Summer 2016
Our creative grandchildren and our daughter came to visit us June 14-23, 2016. Yaakov Zev is now 10 years old. Chaya Nessa is 13 and Devorah is 20.
Yaakov Zev wanted to finish the soldier whom he named “Lieutenant George” that he started to make on his last visit to us. Below are pictures of him putting the final touches on his creation. Yaakov Zev also loves macramé. You can see him starting to make his square knots and spirals.
Chaya Nessa enjoys weaving on my loom. Here she is weaving on my LeClerc 15 ¾” wide 8 shaft Voyager loom. The pattern is from “Best of Weavers- Overshot Is Hot”, edited by Madelyn van der Hoogh, pages 20-21 “Friendship treadlings for a wall hanging” by Erica de Ruiter.
Devorah has two creative loves at this time. One is crochet and her new love is learning how to make Landscape Quilts. I had a wonderful quilter, Pat Conway, come to our home and spend a few hours with her teaching her how to cut, attach Soft Fuse Preminum onto the back of her quilt pieces, sew the pieces together, attach batting and backing to her piece and finally how to sew and embellish her quilt. Once she finished this piece she decided a couple of days later to design her own quilt. She didn’t have time to finish her quilt at my home but she will finish it when she returns to her home.
Our daughter, Zlati, brought a needlepoint that she started years ago. I’m so proud of her too.