Garden Baskets and Iris Projects

I have hand stitched the tulips, fruit, birds and kitty to the borders of Garden Baskets.

A little detail has been added, too.

There are a billion buds and leaves to stitch to the borders. That is going to take some time.

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My Step-Mom gave me a small pack of fat quarters recently, and asked if I would make an Iris wall-hanging for her.

She has never asked me for anything, so I am delighted to take on this project!

I chose a hand-dyed piece of fabric (one that I dyed several years ago) that I thought would work well for the background. I also found a free coloring page for inspiration.

I have a tracing paper overlay and I am using Steam-A-Seam 2. I like Steam-A-Seam 2 because it allows me to reposition pieces until I am ready to press them permanently into place.

I am using a mix of hand-dyes, the fat quarters that my Step-Mom gave me, and a few prints that I have in my stash.

I am liking how it looks!

It will be ready for thread painting soon. However, Betty Boop is still in the hospital (it has been a month now). It seems that replacement parts are hard to get. So I guess the Iris will stay on the design wall for a while and it is back to leaves and buds for the Garden Basket quilt for me.

Quilt On!

A Stroll in the Garden

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery. -Yves Saint Laurent

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True elegance for me is the manifestation of an independent mind. -Isabella Rossellini

Elegance is elimination. -Cristobal Balenciaga

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it. -Diana Vreeland

Now, St. John could have been born into his elegance. It’s a dangerous kind of elegance—he doesn’t raise his voice, he lowers it. ― Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox

The elegance of honesty needs no adornment. -Mary Browne

If you are a kind and a peaceful person, you will see yourself when you look at an elegant flower! ― Mehmet Murat ildan

In character, in manner, in style, in all the things, the supreme excellence is simplicity. -― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Favorite Poems

Etiquette teaches the distinct elegance of demeanor. ― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

I have a different idea of elegance. I don’t dress like a fop, it’s true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples, or an insult that I haven’t washed away. I’m always immaculately clean, adorned with independence and frankness. I may not cut a stylish figure, but I hold my soul erect. I wear my deeds as ribbons, my wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like spurs. ― Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!

A Stroll in the Garden

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” ― John Lubbock, The Use Of Life

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“Rest and be thankful.” ― William Wordsworth

“Ease your mind earth child, your expecting too much of yourself. Acceptance comes in waves and today you may be drowning but tomorrow you could conquer the entire ocean. Take each day as it comes and flow into it’s course, sometimes control isn’t the only option. Sit down, rest and re group for a while – you owe yourself that much.”― Niki Rowe

“God never asked us to meet life’s pressures and demands on our own terms or by relying upon our own strength. Nor did He demands that we win His favor by assembling an impressive portfolio of good deeds. Instead, He invites us to enter His rest.”― Charles R. Swindoll

“Listen to your soul and protect it always. When you are completely exhausted , please rest. When your soul is so tired, this is when your personal power is at the greatest risk for attacks, not only externally but internally. It is okay to take care of you, rest, get back up, and then continue to move forward.” ― Christine E. Szymanski

“A little bit of rest can go a long way.”― A.D. Aliwat, In Limbo

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!

A Stroll in the Garden

“All you need is love and a cat.” – Unknown

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“I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days.” – Bill Dana

“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” – James Herriot

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” – Sigmund Freud

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer

“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” ― Charles Dickens

“Never try to outstubborn a cat.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” ― Hippolyte A. Taine

“Cats leave paw prints in your heart, forever and always.” – Unknown

Kallie

RIP

March 01, 2017 – June 21, 2021

A Stroll in the Garden

Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown… ― Robert Greene

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I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least. ― Bob Newhart

If talk is cheap, then being silent is expensive. And many people it seems, can’t afford to buy into it. ― Anthony Liccione

She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet stretch of hours in the studio.― Ann Brashares, Sisterhood Everlasting

“You’re very perceptive for a guy who can go a whole day without talking,” she said, peering up at him. “That’s why I’m perceptive.” ― Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride

I have both the violent turbulence of the storm and the quiet promises of God in the storm. And what I must work to remember is that something is not necessarily stronger simply because it’s louder. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

I am a believer in silence. The value of silence. The power of silence. The space that isn’t an absence but a presence. A pause that is bigger than the noise that surrounds it. A gap that is a mirror. A gulf that is a bridge. The emptiness that is rejuvenating. The space that is full of more than it could ever contain. ― Helen Rickerby, How to Live

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!