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!

Spring Fever

It's been forever since I've posted here. I've been in and out of 

the hospital twice in the past month. I finally got released from my

latest stay of 6 days for pneumonia. It's a bacterial type that is

going around... it sure knocked me on my rear! It started in my

left lung and the chest X-ray yesterday showed that it has now

traveled over to my right lung. So I am taking antibiotics, on an

inhaler and recuperating at home now. I was on oxygen in the 

hospital and I wouldn't have been released until I was breathing

on my own. Well, I'm dizzy and short of breath at times, but

managed to do a little laundry and housework today. 

Before all of this illness, I was in the spring cleaning and sewing

mode... so I had started organizing my fabrics, getting ready

to sew again... I decided to refold my fabrics so they are

the same width... yes, I'm a bit OCD!! lol  

Anyway, these pics below are from last month before I 

was ill. Hopefully soon I will be back into my crafty mode

and post some new items! In the meantime...I hope you are

all enjoying your Spring and I am just so thankful that the

snow is finally gone here. It's been a long winter in Alberta!

Have a beautiful weekend coming up, stay healthy and

creative! Love and blessings to all! 

Debra

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 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??

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

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