Blue bird of happiness...

Some where over the rainbow...where blue birds fly...there is happiness!~~

My newest hand embroidery quilt pattern is now complete! 

This was super fun to make!

This is done mainly with a backstitch...and 3 strands of floss.

Lighten your spirit with this sweet hand embroidery quilt design.

This is a perfect way to decorate your home, add sweet charm to a nursery or make it into a gift for a friend who needs some cheer!
Make the design into the small quilt as shown or a pillow! It is very fast and easy to stitch up!

This picture really shows the quilting I did....I quilted on the muslin area, but not over the embroidery.

Here I added my nest basket that matched perfectly....I couldn't resist.

Now the lil quilt is in my dining room.

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These are my violets outside my kitchen....so sweet and very much like a pansy.

I love the orange purple combo! (Walmart!)

I made a new coloring page....Get your happy on!

I love pansies....they are so delicate, small and HAPPY!

We had a cat named Pansy when I was little...my mom said her little face was just like a pansy.

It has always been my favorite flower...so I really wanted to create some surface pattern designs with them and  make this coloring page. 

It is in my etsy shop: $3.49

This is Great for anyone who loves to color! It could also be great stitched up...an embroidery project. There are no instructions however...just the page shown above. My signature will be at the bottom of the page. It prints on regular paper, 8 1/2" x 11".

Have a very Happy Tuesday!!!

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Happy Go Lucky!!

I am feeling happy go lucky...

I love all the green of St. Patrick's day...so pretty.

This year St. Patrick's day is a whole month apart from Easter...which I love because I then can decorate for each and have time to enjoy both.  Some years the two holidays are super close to each other.

I made up a new banner...featuring my little paintings and some repeating pattern designs I made using illustrator.  It is in my etsy shop.

The banner can be any length. Each collage sheet has 12 flags....you could print as many as you need....to make any length. Each little flag measures: 3 3/4" x 1 9/16". 

I just glue (hotglue) the tops of the each flag to a length of bakers twine.

They are easy and fast...kids could do this too....I would just recommend tacky glue instead.

I have these banners in all kinds of other holidays and everyday too.

I retook some pics for some older tags I made...

sometimes I have to do that to update...plus my skills have grown throughout the years...thankfully! 

I do love using my old photo collection for these! 

Somehow the old photos really work well with Irish tags and labels...they fit!

These are fun on green glassware and hanging on knobs. 

This cracks me up!

Naughty of me!

This is a cool shamrock I made using my repeating patterns I did in adobe illustrator. 

I love to keep learning and making...I feel like a kid when I create!

I went to the grocery store....the displays are amazing...

My phone took this pic!

I love the color purple. 

These radishes make me really want spring...

but around here it still looks like Siberia!

Boo!

Here's hoping the snow melts soon!

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Candles and repeating patterns

Today I have been working on new designs and more repeating patterns....practicing some skills.

Here is what my repeating design looks like on the computer.

First I draw some designs...in this case it is candles....the retro kind from my childhood Christmas.

I redraw them in Adobe illustrator.

I add colors and other elements.

By switching colors...you can have a completely different look.

Love this yellow....remember when all the colors of the late 60's and early 70's were this bright and crazy?!!

I made it soft here...much more delicate. 

Love the grays and blues. 

More crazy wildness!!

My mom used to make the brightest clothes for us...this reminds me of it. 

I love how different they can be....it is still the same design. 

I don't know what I like best at this point!

This would be cute wrapping paper....I think.

Love purple.

My mind is spinning.

I now don't know where to start with color options.

If you have a favorite color combo or set ...please let me know....

I am totally not sure of what is best now.

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Halloween....already?

I know it seems way early to be working on Halloween.....but it really is not....for designing.

I love working on my surface pattern designing skills.

Above is "Autumn fields".

I love scarecrows and fall....I love the orange pumpkins.  To me the pumpkin is the big symbol of Halloween and fall...just love that time of year.

I wanted this collection....which I would love to make into fabric...to make you think of Halloweens in your childhood.

Those warm rays from the autumn sky....but a chill in the air.

I want you to imagine a field of wheat....with scarecrows guarding it.

This is how the collection looks together...in this color combo.

My scarecrow heads....

Pumpkins in the field

wheat ....so yellow and ready for harvest.

More pumpkins

and more wheat

Here is the same collection....different colors.

I like the black alot 

sweet colors

I always wanted a white pumpkin....but I always buy orange ones.

Good contrast colors

Here is an idea of how they might look on products.

I would like them in a quilt however.

I still have to work on it....but I thought you might like to see these.

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Grape Hyacinths....so flowery

Hello ladies!

I have been busy with a number of things...one thing is practicing these surface pattern designs.

Above are some doodle I did in adobe illustrator.

There are alot of random drawings here....but I picked out the grape hyacinths and a few other items for my design.

All these are the exact same pattern design...only in different color combos. 

It is amazing to me how different they can be. 

Ooohhh...I love this one!

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Changing the colors is totally addicting! 

I love how soft it can look... 

and then how earthy it can be. 

Purples... 

This is a favorite too 

Always attracted to lime green 

I tried to add patriotic colors for this one.

Black and pink! 

Seems like the look is never ending.... 

This one reminds me of summer....and Popsicles!

Plum goodness!

Here is a screen shot of my program I work on.

The pattern is developed with my drawings ...on a square.

Everything must match up exactly on the outer lines of the square.

It also has to be where you can't see where it repeats on the finished project.

I recommend the Bonnie Christine surface pattern class on Creativelive....if this is something you want to do.

I do think you have to be computer savy...otherwise it will all be way to hard.

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