Queen of the Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries: A Belated BirthdayGift...(Ber)nina all set up...Japanese Fabrics for Shattered Nine Patch...and an Award!!!

Thursday, October 14, 2010

A Belated BirthdayGift...(Ber)nina all set up...Japanese Fabrics for Shattered Nine Patch...and an Award!!!

I'm having a fabulous time at the moment being involved with Cabaret...

lately it feels like whenever I go out I go to the Kit Kat Club!!!

Amidst all this a surprise birthday gift arrived from my dear blogging friend Simone!!!

Little parcels all wrapped up...

and on opening...a sewing machine mat...

I have started using it...and it's fantastic Simone...I just love it!!!
Thank you so very very much Simone!!!
And so very very handy too for all those threads as I still work my way through getting used to using Nina!!!

Here is the new table and chair all boxed up...

Chair all set to go...

And what a surprise to find that the seat lifts up for storage...YAY!!!

Table all set up...

And here is the little accessories box all set ready to go!!!

From a previous post on The Shattered Nine Patch quilt which my Needlework Group is going to begin soon...

For this quilt I have decided to use Japanese fabrics...
Above is the fabric I have chosen for the back of the quilt...it is really stunning!!!

Beautiful gold with an awesome eagle on it...I couldn't resist...

originally I was going to use a black backing...

but the eagles kept calling me!!!

And the fabrics for the quilt...
to see the shattered nine patch...go over here...

Here is The Versatile Blogger award I have received from Natima which I am to forward on...as usual to hard to choose so dear readers...please accept this as I think you are all Versatile Bloggers!!!

Thank you so much Nat!!!

19 comments:

Jeni said...: Dzintra what a lovely surprise... I have just made those sewing mats for Xmas gifts.....
and your material so pretty.....and your chair looks
pretty swish.....you go girlfriend ...hugs; October 14, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Nat Palaskas said...: I have the same set from a friend and it's so handy. The sewing table looks great Dzintra. I love the Japanese fabric for your new quilt. You will have fun with them - Hugs Nat; October 14, 2010 at 8:29 PM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...: GOOD MORNING Dzintra!!! WAIT...I thought your birthday was in APRIL????? Anyhoooo, this is a great gift my dear! And the Caberet is over? YOU HAD A FABULOUS TIME, didn't you? I am rushing off now, but many hugs today to you!! Anita; October 14, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Bev C said...: Hello Dzintra, Simone's gift is just perfect for your new sewing room and Nina.Love the prints you hae chosen for your quilt,good luck with it. My word verification is thron just need and e on the end and it would match your blog perfectly.
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo; October 14, 2010 at 11:59 PM
Kath said...: Oh what an exciting time you have had. I adore those fabrics, don;t you throw any scraps away hear? LOL; October 15, 2010 at 1:26 AM
Jen said...: Oh what a lovely sewing table, you are a lucky girl!! and the chair, well, anything with extra storage is perfect! Glad to hear you are having a lovely time doing Cabaret, have a great weekend!
Jen; October 15, 2010 at 2:40 AM
Simone de Klerk said...: LOVE your new sewing space! Glad your very belated birthday present came on time for it.
You found some lovely fabrics and congratulations with the award (o:
Lots and lots of fun with your show!!!; October 15, 2010 at 5:42 AM
Sandi said...: Wow, there will be no stopping you now - what a great sewing set up!
Lovely gifts too from Simone.; October 15, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Fer said...: Your sewing space looks great! Exactly what you need. :-); October 15, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Astrid said...: Doesn't it feel wonderful to receive birthday gifts long after the day? Lovely gifts. Love your new sewing table & chair, sure you'll be creating many gorgeous quilts. Very, very beautiful the Japanese fabrics. Have fun with the Cabaret!; October 15, 2010 at 1:22 PM
posie blogs Jennie McClelland said...: Oh, only amazing things can come from that set up!! Why wasn't i following you already?? I'm lucky 100!! Love you Dzintra!! Love Posie; October 15, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Susan McShannon-Monteith said...: I think this new quilt D is going to be absolutely stunning...
You'll be able to sew till your hearts content with that great table.
Congrats on the award and the gift is beautiful.
Susan x; October 15, 2010 at 10:20 PM
Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) said...: CONGRATULATIONS, on your well deserved award. Kudos to you!!!

What a beautiful gift from a beautiful blogger. Aren't our 'friends' the best!!! I love the little mat.

I'm just thrilled that you've had such a great time performing. I sure wish I could of seen you, I'd probably just break out in song and dance too. Ya'll know I have no self control in such matters.

Ya'll have a marvelously blessed weekend. :o); October 16, 2010 at 7:33 AM
Micki said...: I love your sewing area, and the fabrics are stunning. It sounds like you are having a blast!
Micki; October 16, 2010 at 7:39 AM
Pooch Purple Reign said...: i really like the combination of fabrics for your project. amazing how good they look together
cheers
~laura x; October 16, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Terry said...: Go Girl tablen chair and new machine How wonderful. Glorious fabric and a great project you should have fun.; October 16, 2010 at 8:43 PM
Karmen said...: Fabulous! I need one of those chairs, too! Karmen; October 16, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...: Dzintra! Still at it at the CABARET? Excellent! That is definitely an elixir for youth, THE THEATRE!!! ENJOY every minute dearest! Anita; October 17, 2010 at 11:39 PM
DEBBIE said...: The gifts are beautiful... And well deserved!
Love your "clever chair" and table!
I can`t wait to see your handmade treasures... The fabrics are so pretty!

DEBBIE MOSS

P.S- Belated HAPPY BIRHDAY WISHES, TO YOU!; October 19, 2010 at 2:57 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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Thursday, October 14, 2010

A Belated BirthdayGift...(Ber)nina all set up...Japanese Fabrics for Shattered Nine Patch...and an Award!!!

19 comments:

Welcome To My World