moss, mushrooms, lichens & "the loops"

Our street is attached to a couple of cul-de-sacs that we refer to as "the loops." The short people in my house consider a slow walk around these to be more than enough adventure and exercise. I challenge myself to make peace with this familiar route and see it with fresh eyes each time. More often than not I bring along my camera and see what I can discover.

 

Baby shower gifts!

The stuffed balls – ahem – yet again (see them here and here!) but also a matching bunting for the nursery. That was one of my very first sewing projects way back when. Actually, looked like I wimped out and let my friend do the sewing part.

the quiet forest floor

I took these photos at the end of the day when the sunlight was casting a golden glow on the forest floor. I love the lush green aliveness that can be found in the forest even on the microscopic level.

marvelous moths

These seem to be popping up more often these autumn days. The moth inside was a teeny little guy. The one outside was excitingly huge. My older daughter discovered him.

One of my favorite fabric designers, Anna Maria Horner, featured moths in her latest fabric line and on some limited edition prints.

Sunroom treasures: curtains & crewel

I finally got the curtains sewed for the sunroom!

I first wrote about my fabric selection way back here in February of 2012. The design is by one of my very favorite artists and bloggers, Geninne Zlatkis. I just adore her sweet little birdies and appreciate our mutual love of nature. When I finally went to buy the fabric it was actually rather difficult to find a continuous piece. There seemed to be plenty of smaller quilt-worthy cuts but it was a trick to find what I needed. The moral of that story is if you see some new fabric line you absolutely must have, well, don't delay in buying it.

Curtains are fairly simple to sew once you've mastered the elusive straight line (I will admit this was actually quite difficult when I was first learning to sew) but I still sought some online guidance. I ended up following these directions posted on Design*Sponge.

I also added these sweet little crewel pictures I bought for a mere $2 each at the Allegan Antiques Market. Of course odd numbers are better when it comes to decorating so I will have to keep my eye out for a third!

The oval shaped one had this inscription on the back. If anyone knows Judy Verslype, please pass along my compliments. Her craft work from long ago is making me smile today!