Queen of the Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries: ~Past Times....A Quilt Workshop~

Saturday, July 27, 2013

~Past Times....A Quilt Workshop~

I've signed up to do a workshop in September at Step's at Moruya. It's been a while since I've done one and now I think I will aim for one a year!

I have 25 fat quarters here from my stash......the required amount is 22

All set to make this quilt named 'Past Times' designed by Lynne Wilson

I'm loving the darker colours in it and it just looks so warm and happy!!!

Talking about warm, yesterday we had a slow combustion wood fire installed and now it's toasty warm here...

I'll be back with pics to show it off!!!

Tonight it's the last night of the Melodrama so it's going to be fun, fun, fun!!!

14 comments:

Kaisievic said...: Love your fat quarters, enjoy your class.; July 27, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Terry said...: Great quilt and wonderful Fat's from your stash.
Enjoy the Night; July 27, 2013 at 11:53 AM
Susan said...: Fantastic to find all those fq's in your stash, it's a great looking quilt. You will love the fire. Enjoy your finale.; July 27, 2013 at 2:17 PM
Kath said...: ooh lovely fabrics!; July 27, 2013 at 6:11 PM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...: OH! THE LAST NIGHT OF THE MELODRAMA? Then you have partied, I am SURE OF IT! And what better activity to engage in other than art, but the fire. I can't wait to see pics! So good to see you come by again dearest Dzintra! Tell me about your last night of the melo! Anita; July 27, 2013 at 9:27 PM
Domesblissity said...: That looks like a lovely quilt Dzintra. I hope the cold stayed away for tonight's performance. I can't stop coughing!

Anne xx; July 27, 2013 at 10:40 PM
Fiona said...: a workshops a great way to make a lot of progress for a quilt... love the fabrics you have chosen..
Hugz; July 28, 2013 at 7:43 AM
Rachaeldaisy said...: That workshop quilt is going to look wonderful in the fabrics you've chosen. It's fun having a sewing class to look forward to. Congratulations on getting a slow combustion fire, they have such a lovely cosy heat.; July 29, 2013 at 6:37 AM
Googy Girl said...: Ohh the quilt looks yummy, workshops are great fun enjoy; July 30, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Nat Palaskas said...: You fabric bundle flashing by me the other day, but didn't have time to stopped. How fun, a quilt workshop. I haven't done for years - Enjoy Nat; July 30, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Tatkis said...: You've chosen lovely fabrics!

Hugs,
Tatyana; July 31, 2013 at 12:18 AM
Palomasea said...: The last night already!!! I have much catching up to do, dear friend....but I'm so glad to hear you're having a ball!!

And the quilt colors...oh so beautiful, and yes, indeed, very happy...love them.

Off to catch up with your posts, dear Dzintra!!
Much love,
- Irina; July 31, 2013 at 4:52 PM
Susan McShannon-Monteith said...: Dear D, I sincerely hope you and Jojo are well and enjoying your new heater.
It is hot here, no need for the woodstove quite yet.
Take care,
Susan x; August 1, 2013 at 5:42 AM
Palomasea said...: Thank you, my dear, for stopping by to "share" in the meal!! :)
Can't wait to see what yummies you will post next...
I hope your weekend brings much joy, dear friend!
Big hugs across the miles,
- Irina; August 2, 2013 at 4:00 PM

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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 ...

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'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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Saturday, July 27, 2013

~Past Times....A Quilt Workshop~

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