Colour Surprise This Week!

Have you ever seen something that you thought was 'just perfect' & turned out to be a surprise?
Well, that is what happened to me this week!

I always buy offseason to get the best price on fabric. I wanted a good flannelette for Christmas pj's this year as I get all the kids home for Christmas. I would need a lot a fabric as they are all adults now & the PJ bottoms take at least 3 meters for a pair & there will be 8 pj's made, bottoms, nightshirts, maybe a housecoat. Thinking this fabric collection was going to hit the mark, what a surprise when I opened the box!
The what I thought was navy was purple!!!

 What a fitting scene, it's what the woods have growing & living in there here & the white background is the main winter colour here!

 The coordinating flannel fabric for accents on the pj's match the scene fabric & it is purple!

 This Christmas has a new colour to it this year 'PURPLE'. I'm going to find that faux white Christmas tree & decorate it with purple tree hangings.
I have to admit that the colour is growing on me & Elizebeth told me it is a royal colour!
Sew, let it be the lemonade solution to my online ordering, purple it is!

Hardwicke Stained Glass

That is the name of the glass studio that I run from my home here in Hardwicke NB.

I have started beginner glass classes & here is the progress from the three different classes so far.

 This is the piece that I had made many years ago for Namama for Christmas one year, she died in 2001 & has several broken pieces in it & will be hanging in the garden this summer. That's one of the problems with glass, it cracks & breaks when it falls.

I had used that pieced pattern for the new student beginners.
It has everything that they are going to need to know for cutting & piecing glass.

 I redid the pattern again for an idea of timing for the 2 1/2hr sessions & have added on a week or two to the three-week class, now a 4-5 week class. It is a process the same as quilting, it needs to be done in many stages before completion of the project.

 No breaks in this one! ... yet lol

Here are the students work done in many stages.

 This is the first week

 First week

 First week

Third week

 Fouth week

 Fourth week

Fourth week

 The studio has a lovely large window overlooking Miramichi Bay that opens into the Gulf of St Lawerance. The day class 1-3:30pm  gets to see it but the night class 6-8:30 only sees the darkness.
Everyone is enjoying the art of making their stained glass piece & are thinking of their next design, one that I know is going to be so much easier than the challenge I taught them on!

 Sewing Time

If the upstairs studio window looks familiar to you it is.
My sewing room is located right under it & they both have the same windows!
I enjoy my time in both mediums with the colour & design.

 I have not touched this quilt since I corrected my mistake of placement, hopefully, this week I can make some progress on it.

 I've been working on fabric choice for this piece that I pull out every Valentine & must complete it by Thursday or away it goes for another year! lol

With the new teal velvet drapes & having eight of us this Easter, I thought I would make chair cushions from a sweater that I purchased at Zellers many years ago. The front of the sweater made one cushion & the back made another. I still have the sleeves that I can either make lumbar pillows or cut it into squares & combine another fabric to make a larger pillow... decisions decisions.

I used the top turtleneck roll to accent the paperwhites pot, just a warmer touch to look at during all these snow & ice storms these days.

I also crocheted a runner from t-shirt loom fabric for my girlfriend Cecile. I made it for the table that was in our parlour growing up. I ate many a supper on that table with my dad on the couch having his supper. He was wheelchair bound & would have a tray on his lap. Looking at the table now, it is the same but seemed so much larger when I was going up.

Rug Hooking

The needle punch rug hooking is coming along nicely but I had to stop after a bit. My hands have been drying up with the fabric, glass, & wool drying them out.
I usually do this in the evenings watching TV but lately, it is with all kinds of hand moisturizer to give my hands a drink to stop the drying & cracking of them. I think it's the winter to that is drying them out.

 The front of the Regatta rug.

 The back of the Regatta rug, I took this photo fast I was racing Rexton the photobombing cat. She can be seen sneaking across the top of the photo!

 Thank you for visiting this chilly, windy day on the bay. The wind can be heard from inside, it is giving whiteout conditions outside. I'm going to stay in & sew today.
I hope you too are staying warm & cozy through this winter, stay safe.

Have a great week wherever you are!
Cynthia