Bernina Stitch Book

About 18 months ago I bought a new Bernina sewing machine. It's primarily for me to quilt my donation quilt tops on but I have always said I would do a book sampling all/most of the stitches it's able to do.  Since we are on "Stay At Home"  orders by the government due to the Covid 19 virus, I decided this would be a good time to stitch out all of the samples in their original size.  You can actually do so much with them buy enlarging flipping and adding rows together.  Here's a few sample pages.

Cape May, NJ ~ Harris's Sparrow ~ USA Life Bird #470

This Harris's Sparrow has been wintering in Cape may at my birder friends' house.  I jave been over there a number of times to see it but was never successful - called dipping - in birder language.  I went over again this morning as it is probably soon to fly away to it's nesting grounds.  I did get several looks at the sparrow though a cardinal kept chasing it away.

Harris's Sparrow ~ USA Life Bird #470

Harris's Sparrow ~ USA Life Bird #470

Beth's Patch ~ Daffodils

Spring is coming

Fabric Postcard Swap ~ Kites

Our postcard group Fabric Postcard Art is having a Kites swap this month.  The first 2 postcards I made and the next 2 postcards are ones I received.

Valrie to me

Miriam to me from Ireland

Happy St Patty's Day

   

 Two fabric postcards I made for a green strings swap.

Cape May Point State Park

Northern Shoveler Ducks

Male Wood Duck in the back corner.

Spent a 1/2 hr on the beach watching the Bottlenose Dolphins play.

Bottlenose Dolphins

Stone Harbor Point ~ Birds

This is the first bird I saw today ~ US coast Guard

Hen Harlequin Duck

Hen Harlequin Ducks

There were initially 5 American Oystercatchers flying overhead.

It's a parade!

Then there were 3 American Oystercatchers that flew back and conducted aerial acrobatics for about 1/2 hr.  They were calling back and forth to each other.

Purple Sandpiper out on the jetty.

Jenny's Amaryliis

Project Quilting ~ Week 5 -- Give It Away ~ Donation Quilts for Wrap-A-Smile

As many of my friends know I am pretty active in making donation quilts.  Last week I donated 2 tops made from my hand-dyed fabrics January 2019 to my local guild for donation to 2 pre-teen boys.  The grandmother is taking in 5 of her grandchildren so 5 quilts were requested.  These quilts were actually made last year and I intended to gift them to a family member or close friend but I can always make more tops.

This week's challenge was to make something to be given away for Project Quilting.  I have "perfected" a simple but great children's quilt that's about 45" by 60".  Then depending on fabric choices it can be good for boys or girls.  It's fun to make and can be quilted with an allover meander fairly quickly.  Edges can be finished by either binding or using a facing.  So, I have made 2 quilts that I will donate to Wrap-A-Smile.