Patchwork

Hi every body

Hope you people are doing good.
I just could not bring myself to write after my mother-in-law's demise.  Actually there is not much to show to you people as i was pretty occupied with my MIL's illness and whatever spare time i could find and to boost my spirits i worked on two pillow covers sitting beside her.

I had been going through some beautiful blogs where these ladies have made some really excellent quilts using Hexagon and circles. These hexes really fascinated me and i thought of trying out these. I do not think i have those patience nor that talent to make such beautiful quilts but i certainly can use these hexes and circles to decorate my pillow or make complete pillow or cushion covers.

Hexagon flower getting ready to be stitched. You can see those stitches out there.

hexagone flower

  So here is my hexagon flower with leaf on the pillow cover.




I learnt from Janet M. Davies blog how to make perfect circles so tried out these as well and put them on another pillow and surrounded these circles with little embroidery.
Have a look.



I enjoyed doing these and  now i plan to make cushion covers using these two.here is the picture of both pillow covers. Making these were pretty fast then doing embroidery and some change too.

  I have come across some beautiful applique/patchwork cushion covers on the net.
What do you have to say about these cushions covers with circles.

On this cushion and quilt  below the colors stand out on black background.

 Below is pillow cover using hexagon, so colorful  and good use of scraps too.

I love these and mind you these are just of many many beautiful things made by some very talented ladies out there. There is so much to learn everyday and so much to do.

See you later friends till then take care.
Pratima.

Hi everybody

I am writing after such a long time and that too with heavy heart. My mother-in-law breathed her last on 19th Sept. after long illness and with her i lost my great supporter, encourager and admirer of my work. It will take sometime for us to settle in our routine without her now. We all miss her here at our place.


Pratima

covered_wagon

covered_wagon, a photo by niccivale on Flickr.

Beautiful wagon to embroider.

colonial_woman_xstitch

colonial_woman_xstitch, a photo by niccivale on Flickr.

Good one for red work.

serial #1658 ab

serial #1658 ab, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

chick

chick, a photo by maize hutton on Flickr.

SOOOOO cute

2-920 WB d

2-920 WB d, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Good for patchwork.

W 730 - serial nº 1947 fa

W 730 - serial nº 1947 fa, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

good for pillow

W 730 - Serial nº 1947 ea

W 730 - Serial nº 1947 ea, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

good for pillow

W 730 - serial nº 1947 eb

W 730 - serial nº 1947 eb, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

Good for pillows

7471 Alice Brooks b

7471 Alice Brooks b, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Beautiful design.

7471 Alice Brooks f

7471 Alice Brooks f, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

7471 Alice Brooks g

7471 Alice Brooks g, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Beautiful.

60 WB b

60 WB b, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Good for red work.

red flower with flower ring

red flower with flower ring, a photo by K0dama on Flickr.

red flower border

red flower border, a photo by K0dama on Flickr.

One more beautiful design.

65 WB i

65 WB i, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Beautiful.

502 c2

502 c2, a photo by bcampbell_to on Flickr.

For cutwork.

138 Superior b

138 Superior b, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Good as border design.

138 Superior d

138 Superior d, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Wow! Good for dupatta or sari.

138 Superior e

138 Superior e, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Ohhh what shall i say about this design.

138 Superior f

138 Superior f, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Don't you feel like to embroider it right away.

138 Superior g

138 Superior g, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Cannot wait to embroider.

138 Superior h

138 Superior h, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Simple and cute, can worked with ribbon and brazillian embroidery.

68 WB f

68 WB f, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Will look great for pillow covers.

seasons greetings bell

seasons greetings bell, a photo by K0dama on Flickr.

Beautiful.

NI 072 a

NI 072 a, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

for red work.

peacock P550

peacock P550, a photo by bcampbell_to on Flickr.

Don't you think its beautiful.

WB unknown # sheet 4g

WB unknown # sheet 4g, a photo by love to sew on Flickr.

Wow! Its beautiful.

K28848

K28848, a photo by bcampbell_to on Flickr.

How about ribbon work on this design.

LW 1890 h

LW 1890 h, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

Would love to see it embroidered.

LW 1890 g

LW 1890 g, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

came across these beautiful designs on flickr so thought of sharing with you friends.

LW 1890 f

LW 1890 f, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

LW 1890 e

LW 1890 e, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

Great for redwork.

LW 1890 d

LW 1890 d, a photo by mmaammbr on Flickr.

Don't you think it will be great for red work.

basket_xstitch_daisies

basket_xstitch_daisies, a photo by niccivale on Flickr.

Hi friends

I am on the net after a gap of one month. My mother-in-law is very ill so we all are very busy looking after her. Hope she recovers fast.

Hope my blogger friends are fine, i am dying to go through your blogs but i do not have time at present. I hope and prey we all get back to our daily routine very soon at our place.

With lots of love at you all.
pratima

Crochet and Knitting work....

Hi everybody

I am writing after such a looooong time ( I just could not bring myself to write) though I was going through your beautiful blogs and believe me they keep me going and face the hard times at home here. Its been a year since my mother-in-law (MIL) was bed ridden and her long illness has started taking its tool on mine and my husbands health (physical and mental). We both are supporting each other mentally so that these hard times are not such a burden and believe me my MIL in spite of her illness she keeps her spirits high and always wants to know what I saw on the blogs, she has kept her interests alive even though she is unable to do any productive work. My husband too is such a support to me at this time, always encouraging me to start new project so i keep myself busy.

I just keep making plans to start a new embroidery project but somehow unable to. Its not that I do not get time but somehow I am unable to. May be my enthusiasm has taken a nosedive. Everything has gone haywire out here. Then one day while surfing blogs I saw this beautiful crochet shawl and I knew I wanted to make this so to keep my sanity alive I stared making a crochet stole , inspired by the work of Lucy of Attic24. I had so much wool lying at home from my MIL’s previous knitting work so I said let me take a plunge in the crochet world though I am not much of crochet person. I just followed the Lucy’s tutorial for this. Old wool is in shades of brown and grey (that’s what my MIL used for her two sons) so to add colour I bought some colourful wool. My idea to make this stole was to finish the old stock of wool and to finish old stock I bought new wool, does it make any sense, to finish old stock one buys new things, no I do not think so but then I say all that makes you happy is sensible thing. So you see I fall into the bracket of sensible people. I am enjoying making it and hope to finish it during this winter.

Some more colours added to it.



Oh yes i finished knitting a cap and muffaler set for my hubby.



I had started embroidering a anchor kit some time back and doing work on it off and on.( more off then on) This is what i have to make.

This is what i have done so far.........

I have a long way to go with this one and my eyes are giving problem. So one more reason for not working for sometime.


I had been going through net for some patchwork quilts and found so many beautiful ones but these two caught my eyes and also fell in love with these and would like to try my hand at it. I have started making or rather i shoud say "try" making the first one, not a big project but a small one just to get the hang of it. Will post the photos of my work later.
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Don't you think these patchworks are beautiful.

Below are the photographs of cardigan i started making last year. I wanted one in red colour with aran design/pattern, this is what these designs are known as, i think. This is the back side of cardigan. I know i am going very slow on it, this design needs concentration, it means no talking or watching TV while knitting this (at least i can't do these while knitting itbecause i make lots of mistakes and then i have to rip it off and it means more work.)


I close with lots of hope to finish my pending work fast and will be back soon with other old finised work.

Lots of love and take good care of yourself anf your family
Pratima