This blog is all about me......I come here for respite in between caring for JoJo (our Daughter who has Special Needs)......I am addicted to starting new projects......I am becoming a fabric-a-holic... I love to try out recipes... take a beach walk and breathe in that salty blue air......love to have coffee...sip a glass of champagne......read a book......I am Queen of the Armchair and am inspired by all the wonderful blogs out there!!!
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Quilt of Stitches...FUN FUN FUN

A couple of weeks ago I attended a workshop at Steph's on doing a Quilt of Stitches (Bernina)...
a perfect way to learn more about my (nearly new) Nina and create a quilt at the same time...

The Quilt of Stitches lets you experiment with various decorative stitch options and interesting thread colours...no expertise required, just some curiosity and a spirit of adventure...
Why not I thought!!!




I chose prints from the Civil War range...
Collections for a Cause - Hope by Howard Marcus for Moda...


At present we are doing stitches on square solid fabric to cut up later to look like this...




This one was a completed one...
some of the girls are using darker solid fabrics...


Some of my stitches are a bit wonky...



Using some ribbon here (and getting better ha ha)



And these are some of the ribbons I may use...
This workshop is such FUN FUN FUN!!!
Thanks so much Steph for organizing this and also Jan for teaching us...
next time we have a lady from Bernina to come and chat!!!

And arm update...still CAN'T do apron up...
Physio said yesterday I should notice a lot of difference by Christmas...
so all sounds good, right???

Welcome To My World

Hello, my name is Dzintra Ingrid ... have been known as Ingrid and since our Sea Change I have started to use Dzintra ... pronounced without the D ... (but still known as Ingrid, I know, it's confusing ...)

Welcome to my world ... a journal of our Sea Change ... Mum to three wonderful children ... bringing up a daughter with a disability and seeing life through her eyes ... being a new Nanna ... photos ... inspiring quotes ... taking on a cookery course ... the odd recipe ... and trying to get some stitching done amongst all this ...