New Year Wishes - A New Poem

Christmas has come and gone...and I am behind on my

posts here! I hope you all had a very wonderful and blessed

Christmas this year.... :)

Here we are, about to start a new year... for some it has

already started. I would like to wish everyone a safe,

happy and blessed New Year's Eve and New Year!

May you always have love, peace and joy in your heart...

New Year Wishes 

As we say goodbye to another year

I want to thank my friends that I hold so dear

You've been my rock through some unsettling days

Your kindness and love leave me truly amazed

I think of you as family that I truly love

Your gift of friendship was sent from above

My wonderful friends I wish you the best

Having you as my friend, I am truly blessed.

May the New Year bring you much love and good health

Many blessings of joy, peace, and prosperous wealth.

May you find comfort and warmth from those that you love.

Plenty of food, happy times and blessed light from above.

Be safe in your travels and good times ahead.

Each night, sleep with blissful dreams in a comfortable bed.

Many positive thoughts and prayers are with you this year.

Let's open our hearts with love and bring on some cheer!

(c) 2013 by Debra Ann Beach ~ Caligrrl Poems

Happy New Year, to all of my wonderful family & friends... God Bless You ALL!

Vintage Christmas

Merry Christmas Eve to all! 

I don't know about you, but I just love the vintage style 

Christmas, holiday and other images from years ago.

I've always loved the Victorian style of anything! 

I collected some old vintage style Christmas images and

made them into collages. I like how they turned out. 

I wanted to share my greetings with you and I hope

you have the best Christmas ever... It's hard

to believe another year has flown by! 

I would like to thank each and every one of you for

taking the time to check out my blog and see the latest

happenings that are going on here with me. I appreciate

your friendship and support in my work.

Take care and may God Bless you all with much love,

 light, health, peace and happiness! 

Wishing you all the best in 2014 and always!

Merry Christmas!

Debra

Merry Christmas - video

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 

and much love, happiness, health and more

for the coming new year. 

Here is a short video I have made as my

gift to you. Thank you for your friendship

and support throughout the years.

I love old vintage Christmas cards and photos...

enjoy and Merry Christmas!

This week's projects

I took a little break from sewing today and made a photo

collage. Something different for Friday the 13th...

A set of coasters made from felt and fabric, 

double thick with the felt... to match the place 

mats I made last week! 

Working with the felt scraps, I thought I would

try my hand at making some little flowers!!

So, now to think what will be next... hmmm....

:) 

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!! 

Peace & Love

Debra

Christmas Quilts

Happy Sunday everyone!!

Yesterday I decided it was about time to set up the Christmas

tree before it arrives!! Time sure does fly and before you know

it another year has passed us by. I can't believe how quick they

come and go. Anyway... I have the tree up, no top yet, but I

haven't found the usual ornaments I use on the tree... so it's a 

bit different this year, to say the least. I found some quilted wall

hangings I have made in the past and decided to share them

with you here. 

  

The snowman below is a small piece in which

I appliqued and machine sewed together. 

The snowmen quilt below is one in which I pieced

together the quilt blocks, so it contains

many small pieces of fabric stitched together

and machine quilted in a snowflake pattern. 

The advent calendar below is one I made a few

years ago by cutting out some prints from

fabric and appliqueing these on the upper

part. Then cutting out the letters, numbers

and stockings. The stockings are actually

little stockings that I usually put mini

candy canes in each and for my son to 

count down the days till Christmas... 

I am behind this year...lol I don't have

any mini canes to put in them!!! I 

finished this off with some Stipple Quilting

on the white background.

Below is another applique style quilt in 

which I used a nice print and did some stipple

quilting as well.

I love to make something new each year to 

add to the Christmas box of decorations... 

I hope you enjoy these and maybe it will

get your creative juices flowing for this

holiday season. May it be merry and

bright...full of good cheer and wonderful

memories in the making. 

Have a wonderful new week!!!

Blessings!

Christmas Table

Hello friends! 

I hope you are having some warmer weather

than we are here in Alberta. We had a blizzard last Monday

and it's been so very cold with temperatures around -35C!

Brrrr...is all I can say to that!!! I hope you are staying

warm, cozy and safe out there!!!

This past week I dug out some nice Christmas fabric 

and made a table runner, lined place mats and napkins

to get in the spirit of the season... I like how they turned

out...now to dig out a tablecloth or make a new one!!

Well, now to get that Christmas tree out and set up

before Christmas is over!! Happy day everyone!!

Christmas Wall Quilt

Happy December!! 

