Catchup. - Oct 10th-14th

Oct 10th cont'd

Hmmmm many said to go out and look at the sky!  Well I did and saw some greenish streaks and on the way home just after snapping Cooks Creek Grotto I finally see some pinkish ones.  Now I really am tired!!!

Oct 11th

Ohhhhh another beautiful day in store for us!

Thank you Aida for the invitation for a walk, coffee, cinnamon bun and your company! I probably walked too much but with the few rest stops it was good, no issues! Now I'll catch up with stuff!!!

And finally shots out my window! I totally LOVE our autumnal season especially if it lasts for a few weeks before frosty temperatures end it all!

Oct 12th

Oh oh it's getting crisper morning temperatures!!!

So today is MPQ and both Sylvia and I have ABC quilts to donate. Sylvia's two, the blue alphabet child's quilt and the larger horses quilt were from fabrics given to us by Angela's Mom Joan in her down sizing. I contributed the quilting by Lori Suss Night Owl Quilting & Dye Works. 

We've lots more to sew up. The other square one is also Sylvia's. 

These two small ones are mine.

Oct 13th

Ohhhh feeling sluggish today but decided to haul out my Oriental fabrics and decided the plan of action for the ACQ BOM that's just started! I've decided it'll be a scrappy with a creamy or minty green background with dark blue/green inner borders and binding - that's all I have to buy for this next donation quilt! YEAH!!!  

Then I used the special focal fabric ruler I just bought from Lynda K of ACQ and totally enjoyed the unencumbered view of the block before cutting, all in one step! AWESOME!!!

Tomorrow I'll sew up the first step!

Oct 14th

This is a sad Happy Thanksgiving for many, but we still have much to be very thankful for too! I'm especially thankful for my family, friends, and my good health to enjoy nature and my many hobbies and activities! Hugs to all!!!

I went for a brief stroll and took these pictures!

I had a quiet day and worked on my Assiniboine Circle Quilters BOM Economy blocks, first steps! Okay maybe I should have checked out the sample pictures provided and I'd have used a lighter gold next to the accent Oriental blocks as I was supposed to do!!! But I do like my flukey end results too. I'll see what they look like when the other pieces are finished, maybe I'll change the outer triangles then.

Catchup - Oct 8th-10th

Oct 8th

Well here's what I played with this morning!  

Then off to Rosenort for Cam's (nephew by marriage) funeral service - so sad - before returning to the retreat in time for supper and lovely fall foilage!

Then onto sewing up this From This to That NICU coverlet top Susan Cote introduced me to. And finally an UFO finish from February 2023, my Scrappy Times quilt!

And here is Pat's UFO finish!!! Pretty!!!

Well I've finally finished my kinda scrappy SUPPOSED TO BE NICU quilt BUT it's way too large at 52" square. So need to follow the pattern for 5" cut squares not my 6.5" cut squares I wanted to use up. No fear I'll add either windmill blocks or piano keys for top and bottom borders then the purple blue border to make it rectangular. 

And Sylvia's working on a lattice type quilt top.

Oct 9th

OOOOHHHHH I forgot to post the I Spy blocks sewn up at the last Assiniboine Circle Quilters gathering. I still have more to sew together before I start assembling quilt tops.

Then what a very productive day it was along with some lovely warm temperatures again! First off Sylvia finished off her Simply Serene quilt top, Edna is working on her turtles tote, Pat on her version of a mini quilt pattern that was giving her grief and I finished off my mini quilt Four Crazy Patches plus a kit placemat pattern with some of my fabrics to go with the print in the kit. Yep a productive day for sure!

Oct 10th

It's late but I'm just home from our quilting retreat, unloaded but not unpacked, relaxing with my feet up!!! Here's the first of two Assiniboine Circle Quilters placemat kits I was able to finish off today! 

AND Pat requested a group picture before we left! LOVE IT!!!

Catchup - Oct 1st-7th

Oct 1st cont'd

I think it's Good Night time BUT now I'm not sure I want to disturb this first of BOTH cuddling with me!!!  ♥️♥️♥️

Double cuddles!!

A first here in a long time for Dahli!!!

She's decided either she needs cuddling or thinks I need double comfort!

Ohhhhh Bubba!!!

Oct 6th

Well finally I'm tackling the binding on my "Scrappy Times" Leila Gardunia's pattern 52 Scrappy Triangles PPF blocks quilt! Label is on and it's off with me to a quilting retreat tomorrow, first job is to finish the binding!!!

Oct 7th

We made it from our 9:30 pickups start, lunch at Southdale Family Restaurant and now settled into our first projects.

Well apparently we had a colourful Aurora display last night but I was too cold to stick around.