Another busy week of meetings and appointments but I’ve made progress on some of my list. 😁 Sept.1 would have been my father’s 99 birthday so I’m sharing a couple of photographs of him: My Dad and his 2 sisters just before he joined the RCAF in 1943. I think this was 1963 when weContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #215”
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Sunday Summary #182
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of my not so crazy life! I’ve had a lovely week with plenty of time for stitching, for long walks in our continued incredible fall weather, had time to do things at home while DH managed a few holes of golf most days. And helped a friend getContinueContinue reading “Sunday Summary #182”
Another Fun Pattern Test
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”
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 #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”
Weekly Goals and To-Do Tuesday #110
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. I might be slow to respond to comments as I’m heading back to Oyama. K was hospitalized again. I will reply as soonContinueContinue reading “Weekly Goals and To-Do Tuesday #110”
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!”
Weekly Goals and To-Do Tuesday #102
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. Made some progress. 2. Try to get my project forContinueContinue reading “Weekly Goals and To-Do Tuesday #102”
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”
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