I like to make or buy a new ornament or something each

year to add to the Christmas decorations. I have made many

wall quilts and love making these and many other things, as you

know. So last week I decided to go through my stash of

Christmas fabrics to use up. I had bought these Debbie

Mumm Santa panels many years ago. So, I thought I 

would finally use them. I cut out the panels and sewed them

to strips from a Christmas Holly print that I received 

from my late sister, Cheryl. I wanted this quilt to be

very special and made with love. 

   Now that the top was done, 

time to pin it to the backing and batting.

 Time to begin machine quilting...

in the ditch around the panels and 

the sashing...

 and free motion quilting around the

Santa and designs...

After 2 days of quilting, I was ready to

hand sew the border, which was taken

from the backing fabric... 

All finished! I will be adding some other 

type of way to hang it...the metal clips

look kinda tacky!!! LOL 

Happy first day of December!!! What are

you making this month??

Beautiful Sunday wishes!

Enjoy your Sunday and new week ahead! 

Debra

Which do you like the best? 

Hand Painted Marble Fabric Quilt Top

Years ago I saw a show on television where they marbled

some fabric with acrylic paints... I thought it was a really cool

idea so I decided to try it out myself. I had a small tub of water

and put some thickening agent in the water, I think I used 

plain gelatin. I didn't have the right supplies at the time but 

I was too anxious to try the process out... so I improvised.

After the water is thickened you add the paint and swirl

it around on the top of the water...then you place a piece

of fabric over the paint to transfer the design to it. 

The colors didn't come out as vibrant as I would have liked,

so I ended up with some pastels. I had no idea what to use

these pieces of fabric for until today. I bravely cut them into

squares and added some pink gingham fabric for the border.

I have the basic top done, now I will decide what fabric to 

use for the backing and binding. I will be machine quilting 

this and maybe add some embellishments. I may keep it as

a small table cloth instead of making it into a baby quilt...

I will be adding some batting, perhaps light weight for sure 

if I decide to make it as a table topper.  Who knows,

I may just make it into a decorative wall quilt for a baby 

girls nursery. Whatever it will be, it will be fun for me to do.

Have a great weekend!

Debra

Loneliness - A new poem

Loneliness

I wear a mask of smiles

Inside the tears rain down

My heart can't be unbroken

Seems I'll never lose this frown

People say to live in the moment

But that's a big mistake

One must think about the future

And the decisions that we make

They say to forgive and forget

Move forward and don't look back

Yet somehow no matter how hard we try

Hearts continuously broken

Eventually fade to black

Loneliness is my only world now

All I have are the memories from days gone by

I'm lost in a world of silence

No one seems to notice the tears I cry

Wanting to break free from this hell I endure

Maybe life will be better next time

All I can do is hope and pray

That one day my heart will be fine

(c) 2013 by Debra Ann Beach

Caligrrl Poems

New Art

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you had

a great, fun and safe long weekend! I kept

busy with my projects, as always!! 

 I am never bored. Before I go to sleep at night,

I like to draw on my iPhone... here are a few pics

I've done lately... 

More Bows :)

Happy Veteran's Day and Remembrance Day!

Today we honor those who have served in the 

past, present and future. God Bless you all! 

I've been making more bows in the past week... here are some 

of them finished. I'm having fun and using up a lot of fabric

scraps! 

I hope you like them! I'll be putting some in my Etsy 

Shop to sell, soon!! Stay tuned! 

CaligrrlArts

www.etsy.com/ca/shop/CaligrrlArts

Have a wonderful new week ahead! 

Debra

Hair Bows

November's arrival started with a light snow, followed yesterday

by a huge DUMP!!  There is so much snow on the ground and

it's cold in my sewing room... Nevertheless, I have been keeping

quite busy with my latest projects. I decided to make my daughter

some hair bows, since she likes wearing them to tame her

beautiful , thick and curly brunette hair.She likes the Sweet 

Lolita style and I had made her a couple skirts in this style. 

She has been liking a few bows on Etsy, so I thought I would

make her some. I don't know if she still wears her pink skirt

or the black and white musical note one, but I thought I could

use up the scraps left from these past projects. I have so many

embellishments and fabrics that I have decided to make some

to sell in my Etsy shop as well. I hope you like them!

Have a beautiful new week ahead... and be careful

and stay warm in this cold weather if that is the case

where you live! Last photo is my yard...with the DUMP!

LOL!! 

Welcome November!

Welcome November!

It's finally upon us, the colder days and nights of Fall. It's already

snowed here in Alberta. Seems the kids have to trick or treat in

the snow every year now! Well, I'm sure they weren't complaining

when they got home and devoured their goodies! 

I wish everyone a happy November and hope that all

of your wishes and good dreams come true!