Another small addition

 I hope all of you who celebrated Mother's Day had a good one.  Today I am off doing another teaching gig which entails getting up at dark-thirty in order to get to the venue in time.  

As you can see, over the weekend I added a tree to the landscape....

- THIS would be fun to try.

- Have a look through the galleries of THIS artist!  Note what he uses for raw materials.

- THIS is a rather ingenious method for keeping ribbons in check.

- Further on rusting fabrics (since that's what I'm working with at the moment), I thought you might find THIS interesting.

Today's quote..."If it's not yours, don't take it.  If it's not right, don't do it.  If it's not true, don't say it.  If you don't know, then zip it"

Progress

 There's been a step forward on the landscape with the sky now being quilted and added (also done with circles).  I've also added borders but the jury is out as to what I'll do with them.  I do know that there will be lots of embroidery to come, along with a little surprise too.

Sorry about the horrid photo but my editing program simply would not work this morning.

- Some of you might find THIS of interest.

- I'm  sharing THIS primarily because of how pretty they are, but you can print them for your own use if you'd like.

- Perhaps you'd like to have a play with THESE.

Today's quote is from Pope Francis..."I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth and not ruled by it"

Phew!

 I had enough thread to finish the circles!  Phew.  It was close though. Now I'm working on yet more circles to quilt the sky.  Nothing really to show you on that area just yet.

I'm sorry that I didn't think to write out the 'rusty' quote for you so here it is...

If there be righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.

If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.

If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.

When there is order in each nation, there will be peace in the world.

I hope, from reading that, you can understand why I decided that circles would be  fitting.

- I don't know how well THIS would actually work, but it might be fun to try it.

- THIS is something that looks interesting too and most of us certainly have lots of supplies.

- I fell in like with THIS.

- If your Mom is a sewer, perhaps some of the gift ideas found HERE might be good for Mother's Day.

- THIS  I thought it was an excellent read and a good way to look at those UFO's most of us have. (thanks to Jeanne for the heads up on this one)

Today's quote..."The truth is still the truth, even if no one believes it.  A lie is still a lie, even if everyone believes it"

Circling the drain?

 Over the weekend I did some more circle stitching for the latest landscape.  I'm eyeing my ball of thread and wondering if I have enough.  Time will tell!

- You might like to scroll through all the patterns found HERE (thanks to Jocelyn for the heads up on this one)

- Although we haven't tried THIS (yet!) I thought I'd share in case any of you would like to.

- Some of you might find THIS process of interest.

- You'd best pour yourself a cuppa (or even make a whole pot!) before you peruse the offerings found HERE.

- And, last but certainly not least, you might want to look into playing along with THIS  (thanks Lyn for the heads up)

Today's quote...

A slight adjustment

 I've been merrily slow stitching circles onto the first section of the latest landscape and, upon sitting back and staring at it for awhile, I decided that the circles really weren't evident.  So...I'm 'whipping' them into shape and adding more definition.  I like it better now.

- There are lots of ideas HERE for creating small gifts, perhaps for Mother's Day.

- THIS caught my eye.  So did THIS.  And THIS!

- If I had a garden I would definitely try making THIS.

- I'd really like to try THIS and perhaps you might too.

- I found THIS interesting primarily because I'm saving pieces of all the dresses I've made for our grandie with the thought of making her a quilt one day.

Today's quote is from Ed Begley Jr...."I don't understand why when we destroy something created by man we call it vandalism, but when we destroy something created by nature we call it progress"

Slow stitching and another pair of socks

 I put the finishing touches on the first of four pairs of socks I have an order for (luckily they aren't needed until Christmas).  Same pattern I always use and Paton's Kroy sock yarn...

The hand stitching has begun on the rusty project.  I'm slow stitching circles to quilt it.  Still not sure what I will be doing for the sky but will mull on that whilst I stitch circles.  

- For some reason I thought I should share THIS.  Who knew there were so many uses for old keyboards?!

- There are some interesting ideas HERE.

- Making a kaleidoscope of THESE would be fun (and yes, I consulted Mr. Google to see what a group of them would be called).

- Although I haven't personally tried making THIS, I thought I'd share in case any of you would like to make it.

Today's quote...."In 1946 there were people in Germany and Poland who said "we didn't know".  Today no one can say they didn't know, you can only say you didn't want to know"

Mucking about with rust

 Over the weekend I played with rusty fabrics and made crumb blocks which got put together into this...

I discovered my sewing machine doesn't much like sewing rusty fabrics so she'll definitely be treated to a new needle and a good cleaning once I'm done.  There's one little section left to do and then it's on to the hand stitching.  I have an idea to do larger stitches using pearl cottons - sort of in the slow stitching vein.  There might just be a river running through it too.  I don't think this one will feature a building or vehicle but we'll see where my muse takes me.

Our Federal election is today - all eyes are going to be on the results and fingers are more than firmly crossed that it goes the right way and that Canadians are smart enough to elect the best man to fight the orange idiot.  

- THIS would be fun to do (no watering required!)

- You might want to make one of THESE.

- THIS caught my eye - fun use for teabags!

- HERE is a fun process that doesn't look difficult to do.

- Have a peek at the gallery of THIS artist.

Today's quote is from Angela Davis..."I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change.  I am changing the things I cannot accept"