My Love Entwine it slowly grows how I love this beautiful design of Esther’s. I have worked constantly on the DutchPixies as I call them this week day and evenings. I need to make up around 23 pink clogs and around 11 red ones then another 22 cones for the last side. SO there are weeks of basting and appliqué here still.
I have been working on LE for over a year now and still I get so much joy from working on it, but for some reason my 4th vase is eliding me, I just can not start it, I have made the vase but not one flower yet not even the stems I keeping asking my self why am I avoiding starting it????? I still don’t know the answer so the corner still sits empty!!!!
I have been working on finishing the backing centre of my Annabelle quilt and appliquéing Dutch Pixies on to my Love Entwine quilt by Esther this week. You can find more on Annabelle on Michelle’s blog. Last week I gave you her blog address which I’m sad to say was incorrect, I had added au on the end which is for Australia force of habit I guess, see below correct address I hope.
A simple Thread http://xstitchalley.blogspot.com/ http://xstitchalley.blogspot.com
Last week I made hearts 2 days and night and found some more WIP’s that I think might work here .
Changed my mind and decided to make the quilt in to a single quilt size rather than baby size????? She will grow out of a baby quilt so quickly!!!! So I made more circle blocks which added another 8inches to the width then added a green 2 inch border around the centre and again around the outer circles and hearts. This has made it 12inchs wider and 8inchs longer.
Centre back ground finished . I now need to make a border at the top and bottom to make it long enough for a single bed quilt I’m thinking of little sheep at the bottom and some Dutch memories at the top. .
I have made 3 little lambs in felt so far; I have taken this idea from the Little Lamb quilt of Esther’s. My little niece who this quilt is for her Mum is from NZ and there are more sheep than people in NZ at the top I want to add Dutch symbols as her dad is from Holland so I will be influenced by Omar’s Blues with that border.
UPDATE. 3 pm Wednesday I have been working on these wee lambs today have enough now for the bottom border off to look at Dutch symbols now.
Looking at the photo below I’m thinking wow this would make a wonderful wall art but i will never have the time to sew them all on to a large piece of fabric, but I do have lots of my grandmothers, aunts, friends and mothers buttons upstairs, may be one day one of my DGD and I could glue them on to a large black board??????
last week a huge bag of buttons came in to the shop, I was home off sick so the girls made up a basket of things for me to look after, some beautiful doily sets which are soaking in Nappy-san to hopefully remove the storage stains. I spent an evening sorting the buttons what fun that was now they are in jars ready to be sold.
Cose up of Buttons.
DGD and I making play dough when we were both sick last week.
Lots of colour again in the garden, it is so lovely to see after months of just green. 
Off to link up with Esther on her WOW now
http://www.estheraliu.blogspot.com
Cheers Glenda
glenda_jean@bigpond.com
Glenda, your Annabelle quilt looks so cute! Thanks for posting a link to my blog. I have to make a small correction to the link… http://xstitchalley.blogspot.com (no au).
such lovely color in your garden – here we are hoping this will be our last storm of winter arriving tomorrow – snow/ice/sleet – very cold temps and by next week the weatherman says it will be in the 60’s!!
you are much further along than I am for Love Entwined I keep saying I will get back to it and I intend to I just haven’t !
hope you are feeling better
Hi Karen yes the garden is just full of colour at present you can see where my love of bright colours come from when you look at the flowers around me at present. Even our birds and butterflies are just as vibrant. I was chatting to one of the quilters from Texas this week and she has snow too????? I never think of snow with Texas. I understand how you feel about getting back to LE I have a blockage with my LE on vase 4 it just will not grow or even start LOL. Love your Texas star quilt you have just taken off the frame great job. Hugs Glenda
Hi Michele I have corrected your blog address on all my pages, it is just force of habit to add the au which is for Australia. Hugs Glenda
Morning Michele so glad you like how I’m making up your darling Annabelle. My Annabelle Quilt will reside in Holland when it is finished. I see you have just finished making your latest annabelle quilt too.I tried to buy the complete pattern but it keeps stopping me. I will try again tonight. Hugs Glenda
Wonderful photos again those flowers are just gorgeous and since all we see here just now is whit snow and the roads are a mess with freezing rain. Seems like winter will never leave us. Your little GS making play dough is adorable.
Hugs Bunny
Morning Bunny, I have just come inside after walking around the garden picking up palm fronds that fall constantly but much easier than leaves to pick up.LOL Callum does the raking of leaves now I’m so lucky I don’t have to do it any more, we have to keep on top of them as the snakes like laying their eggs in leaf compost!!!!! I found a nest of eggs about 3 years after moving in to the rainforest tropics and now I NEVeR let the vegetation rubbish lie around. Hugs Glenda
Oh my goodness, your LE progress is breathtaking. I haven’t seen it in a few weeks and its so beautiful all over again to see it with fresh eyes.
Have you sold those red buttons yet? I’m thinking of making a red button necklace and am having difficulty finding interesting red buttons! Of course I have millions of buttons – just not red ones! If they’re still available, I’d love to support your shop and buy the jar…
Hi Esther, yes I do still have the red Buttons I took the several jars in to the shop on Tuesday morning but the red jar was accidentally missed, fate works in strange ways some times!!!!! They will be on there way Monday all been well. I’m working on my little clogs for LE now while watching a DVD Cheers Glenda