Tag Archives: What’s Going On

Quilts for Wildfire Victims

I’ve received several messages requesting more info on the quilts that are needed. The first note is that any sized quilts are needed. Whole families have been displaced from the Lytton Fire. The largest wildfires are now burning outside of Kamloops and many hundreds more households have been evacuated. They were going to evacuation sheltersContinueContinue reading “Quilts for Wildfire Victims”

Weekly To-Do and Goals #66

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #66 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: 1. Get the binding and label on Glacier Ice. Done 2. Keep working on a leader/ender project with myContinueContinue reading “Weekly To-Do and Goals #66”

Sunday Sewing

I had some fun today making some blocks for a quilt to send to the Lytton Fire Drive. This is completely from my scrap bins. I just love the warmth of these brown, rust and tan scraps with the bits of red, blue, orange, yellow and green in the patterns. To me this quilt willContinueContinue reading “Sunday Sewing”

Quilts for Lytton

The lives of our friends and neighbours in Lytton B.C. were irreparably changed on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 when 90% of their town was destroyed by fire. As quilters we comfort with the gift of quilts. Let’s let Lytton residents know how much we care❣️ I decided that since our province is suffering from overContinueContinue reading “Quilts for Lytton”

Friday Finishing Fun

I’m sitting here with a lap full of fun today and counting this quilt as a finish. Glacier ice was created as my project for Carla Henton’s Winter Blues Blog Hop in January 2020. You can read my post here for a link to the pattern I was at the studio a week ago toContinueContinue reading “Friday Finishing Fun”

Scrap Happy Day

There are a group of quilters who delight in playing with scraps. They celebrate by posting a show ‘n tell on the 15th of the month. Occasionally I have something to share. This is one of those months! While I was suffering from a squirrel attack, I had to pull out my collection of 5”ContinueContinue reading “Scrap Happy Day”

It’s a Guy Thing Blog Hop Coming Soon

Here’s the schedule for all of the participants in the hop. I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone has created for our viewing pleasure and inspiration: July 26   Creatin’ in the Sticks Storied Quilts Quilted Delights Samelia’s Mum Vroomans Quilts Karen’s Korner   July 27   MooseStashQuilting Inflorescence Becky’s Adventures in Quilting andContinueContinue reading “It’s a Guy Thing Blog Hop Coming Soon”

Weekly To-Do and Goals #65

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #65 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: 1. Decide border fabrics for my scrappy batik quilt. Decision made and sewn on. It’s now in the ToContinueContinue reading “Weekly To-Do and Goals #65”

Friday Finishes

It has been two interesting weeks in my world. Last week had me spending time at the studio where I decided I needed to try working with pantos for the first time. In the week I was there I managed to finish 5 quilts on the frame. As soon as I finished 2 of them,ContinueContinue reading “Friday Finishes”

I Love Thursday #46

There are a great group of bloggers who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color each week to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. Summer brings with it a lovely bunch of friends who drop off care packages of fresh gardenContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #46”

June Block Report

June was a better month for finishing blocks, so here’s my count: Previous YTD Count: 240 blocks Pattern Test for TQPM – 1 Pattern test for TQPM – 5 Fairy Tales Blog Hop Project – 1 Red/pink Gingham Baby Quilt – 17 Green/yellow Gingham Baby Quilt – 17 Scrappy Batik Blocks – 80 Previous YTDContinueContinue reading “June Block Report”

Weekly To-Do and Goals

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #64 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: 1. Assemble my scrappy batik blocks to a flimsy. Done 2. Keep working on a leader/ender project with myContinueContinue reading “Weekly To-Do and Goals”

I Love Thursday #45

There are a great group of bloggers who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color each week to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. I love travelling to any place, but the highlight for me is getting away to the studioContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #45”

Weekly To-Do and Goals

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #63 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: 1. Assemble my scrappy batik blocks to a flimsy. Rows are finished. Just need to press and assemble theContinueContinue reading “Weekly To-Do and Goals”

Seaside Adventure Row Along in September

This has long been one of my favourite Blog Hops to participate in. This year it is especially poignant as the Quilting World lost Marian Pena March 15, 2021. Her Row Along was the first I had ever joined and she was so wonderful to work with. She taught me via email to create linksContinueContinue reading “Seaside Adventure Row Along in September”

Fairy Tales Blog Hop Day 5

Have you had a chance to visit the bloggers and add some projects to your To-Do Lists? Did you show some love by commenting or following their blogs? Here’s the lineup of the participants for the last day of the hop: Friday June 25 Quilt Fabrication My Bumbleberry Life Songbird Designs Words & Stitches MooseStashQuiltingContinueContinue reading “Fairy Tales Blog Hop Day 5”