Queen of the Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries: OPAM (One Project A Month)....July

Monday, August 1, 2011

OPAM (One Project A Month)....July

Wow...this is a record for me...5 items for OPAM this month YAY!!!

All only small items but loads of fun to make...

Front of cute little felt needlebook which was a project on our recent Stitching on the Bay day hosted by Fiona and Sylvia...

I added a little hand painted timber button by Theodora Cleave to the roof...

the back...

and a felt page for needles!!!

Matching little scissor fob...front

and back...

Finally finished this pattern book cover from last year's Stitching Day!!!

the inside...

Had these gorgeous pumpkin fabrics since 2003 and made 2 patchwork travel cases...

one for my daughter and one for me...

Thanks to Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM...I'm sure I wouldn't finish nearly as much without it!!!

14 comments:

vicki archer said...: The little house is heaven Dzintra....I hope your weekend was wonderful....xv; August 1, 2011 at 12:31 AM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...: OMG this is magic.....and yes dearest, I would say that it is impossible to stay away from the creativity and FRIENDSHIP of Blogland!!!! WHAT GREAT IDEAS HERE! I could jump into that sweet little felt house and create a world like ALice in Wonderfuland.....Anita in Feltland!!!!

HAVE A HAPPY MONDAY! Anita; August 1, 2011 at 12:49 AM
Jen said...: Oh I love that little book Dzintra, it's just precious!!
Hope you are feeling well!
hugs
jen xo; August 1, 2011 at 3:28 AM
Peg - Happy In Quilting said...: Wow you have been a busy girl....they are all wonderful Dzintra...; August 1, 2011 at 6:18 AM
Rachaeldaisy said...: Golly, July seemed to fly by! I love your little needle book. It's so precious! And so clever to attach the scissors. Your pumpkin cases are so much fun too! You've been a busy bee!; August 1, 2011 at 7:08 AM
Zuly said...: I love your house, which is nice. A big hug from Costa Rica,
Zuly Castillo U.; August 1, 2011 at 7:35 AM
Terry said...: Houses, pumpkins and sticherie. All finished and with an Autumn feel.
Is Thanksgiving soon? Ah no you just had Christmas in July. Crazy seasons here in Oz. Seriously love your finishes one and all.; August 1, 2011 at 8:02 AM
Astrid said...: Looooove that little house! So darling! Love the travel cases and pattern book - lovely! Well done with all the finishes!; August 1, 2011 at 10:21 AM
Show and Tell said...: Well done Dzintra....They look great....; August 1, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Nat Palaskas said...: Fantastic job for OPAM. You have achieved a great deal in a month. Love the little house for needle keeper, cute! Have a lovely week my friend - Hugs Nat; August 1, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Bev C said...: Hello Dzintra,

So cute is that little house with the star. Congrats on all your finishes for OPAM.
Happy Monday.
Bev.xoxo; August 1, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Kath said...: So pretty! I loved the little houses. Like toytown where Noddy lives xx; August 2, 2011 at 4:09 AM
Simone de Klerk said...: Love the little needle holder! So sweet.; August 4, 2011 at 2:55 AM
rosie said...: Just lovely Miss Dzintra....; August 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM

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 ...

Dedicated to Carers...

'Welcome to Holland'

I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It's like this ...

When you're going to have a baby, it's like planning a fabulous trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guidebooks and make your wonderful plans. The Colosseum, Michelangelo's David - the gondolas of Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It's all very exciting.

After months of eager anticipation the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, 'Welcome to Holland'.

'Holland'? You say. 'What do you mean Holland? I signed up for Italy! I'm supposed to be in Italy. All my life I've dreamed of going to Italy'.

But there has been a change in the flight plan. They have landed in Holland, and there you must stay.

The important thing is that they haven't taken you to a horrible, filthy place, full of famine and disease. It's just a different place. So you must buy new guidebooks. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met.

It's just a different place. It's slower paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you've been there for a while, you look around, and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills, Holland has tulips, Holland even has Rembrandts.

But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy, and they are all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say, 'Yes, that's where I was supposed to go. That is what I had planned'.

The pain of that will never go away, because the loss of a dream is a very significant loss. But if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn't get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things about Holland.

Written by Emily Perl Kingsley......Mother of a Child with a Disability

Kerri...

To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sow;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
a time of war; and a time of peace.~

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

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Monday, August 1, 2011

OPAM (One Project A Month)....July

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