MY TEXTILE FIBER EASTER NEST FINISHED HAPPY EASTER WISHES TO ALL

 I LOVE THE EASTER SEASON...

for it Religious meaning and for many other reasons too.

Me In Metz,  France during Easter and Blooming Flowers..
 My Heart was smiling because everything was so beautiful.. The photo on the Metz France Link is the beautiful view from our hotel window.

Easter is My Most Favorite Time of Year....

A new beginning can be like those busy birds weaving a bit of thread and fragments of yarn into their twiggy nests. Small changes can add a whole new look to our lives. 

  Mother natures comes alive with glorious blooms and everything turns many shades of green and looks fresh and new again. 

The beautiful Birds come back from the their Wintering grounds in the South. When we see a Robin in our front yard then we know Spring has arrived. No Robins yet. 

I am posting many of My Favorite photos of Easter some old and some new..

Easter Wishes from Germany.

Such lovely smiles on Mother and children while decorating their German village for the Easter Season.

Easter wishes to everyone from My Home to Yours...

My wool felted Easter Bunny  and Tree I created and gifted to a Dear Friend.

The steps I took to create My Textile Fiber Easter Nest..

Creating bring My Soul Alive... and it makes me Immensely Happy...

I have always wanted to create a "Nest" since seeing all Vicki's lovely nest at
 "2 Bags Full".. They are all so creative and lovely. 

To create My Nest I First crocheted a bowl and wet felted it. 

Below is the fibers I used to start embellishing
 "My Easter Nest".
I purchased the hand spun yarn of wool, angelina,  silk and bamboo rayon and threads from a etsy shop called
 "Renee Knits"...  
I just love all the beautiful arrays of pinks and purples.

I used 50% Baby Camel and 50% Bleached Tussah Silk Top to create the nesting material for My Easter Nest. It is so very soft to touch.

First I crocheted a wee flower as the Center Point of interest for the nest.  I added the most beautiful bead for in the middle of the flower.

I then added more beads of flowers and a butterfly.
I made some very pretty Pale Pink Tyvek Beads to intertwine amongst the fibers.

The wee burgundy Tyvek Bead was gifted to me by Carolyn. 

The fine fringe fiber above the nest edge was bought from Hand-Dyed Hobbies.

Ages ago I bought some Iridescent Chips from
 Nautical Yarns and at the time I had NO idea what I would use them for until now.  

They had such a "Lovely Shimmer" to them and they were in shades of Pink and Gold and I just knew they would add so much needed sparkle to My Easter Nest so they were stitched on too.

What do you think??

Next I wet felted three beautiful Blue Eggs to add to My Easter Nest.  I then placed them in the very soft and lovely nesting material.  

My Textile Fiber Easter Nest is now Finished.

 Oh, how I enjoyed the journey of creating "My Easter Nest"...

  

What do you all think??

I also created a crochet Egg to put into My 1981 Avon Easter Bunny Egg Holder.

I also love showing everyone My Wet Felted Easter Bunny with embroidery.  I love combining embroidery on most of My Art.

I also crocheted a Easter Basket and Eggs. I also wet felted some more Easter Eggs.

The Hugging Easter Bunnies I bought on a Trip to Poland while living in Germany.

Easter In Metz France. 

I could not resist buying these very artistic chocolate Hens and Rooster.   

Does anyone know what the wording on the bench says??

I have never seen a Chocolate Easter Egg that was so grand looking.   It was most impressive to look at.  I think the French and German people certainly know how to celebrate Easter in the most unique ways. 

 

I feel a bit nostalgic during the Easter Season because My Hearts longs to visit the Easter Markets in Europe again.  I loved seeing all the wonderful creations the artists created for us to see and buy.

During the next couple of weeks Grandma Judy's fingers will be doing a bit more creating for her grandchildren.  

Above you will see Crocheted Headbands with No flowers yet.  I am trying to decide what color of yarn to make the flower.   I am thinking the light purple for one and maybe the the white or middle pink yarn for the other one.

  What do you all think??

We will be traveling visiting family and friends during the Easter holiday season. 

I would like to wish all My Family and Blogging friends A Very Happy Easter Holiday.. 

Or A Very Happy Spring or Autumn where ever you all may live. 
I will be back to Blogging at the end of April.  I thank you all for visiting My Blog and leaving your lovely comments. 

Hugs Judy

The Wool Lady at Ronneburg Forderkreis Castle for a Easter Market. 

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR: POMAGRANATE TABLE RUG FINISHED

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 I wish both My Family and Friends

 I VERY HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR.

My Sweetie, The Love of My Life relaxing during the holidays.

 We have only been married 8 Years but they have been Very Magical and Lovely Years.  I pray we have Many More Glorious Years Together.

My this year has passed quickly.  As of this month I will be retired "One Whole Year"! It has been a year of great adjustment for me.  After being a RN for 36 years it has been difficult to put nursing behind me.  I still have the feeling I need to do something in the area of helping children. Any idea please let me know. Thanks

Below is a photo of me when I was visiting Metz France during Easter Break.

I took a Sue Spargo Class back in November of 2011.  I finished this project on December 31st 2012. Yes, it took me 13 months plus a couple of months preparing for the class.  Below is a photo of a classmate working on her Pomegranate.

