Our leaves are starting to change. The warm days of Summer are giving way to Autumn's shorter days and cooler nights.
Today's crazyquilt detail is a harvest design. I would stitch this on fabric and then work it into the foundation.
Cross Stitch Patterns inspired by nature, animals, holidays and scripture by Pamela Kellogg
Friday, September 08, 2006
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Our Trip To Galena, Illinois
We spent Labor Day weekend in the lovely historical town of Galena, Illinois. It's located in the Northwest corner of Illinois just east of the Mississippi river and only about 15 miles from Iowa.
Galena, Illinois was home to President U.S. Grant. His home still stands there today and is one of the attractions that we visited. Here's another rare photo of me, taken outside of Grants home:
And here's a photo of my husband Scott also taken in front of Grant's home:
And another of Scott taken on the grounds:
You can see the beautiful town of Galena to the left.
Grant's home is located just west of the beautiful hotel we stayed at, The Irish Cottage:
Here are several photos of Main Street. Every one of these beautiful old buildings is a gift or speciality shop:
In the next photo, if you look to the left behind the lamplight, you can see the sign for a wonderful needlework shop:
In this photo, if you look to the right you'll see the DeSoto Hotel where Abraham Lincoln had stayed once. He gave a speech from the balcony.
Also in Galena, there's a bead store, a yarn store and a fabric store. Those are only a few of the specialty shops! We probably walked Main Street about 50 times! It's just so beautiful!
Just to the East of Main Street runs the Galena River. The river has flooded downtown Galena many times over the years so at the entrance of Main Street are floodgates to hold the water back. I wish we had taken a photo of them. They were facinating.
This is another photo of me taken by the fountain in Grant's Park which is right on the Galena River:
And one of my husband:
Wish I had taken a photo of him without his sunglasses on. But they're prescription and he can't see a thing without them. He left is regular glasses in the car.
Anyway, it was a lovely trip and terribly difficult to leave. We'd still be walking up and down Main Street if we could!
Tomorrow, I'll share some photos of "a wee bit o' me plunder"!
Galena, Illinois was home to President U.S. Grant. His home still stands there today and is one of the attractions that we visited. Here's another rare photo of me, taken outside of Grants home:
And here's a photo of my husband Scott also taken in front of Grant's home:
And another of Scott taken on the grounds:
You can see the beautiful town of Galena to the left.
Grant's home is located just west of the beautiful hotel we stayed at, The Irish Cottage:
Here are several photos of Main Street. Every one of these beautiful old buildings is a gift or speciality shop:
In the next photo, if you look to the left behind the lamplight, you can see the sign for a wonderful needlework shop:
In this photo, if you look to the right you'll see the DeSoto Hotel where Abraham Lincoln had stayed once. He gave a speech from the balcony.
Also in Galena, there's a bead store, a yarn store and a fabric store. Those are only a few of the specialty shops! We probably walked Main Street about 50 times! It's just so beautiful!
Just to the East of Main Street runs the Galena River. The river has flooded downtown Galena many times over the years so at the entrance of Main Street are floodgates to hold the water back. I wish we had taken a photo of them. They were facinating.
This is another photo of me taken by the fountain in Grant's Park which is right on the Galena River:
And one of my husband:
Wish I had taken a photo of him without his sunglasses on. But they're prescription and he can't see a thing without them. He left is regular glasses in the car.
Anyway, it was a lovely trip and terribly difficult to leave. We'd still be walking up and down Main Street if we could!
Tomorrow, I'll share some photos of "a wee bit o' me plunder"!
100 Details In 100 Days - Day 79
Last week, I promised you another paisley design so here it is! I tried something new in my graphic software and I think I have a better looking image for tracing. Let me know what you think!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
100 Details In 100 Days - Day 78
I'm back! We spent the weekend in the quaint and very charming Historic town of Galena, Illinois which is in the northwest corner of the state. (I think most of you know that we live in Illinois about 50 miles north of Chicago near the Wisconsin border.)
At moment, I'm in the middle of doing laundry and all the other wonderful (NOT) things you have to do when you get back from a trip, so I'll share more with you tomorrow but for now, I wanted to give you today's crazyquilt detail.
This little Bellflower border can be worked on a seam using waste canvas or it can be stitched on fabric and then sewn into the foundation. I'm going to start experimenting more with 10 and 14 count waste canvas on my seams but if you're more comfortable using 8.5 count waste canvas, then by all means use that.
The stitch count is 12 stitches wide so that's about 1 1/2 inches wide when stitched.
Again, I'll share more about our weekend tomorrow but for now, enjoy!
At moment, I'm in the middle of doing laundry and all the other wonderful (NOT) things you have to do when you get back from a trip, so I'll share more with you tomorrow but for now, I wanted to give you today's crazyquilt detail.
This little Bellflower border can be worked on a seam using waste canvas or it can be stitched on fabric and then sewn into the foundation. I'm going to start experimenting more with 10 and 14 count waste canvas on my seams but if you're more comfortable using 8.5 count waste canvas, then by all means use that.
The stitch count is 12 stitches wide so that's about 1 1/2 inches wide when stitched.
Again, I'll share more about our weekend tomorrow but for now, enjoy!
Friday, September 01, 2006
100 Details In 100 Days - Day 74, 75, 76 and 77
As I mentioned in this mornings post, I'll be away from my computer for the next couple of days. I'll return on Wednesday, September 6th.
So here are the crazyquilt details for Day 74, 75, 76 and 77 :
I tried to do a variety of designs for you to enjoy during my absence. Click on any of the photos to go to my Flickr site where you can download a larger version of the patterns.
Enjoy!
So here are the crazyquilt details for Day 74, 75, 76 and 77 :
I tried to do a variety of designs for you to enjoy during my absence. Click on any of the photos to go to my Flickr site where you can download a larger version of the patterns.
Enjoy!
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