into the “large letter” category at the post office but if you add much of anything else you are looking at a much higher cost. I’ve notices from several cards that buttons will put you over the limit. This year I was sending Taylor’s card in with their Christmas packages so it was easy to pack it in.

I don’t think Taylor has ever played with my buttons but I do know on one visit she sorted through some of my scrap squares and put them all neatly in piles. At that time I had a small drawer in a tabletop cabinet. I need her to do it again but this time the scraps are in bins!

As for my buttons, they are now stored in the old tin cup from the well on the farm.

Happy Birthday Kathryn

January 4, 2023

from the Quilter’s Block-a-Day Calendar (June 20)

I thought when I first showed this block Kathryn commented that she really liked it. However when I went looking in my files there was another one that was very similar that had her name attached. Maybe she liked them both?

Kathryn is the recipient of that tablecloth that I was unable to get the stamped ink out of. I know I gave many of you a good laugh at my antics with the soap bubbles. Hopefully when Kathryn uses it she will appreciate the lengths I took to make if perfect.

The tablecloth with the stamped pattern was one of Mum’s that she hadn’t started. I wish I had paid more attention to stitching “on the lines” and I might not have had the bother with the ink.