Seams French

It's that time of the year, and we're on the road again. Well, we're almost on the road again. By this time next week, I should be sitting at my desk in Montpellier and posting my blog from there. Hopefully the sun will be streaming through the windows with a warming hug, welcoming us back to the clear blue skies of the south of France. After a winter of oppressive dark clouds and of unusually heavy rains, the blue sky will be welcome. For the flight over, aside from the usual books and magazines to keep me occupied and entertained, I like to have a further variety of options to choose from. My hummingbird boutis has seen some progress and will come along with me. Cording does not require the same precision accuracy as stitching does, so it's a good project for travel. As you can see, there is still quite a bit of cording to do. Because redwork is easier to see when lighting is less than optimal, it is also a good project for travel. These four little embr...

Seven years ago when my daughter and my son-in-law became engaged I started designing this quilt for them. Having just moved to Montpellier in the south of France, I was influenced by the quilts and linens I saw there, in particular by the lovely boutis quilts. At the time, my knowledge of boutis was quite limited, so I borrowed the look and some of the motifs used in boutis and adapted them to this whole cloth hand stitched quilt. The heart is one of the symbols used in wedding quilts. Five years ago, when they got married, the quilt was no where near being completed, but it was well on it's way. Four years ago, when my husband and I stopped spending winters in France, I moved the quilt to Vancouver. (The summers are much too hot where we live in France for lap quilting.) The section in the hoop shows the border that I am currently working on. There are 3 rows of border motifs. Sadly since then, because other things always seem to take priority, I have spent very...