Help!!!

Today is Day One of Retirement.  We decided to go to the big city so Mr. LC could finish up some loose ends re his job.  We went to the bank and then to our favourite coffee shop.  It was amazing, we weren't in any hurry, there were no time constraints and we chatted for as long as we wanted to a few acquaintances.  I kept marveling to myself how nice it was to spend the day like this.
Then hubby decided we he should recover the dining room chairs.  We've been wanting to do this for a long time so we moseyed on over to the fabric store to find something suitable.

This photo shows chairs that are very similar to ours.  The frame, not the seat covering.  I traveled up and down the aisles and couldn't find anything to strike my fancy.  So here is where you come in, Gentle Readers.  Tell me what you would use to upholster these bad boys.  Please!

I Can See Clearly Now

A few days before Christmas I put some of my old bottles on the ledge in my bathroom.

My bathroom may never be finished but it is functional.  It doesn't have to be pretty does it? sigh

My husband came home from work that day and headed in there.  After a bit I heard him bellowing singing 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.


The next time I went in I found this:

I do try.  Really

A Nice Surprise

The other day my hubby surprised me by whipping up curtains for my Studio. He's sweet like that.  Blue and white is my all time favourite colour combination.  I love toile and have had this fabric for years.

Do you pick up fabric without a specific use for it but just because you love it?  Hey, I just noticed the horses.  So that's why he whipped those curtains up so quickly!

                                                Bob and Pumpkin

Please don't look at the unfinished hems.  Just enjoy the white tulips.  White is my favourite colour for flowers.  My Studio is nearly finished, just needs the window trim and baseboards.

Have a great day!

Ode to a Country Kitchen in Winter

I've tweaked my kitchen mantle a bit this week.



How do you like it now?
I like it much better than before. Thank you for all your suggestions and help. It's still a work in progress. Maybe it always will be!
I've had these bottles for a very long time, I just adore the old green glass. One of them says "Mellin's Infant's Food, Boston". Another says "Goodall Backhouse & Co." Has anyone heard of these companies?

Waiting for Spring

Here in the arctic er, the Maritimes the winters can be long, cold, and dreary. What's a snow hating, cold hating couple do on these long winter evenings? No, not that, we sew, we quilt, we... wait, that's all I know how to do!
My husband is a renaissance man, he can build, he can teach, he can preach and he can also sew! He has made all the curtains in our home, slipcovers and upholestry too. My mum was an avid quilter and I always knew that one day I'd be sorry I never learned. Well, that day arrived a little over a year ago when my mum passed away. After going through tons of my mum's quilting fabric, patterns, etc. the DM decided he would make a quilt and he did. This is that quilt. The cute little girl you see in the picture on the right is me. 'nough said.
I on the other hand make pillows. I used a silkscreen to make the one pictured above. So that is how we fill our long winter evenings except for Monday when 24 is on!