little quilt monday~~~baby banner

Little Quilt Monday

My daughter and I hosted a baby shower today and I made

a banner to celebrate the occasion.

I used felted wool, and a cute zigzag fabric, along with some

embroidery thread.  This was a fun, easy project : )

The mother-to-be plans to hang this when the little guy is born

to welcome him home.  I think banners are such a fun addition

to a celebration....especially a precious birth!  

Now it is your turn to link up something to

Little Quilt Monday

1.  This link-up party is for any small project.  For example, mini quilts, doll quilts, baby quilts, place mats, mug rugs,

wall quilts, table runners, etc.

2.  They can be a WIP(work-in-progress) or finished.

3.  If it is something from the past there is no need to write a new blog post, just link the one that you have already written, and, please link back to my blog post.

4.   If you are interested, you can add your pictures to my flickr group here, or join my Facebook group here. 

Let's inspire each other!

piece,

elizabeth

handkerchief dance

I promised to sprinkle a few of my experiences in South Africa in my blog posts.  Today I am going to tell you about some young girls that returned from several months living in the bush, without their families.  This is a tradition for the young girls when they are around 12 or 13 years old to learn about being a young woman in their village.
(The boys also go off by themselves, but not with the girls.)

We were visiting a Women's Craft Center, where the women of the village sell some of the beautiful things they have made with beads, wood, fabric, and paint.  Some of the women were there, sitting under the trees, working on their projects.  

The girls were there to celebrate their return from the bush by dancing.

I loved all the bright colors in their dance clothes.  Look at the feathers, beads,

embroidery, shells, and...handkerchiefs!

Oh my, they danced and blew whistles at the same time....they were

really making the dust fly : )  They danced off and on for at least 20 minutes.

(I didn't get a picture of the young woman who would beat a drum creating

the beat for the dance.)

It was beautiful.

I enjoyed seeing the joy in their faces and their dancing!

piece,

elizabeth

little quilt monday~~~union jack

Little Quilt Monday

I decided to make a Union Jack mini quilt in honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee and the summer Olympics being held in London later this summer.

I am a little late to the Union Jack party.  One reason is because all the patterns that I found were for 

paper-piecing.   I am not fond of paper piecing, so I decided to make one my own way : )

I used some fabric from my stash,  the florals are from Piece of Cake,

 and I am not sure about the blue dot.

Now that I know how to make my Union Jack, I am going to make another 

with some of my Kaffe Fassett stash.   Who knows, I may even use

some of my Liberty of London fabric stash.....although, there isn't much left : ( 

I will take pictures of my process when I make the next one.

The Union Jack is ready for some hand stitching.  I plan to use red crochet thread for the stitches

 and hopefully, this mini quilt will be finished by Friday!

Now it is your turn to link up something to

Little Quilt Monday

1.  This link-up party is for any small project.  For example, mini quilts, doll quilts, baby quilts, place mats, mug rugs, purses,

wall quilts, table runners, etc.

2.  They can be a WIP(work-in-progress) or finished.

3.  If it is something from the past there is no need to write a new blog post, just link the one that you have already written, and please link back to my blog post.

4.   If you are interested, you can add your pictures to my flickr group here, or join my Facebook group here. 

Let's inspire each other!

piece,

elizabeth

I am linking up to Sew Modern Monday,  Fabric Tuesday,
and Whoop Whoop Friday.

30 years ago today

  

              I had my first date with TR, my dear husband, 30 years ago today : )

                                                                         SWEET!

                                                                          ~piece~

                                                                         elizabeth          

bindings and football

I finally got the binding on a cute baby/throw that has been patiently waiting to be finished.  I got it done while watching football with TR!   We celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary this week-end and there  always seems to be a football game to watch on our anniversary : )

piece,
e