Category Archives: Cottage

Where did all the Blueberry Crumb Bars go???

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Sewfrench

Up North Michigan Farmers’ Markets are just started to bust with the summer’s produce, so when we went on Saturday I bought one of everything! The blueberries are especially large, this year, and bursting with a beautiful sweet flavor. On our way home we … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrate, Cooking, Cottage, Dessert, Eating, Recipes | Tagged baking, blueberries, Blueberry, blueberry crumb bar, blueberry dessert, dessert, Michigan, sewfrench, snack bar | Leave a comment

A Little Birdie told me….

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Sewfrench

Little Amelia, and her mommy, came to visits us, at the cottage, and I got the opportunity to try this little linen dress on her. It is still quite cool up here, so I was glad she had tights and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Design, fabric, Sewing, Uncategorized | Tagged how patterns fit babies, linen baby dress, linen dress, Little Birdie dress, simplicity 3854 | 7 Comments

“Take a Hike” quilt

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Sewfrench

A couple of summer ago, after seeing some of Ann Lovelace’s art quilts, at art fairs, I became fascinated with her style of Landscape quilts. How realistic these fabric scraps could represent a place so familiar is mind-blowing. So way … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 completes, A Sttitch in Time, Bloggers' Quilt Festival, Cottage, Crafting, Crazy Mom Friday Finishes, Fabric Tuesday, Finishes, Landscape, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, TGIFF | Tagged Ann Lovelace, art quilt, art quilts, batik, benzie, birch, FMQ, forest, interlochen, Interquilten, landscape, Landscape quilts, machine quilting, mi, Michigan, photography, quilted, trees, wall hanging | 64 Comments

Love You Vibes are in the Bag.

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Sewfrench

Busy, busy, busy around here. We moved up to the cottage for the summer, planted the deck garden and also a couple of little plots at the community garden. Krystal and her husband were able to get up for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Crafting, fabric, Family, Finishes, Sewing | Tagged 2 1/2", bag, candy swap, charm projects, Charm Swap, crafting, deck garden, fabric, gardening, gift, kanga roos, Liberty of London, open wide, pouch, sewing, tripple zip, Up North, zipper | 27 Comments

Fall in Northern Michigan

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Sewfrench

Considered by many to be the most beautiful place in the country. I can’t disagree. Particularly in the fall. How fortunate we are to have such a beautiful, sunny day, yesterday. To take it all in. Taking deep breaths to fill … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Favorite Things, Nature, Photography, Travel | Tagged art, fall, fall color, foliage, most beautiful place, nature, northern michigan, photography, travel, trees | 12 Comments

Happy Thoughts make Happy Quilts

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Sewfrench

A fire to take the chill off and quilting to keep the anxiety down. Watching the Tigers vs the Yankees, Game 3. No debate frustration will live in this quilt! Go Tigers!!!

Posted in Cottage, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged baseball, baseball playoffs, Detroit Tigers, hand quilting, sewing | 3 Comments

Summer Supper

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Sewfrench

sounds so much better than Meatless Monday, don’t you think? We popped up to the cottage, for a couple of days, and on the way picked up some Michigan sweet corn for a deliciously, easy dinner. We were delighted when we … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Cottage, Dairy free, Gardening, Gluten Free, Health, Landscape | Tagged cooking, meatless monday, michigan corn, summer supper, tomatoes, vegetarian | 2 Comments

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Sewfrench

Originally posted on Sewfrench:
While both our girls were here canning with me, on this day, it is strange that there are no pictures of them… I’m guessing they had their PJs on already! I am so glad I passed…

Posted in Canning, Cooking, Cottage, Dairy free, Eating, Gluten Free, Health, Nature, Recipes | Tagged canning, cooking, maraschino cherries, nature, photgraphy, preserving | Leave a comment

Oh, how my garden grows!

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Sewfrench

Remember when I told you I had read that you could take the base end of a vegetable, in this case celery, and plant it directly into the ground and have it take root and regrow? If you remember, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Gardening, Landscape, Pinterest | Tagged asparagus soup, celery, celery seeds, celery stalk, container gardening, cooking, food, gardening, growing celery, growing leeks, leeks, native american heritage, organic, recipes, scapes, summer | 2 Comments

Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top?!!

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Sewfrench

While both our girls were here canning with me, on this day, it is strange that there are no pictures of them… I’m guessing they had their PJs on already! I am so glad I passed on the knowledge of … Continue reading →