Queen of the Armchair aka Dzintra Stitcheries: ~A Gardener's Journal......Block G~

Saturday, June 30, 2012

~A Gardener's Journal......Block G~

Woo Hoo doing a Happy Dance here this weekend...

I have finished Block G of A Gardener's Journal by Anni Downes!

And here it is added on to the other Blocks...only 2 to go!!!

I'm having so much fun doing this quilt...

Now I better hop to it as OPAM (One Project A Month) is due tomorrow!

Happy Stitching...Happy Weekend...Dzintra

13 comments:

Susan said...: Love how it's coming along. Gardeners Journal is a gorgeous quilt.; June 30, 2012 at 5:27 PM
Peg - Happy In Quilting said...: Well done....looks fantastic Dzintra...; June 30, 2012 at 5:48 PM
Rachaeldaisy said...: Your quilt is such a lovely mix of pretty fabrics and cute stitcheries!! Enjoy doing the last 2 blocks!; June 30, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...: ooooo this keeps you super BUSY and creative my dear one! Like always, your works of art are made with such skill and LOVE.

BIG HUGS TO YOU !!! Anita; June 30, 2012 at 9:10 PM
Astrid said...: A lovely combination of stitcheries and gorgeous fabrics. Well done!; June 30, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Simone de Klerk said...: You go, Dzintra!!!; July 1, 2012 at 1:36 AM
Annie said...: Awesome Lovely!!!; July 1, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Bev C said...: Hello Dzintra,

It really does look like a garden, the fabric choices are perfect. Good on ya gal.

Happy days.
Bev.xoxo; July 1, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Palomasea said...: I tell you, beautiful friend, your creations make me happy!!!
Just beautiful...
So glad you are having fun!
Hugs and wishes for a lovely Sunday,
- Irina; July 1, 2012 at 2:02 PM
DAWNIE said...: Well done Dzintra - looks fabulous.; July 1, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Nat Palaskas said...: That's really beautiful Dzintra. The whole quilt is gorgeous. Love the colour you've chosen. Enjoy the rest of the weekend - Hugs Nat; July 1, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Castles Crowns and Cottages said...: Ahh my sweet, but your work IS MADE WITH LOVE. An artist has to create, no matter what it is. That need comes from a welling up inside of your mind and heart and it is love, for sure.

NOW to get back to my chore for the day.....SCRAPING old wallpaper and paint from my studio walls to freshen things up!!! LOVE! Anita; July 1, 2012 at 8:32 PM
Tatkis said...: Wow, this quilt looks wonderful! Good luck with last 2 blocks!

Hugs,
Tatyana; July 1, 2012 at 10:15 PM

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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Saturday, June 30, 2012

~A Gardener's Journal......Block G~

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Welcome To My World