Star Quilt

Hello friends! I started this quilt in 2004, 

the top was made. I added the borders many years 

later and still hadn't quilted it. I knew it would be 

difficult after having been through cancer and 

radiation, which kind of messed up my arm for

awhile...I lost a lot of strength and range of 

motion in my right arm. It's slowly getting better after 

10 years...still not at 100% however. But I 

wanted to get this quilt done for so many years and 

finally decided to finish it before my birthday tomorrow!

 I absolutely love it and am so pleased to finally

have it on my white iron bed! I think it goes great in 

my room and I can't wait to start on my next quilt! 

I hope this inspires you to make a quilt 

someday to be treasured from generation

to generation! 

Have a wonderful week and stay cool in

this hot weather! 

Blessings!

Ocean Wall Quilt

Happy Sunday friends! I hope your weekend has

been beautiful, fun and creative! I finished the

ocean wall quilt... I did a lot of beading on it!

I had a great time making this and I think I will 

do another, in a different way... but hope it

will turn out even better. 

I have been working on some other projects lately,

always keeping myself busy, that's for sure! :) Have

a great and safe week ahead!

 Thank you for stopping by!

Debra

Still in progress... Bead work!

Hello again! I've been working very hard on

the ocean quilt, determined to get it done by

month's end... I've done a lot of bead work

in the past 3 days. I still have much more to do, 

then I will add a few other embellishments,

before I finish it off with binding and loops

for hanging it up! I'm excited to see the finished

project. I have many ideas floating around in

my brain! lol And now, I don't think I want

to hang this piece in the main bathroom, as

I was originally planning to do when I started

this project! It's going to be too pretty to do

THAT to it!! lol  Anyway, I'm having

fun with this piece and look forward to making

some more art quilts... it let's my imagination

run wild... 

Have a lovely day, dear friends! Much love

and many blessings wished for you all!  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Debra

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! 

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??

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. 

Tunisian Crochet Afghan

Hello friends! 

 I can't believe Autumn will be here so soon... it's already

starting to get rainy again. Soon the leaves will change their colors

and fall to the ground... such a lovely sight... and a good time to

start working on a new afghan! I started this rather sturdy and

dense crochet work to use up some bits and pieces of left over 

yarn from previous projects. As I was happily crocheting, I noticed

that the blues didn't match! Oh well, I just figured this out after 

many rows of crocheting and didn't want to unwind it all...so I 

am just continuing on with the project, I'm not too sure how it

will turn out, but it will be warm and heavy! Next time I will definitely

use a softer yarn when I use this stitch. Hopefully it will soften up

once I wash it! It's not too terribly bad, I suppose... lol.

Have a wonderful Saturday!! 

Debra

Crochet Frenzy

I've been on a "crochet frenzy" for the past 2 weeks. 

I made a few bags (shopping and /or small handbags)

 and cotton dish rags, as you can see here. I will have to 

get my Etsy Shop up again sometime after I make some

more new items to list. I think some sewing projects

are in order soon... :) Any ideas? 

A Day of Reflection

This morning I woke up and lay here looking out
 my bedroom window. The sunshine was
filling the room with a softness that I found was very 
warm and comforting to me on this sad day.
It cheered me up a little just seeing this glow. The trees
were looking nice through the sheer curtains... so I took a
photo to remember the moment! :) 

Today was a tough day to get through, as it is every year

on this day, for the past 6 years. I relive each moment in

my mind and the memories are so very sad and many

 tears are shed. My dear sister, Cheryl, passed away at
the age of 51 to lung cancer. She was such a beautiful
woman, so smart and always lit up a room with her smile
and precious laughter. I sure do miss talking to her on the
phone and her silly way she greeted me each time. Oh, how
I miss being able to hear her voice, see that smile and her
glimmer of golden hair, she is among the angels now and I
am so happy to have had the time with her throughout my
life. She was my big sister, my "2nd Mommy" as
our mom called her because she would help take care
of me when I was a baby and through my younger years.
I was blessed to have her in my life and blessed to be her
little sister. I am the youngest. Cheryl and I were 4 years
apart and our sister, Corinne  is a year younger than 
Cheryl. Three sisters, many fights, but many happy times
that I will forever treasure and hold close to my heart.
I spoke to my mom on the phone earlier and she said she
released 2 balloons for our dear angel. Mom was very
upset and like every year, I try to cheer her up by remembering
the good and happy times we had with Cheryl. She was so
very loved and cherished by her family and friends. 

Today, to take my mind off the sadness I've been feeling
for quite a long time, I did some knitting. I have finally finished
one leg warmer for my daughter and have begun to
knit the second piece. Knitting with 4 needles is quite the 
poky experience!! You would laugh at the way I knit...I 
usually use 2 needles and stick the one with the stitches
between my knees or legs to hold tight while I knit away 
with the yarn threaded through my fingers...it just goes
quicker and I like to see progress coming along fast!!! 
I guess I am impatient when it comes to doing projects...
when I sew, I like to get it done and I don't care how many
hours it takes, I don't quit... well, unless it's a quilt,
then I have to take days and weeks to finish that.
As a matter of fact...I made a quilt top and still haven't 
finished it and that was done about 7 years ago! Oh
my goodness... I have so many projects that aren't finished,
I guess the results weren't quick enough for me!! Oh well,
back to the four needles... so, here I was knitting 
"in the round" and poking my fingers like crazy with the
needle tips... I couldn't grab those darn needles with 
my knees, too short, or I would have!!! lol
I'm doing a K2 P2 rib so it will hug my daughters legs when
she dances! She does ballet and all sorts of dance.
And she has a sock addiction... she loves them! These leg
warmers are just a quickie project to mail off to her soon.
I will be making some more fashionable lacy and other
styles of leg warmers for her too... :) Maybe some
on the knitting machine... quicker results! HA! ;)

Now I just see the time!! 12:47 AM...I guess time flew by

and it's now the 31st... last day of the year... what a year

it's been. One of the hardest years in my life. I hope that

the New Year will be much better for everyone,  more loving,

kind, and peaceful, now that would be nice! I have 

a lot to work on with myself and one day at a time will be

good for now. I can't expect quickie results on healing 

my heart or changing some of my ways for the better.

That takes time... 

So, now that it's New Year's Eve, I thought I would start on

my 2013 greeting, so this is what I came up with. It started 

out as 3D text and fireworks and then I got all artsy fartsy on it, 

adding snowflakes and some special effects to the fireworks.

Now for some snowflakes, since Alberta always

seems to have snow, even during the fireworks at

the lake. I'm sure they will have some tonight!! 

Fireworks for sure, maybe snowflakes too... ;)

I'm having a great time with the new software, last night I was

trying a little animation!! Not ready for that yet!!! lol

Have a wonderful last day of 2012!!!

Stay safe and don't drink and drive! 

Love & Peace to ALL!!