My mother and father were both very talented people, able to produce all sorts of things with their hands, tackling concepts they had never done before, always with great success. I am so thankful they passed on the creative genes to me - there is something very fulfilling about being able to express one's creativity.
Our four children are a bunch of high achievers and our 15 (yes fifteen!) grandchildren are a hive of creative, talented activity whenever they visit our house! Of course I'm biased, but what can I say, the genes have been passed on!
For my recent birthday, one of our daughters, Janelle, designed a stitchery which her four children then stitched and Janelle coloured. They definitely have the stitching genes! This by 12 year old grandson:
10 year old grandson's work:
9 year old grand-daughter's delightful cat:
and look at the fabulous back-stitching on 7 year old grand-daughter's pretty butterfly:
I am so delighted with such a lovely gift in which they were all involved. Don't you think there's a lot of potential there for the future?
My husband and I had a lovely week away last week with our local Birdwatching Club at Rainbow Beach, quite a pretty area.
The weather was perfect and we saw lots of beautiful birds:
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and something we shouldn't have seen - a car in very good condition - stuck in the sand. One or two incoming tides later and it was no longer pristine: |
I haven't done any stitching to speak of for two or three weeks but I'm reaping the benefits of doing lots of sewing about six months ago, as a number of magazines are coming out now with my designs in them. There are enough photos on this post already so I'll show you some of that at a later date. And I have a gorgeous photo of a completed "Thoughts in Thread" quilt (my 2012 free Block of the Month quilt) to share next week.
Have a great week.
Val
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You certainly have a very talented family. Everyone's stitching is just wonderful, Val.
Shells, birds and water on the beach... but CARS!!
What wonderful presents to treasure from your grandchildren. I would be showing them off too. That pic of the car is not something you see every day- thank goodness! I hope it wasn't stolen.
Wow, what a talented bunch.
You are so blessed and love. Those DGKs did a wonderful job on those stitcheries. So sad about the car.
Those are wonderful stitcheries from your grandchildren! I'm very impressed with that talent. I can't believe the car's owners didn't at least roll up the windows. Ugh, what a mess! A beautiful shot of the water, though.
Lovely egret (or is that a heron? in Texas the white ones are always egrets) You have a lovely, creative family. I especially like the butterfly. 8)
Take care,
Susan in Texas
That is the loveliest gift i have seen in a long time !
You have talented grandchildren ...they must get it from their Grandma ;-)
The grandchildren did a lovely job.
I wonder if the car's owner made an Insurance claim - do you think the Ins. co. paid up???????
Maryanne
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