A class in English Paper Piecing

This past Friday, I took a class on English Paper Piecing which is different than foundation paper piecing. This was such an interesting class but oHHH so tiny little pieces. Here is a link about English Paper Piecing. http://www.quiltingassistant.com/englishpaperpiecing.html

Below are photos of my class project. The pieces are sittingon photocopies of the design we are doing and a shot of the teachers backside of one of her squares.
My colors are blues and browns using a veryfine (100) polythread which just disapears into the fabric.
Here is some of the pieces as they will be attached when all the pairs are done
Attaching the two little diamonds

Here is the whole thing fabrics and tiny paper pieces, which will be removed once the squares are done - if I choose I can leave them in or take them out and reuse.
I think this would be a great way to do Grandmother's Flower Garden!! but will I ever get around to doing it???

Thanks for dropping by --- Have a wonderful week full of stitches =========Roberta

So is this a "FROG"????

A friend was at Goodwill the other day and found this piece of pottery. She knows I like 'frogs' and that I have a few displayed around the house - so she bought this and gave it to me.
I am curious though whether this is a 'frog' or if it is some kind of kitchen container?? Anyone know!!!

Thanks for stopping by ----------- Roberta

Some stitching going on!!!

Hi all, now that my traveling days are over (I hope!!) I am finally getting back to some normalcy!! (whatever that is) and getting some stitching done.

Below in a fall quilt that I have started - it is called Harvest Time using Red Rooster fabrics. I saw this at the Farmer's General Store in Lancaster, Ohio. (that is where my sister lives) This store is a gift shop, candy store, antiques shop and a quilt shop. It is just darling. I posted about this place last year. I picked up the panels this past summer while at my sister's, but could not find the fabrics locally so I had them send me the kit without the panels. I have all the pieces cut out and labeled - will start putting it together sometime this week.This is the progress I have so far on "Tis the Season". I just love this Cardinal.
I was part of an exchange for Autumn and this is what I received from Susan. It is DT's Summer into Autumn and Susan put into a bag that she made!! This is my new stitching bag. Isn't it gorgeous???
Unfortunately, I neglected to take of photo of my exchange piece that I sent out, always rush about to get it in the mail!!!

Well, that is it for now, will have more to share by the end of the week.

Thank you for stopping by and for putting up with my negligence for posting to my blog and for falling so far behind in reading all of yours. I will catch up someday.

Roberta

I am back from San Francisco

Good Morning everyone, I have not meant to ignore my blog, but catching up with messages, starting a new job and having 2 rooms painted in ones house - does not give one much time for blogging. To make matters even more behind - I am off and running once again - this time to Jacksonville, Florida - will fill you in about that later.

Below is a shot of "the streets of San Francisco" sounds familar!!! OH yes, it was a TV show way back when!!!

DS, Jeremy lives in SF (he lived in NYC before) and the EGA had their National Convention there this year. So since I was lucky enough to win the Convention classes and DH had an freebie airline ticket = off I went!!
Below is pictures of the Golden Gate bridge - FOG and all


The rocks and waves below the bridge.

Will share more pictures of what my classes were later on another day, but wanted to at least put something up on the blog to share with you.

One of the exciting parts of the trip, was that I was able to meet up with Edgar!! from the blog 'Blacksheep's bit of the Web'. We meet up at a Thai restaurant for dinner and had a wonderful non stop chatter. Of course, both of us forgot to bring our camera's!!! DUHHH!

Edgar is a wonderful person and would have loved to spend more time with him visiting and sitting down to stitch - another time!! We did get together again when he came to visit me at the hotel/Seminar. We did lots of looking at the exhibits and browsing in the bookstore, boutique, merchandise vendor market and looking at a special exhibit of Italian embroideries.

Well, it is looking like I need to get myself off to work - will explain that in the next post - have a wonderful day everyone and thank you for stopping by.


Roberta

Heading out of town AGAIN!!!

Was hoping to get caught up with messages and blogs, but once again, I am heading out of town.

I am attending the EGA National Seminar in San Francisco. I had put my name in a drawing for the cost of the seminar and banquets === Well, lo and behold - I won!!!!

Luckily, my husband had a free airline ticket, so all I have to pay for is the hotel and food === and of course, whatever fun thing there is at the boutique and Merchandise Mart Day!!!

I was lucky enough to get two great classes with great teachers - Marsha Papay Gomola and Catherine Jordan. I am so excited. I have a roommate who I know, which is a good thing, we should have fun together.

The best part about this trip though is -- Our son, Jeremy, lives and works in SF so I will be spending as much time as I can with him --- I am really excited about this trip.

I am also, going to meet 'Edgar' who is a fellow blogger - this truly will be a wonderful trip, I am so looking forward to seeing Jeremy, meeting Edgar and visiting with other stitching friends and meeting new friend - nevermind the wonderful classes I am taking.

So with that news and excitement - I am hoping that I will be getting caught up some while in SF, but definitely need to buckle down and get back to reading and writing blogs.

Thanks for stopping by ---- Roberta, who will try to post some photos while gone using DD's notebook computer!!!

HOW WORKING HAS MESSED UP MY STITCHING TIME

Just wanted to post a quick Hello and to say that I am in the process of catching up on my blog reading.

It's hard to believe how much a temp. job can mess up ones life, but then again the added benefit of money to spend on ones hobby is a good thing.

Each semester registration time at one of the local colleges, I go to work at the college bookstore. This is a two to three week temporary job that happens 3 times a year. I love doing this, but my house and stitching just suffer. The hours are 10 to 12 hour days and standing the entire time.

When I get home, I am just way too tired to even think about stitching, I do not even watch TV, I just eat, shower and hop into bed.

But, now I am back to my regular routine, the house is in order and I am stitching, so hope to have some photos for show by this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by --- Roberta

What I have been working on!

One would think one would get lots of stitching done when the weather is just too hot to go outside. My poor yard does not get much visiting from me, but I do get out and try to 'dead head' the roses.

I did get some work done - below is the start of Tis the Season - BBD as part of a SAL. The strawberries from a previous post is also part of the SAL. Have till mid or end of September to have it finished.
A closer look of Tis the Season. Stitched on 32ct Vintage Pear, but using threads that I had, not all the ones called for.
This is a little bracelet that a friend taught me to do.
I am not what you would call a beader, but I do enjoy the process as long as there is a class and/or knowledgeable teacher.
Here is an even closer look, once started it worked up very quickly. NOTE: cat hair everywhere!!
Here is another beading project - though I pride myself on not having WIPs in the beading end!! this is a WIP - I started this many years ago and then we moved here to Macon and I just never got it done, so I hope to have this finished some time within the next month.
It is called a Dutch Spiral.
This is my little work area for my beading projects, right now Dutch Spiral has claimed the space.
Below is Pumpkin Blossom by BBD which I finished stitching but have not made into anything yet. Have these two fabrics and need to decide which one to use. I am into trying to use stash instead of buy new stash.Below is Witches Hollow by The Primitive Needle. I am doing this as a SAL with a internet friend, haven't gotten very far.
I am using 40ct fabric of which the name has escaped me, but will post the name when I show you more progress. I used 2 strand of floss on the owl, but have decided to go to one strand for the rest of the piece. Of course I already started the bat and the moon, but will 'frog' them and do them over using one strand of floss.
The owl, took forever to stitch, lots of counting and color changes, but it looks great!! do you agree.
Thanks for dropping by, I do love to blog which I had more time to sit and do this, plus read blogs and stitch. Oh, I forgot, still have to maintain home and family!! lol

Have a great week ------------ Roberta