Collection of Smalls

These small items were made from 2005 to 2010. There are pincushions, pin keeps, needle books, door hangers and needle rolls etc. I didn’t count them but there must be around 150-200 and I have more decorating my bedroom curtain.

Apple and Ginger cake

This recipe is from an old paper.

¾ cup unsalted butter
11/4 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
¾ cup buttermilk
3 tbsp molasses
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
2 apples, peeled, cored, sliced

Butter 9-inch square baking dish.
Cream together butter and sugar until light.
Beat buttermilk with molasses:reserve
Sift flour with baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Stir well. Add alternately to batter with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Stir in apples.
Spoon batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated 350F oven 45 to 55 minutes or until centre springs back when gently pressed and cake comes away from sides of pan.
Serve warm or cold.

Two Wreaths

I made two more wreaths for friends.

Ornaments

I made more ornaments to make a Christmas Wreath.

Freebie from here

More freebies done

Designs are from Imaginating, Inc.

Dragonfly, designed by Fiona Jude, from here

Four seasons Cat, but I stitched only two, from club point de Croix

Noel 6

updated on Dec 6

I saw a Christmas stocking ornament package, 12-pack, from a dollar store. They are cute, and look nice as a finishing touch. I stitched Noel with a small motif on vinal aida and attached them onto the ornaments. I’m going to pin them on a string to hang on a door or window, or on a frame…..several thoughts in my mind.

11th Wreath

I stitched "Joy", “NOEL”, "Love" and "Fa la la" on green aida and have made them into a wreath. Yes, it’s my 11th wreath, and I already gave it away. It’s very colourful and pretty.

Floating above Cappadocia in Turkey

Oct 18, I went to Turkey and Greece for 10 days with members of my church. It was my first time to visit Turkey and Greece. On the third day we went to Cappadocia. The Cappadocia area has deep cavities within the volcanic rocks, and underground cities. We went on one of the hot air-balloon flights, which last about an hour and a half, early in the morning to see the sunrise. I counted 40 balloons in my view, but another person on the other side counted 60 balloons. It’s a bit pricey but worth it to fly about 1000 meters high. It was a beautiful, unforgettable experience.

Red House in Winter

Design is from Little House Needlework. I finished it as an ornament in April 2010.
It was my first time stitching from a Little House Needlework design, and I love it.

Passion Flower

I saw some very interesting plants called Passion flowers, a couple weeks ago, and I bought two of them. One grows well with a few buds, but the other has no sign of flowers. Passion flowers are not only beautiful; they produce delicious fruits (passion fruits) as well. Flowers are about 4 inches in width, and so far I had three flowers and they all bloomed for only one day, each. It seems too short for such a beautiful flower, to bloom for only a day. Anyways, I hope I have a chance to see fruits growing in my balcony……

Door Hanger

I don’t remember where I got this lovely freebie.I stitched this on black aida and made it into a door hanger.

Emblem of Friendship

Blue, 2010

Designed by Louise Henderson of Cherished Stitched from 2006 Christmas Ornaments Issue. I stitched the Emblem of Friendship four times, all in different colours, and I made them into door hangers.

They look pretty. I love them all.

Purple, 2009

Blue, 2008

Red, 2008

O' Canada

Today, July 1st is Canada Day, the Canadian independence day.
So I stitched something special for the celebration of Canada Day.
Design is from VeeandCo Cross Stitch Designs.
I made it into a pincushion, but it’s a little too big for a pincushion.
It would be perfect for a pinkeep.
I have stitched a couple more Canada designs before.

Four Seasons 4

These lovely four seasons designs are from San Man Design Sal, which I made into ornaments.

Pincushions and Pouches

I made some pincushions and pouches from freebie designs.Part of Sal, Echevette site

Kustom Kraft newsletter freebie

Freebie from Borduurblad

Cats from Novalee02

Newsletter Freebie

Mini Garden in my condo balcony

I added two more different kinds of lilies this year, and now they have bloomed. One is pink, and the other one is white in the centre with pink edges, beautiful. So now I have three different colours, for the moment, but it will be four different colours next year as I added an Easter Lily in April.

Of course I have some other flowers too, such as Anigozenthos, Begonia, Bleeding Heart, Dianthus, Evening Primrose, Gerbera, Lavender, Lupin, Nasturtium, Pansy and Portulace…etc

Canada Geese

Today, I went to Edwards Gardens with my daughter. We saw a family of Canada Geese, including 15 goslings … Wow…
They are so cute. Many people and children were watching the family of geese.
It’s a beautiful garden with lots of flowers…and a good place for a walk, too.

Home Decoration

My brother lives in Acton, Ontario, one hour distance from Toronto.
When I visited them last time, my sister-in-law mentioned that she wanted something to hang on the front door of her house, but she didn’t have any ideas.
She and I tried to hang a wreath but the space between door and screen door wasn’t enough.
This week, I looked around to see what I have.
I used an angel frame, which I bought from a garage sale last year during my trip to the East Coast, and four seasons I stitched earlier this year, but I only used three of the seasons and not winter, due to colours not complementing each other somehow.
Well, the arrangement wasn’t easy at all, and I changed it several times before I finished…
I think the final arrangement is good enough….. I hope she likes it.

Four Seasons by Prairie Schooler

Her Flower Garden SAL 2

6 parts of Sal from A Box of Chocolate is now completed.
I stitched 3 blocks, Fuchsia, Sunflower and Daisy this week.
I arranged them on a wreath, my 10th wreath, but it doesn’t look good somehow, due to all the variety of colours on each of the blocks.
It’s not easy to arrange them all together.

Maybe I’ll split them into two groups and make them into something else.

My Collections 4

Ornaments Collection

I made so many ornaments so far. I hung them on door knobs everywhere in my home, which looked a little messy.I wanted to put them all together nicely.

I tried putting them on my curtain, which looks okay to me, but my son said it looks messy.Well, I don’t know what else I can do. I’ll just leave it for awhile.