Carli The Quilter

Hello fellow movers and shakers of what you have to shake! i have some fav's when it comes to dance music and this one, is more manageable for older joints. At least we can try! Enjoy!

Hello folks! Happy Summer to everyone.  I feel like I've been dwelling inside a mushroom lately with all the family stuff going on, its been a tad busy! But you knew, sooner or later, I'd be back in the saddle again, blogging and designing again. I want to share the various mumbling I've had over the past months and all the craft related fun I've been having anyway! This new shrug of mine looks  better on me, but I'm not so hot taking photos of myself yet. So you get the idea. I found the pattern in 2016 Spring issue of a crochet magazine bought at The Wool Shop in Victoria and sadly can't connect with that magazine right now, so I can't share the designer. This shrug is very easy to do and lovely to wear, very snugly and its adjustable to fit your measurements.  If you click on the link on the word shrug, you'll visit a site with loads more of crochet patterns that keep calling me back to crochet. Also, you can visit the page in ...

I've been struggling to get motivated for exercise lately, I admit it. Its really hard to do the daily's of life with all its complexity. I discovered the bouncy beat of dancers online while helping my son one day. His life is filled with active music, he's thin though thinks he's got a few pounds to loose anyway! As we get older, we age, yes we do and suddenly parts of me that used to react, now complain! I have read bloggers who promote fitness and many of them refer to motivational music to help you relax and get into the zen of exercise. For me, the last thing I need to do is relax about my exercise routines. I need something jazzy and music with a good beat.  Please watch this dancer Parov Stelar doing his thing and maybe it will help promote you to get up and dance! Happy dancing everyone, I'm back home soon and will have a campfire post for you, take care!

I was surprised to find this name! But great coffee and muffins! We were out and about.

As you know, I've been working on multiple quilting projects! And this has been going on for years. I've sewn and quilted all the way through raising a family and working full time.  We, the young couple grew older together.  Our children became adults and moved into their own lives. We are doing something that most families don't do, its live together! Now, this is very funny when I hear about parents talking about their college graduates moving back home and don't leave again.  That is another whole subject, this is our sons saying "come, move in with us" When parenting our sons in the early years, we made a commitment to holding each \Sunday evening, a family meeting.  We've returned to what worked for us in the past. Communication is key in this plan and these are the things keeping me busy outside of quilting. All of my sewing machine type sewing is packed and ready to be moved. I can only do hand work and th...

I have a pile of hexies that finally found a home. They were just lonely souls until placed with these circles. I intend to do hand embroidery around the outside edges of the hexie blocks to make them circles. This quilt will become our new summer quilt. I'm using up all sorts of small bits and scraps of bright colors that just disappear in the bin. Hand embroidery stem stitch between the hexie edges to complete the circle. Happy Quilting quilty friends!

Making circles and applique them onto my squares is most enjoyable. Its slow quilting at its best. I'm using an old fashioned approach of cereal box cardboard circles as my template.