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Friday, April 26, 2013

95 Year old handmade bonnet......

Look at this beautiful piece of art.....every stitch by hand...


Look at the featherstitching....

All the pin tucking...
And this sweet tiny featherstitching with the french knots and the beautiful detail of the thread on the underside of the fabric..



 Just look at that!!!!  it just takes my breath away!!
 This is the underside of the french knot detail....


What a piece of art!!!!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013


I Don't like to bring  the sadness of the world to this place because in so many ways it's my safe haven.....
This is the place I come to when I feel like the world has gone mad......
All of the amazing people I have met through this blog journey have given me such faith in the human being....most of the people of the world are good....
So it is very hard this morning to take in all that has happen here in my own back yard...only 31 miles from my safe haven....only one street from a clinic I worked at for several years...
this area of Boston is so beautiful....probably the most beautiful...so it is a very sad day here and I am trying to find a place to fit today....
I think I will have to make bread....pat my kitties....hug all the children I love so...
Bloody Hell....What is the matter with the world!!!!   A little boy.....a dear little boy....it just breaks my heart....pointless....
So Thank you all out there for making some sense of the world....for bringing humor ...kindness....creativity....humanity to a world that feels at times like it is completely out of control....
Don't take one second for granted...........heaps of love to you all........xxxxx Holly

Saturday, April 13, 2013

 Now that my computer is fixed I can download a few more pics from the memory quilt...
It started as just a pieced quilt and we ( the mum and myself)  decided on the  embroidery after the fact....so glad we did!!
 I love buntings!
 Mr. holding the quilt in the sewing studio!!
 I am really happy with this... I think the S is my favorite...the others are just fun things...





 little Sophie has a nightlight in her room and it projects the constellations ..
This was the last embroidery I did and it was because I went to a school concert and Sof brother was in the jazz band and the entire concert Sophie stood in front of her mum and conducted with such gusto through the entire concert!!!  I had told them the quilt was done and that night I said they would have to wait a little longer as I had just thought of one more embroidery to add!!

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Miniature Gardens......








When I was a little girl my mum taught my sister and I to make miniature gardens....
a tiny little land where you could shrink and suddenly be small enough to look up into a flower....
It was her brilliant way of teaching us to look closely at things .....to see the smallest wonders of nature....  it worked.....for me nature is my church.....it gives me hope....
Gardens are heaven on earth...and these little tiny versions are sooooo much fun to make!!
Happy Day to you all!!









Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Autism Awareness Day........

A day for learning ..understanding ..and supporting all those people who are living with autism in their lives...sooner or later it will touch us all....


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Monday, April 1, 2013

The memory quilt!!! This was a pile of baby clothes ....all the favorites saved by a mum for her little girl....
I turned it into her memory quilt.....added embroideries of special memories and fun things to look at!!
I am pretty pleased with it...most importantly they love it!!




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Location:Finished!!!!!!

Spring!!!

Things are really starting to pop here!!!!! I have never seen so many crocuses!!!
I just adore spring bulbs...














The first daffodils!!

I've been having a bit of computer trouble... So I'm only able to post from my mobiles...
I hope the pictures are clear enough!