Cozy Days in the Cottage

 It's always a happy feeling to walk down the brick path each week to Susie's cottage, to stitch and chat with friends. Right now the door is painted orange and the gardens on either side are just beginning to wake up, but the atmosphere inside is warm and cozy. Everyone has at least one project to work on and many of us have several projects waiting in the wings. Here are a few things we've worked on in recent months.

Susie's cheerful hand appliqué,

beautiful quilts,

and even adorable handmade bunnies!!

Barbara's quilt with a lovely scalloped border,

and her meticulous embroidery...

Pat R's cosy knit wool hat...

Carol S's needlepoint coaster,

 

and her delightful wire sculpture squirrel...

Anne's gorgeous sweater,

 her fluffy pompom hat,

a beautiful quilt for her granddaughter,

and some delightful appliquéd squares!

Jane's adorable sweaters...

Carol H, who has been traveling quite a bit, made these lovely shawls...

Judy worked on some little embroidered pictures,

and a page spread for a fabric book she's making.

All in all, we have been busy, sharing stories and stitched work

as we gather each week,

around the creative table!

Thanks for visiting - see you next time! 

A Long Awaited Update

  It has been far too long since our last post, but here we are again, 

sharing the projects which we have created in the last year!

We'll start with a little teddy made by Jane,

And she also made this cute unicorn hat!

Pat has made some pretty berets,

beautiful hats,

and some lovely knitted and felted woolen mittens.

Barbara made this clever fabric picture of a local ice cream shop as a commission, 

and she has been appliquéing these wool and velvet motifs on squares for a future quilt.

Carol S. finished her hand stitched felt Nativity scene

in time for her church's Christmas fair!

She also had some of her wire sculptures on display at a local art show.

Susie had a wonderful trunk show in October, sharing her many quilts 

with an appreciative audience at our local quilt store, Quilted Commons. 

Here are just a few of the beautiful quilts she shared!

She also shared some other quilts with us, both finished and in process.

Carol H created this happy sunflower quilt,

as well as a pink and green baby quilt.

Carol also worked on a cozy knitted blanket!

Anne shared a needle point pillow of St. Francis which she had made in past years,

and also knitted many pairs of intricately patterned mittens as we sat and talked.

 We didn't know how she managed to concentrate!!

Anne also made these pretty hats!

Judy made some embroidered pictures and appliquéd scenes for 

a local art show.

As always, our handwork is accompanied by conversation, laughter and friendship 

as we gather together each week,

around the creative table!

  "Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that - one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like the embroidery."

Oliver Wendell Holmes