Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Hearts On A Rail!

I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Mother's day weekend! It was peaceful here at the farm. Sunday the sun broke through the clouds long enough for me to enjoy a great beach walk. That is until a storm blew in quite quickly! It rained before I could get home...


This morning, we walked down to the new cottage location.


DH is clearing the road to the shore. It's slow business with a hand saw! No chainsaw for him. There's no timeline to accomplish this; it's just something to do while waiting for construction of the barn to begin. The grey spot in the middle of the photo is him...


He's done a lot of trimming! The birch, maple and spruce trees will love the added light!


While he cut and cleared, I walked the beach. Tide was on its way out.


I look for treasures of the sea... small driftwood pieces, sea glass, unusual rocks... I call this one the Medusa tree... it'll be awhile before the sand gives this one up.


Some insect bored it's way around this branch


and along the trunk.


Seaweed covered the beach... that doesn't happen every day...



This reminded me it was time to head back home and load Lolah!! What a great feather design.


At Christmas, I was gifted with a software program called Quilter's Creative Design and decided to try it. One fabric on the quilt has red hearts on a white background so I chose the hearts. The beauty of this software is that you can size the design to the quilt whether it's for a pantograph or an individual block. I entered the width of the quilt top and the size I wanted the design then printed the panto. 


It came out in 14 sheets, numbered and with registration marks! I taped them together and set it up on Lolah! It was a dream to quilt.



 I call this one Hearts On A Rail... another top I purchased last summer at the local quilt fair.


The ocean smelled wonderful this morning. It gave up some lovely treasures; it's not often that we find blue sea glass on this side of the peninsula. Reds are even rarer.


My time on the beach rejuvenated me enough to load Lolah and finish quilting this beauty in one afternoon! I love that!

I'm linking to The Needle and Thread Network and Let's Bee Social.

Toodles,

Lorette

14 comments:

  1. The hearts look great on the rails. Thanks for sharing the beautiful ocean pictures.

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    1. Thank you so much Lisa... and thanks for stopping by!

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  2. Wonderful quilting. Lovely beach photos, blue and red glass you lucky thing! I am collecting glass from the beach at the end of my road to make a mobile with - finding lots of green, a few bits of brown but not much clear, definitely no blue or red!

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    1. Well Sam, they are rare here too. Red is hardly ever seen in my neck of the beach! Blue is not easy to find either. Good luck to you in finding those colors. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.

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  3. You're so lucky to live so close to the water, someday I'll get back to it. :) Pretty quilt. The hearts were just the thing!

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    1. Thank you. We do feel lucky to have this land with beachfront. Winters may be long but this is home! Thanks for stopping by and for your kind comments Rachel.

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  4. Many thanks for your beach tour--that's a lovely spot where you live. Nice quilting as well--great job!

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  5. Looks like you were enjoying the spring weather... Rain and all! Those are some wonderful pieces found on your tour of the beach. We live on a farm, too, but not anywhere near a beach. Those hearts were the perfect choice for quilting up the red and white quilt. You and Lolah make a great pair!

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    1. Spring is finally here Lorna! The weather has been great this week allowing the land to dry. Our farm used to be active but no longer... no animals here except the wild ones. Thanks for visiting!

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  6. Thanks for taking us along as you strolled along the beach. What lovely treasures you found. Hearts on a Rail is lovely and the quilting really adds to it.

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    1. Hi Jo! You're welcome!! Love the beach walks... can't wait for grandson to come walking with me! Thank you for your kind comment and thanks for visiting!

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