Tag Archives: Adventures

I Love Thursday #15

I will be joining some friends over at LeeAnna’s Blog, Not Afraid of Color to share posts about things we love or like. It’s a weekly thing and I’m sure you will find something to make you smile or even some quilty inspiration. Lord knows we could all use both added to our lives rightContinue reading “I Love Thursday #15”

Garden Party

It’s that time again! Time to party! Marian at Seams to be Sew has been hard at work organizing her annual fall RAL and has rounded up 50+ participants this year and an incredible list of sponsors. Thanks Marian for another great experience being part of your hop. In keeping with the It’s a GardenContinue reading “Garden Party”

I Love Thursday #14

Have you found that some weeks are flying by and others are dragging? I’m discovering that the news is still having a profound effect on my moods and productivity. I have been limiting watching news time, but find it is all sitting just below my conscious level and it keeps popping into my conscious mindContinue reading “I Love Thursday #14”

Happy Labour Day Weekend!

It was great to have a common long weekend in both Canada and America. It’s nice that we can share the same holiday! I had a good weekend pulling fabrics for some pattern tests and upcoming projects. DH was out on the course doing some putting and chipping. He is progressing and so is myContinue reading “Happy Labour Day Weekend!”

I Love Thursday #12

LeeAnna hosts a linkup for several of our quilty friends to post lists of their like for the week on her blog Not Afraid of Color. I really enjoy popping around to see what is making everyone smile these days. As the week has gone by I spent a fair amount of time thinking ofContinue reading “I Love Thursday #12”

I Love Thursday 11

A group of friends get together on Thursday via LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color to list the things they love or that make them happy. The links to the various blogs can be found through the link above. My likes this week are simple. I like having my DD here. We have been havingContinue reading “I Love Thursday 11”

I Love Thursday #10

Another week of adventures; some good, some just plain strange. I love that DH has finally been able to get up and start walking a bit more. It’s really good since on Friday he should be getting his staples out! I am especially happy that my daughter has been here for almost two weeks andContinue reading “I Love Thursday #10”

I like Thursday #9

This has been a week of adventures. I like the fact that DH went into hospital last Thursday for his knee replacement surgery. It was a real adventure trying to establish communication with the surgical staff with the Covid shutdown but we managed. He did well but really seemed confused so that was a concern.Continue reading “I like Thursday #9”

I Love Thursday #8

Another week of getting my I like/love thoughts together has me pulling social media posts and memes to try to fit my thoughts into words. Not only are we still dealing with the spiking Covid 19 numbers, we are seeing more mass death and attacks, peaceful protesters being shot, gassed or hauled away in theContinue reading “I Love Thursday #8”

I Love Thursday #6

I’m not sure where this week has gone but it does seem to have disappeared! I’m linking with LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color and visiting a bunch of friends that share their likes and loves each week. At our Executive Meeting we decided to try a quilting day in mini format as a testContinue reading “I Love Thursday #6”

I Love Thursdays #5

I will be linking with LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color and going to check out all the different blog posts. I love seeing what makes everyone happy. Some weeks it is more difficult to articulate what makes me happy. In these times with the increasing numbers of people getting sick and passing away fromContinue reading “I Love Thursdays #5”

I love Thursday’s #4

I first read an I Love Thursday post on the Home Sewn By Us Blog and that eventually led me to LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Colour. Every week I enjoy checking out the list of bloggers posts on LeeAnna’s blog to see what they are sharing. I really enjoy linking up with this groupContinue reading “I love Thursday’s #4”

A Good Day Sewing

My day started with piles of projects everywhere! Some secret sewing projects for the upcoming Christmas in July Blog Hop; Binding is almost finished on pattern test quilt; The zipper is almost done on sweet little Ruby’s bean bag chair; I’m looking around and considering how much will get done today. 😁 I also needContinue reading “A Good Day Sewing”

Friday Fun

I do think I’m getting my sewjo back! A big part of it was going to the post office today and finding this: One day I had been reading a blog post on Mary Mack’s Blog and saw that she had a giveaway for some scraps of Island Batiks fabric. Of course I commented becauseContinue reading “Friday Fun”

I Love Thursday’s

I was first introduced to I Love Thursday’s by reading Sue and Roseanne’s blog Home Sewn By Us. Through their blog I discovered LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Colour. It made me stop and think how fun it would be to actually write a list of so many of the blessings I have in myContinue reading “I Love Thursday’s”

I Like; My May Adventures and June Projects

What a month last month was! Two blog hop projects done and posts written/published. A bad bout of the flu. An emergency trip out of town to help some dear friends. Temperamental machines and the ever present squirrel attacks! I did manage a bit of knitting on top of the two hop projects. My parcelContinue reading “I Like; My May Adventures and June Projects”

May OMG progress

It’s been an interesting month with some progress on my list. 1. Finish Vortex to flimsy stage. Done! 2. Quilt and binding my Spring Into Summer quilt. It’s basted now and ready to start the quilting. Quilting is half done! 3. Finish my blog post and get photos for my Creating a Quilted Legacy BlogContinue reading “May OMG progress”

My Day on It’s Cool to be Square Blog Hop

When I saw the announcement for this Blog Hop I knew I wanted to participate and even what I was going to make. It was predetermined! Right? Wrong! I had my fabrics pulled and pattern printed. Then I’m not sure if it was Covid Brain or the squirrels visiting me again but things changed. 🥴Continue reading “My Day on It’s Cool to be Square Blog Hop”