Suzan's Patchwork Garden

This quilt is done free hand, I used fil-tech Cairo and Harmony coton thread.  I used Hobbs wool batting, just enough loft it puff out the quilting motifs. 

 A very small show, but really nice, I say BRAVO to the guys that did the makings of Les Secrets de Marie  from Milan Italy Lots of great fabric, we did do a job on her stock!!! Can't remember who, but it was nice..... Home made goodies, wow!!! More homemade goodies site:  lapassionauboutsdesdoigts.over-blog.fr My goodies, fabric, rulers, pattern for a bag, of course, Paté and foie gras!!!! sorry for the mess behind

Tonight I am going to be  grumpy, I am in an awful mood.  Reasons, we did aprons,  a few weeks ago we did pencil cases, well, not all the girls did them, but were there, "sewing machine to heavy to bring"....... Well, there is a reason why we do pencil cases and aprons and carrying bags, TO LEARN!!!!! we learn to cut correctly,  we learn to follow directions, and to think, and we learn to sew straight with a certain seam allowance.  We also learn to ask questions, even if we think they are stupid ones, how can we grow if there is always "well, I don't need one, or I don't wear one, or I never use one".  I try to make a class where there is a learning process, and a reshape your hand to do it.  A piano player has to practice everyday, so do we, the more we do things the easier it  is to do, and the better we get.  Sometimes I think that they are doing  it is just to do it faster than the neighbor, and sometimes because the grass ...

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My rocking chair was sent from Vermont to France by mail in a big box, big brother had taken it apart and was able to box it up.  Well, my daughter in law's father put it back together for me, and now I have a piece of home in my home.  I was so excited, it was made in 1884,by someone, and I think that someone should be very proud to know that it is still loved and taken care of.  It was in my Moms bedroom, and I always sat on it, small but just right!!

I need more PPP, but I am pleased with what I have done, it is a good start.

This is the largest of the quilts, and boy, what a quilt, I will never forget this one. With every stitch I made, the batting come out the other side.  I frogged it forever ___ I thought it was the tension, then the thread, then the needle, but no it was the batting.

Today started out great, good news from the other side of the ocean, and new pictures of my little guys....

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Bia finished the top for the girls, that will be nice on the bed when they come over for vacation! this one is for the boys when they come over, it was all put together at the end of the day!!  Christiane, making a bag for her grand daughter, all done also, hope for picture next week!!  Paula's pumpkin bars, topped with philly. frosting, it was soooooo goooood!!!!!

                      A  big beautiful magnate bowl to hold the pins that Myrna sent to me!!!                     Hubby found the last one,  it has like a basket handle in blue and can go back                        on the bowl so that the pins are just in the front.  What a great hubby!! 

Does anyone have something to say about the new silk thread from Superior,

Well, we were up at 5am and on the train at 7, arrived at 10:30ish, and off to L'aiguille en Fete,   Nice show if you could see something,  so many people, forget it, I walked around for about an hour, then we went to eat, saw some friends, went back looked around for another hour, and out the door I went, Hubby was already out the door.  Way to many people, and the isles to small, getting stepped on and no way to get to a booth to look or buy something.  We took off to the Marais, went to the American store that is called "THANKSGIVING" got some goodies, then off to the Champs Elysee for tea at LaDurée.  Back home at midnight just like Cinderella and well, almost off to bed. Here are a few pictures of our first escapade together to the capital. THANKSGIVING 20 RUE SAINT PAUL 75004 PARIS http://www.thanksgivingparis.com/ so sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the store front! did you see all that, and that is just a part of it, great...

 Crepes always for the Chandler!! Annick made the crepes and homemade jam, so good!!!  Irene's 10 mn. blocks Marie Paul's 10 mn. african Patch Claude's Funny Tree Marie Paule who  is thinking about it!!! So happy!!  nice circles Regine, is so happy with her circles!!!! my butterfly's and roses