Category Archives: Cottage

So You Think You Can Dance?

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Sewfrench

~Day 52 Show me your best rain dance. Seriously. We are lucky to have irrigation on our deck and to only be growing for fun. If we hope to put anything up, from the farmers’ markets, this year, the local … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Gardening, Landscape, Nature, Photography, View out my window | Tagged container gardening, cooking, food, nature, plants, rain dance, vegetable gardening | 4 Comments

Independence Week in Pictures

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Sewfrench

Hopefully you were able to enjoy some family time, too!

Posted in Celebrate, Cottage, Eating, Family, Photography | Tagged 4th of July, boat cruise, celebration, Family, fireworks, hammock time, Independence Day | Leave a comment

Prince Charming

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Sewfrench

We’ve been sprucing up around here, flowers planted, weeds pulled, cleaning out the pond, getting ready for a house full of company. But I have been struggling with the little pond we put in, out front, several years ago. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Landscape, Nature, Quotes | Tagged frog, Jean Rostand, landscape, pond, Theories pass The frog remains. | 4 Comments

and then there was light!

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Sewfrench

Ta Da! After 12 summers here, at the cottage, it’s nice to finally have some extra light in my sewing space. I finally got all the light switches in the right position and the stars must have aligned . Maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, fabric, Sewing, WIP | Tagged cottage, diamond quilt diamonds are a girls best friend quilt, fabric, FMQ, free motion quilting, Kona, name this quilt, orange peel, sewing, sewing space, truck seat cooler, WIP | 6 Comments

Strawberry jelly toast for dessert tonight!

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Sewfrench

My favorite. On biscuits. On ice cream. On pancakes. But best of all, on a spoon. According to my Facebook friends freezer jam wins both the taste test and the ease factor. One thing I love about freezer jam is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Cottage, Eating | Tagged canning, freezer jam, preserving, strawberry, surejell | 6 Comments

Day 18

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Sewfrench

How Does Your Garden Grow 2012 Day 18 Watch out chipmunks, there is a new cat in town! Picked this up at the garden center, last week. My favorite kind of pet, LOL! Click on the pictures for a larger … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Gardening | Tagged container gardening, gardening, how does your garden grow, organic gardening, whiskey barrel planters, whisky barrel | 1 Comment

What to do, what to do….

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Sewfrench

Using what I had on hand, I wanted to try my hand at designing a simple idea that I have been thinking about for a while now. A test pattern of sorts. Actually what I was thinking was…. My prize, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, fabric, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged design, freemotion quilting, hand vs machine quilting, home sewing machine, quilting | 22 Comments

How does your garden grow 2012

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Sewfrench

Week 1 So many times I’ve tried to keep a garden journal and have failed miserably. This year I thought I’d take a different approach. A photo journal. What do you think? So, just a couple of days after planting … Continue reading →

Posted in Cottage, Gardening, Landscape, Pinterest | Tagged container gardening, container gardening vegetables, flower planters, heirloom, landscape, nature, organic, planting, whiskey barrel planters, whisky barrel | 2 Comments

Spring cleanup all around

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Sewfrench

We’ve had such a beautiful run of spring days that I’m not getting much quilting/sewing done, because, as usual, yard work is so much fun in the spring. Hard, but fun. Considering there was a freeze last night, today has … Continue reading →