I WON :)

Hi All :)

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the Holiday Season :)

Yesterday, I got a message to say I had won this amazing Book "The Quilt Block Book" by Nancy Wick from the wonderful Blog TOTALLY TUTORIALS :)

I am so excited I just had to share it with you :)

I was planning to get some sewing done over the Holidays when I hope to have some down time from my online stores, so this will be perfect. :)

Hopefully, by this time next week I will be happily flicking thru the book, trying to narrow down which Quilt Block I want to work on and write a tutorial about, so stay tuned because I will be sharing :)

Stay Warm :)

Have a lovely Weekend :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Oh, What a Night!

Happy Friday Everyone! :)

Well, we are truly grateful that the Tsunami that was headed for the Oregon Coast was mild. Our Son is a counsellor at ODS (Outdoor School) right now at the coast and so they have spent a rather disturbed night with Tsunami sirens going off all the time and moving the campers to higher ground. Not much sleep and now, they are just waiting for the All Clear, so they can come home. :)

As I watched the news last night with the live shots of the Tsunami in Japan I was overwhelmed.

We are truly saddened by the tragedy in Japan. We are keeping them in our thoughts and our hearts go out to them :)

As I switched on my Computer this morning I thought maybe some photos of the beautiful Purple Crocus in my Garden would bright our lives a little.

I change the colour on this one photo, which one do you like the best?

1). Original shot, no changes at all.

2). Slight brightness and contrast added.

3). A little Colour Balance

4). Colour Balance and a Little Colour Mix

5). Just Colour Mix.

Leave me a comment and let me know :)

If you are interested to see some lovely SEWIING photos check out my blog post on fPOE (Female Photographers of Etsy)

Have a wonderful Weekend :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

It's Done!

YAY ME!!!

I am soooo excited :) I actually finished making my sons' sports Tee-shirt memory quilt and popped it in the mail to him at college in Ohio, it should arrive today.

I posted, on my blog, back in September that I had finished the top and thought I had plenty of time to finish the quilt before the cold weather set in ( Here she goes again, talking about the weather :) But with trips and the Holidays the time got away from me and I was so busy doing other things I had to wait for the holidays to be over before I could work on it again.

But now it is DONE! (YAY!!!!!!!)

Lots of the T's he wore as a kid are from soccer, baseball, basketball league games and sports camps to professional teams he followed.

It is an easy quilt to make, just a little time consuming, cutting out the squares, getting them to work together and hand stitching all the hems, but it was well worth it and I am very pleased with the end result. :)

I decided to machine the quilt together rather than tie it; there are 2 layers of organic cotton batting in the middle and then I backed it with warm fleece. This should definitely keep him warm :)

What I like about all of this is that when I told my Son, the other day, that the quilt was finished and on its way, he was genuinely excited and grateful. That made me a very proud Mom of a college freshman :)

So, if I can suggest anything to all you Moms who have young kids right now it would be to save their favourite Tee's and make a Memory quilt one day, this is as good a memory keeper as a scrapbook. :)

Have a Wonderful Weekend!

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.