Noticed: Denyse Schmidt's "Proverbial Quilt"
Hi there,
Have you seen the new quilt patterns and fabric line coming soon from Denyse Schmidt? I am particularly enamoured of the Proverbial Quilt, seen below. (Now I just need to pick a proverb...or maybe a good quotation. Suggestions?)
See all four quilt patterns in an easy-to-read format over at Heather Ross's blog. And keep those favourite-handmade-gift stories and easy-Christmas-DIY tips coming!
November 5th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Here's one: (old Irish proverb)"You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind."
November 5th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Though I never add the "upon it" part when I say it
Consequences, got to love that one 
November 5th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
A merry heart does good like a medicine.
November 5th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
One that would reflect the stitches in a quilt is: A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
November 5th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
OR "A stitch in time saves nine"
November 6th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Here are a few more:
"All things must pass"
"Don't cross the bridge until you come to it"
"Hard work never did anyone any harm"
"Where there's a will there's a way"
"You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar"
"Time is a great healer"
November 6th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
I like these! Thanks! I was also thinking that "To sleep, perchance to dream" (from Hamlet) might be a good one.
November 6th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
My grandmother would always say..."Its just as easy to love a rich man as it is a poor man!" Be choosy girls!(I recently saw it on a mug and had to buy it).
November 6th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
love many, trust few, always paddle your own canoe.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
A stitch in time saves nine.
Measure twice, cut once.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I don't remember where I read this, but I know I have a cross-stitch pattern for it somewhere:
"Blessed are the piecemakers' children, for they shall inherit the quilts."
And yes, "piecemakers" is deliberately spelled that way.
November 21st, 2009 at 8:39 pm
This is ripped from a great swedish stitcher:
"I sublimate my rage into needlepoint" , substitute "needlepoint" with "patchwork". Not a proverb but so fab.