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Memories of the Season – Day 6

Posted in Christmas, Crafting, crochet, Quilting, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

My 1st Christmas tree away from home!

My 1st Christmas tree away from home!

Memory: How funny is this? I was trolling though my old photos and stumbled upon this “great design”. It was my 1st qtr at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO and my roommate Diana and I got creative! Clearly we were on a budget! We lived in a relatively new dorm – Ellis Hall. The first coed dorm, Edwards Hall,  opened our freshman year. You might imagine that my parents weren’t having any of that. The joy of so many old photos is that they evoke so many memories. In this case, I so enjoyed my roommate but she didn’t make it past 1st qtr. When she left I think she was planning her marriage. We lost touch…but I’ve never lost the memory of Diana!

More memories created in 2013: These photos are a revisit to photos I posted when I returned from the Pugh Family Reunion in my home town (one of my three) of Stratton, CO. My cousin’s wife, Avril and one of my dear friends, and I visited her mother Lily. This visit and trip through Lily’s craft life of quilting and crochet will be forever special to me.

Lily
Star Orient
Star Orient Detail
Lily at the age of 16
Lily’s First Quilt – 1929
Muslin Backing of First Quilt – 1929
90th Birthday Quilt
Won first prize in a show in Loveland.
Star Orient
Stacks of Quilts
Blue Bird Legend
Blue Bird
Lily’s daughter, Avril
Lily’s first quilt – 1929
The “ever-famous” needlepoint sampler!
Lily’s Favorite Needlepoint
Avril with her mother’s life’s work
Such beautiful work
A “pancake” of crochet
The Pineapple Table Topper
Lily’s loves – quilting and crochet

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Lily – Works of a Lifetime

Posted in Crafting, crochet, Quilting on July 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Lily at the age of 16

Lily at the age of 16

This was just like being in “candy land”……Lily shared just a sampling of a lifetime of her creative art – quilts,crochet lace, needlepoint. I couldn’t stop looking. Lily is the mother of my cousin’s wife Avril.

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Maurie – Complimentary Crochet Beret Pattern

Posted in crochet, tagged , on February 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The Beret

The Beret

Maurie was quite creative recently. She loves to crochet berets…she made another one this year…and she added a great embellishment. She has shared her design by writing a complimentary pattern for those of us who love berets…or know someone in our circles who would love to receive one as a gift.

Make a Crochet Beret  Be sure to click through to the pattern where you will see more photos of this charming hat!

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