~OPAM...One Project A Month, July 2015

Two small items for OPAM this month

One is a headband from Patons Jet Yarn

saw this yarn a year or so ago and just had to have it due to the lovely soft smoky colours

Two nights and it's all knitted up

Must be headband month

This one is a fat quarter from French General fabric

Gotta love my  headbands!!!

Thank you so much Sweet Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM this month

So love participating in this!!!

And a special Get Well to Sweet Peg!!!

Happy Sewing

Love Dzintra xo

Happy Anniversary To Us

Yesterday was our Wedding Anniversary and we unexpectedly took a trip up to the Big Smoke!

I saw this lovely Christmas light and thought I would really like one of these at home

Lovely Christmas setting

JoJo is still wearing her Halloween neckerchief plus a Beatles tie

She saw a Christmas tie with a button on it that makes music so that was purchased

And yes her next neckerchief will be a Barbara Brackman Civil War one entitled Spring 1800-1830

And she chose it herself so has good taste like her Mum lol

It looks Christmasey too so Geo (no blog) you might get to see it

Lunch at Jamie Oliver's.  JoJo had Bolognaise

Meatballs for Mr Armchair

And if course gluten free for me......A vegetable plank

Walking along I spotted this lovely setting

A quick selfie with my new specs which are a bluey colour on the inside......very nice too

We have our photo taken every year on our Wedding Anniversary

Help who would've thought we were married in the 70's

Seems such a lifetime away

This one is at Koko Bean......one of my favourite places!

Happy Happy Anniversary Mr Armchair......we had a great day

Love Dzintra aka Ingrid

~OPAM (One Project A Month) July 2014~

A little late here for OPAM this month

I have just quilted this quilt finished back in 1999

I had no idea back then about 'in the ditch' so this one was done in Perle thread

At the time I just did a red heart around the heart

Some swirls in the corners

and a frame in perle just outside the green border

Now I have gone back and 'ditched' it and added another red stitched line in the tulip border

And it feels so good

Angel background

I call it my Tulip Quilt

Done at a Workshop in Bathurst with Yan Pring

And a just for fun pic I even hung it on our wall here just after we moved here

You can just see the outline of the red stitching, top left

Thank you Peg and Kris for hosting OPAM again this year!