Wednesday 25 November 2015

Quilts for the Ukaraine.

     Every few weeks, when I get together with my mother in law to do a quilt photo shoot, it never fails to amaze me what she can put together from the scraps and leftovers that people give her.  With a great eye for detail and design, each of these quilts are beautifully put together. 
     Since this set of quilts is made up of somewhat smaller quilts, we again had permission to do our shoot on the wall of a local barn.  (Thank you Nelly!)
     I also want to put in a request for more fabric donations, as my MIL's stash is starting to run rather low, and she would really like to keep on making and donating these quilts to the needy folks in the Ukraine.  Any size is great, as you can see by these quilts, they get well used.  But please, no polyester or such shiny fabrics as they are not very suitable for this sort of thing.  Cottons, flannels...that sort of thing are great.  Even if you don't think it's much, anything helps.  If you need info on how to donate, just leave me a comment below.

 












Monday 2 November 2015

A bit of Macro

Although I already got a new harp, and I told my hubby I really didn't need anything for my birthday, he totally spoiled me and gave me a macro (or micro, since it's a Nikon) lens.  The first few days I was super frustrated with it, as I just couldn't get it to work for me, but a quick chat and a few pointers from the guy who sold Benj the lens, at London Drugs, and I'm on a roll.  I absolutely love the different direction this is taking me.  So I'm just sharing a few shots I've taken in the last week or so.  I stopped in at Gwynn Vaughn park last week, and played around a bit with my lens, so most of these shots are from there.  The others, such as the borage and the waterdrops on the spruce are from around home.
 above - A tiny feather defying the breeze while stuck to a dried weed.
below - the amazing things you find on top of fence posts







 I was so thrilled to be able to capture this Red Admiral butterfly.




 above - rose hips along the dike.
below - this is seriously the smallest fruitfly around.