Yes, there's a new landscape underway as you can see from this...
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For those of you who live in Canada and are interested in
our history, I just finished a really good book called
"The Forgotten Home Child' by Genevieve Graham.
- If you would like to drool your way through some luscious fabrics AND quilt patterns you might want to have a peek at THIS.
- THIS is a cute hat that would be fun to wear in the fall.
- You might know someone (maybe even you?) that would like one of THESE for fall.
- I really like THIS blanket and it could be made bigger for adults. I like that the pattern changes throughout so I wouldn't get bored.
- THIS is a little different take on a wallet design.
Today's quote..."If you leave your children a world where you never stood up, they'll inherit one where they can't"
Can't wait to see what you do with this one. I enjoyed the wallet pattern, may come back to that to have a go at making one, as I have all the bits for it.
ReplyDeleteHope you do try the wallet - it looks like it should be fairly easy to create.
DeleteLovely beginning on your new landscape project;))) Makes me want to know "who lives there?" ;)))
ReplyDeletethe Hoffmann fabric pages are amazing...hugs, Julierose
I do know who lives there which makes it extra fun. I haven't seen the house in person though. Glad you enjoyed peeking through the Hoffmann designs and fabrics...so many drool-worthy things!
DeleteThe history of a lot of so called developed nations with their children makes heartbreaking reading. So many kids in orphanages had at least one parent who couldn't take care of them and work, often widowers. My aunt and cousin were foster mothers in a boys home, and a lot depended on how they treated their charges. My cousin was great with her boys, rollerskating with them! My aunt more into cleanliness and neatness, hm.
ReplyDeleteI often wonder about my uncle (by marriage) and what his life was like before he was sent to Canada and after too. I found the passenger list for the ship he sailed on and he was the youngest at the age of 14.
DeleteBeautiful ❤️ project.
ReplyDeleteWell, it's not beautiful yet - it's at the 'really, do I think I know how to turn this into something or should I chuck it out' stage.
DeleteOh my that house is beautiful. It reminds me of the house I lived in as an infant.
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It's one I would love to live in myself!
DeleteI am about to start a very basic sewing project, some shopping bags. I can't imagine I could ever attempt anything like the things you create. But, one has start somewhere!
ReplyDeleteLike pretty much everything I do, I'm self taught and learn by trial and error (LOTS of errors!). All I can say is dive in - you might surprise yourself.
DeleteGreat start on the landscape. It is coming along very nicely. My Great Great Grandfather on my Maternal side was a Barnardo Boy. He refused to take the name of his foster parents, or perhaps changed his name back once he was old enough. Things often got changed in the telling by my Grandfather. My Grandmother died very young and Grandpa raised 4 girls on his own.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I found that book to be really interesting - fiction, of course - but certainly based in fact. I often wish I knew what sort of life my uncle had when he came to Canada.
Deletemy mom's dad was surrendered, along with his older brother, in Logan County, Oklahoma when his mother died ... no one took either of them and my great-grandfather eventually took them back ... their picture used to be on the first page of the website for an ancestry network, but it gives a 404 error now (maybe from the feds looking to whitewash U.S. history) ... i guess it's okay that it's gone now - seeing her dad as a little lost motherless child made my mom cry when i showed her the page many years ago
ReplyDeleteThat's so sad but hopefully your great-grandfather made a good life for himself.
DeleteThat would be an interesting read, I'll have to hunt it up. Nice to start a new landscape! Looking forward to seeing it progress xx
ReplyDeleteHope you are able to locate a copy of the book.
DeleteLove your landscapes!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pam!
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