bramble blooms

Thrifted Summer Tops, Bramble Blooms 1 &2, Twenty Six Jell-o Desserts from Canadian Needle Nana

Just like that, our world outside is a million shades of green.

Tony and Ned on the side lawn

I put a mirror up and saw the robin's eggs have hatched. It is a good spot well protected by the house roof which is also under the veranda roof. I got a quick shot of her. We can now sneak in and out the door without disturbing her.

As promised here are three of my latest thrifted summer tops. Below is the one I'm most concerned about...such a bright colour with such large blooms. I'm not ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under birds , bramble blooms , food , ned , thrift shopping

Chookshed Stitchers Challenge, Bramble Blooms, Free Redwork Patterns from Canadian Needle Nana

I'm amused watching this small turkey flock trot through the front yard. The male is displaying constantly and looking so special.

But as far as we can tell, the females don't even give him a glance. In fact, one day they all left and trotted off leaving him standing there alone. We felt a little sorry for him.

What a great gift! My sister always hits the mark with the books she gives me.

I've enjoyed reading it very much and just love the collection of over 50 easy and healthy recipes Helen has included with her ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under birds , books , bramble blooms , chookshed stitchers challenge , free patterns , redwork , tiny trees , youtube videos

Food Hacks, Barred Owls, BB Border Design, Pink Hour Glass Blocks from Canadian Needle Nana

I just have to share the end of another successful Barred Owls of Indiana season. I so enjoyed watching these three grow and then branch successfully off into the big wide world. I really like how the owl parents are so attentive and make sure all three, even the youngest and smallest, hatched days after the first, gets plenty of food. Their eyesight is thought to be better than ours so imagine emerging from the nest box and seeing all the world in front of them for the first time- no wonder they look transfixed.

BTW, the Cottage Garden Samplings ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 6 months, 1 week ago. under applique , birds , bramble blooms , cross stitch , dogs , youtube videos

Bramble Blooms, Future Dreams Wool, Free Pattern from Canadian Needle Nana

I got a start when I glanced out the kitchen window. This guy was over close to the veranda seemingly looking in the window. I wondered what had caught his attention. I keep my camera there and took this shot while he kept staring. Then I realized there was a Red Squirrel on the wood pile in front of the window and no doubt that was what he was staring at.

Got to treat ourselves with a fast food take out meal recently. The fries were good and the wrap was a bacon, tomato/cucumber salad one. It was tasty ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under bramble blooms , free patterns , knitting

Sensational Recipe, Bramble Blooms, New Spin on Backbasting from Canadian Needle Nana

My second Odd Bunch box has arrived and I've been very pleased with both of them. For $20 a box, I think they are a good deal. All of the items have been fresh, nothing even close to spoiling or odd. I am enjoying the variety of items included, a nice selection of vegetables and fruit.

I got blackberries in the first box, a fruit I never buy so it was neat to try them. It also had a butternut squash in the first and an eggplant in this one. Two things I haven't cooked before.

I cut ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 7 months ago. under applique , bramble blooms , recipes , youtube videos

Bramble Blooms, Answering Reader's Questions from Canadian Needle Nana

It was a record breaking 10C here on Thursday and the temps have remained above zero, unheard of mid February weather, for a couple of days. The foggy air felt almost balmy and the squirrels and birds seemed to be going mad out there. The melting had uncovered lots of tidbits for them. But back to regular winter days now.

This is another of Robert Bateman's birds in winter...Varied Thrush. Just lovely colours.

I have these two books from the library and started The Snow Child and realized I'd read it before.

I went on to Snow ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 9 months, 1 week ago. under birds , books , bramble blooms , feelings , youtube videos

Bramble Blooms, Chookshed Stitchers Challenge, Free Patterns from Canadian Needle Nana

If the sun is making it higher in the sky each day, we will never know here in our corner of Ontario. Even our weather guy said our usually gloomy winter weather has been unnaturally greyer this year. It is interesting that this seems to be happening in other countries as well. And it makes me wonder if greater weather change is afoot- or not.

I'm reading an ebook version of this book below and must say how much I'm enjoying it. It's about a young couple working hard to successfully homestead, work at marriage and create ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under books , bramble blooms , chookshed stitchers challenge , free patterns , youtube videos

Midweek: catching up, indulgence, and a new start from With Strings Attached

Here are my Bramble Blooms blossoms. They're fused (Heat 'n' Bond Light) and sewn with a narrow zigzag stitch.

Sparkling Triangles, continued: I cut the border strips 6" because that was the width of the pattern repeat. You might think the border print is sufficiently busy to make matched seams unnecessary, but I like to try to do that. (Maybe it's a holdover from all those years of garment sewing....). I may trim the borders down an inch, but I may not.

Yesterday was Part III of Barb M's estate sale. Here's my haul -- it worked ...

added by Nann 1 year ago. under bramble blooms , estate sale , midweek makers , wednesday wait loss

Friday check in: Bramble Blooms QAL from With Strings Attached

I've signed up for Audrey's Bramble Blooms QAL. More accurately it is a DAL -- design along -- and I look forward to the exercise in creativity.

The introductory post was about the fabric pull: three colors in stacks, with a variety of prints in each stack.

I started with light green, then went to pink, and finally purple.

Part one was to make a background using fabric from one stack. Here's mine.

They are similar but distinct from one another.

I learned to make pieced backgrounds in a workshop with Pat Sloan and I've made them several ...

added by Nann 1 year ago. under bramble blooms , can i get a whoop whoop , finished or not friday

Bramble Blooms from Nestlings By Robin

The May issue of AQ Magazine is out and you will
find my Bramble Blooms within its fine pages.

Let's talk fabrics:)

My fabric supplier was very

generous with this HARLOW

collection from Northcott.

There is some truth to having too many decisions:)

Sometimes you need to try a new

technique, quilt style, or in this

case, a new block.

I have an affinity for pinwheel

blocks and tried something new

this time by splitting one square of

a half-square triangle set up

before stitching together.

It gives some fun extra movement.

Then you chain piece

every step of ...

added by Robin 3 years, 6 months ago. under aq magazine , bramble blooms , chain piecing , fabrics , free-motion quilting , fusible applique , half-square triangles , hydrangeas , nestlings by robin , northcott , quilt designer , warm and cool colors

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