Ocean Art Quilt - A Work in Progress

Hello, happy weekend! 

There's been a bit of rainy/windy 

weather here, not so great to be outside yet. 

I hope you're having some great weather wherever 

you may be in this world! 

I've been doing some sewing on an art quilt that 

I began making years ago... I'm bad for starting projects 

and losing interest in them, but I'm determined 

to get this done so I can start on yet another 

unfinished project!  lol  

This is an ocean themed wall hanging. I'm doing some 

hand beading on it now and it's coming along... 

slowly, but surely!  I like the metallic thread I used

for quilting the sea area. 

I have much more planned for embellishing it, 

which will be mainly hand beaded work, then I 

will bind it all and hopefully be finished by

month's end! 

Have a fantastic and inspirational weekend!

Enjoy!

GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello friends!  I'm excited to let you know about my new

  Facebook page Caligrrl Creations! I am doing a giveaway and 

all you need to do to enter is to visit my page (link below) 

and give it a LIKE. I will then enter your name in the drawing 

to be held on Friday, February 28th at 6:00 pm Mountain time. 

The first prize to be given away is a handmade Polar Bear. 

The second prize is a set of dish or face cloths crocheted in 

100% cotton yarn. For each LIKE from a friend or family member 

that you send to my page, I will enter your name again! So the more 
people you share my page with, the better chance you have at 
winning a prize. I hope to see you there and I wish 
everyone good luck in the draw. 

https://www.facebook.com/CaligrrlCreations

Thank you for your support here and on my

Facebook sites... you are so very much

appreciated!  Have a great rest of the week

and stay safe and warm out there! 

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 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??

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!! 

My CaligrrlArts Etsy Shop is back!

CaligrrlArts Shop on Etsy

I have put my Etsy shop items back up for sale in time 

for the Christmas season. If you have a moment, please stop 

by and take a look at my hand crafted items. 

You may share the link with your family and friends, as well. 

Thank you so much!! Hope to see you there! 

Blessings! :) Debra 

Above are a few samples of things in my shop.

I have many hand crafted items to browse through,

including jewelry, knits, crochet and sewn items. 

Wednesday greetings!

Hello friends!! Happy Wednesday... these days seem

to be flying by so quickly! We had a little snowfall last

night, here in Alberta, but the sunshine today is melting

all that fell in the evening. It looks so pretty, like

diamonds, brilliant and sparkly! :) 

Below are links to my books and crafts... you're welcome to

share these links with your friends and family. I appreciate

all of you for your support in my arts. 

Have a beautiful Wednesday with much love, Debra

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/DebraAnnBeach

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CaligrrlArts

All set up

I've been very busy this past year...below is just a small portion

of the items I have made. Some I haven't listed on my Etsy shop

yet and others I haven't finished... 

I have a home showing tonight... I hope to sell something! 

Above are some unfinished things..dish cloths,

scarves and more... I love the dish cloths,

they are the green and the blue on the right of

the green...I crocheted these Tunisian style.

Actually the 2 scarves on each other side of

them is also Tunisian crochet! I am addicted! 

Update & Pics

Hello friends! I'm sorry I've been a bit

quiet lately, many things on my mind. 

Sending out love, prayers and deepest 

sympathy to Connecticut families and their

loved ones. I've been missing my family, 

my ex boyfriend and I've just been very sad and 

depressed, trying to get the spirit of Christmas 

going around here. So today, I put some 

more ornaments on the tree, I'm playing Christmas music 

and making some home made pizza for dinner.

I may just make some cookie dough today as well!

I was glued to the tv the past 3 days and just 

crying my heart out, so today the tv is off, unless

 it's a Christmas show! :)

Below are some things I've been working on... 

I've been learning some Tunisian Crochet and

having a bit of fun with that...

Sending love to all... have a wonderful new 

week ahead. Blessings

Above is a Tunisian Crochet stitch something

or other... perhaps a table runner? The yarn isn't

too soft, but I like the way the variegated yarn

looks in this...I'll have to go through my yarn stash

and find some softer variegated yarn... maybe a baby

sweater would be nice with this stitch! 

Above is a hand knit chunky scarf

I have started using stockinette stitch

and bulky brushed acrylic yarn.

Above right and below right

is another Tunisian Crochet stitch,

this one is made with a very soft

teal colored mohair and acrylic blend

yarn...so snuggly! I love it! 

I'm not finished with any of these

projects yet... just working on them

all a little at a time. 

Below is the poor Christmas tree,

barren with no gifts... I put more 

decorations on it today to liven it 

up... I tried to get my son enthused 

about decorating but he's put it

off for a week... so it's up to Mom. 

Below is a stocking I made many years ago

in California... I have a few with different fabrics.

These are all lined so they are nice inside and out!

Especially when filled with Chocolate!! lol

I had to put some of my polar bears under

the tree in a wagon... they look cozy! 

Frosty has to stay out, he may melt!  

Fibre optic trees are really pretty... I like

the fact that I don't have to mess with those

little strings of lights and the tree

looks pretty with or without ornaments!

I have so much more Christmas stuff downstairs,

but I think the tree looks festive enough...

Below are a nice snowman and tree made

out of wood from my youngest son when he was in

pre-school...he's a crafty guy too!  

That's all folks! Enjoy the new week ahead...

Love and blessings to all.