My Friend DeEtta has a website called

 "Fiddlehead Finery" and she hand dyed all the wool for me specifically for this project.  All the colors turn out fantastic. 

 I also took a class from DeEtta to learn how to do Rug Hooking. Here is a previous posting of photos of DeEtta's lovely Studio.  I learn much but still have lots to learn. Below you will see the Hooked Star in the center of the Pomegranate Rug. This was my own design to the rug. I think it made this project unique and mine.  VBG What do you all think??

In the photo below you will see an upclose photo of the Hooked Star Rug with lots of embellishments.

Below is an upclose photo of the Pomegranate with lots of beads and fancy creative stitching.  I mainly used a book called "The Right-Handed Embroiderer's Companion" by Yvette Stanton of Australia.  This book is excellent and I highly recommend it.

 

I really like using the "Drizzle Stitch". In the leaf I used this stitch to create the veins.  I also used hand dyed velvet for the center of the leaf.  I used chenille yarn around all the edges of the leaves and Pomegranate.  I found it difficult to stop stitching on this project I enjoyed it so much!!

I used a technique called "Rushing" for the element to connect all the Motif together and then I added lots of beads to make it sparkle. 

I do hope everyone is having an lovely holiday season around the world.  

Thanks for visiting My Blog and leaving your lovely messages for me to read.  They are all greatly appreciated. 
 
Hugs Judy

MY ARTISTIC IMPRESSION OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND AND GREEN GABLES

Hello Everyone,

For the last 1 1/2 years off and on, I have been stitching on "My Artistic Impression" of Anne Of Green Gable House and Gardens. It had always been "My Dream" to go to Prince Edward Island. In 2010 My Sweetie took me on a holiday to PEI. Oh, what a Glorious Adventure we had together.

Above you will the finished "Anne of Green Gable Journal Page". In the journal page you will find, Green Gables, Beautiful Gardens, Haunted Woods, natural Brownish Red Roads, Lover's Lane and the most famous The Lake Of Shining Waters. I truly enjoyed every minute I stitched on this Journal Page. 

The Lake Of Shining Waters was lovely to see. I have included bead rocks along the edges and "Tyvek Beads" I made into wee Logs. I have used the "Ghiordes Knots" to create the grasses along the side of the Pond.  The Leaves growing along side the rocks are made from "Open Base Picot" stitch.

This photo is a close up of "Green Gables". I used "Long and Short Satin Stitch" to create Green Gables.

 The wee round sequin with the bead in the center is made from cotton fabric sprayed with Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist and left to dry.  The the sequin was then punch out from the fabric.  They are to represent the Peonies gardens I saw at Green Gables.

I created the clouds from Angelina Fibers. The spruce trees were created from the "Drizzle" stitch.  The Birch Tree is French Knots with Silken Chenille thread.

  Along the roads we traveled on PEI I saw a great array of truly beautiful "Lupines" in shades of Pinks and Purples.  The Queen Anne Lace is also found in the Haunted Woods.  

I created the Pink Tyvek Bead I used for the body of the butterfly.

The back of My Journal Page I quoted AOGG famous words about PEI. 

"This Island is the Bloomiest place 

I just love it already.

And I'm so glad I'm going to Live here. 

I've always heard 

that PEI was the Prettiest Place in the World..."

Here is a wee collection of treasures I brought back with me from PEI along with My AOGG Journal Page.  If you look at the napkin you can see the scene that inspired me in create My Journal Page.

Here are some lovely blooms from my May Gardens.

My Clematis bush was in its glory this year. There were blooms all the way around the tower.  This is also where the Robin chose to make her nest.  I reckon she liked being surrounded by gardens too.

For the last several years I have been admiring "Bottle Trees".  This Spring My Sweetie made me one.  It took a little while to find all "Blue" bottles but the hunt was allot of fun.  Most was found in antique stores.  

The globe on top is a Iridescent Pearl Globe with lots of shimmering colors that remind me of the "Northern Lights" so well know in Alaska.  I just Love it!!

This is the latest addition to my gardens. Yup, a "Flower Bed".   A man my sweetie was doing electrical work for was going to throw the bed frame away.   Bill ask if he could have it for his wife.  LOL  It was a tattered old white frame.  Now it is a lovely Provence Blue.

In my flower bed I have an antique watering can I brought home with me from Germany.  A bowling ball I sprayed "Purple".

Another Blue Fancy Bottle. Some old antique electrical glass bulbs and last but not least some flowers.  LOL What do you all think??? 

Some times I think I spend way to much time stitching. But over the many years I have come to believe that

 that being "Creative is Divine!

 I will leave all my blogging friends with this wee though. I will be taking a break for the Summer months.

The highest , most joyful expression of the Divine Spirit within all of us is through the expression of our creativity. Nothing is more powerful. Nothing is more self loving.  And nothing is more rewarding than spending your time in a creative and artful endeavor.

It doesn't matter what you create, as long as it makes your "Life" more beautiful and satisfying than before.  This is because all "Creativity" is the "Holy Spirit" moving through us. 

Creative expression turns one's attention away from the "Chaos" of the outer world to focus inwardly for a time and isn't this lovely.  

So My Dear Blogging Friends keep being creative and I will hopefully see you all in the Autumn!

Hugs Judy