One of my favourite designers,, Sandra Walker from MMM Quilts emailed me that she was publishing a new pattern and wouldd I like to test her pattern for one of the bonus baby quilt patterns she was adding in to her original pattern which had been published in McCalls Quilting in 2019. Of course IContinueContinue reading “Another Fun Pattern Test”
Category Archives: DrEAMI
PQ 14.1 The First One
First of all thank you Kim and Trish for another fun start to the New Year. It’s alway fun to make a quilt in a week and see how everyone interprets the challenge guidelines. Here are the guidelines for the first Project Quilting Challenge. PQ14.1 The First One Let’s revel in the “firstness” of JanuaryContinueContinue reading “PQ 14.1 The First One”
ToDo Tuesday #119
I’ll be linking up with To-Do Tuesday which is being hosted by Linda from Texas Quilt Gal and making sure I go see what everyone else is planning for the upcoming week. Last goals: 1. Keep working on my hand quilting, EPP projects and leader/ender projects. Some progress. 2. When I get back to theContinueContinue reading “ToDo Tuesday #119”
ToDo Tuesday #117
I’ll be linking up with To-Do Tuesday which is being hosted by Linda from Texas Quilt Gal and making sure I go see what everyone else is planning for the upcoming week. Last goals: It was another week of meetings and appointments but I did manage to carve out some time to play with fabric.ContinueContinue reading “ToDo Tuesday #117”
ToDo Tuesday #116
I’ll be linking up with To-Do Tuesday which is being hosted by Linda from Texas Quilt Gal and making sure I go see what everyone else is planning for the upcoming week. Last goals: Once again I wasn’t too successful with my ToDo List and I didn’t even manage to write a blog post lastContinueContinue reading “ToDo Tuesday #116”
Another Fun Project
One of my favourite Pattern Designers, Sandra Walker from MMM Quilts allowed a group of quilters to try out her newest pattern, Heading North, which is scheduled for release Nov. 3, 2022. I do enjoy paper piecing and really needed a project to kick start my sewing mojo so I was only too happy toContinueContinue reading “Another Fun Project”
ToDo Tuesday #115
I’ll be linking up with To-Do Tuesday which is being hosted by Linda from Texas Quilt Gal and making sure I go see what everyone else is planning for the upcoming week. My trip home from the studio was a good one and I just missed the snow on the pass. It’s coming and wasContinueContinue reading “ToDo Tuesday #115”
Scrap Happy Day
I haven’t been doing a lot of sewing these last few months since we lost our little Clarke, but recently I finished a commission for a baby who is due in September. The surrogate Aunt and I had gone shopping to find the perfect fabrics for a little boy. The green fabric is the perfectContinueContinue reading “Scrap Happy Day”
Weekly Goals and To-Do Tuesday #108
I’ll be linking up with To-Do Tuesday which is being hosted by Linda from Texas Quilt Gal and making sure I go see what everyone else is planning for the upcoming week. Last To-Do list: 1. Keep working on my hand quilting and EPP projects. Some progress. 2. Keep working on my pattern test sinceContinueContinue reading “Weekly Goals and To-Do Tuesday #108”
It was a Squirrel Party this Month!
Click on the logo to go and see what others have posted I really haven’t been planning much in my sewing space other than some hand stitching. For reasons I won’t go into, my motivation and inspiration is still at an all time low. The this happened: I was lucky and had an email fromContinueContinue reading “It was a Squirrel Party this Month!”
June One Monthly Goal Check In
In April, (the last time I set an OMG) I had a goal to make one complete quilt, plan another, and if I can get to the studio, quilt one UFO on the long arm before I headed to Alberta for my great granddaughter’s memorial service. It didn’t happen for so many reasons; too busyContinueContinue reading “June One Monthly Goal Check In”
A New Pattern; A Roll of the Dice
Sandra Walker from MMM Quilts has a fun new pattern being introduced this week and anyone who knows me, knows that I love Sandra’s patterns! This is a great pattern and includes 3 projects; a Baby Quilt, a Bed Runner and a Pillow. A few of us were given the privilege of making projects fromContinueContinue reading “A New Pattern; A Roll of the Dice”
A Fun DrEAMi Project
I was sorting through some bins and drawers looking for my little stash of orphan blocks to find one for the SAHRR. That’s when Samantha started chattering away. I found this sweet stack of fun flannels prints and Samantha told me I just had to do something with it. Cutting, layering fabric and batting andContinueContinue reading “A Fun DrEAMi Project”
PQ 13 Has Begun
I look forward to this every year! Kim from Persimmon Dreams hosted this fun challenge. Trish Frankland (aka QuiltChicken) is our PQ challenge mistress who comes up with each theme. PQ13.1 – ALL THE COLORS! RULE 1: YOUR PROJECT MUST BE COLORFUL – AT LEAST 5 COLORS MUST BE PRESENT. You have one week toContinueContinue reading “PQ 13 Has Begun”
Oh Look, An Inner Squirrel Party
Now every quilter is familiar with the expression of “having a squirrel attack” or some variation of it. Our host, Darlene at Creative Latitude has not only welcomed her squirrel, Sally in to her creative space, but shares Sally’s thoughts and ideas with all of us. Sally, by the way has been known to signContinueContinue reading “Oh Look, An Inner Squirrel Party”
September DrEAMi Projects
This has been such a fun month with so many distracting squirrels chasing me around. I think it might have something to do with having time on my hands while working for Elections Canada at the advance polls and just sitting and waiting for people to come and vote! 😉 It all started when IContinueContinue reading “September DrEAMi Projects”
Weekly To-Do and Goals #68
My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #68 Chris at Chris Knits is now hosting the weekly To-Do linky party and it’s always fun to go see what everyone has done and are planning To-Do. Last week’s list: I was really excited to see my quilt and quilt tops featured on Tish in Wonderland and MMM QuiltsContinueContinue reading “Weekly To-Do and Goals #68”
My Version of Let Your Star Shine
I confess to being the recipient of a squirrel attack today. Actually it hit me yesterday but I was just putting the borders on another finish. This seems to sum up my mental capacity these days! 😉😝 After a week of playing with scraps, the timing was perfect because Sandra from MMM Quilts just publishedContinueContinue reading “My Version of Let Your Star Shine”
Friday Finish
This week I was reading blog posts and a squirrel got me. Not only was it a squirrel, it was a DrEAMI! I have to thank Sandra from MMM Quilts for writing about the sweet Gingham Quilt she wrote about that she saw on Nancy’s blog Grace and Peace Quilting. I just had to makeContinueContinue reading “Friday Finish”
DrEAMI for April
I have been studiously ignoring the squirrels dive bombing me this month and keeping to my To Do Lists until I got an email from a blog reader asking about a quilt top I had made and what pattern it was. I spent a couple of hours looking through my files but couldn’t find aContinueContinue reading “DrEAMI for April”
Quilt Schmilt 