Slashing and sewing image text and illusion. But I do worry that one day the building owner will have it cut down. Buildings are demolished and rebuilt with regularity in Tokyo, so eventually the tree will go.

Quilting, Crazy Quilts, Wool Work, Embroidery, Painting, Books, Cooking, Travels, Daily Excitement. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. The Grounds at Montgomery Place. Here is one clump of lily pads surrounding one water lily. This is another flower with a different admirer. From the lily pond, we wandered farther afield and found another lovely area. This building we found in the Formal Garden. It reminded me of the buildings we found in English gardens.

My daughter says my blog title is like the name of a pub. Just like a pub anyone who happens by is welcome. Tuesday, March 5, 2013. I love this template and the additional challenge of losing some of it. I decided to include the template with my post instead of linking to it as it was easier to draw the parts lost than to describe it in words. Did this in a hurry .

How To Make Your Own Quilting Templates. Great article on quilting templates. As noted in previous posts, quilting templates are. Shapes used to mark and cut fabric units for quilt blocks. They can also be placed on the top of the 3 layers of fabric and be used to do the actual quilting of the 3 layers together. Quilting templates can be made out of a variety of materials paper, cardboard, plastic, etc. Imagine how nearly impossible it wo.

I actually finished this quilt awhile ago, and blogged about it briefly on my other site, SewMessy. But I really wanted to do it justice here. I started work on it on the original HandiQuilter II frame and domestic sewing machine.