Friday, January 22, 2010

Good Day


Last year one of the members of my EGA Chapter put a challenge together....She made some little thread paddles and our challenge was to make a cover for it....the challenge came in the bag you see here and it could be part of the challenge or not...
When my friend visited in September we went to the fabulous Ribbon store here in Chicago and I found this ribbon....I love pears...so I designed this reverse of the ribbon and stitched it. The thread color was perfect and it was something we had been given as a give at the First Dyeing 2 Stitch Retreat several years ago. And as you all know, somethings just take on a life of their own. There was a bit of extra ribbon so it became a Humbug Scissor Fob and the other little Patch became an open needle page with the button in the center. I had photo copied the stitching with the ribbon and so that became the picture on the cover of the book.
It was all great fun. We presented them at the last meeting and I have to tell you the work of these women was beautiful. One made a Crazy Quilt out of the bag. I count them as one of the great joys of my Chicago Life!

Here she is....4 Lbs of trouble....she thinks she is hiding so that I can not get to her to put her into her Crate so that I can leave for work....At this moment she is whimpering beside me because she wants me to throw one of her fetch toys....Lots of Work this one!

13 comments:

  1. That is quite gorgeous - in fact both pictures are quite gorgeous!

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  2. j'aime beaucoup l'ensemble aux poires ! c'est vraiment mignon !
    I love all the pears ! It's really cute ;-)

    quand à la puce chien ... c'est craquant à cet age ;-)
    and for this dog, it's so cute at this age ;-)

    Bonne journée !
    Sophos

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  3. Love the lilac pear Sharon, the whole thing is lovely.
    However your sweet little bundle of fun is just gorgeous.

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  4. What a lovely kit you've designed! Great job. Love your tiny pal, too.

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  5. They are beautiful- such a lovely job! Now seriously, how could that wistful face ever do anything wrong??? LOL

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  6. Nice job on the pears, I like it. She is just soooooo cute and a great buddy when you stitch.

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  7. Your pear project was so cute. Everyone did a great job. Coco is so sweet. I don't know how you go to work in the morning.

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  8. Love your pear ensemble.
    Coco sure is a cute puppy :)

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  9. Lovely project! And the puppy is just adorable.

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  10. Wow, you are realy creative! It's coming along nicely. Love your little companion there! What a cutie!

    *Hugs*

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  11. Oh Sharon, your collection of goodies are so beautiful....and your pear ribbon is so different.
    Your little ball of cuddles is adorable she has got such a cheeky little face.

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  12. That is so pretty and Coco is ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!

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  13. That's really lovely Sharon - a really nice shade of blue.

    Your pup is so cute too!:0)

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