Tag Archives: What’s Going On

Giggles

I found this on Becky’s blog Patchwork Posse and just had to share the giggles😉: “So what about quilting abbreviations? Well, here’s a few I found online that made me laugh – let me know if you have any more to add!” Becky BDNQ: Bad Day, Not Quilting.FART: Fabric Accumulation Road Trip.FOB: Fear of Binding.HIPS:ContinueContinue reading “Giggles”

Friday Fun

It’s been a good couple of days and I managed a few things. Unfortunately I can’t show my finish yet, but I had fun with all of them. 😄 My first was finishing my Blog Hop project. Sneak peek only 😉 I had a lot of fun doing the quilting on this one. Outlining appliquésContinueContinue reading “Friday Fun”

My Weekly Report

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #60 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. This week has been a week of procrastination and missing mojo, but I went and got a haircut (first timeContinueContinue reading “My Weekly Report”

I Love Thursday #43

Hello to all of you from a beautiful, hot, sunny golf course in beautiful British Columbia. Life is pretty special when you can wake up to a view like this every day: I’m joining some friends who share posts of things that bring them joy and gratitude we all link up on LeeAnna’s blog NotContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #43”

Introducing my Small Change

I had the opportunity several months ago to test a pattern for Joanne Kerton of Canuck Quilter Designs. I love her designs and always have fun pulling fabrics for her patterns. As seems to be the case real life interfered and I wasn’t able to get it done as quickly as I would have liked.ContinueContinue reading “Introducing my Small Change”

My Weekly Report

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #59 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: Did you see my UFO finish? You can read about it here. 1. Continue with my secret sewing projectContinueContinue reading “My Weekly Report”

May Block Report

May was not my best month for finishing blocks, but here’s my count: WB Pattern Test – 24 Born to be Wild Blog Hop Project – 2 Scrappy Blocks for my Pattern Draft – 3 Pattern Test for TQPM – 1 Previous YTD Blocks: 210 Blocks January 18 February 61 March 54 April 77 MayContinueContinue reading “May Block Report”

May OMG Check In

My first goal was to get this quilt finished for my granddaughter to gift to her best friend. The push for me to travel to the studio was hearing my DIL and grands will be in Alberta this week. Done and mailed! The quilt was made from a pattern, Waltzing With Bears by Sandra fromContinueContinue reading “May OMG Check In”

Another UFO Finished

Several months ago I was lucky enough to do a pattern test for Sandra of MMM Quilts. Her pattern Waltzing With Bear was fun to do since the pattern was so well written and can be found here. My granddaughter had fallen in love with this quilt and asked if I could add to itContinueContinue reading “Another UFO Finished”

Follow Your Own Path

One of my favourite designers is Sandra Walker from MMM Quilts. I have enjoyed doing her qal’s and love her patterns. She had mentioned that she is almost ready for her next QAL so of course I had to volunteer to test her pattern. My fabric pull was easy since I had a bundle ofContinueContinue reading “Follow Your Own Path”

Another Week @ Quilt Schmilt

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #58 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 (actually 2 weeks ago) list: I missed posting last week. I was at the studio with only limited internet soContinueContinue reading “Another Week @ Quilt Schmilt”

My Turn is Here on the Born to Be Wild Hop!

Here are the participants for yesterday, the first day of the hop: Creatin’ in the SticksVroomans QuiltsHomespun Hannah’s BlogScrapdashKathleen McMusingJust Sew QuilterJust Because Quilts and here are the bloggers for today: MooseStashQuiltingSelina QuiltsFor The Love Of GeeseElizabeth Coughlin DesignsQuilt SchmiltLife in the ScrapatchSewing Up My Fabric Carol from Just Let Me Quilt is the hostessContinueContinue reading “My Turn is Here on the Born to Be Wild Hop!”

Born To Be Wild Blog Hop

Here’s the list of blog hoppers…are you ready to check them out? May 17th Creatin’ in the Sticks Vroomans Quilts Homespun Hannah’s Blog Scrapdash Kathleen McMusing Just Sew Quilter Just Because Quilts   May 18th MooseStashQuilting Selina Quilts For The Love Of Geese Elizabeth Coughlin Designs Quilt Schmilt Life in the Scrapatch Sewing Up MyContinueContinue reading “Born To Be Wild Blog Hop”

Lost in Space

I have been having a week that meant I have been out of touch this week. Apparently WordPress lost all of the links I had posted on my last posts so I will try to get that fixed ASAP. Appointments and meetings filled my time along with family news of Covid-19 testing and quarantining whileContinueContinue reading “Lost in Space”

My Weekly Goals, Reports and Review

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #57 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. Try to get away to the studio for a couple of days to spend some quality time withContinueContinue reading “My Weekly Goals, Reports and Review”

Pattern Testing Ocean Breeze

I was only too happy to help out when Kris from Phoebe Moon Designs asked if I could read her new pattern and try the different methods of making the elongated diamonds. Well of course I had to pull fabrics and play with the various methods of making the elongated diamonds to see which IContinueContinue reading “Pattern Testing Ocean Breeze”