St. Nicholas

The Prairie Schooler #20, I stitched these in 2006 and made them into a Christmas Wreath. This was my 5th wreath.

I stitched everything except the white colour (Santa’s beard) on white fabric, as I didn’t have right fabric. Then I coloured the work-in-progress, by boiling in water with onion skins for about 10 minutes. Then I stitched Santa’s beard with white. They turned out good.

Noel Wreath

I chose two free patterns of Noel, but stitched on red fabric each word separately, and made a 7th wreath in 2008. I gave this one to my brother’s family as a Christmas gift and they loved it.

Monthly Project (Christmas Wreath)

This was my 2nd wreath, completed in 2004. It was a monthly project from a Korean web site. Every month one theme (something to ride, quilt, butterfly, etc…) was given by the owner of site. I chose a theme that was closest to a Christmas theme, to make a wreath. Somehow, that site was closed in the summer time, so I picked some other patterns to make 12. I don’t know why I was thinking that it had to be 12 … Anyways, I managed to finish.

Friendship

Design is from an old magazine. I stitched and framed two for my friends, one in Korea and one in Canada.

After back stitch

Before back stitch

Christmas Collections

Ornaments, I stitched on perforated paper and decorated a little topiary as a Christmas tree. Picture was taken in 2002.

Christmas Cushions, Designs are from an old magazine, Better Home and Garden. I have made them into cushions in 2002.

Welcome Frinds

I saw someone else had done this piece, and I wanted to do it for myself.Special thanks to Yoon-Hye.

Summer Sampler Wreath

The design, originally called “Summer Sampler”, is from an old UK magazine, and has 9 blocks in a criss-cross square design (picture below). However, I stitched the 9 blocks separately and sewed them individually to make a wreath. I changed some words too: “amo” (I don’t know what this word means) to “love”, in the heart design; and the Initial “MT” to “HOME”, in the house design. I had kept this wreath for 4 years, in my home, but recently gave it to my sister when she came to Canada this past fall.

Four More scarves and Wrist Warmer

More scarves I made last week.

I'm knitting more scarves

I've been busy knitting and knitting for the past three weeks. So far I've made 13 scarves:

Winter Scene Series

Designs are from an old magazine, I stitched “In the Valley” and “By the Pond” in 2001. I stitched “On the Farm” in 2004. Since I finished this last part 3 years after the first 2 parts, my framer wasn’t able to find the same frame as the first 2 parts. In the Valley, 2001By the Pond, 2001

On the Farm, 2004

Knitting Scarves

My friend, who is also a member from my church choir, used to own a store that sold wool and DMC flosses, and just recently she gave me some craft supplies that she now longer had use for. I was given many yarns of wool for knitting and approximately 1,500 DMC flosses. I started knitting last week and so far, I've knitted six scarves and one hat. I knitted a blue scarf for my daughter, a dark blue scarf and hat for my son, and a pink scarf for my friend. I am planning to knit another scarf for my friend soon.

Four Seasons

I stitched two sets of four season series in 2004. I don’t remember the designer because I gave the pattern away.

First sets: Winter Oval, Spring Oval, Summer Oval and Autumn Oval

Second sets: Spring Rainbow, Summer Bluebirds, Autumn Squirrel and Winter Cardinals

The Lord's Prayer

I stitched two different “The Lord’s Prayer” from different designs.

The first one I stitched was designed by Carol Emmer. I stitched three of these in early ‘90 for three different Reverends in my church.

The second one was designed by Praying Hands Collection. I stitched this in ‘98 for myself, but ended up giving it away to my older brother.

Canadian Rocky Mountains

In September, 2009 I went to the Canadian Rocky Mountains with my brother, sister and her husband. It was my fourth time seeing the Rockies, but it was the first time for my siblings. The weather was nice.We travelled in a tour group with a guide who was so intelligent and knowledgeable of the Rockies. He was a very experienced guide who knew a lot about everything, including all genres of music. He played his music cds on the bus and we enjoyed listening to them.The trip was fabulous but too short.

Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park

Peyto Lake, Banff National Park

Key Chains

I made these little key chains for friends as small gifts. I stitched the face, adapted from a freebie, and used felt for the body. I made 19 key chains in May and 15 more in July, for a total of 34.

Blue and White Quilt Blocks

I stitched the first 4 blocks – Log Cabin, Crazy Quilt, Dresden Plate and Lone Star – on Oct 16/2004, designed by Dale Burdett.

Another 4 blocks – Mariner Compass, Broken Star, Bridal Wreath and Trip Around the World – were finished on Oct 30, 2004.

The last four blocks – Spring Time, Flower Garden, Baby Blocks and Double Wedding – were done on Apr 21/2005.

One of my friends in Korea, who does quilts, made these into a wall hanger. I love this quilt. size: 98 cm x 118 cm

Canadian East Coast Trip

Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick

In the beginning of September I went on a Canadian East Coast trip: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with my son, and my sister and her husband who came from Seoul, Korea for their vacation. We drove over 5,000 Km total, in 8 days/ 7 nights. We went to Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick near Fundy Provincial Park, which is amazing; and Cape Breton in Nova Scotia is such a beautiful land. Prince Edward Island is such a peaceful Island. It was a long drive, but worth the visit.

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia