Catchup - Jan 18th-28th

Jan 18th

It wasn't so bad this morning as I cleaned off my car etc before joining the ladies at ACQ for a sewing day, since I'm plowed out.  Then took Edna grocery shopping and short visit with Michelle to pass on Sylvia, Edna and my bindings for CQA donations.  But DANG IT I just about got frostbite taking six picture, three off McCreary Road and three from the driveway!  I plugged in my car, praying it doesn't blow in again and I'm staying put tomorrow!!!

Jan 19th

OMGG talk about me being stupid!!! I'm used to my floor lamp over my left shoulder for my hand stitching and always bring my small table lamp, but not that great. Well last night I was searching floor lamps as suggestions for here when I REMEMBERED there's a three light floor lamp in the basement next to the puzzle table. DUH ME!!! So up it came and it's lots better today! Gotta do this next time too! 🥰

Jan 20th

OKAY this is enough of deep freeze temps!  My feet haven't been warm for a week if not more, I put on my wool socks - too hot, my fuzzy socks - cool feet and my cotton socks - cold feet!  They better warm up sooner than later!!!

Jan 22nd

I just LOVE my Christmas postcard with matching bookmark that was delayed because of our postal strike but arrived just fine!!! Thank you Cindy Vrtis! I LOVE angels!!!

Jan 23rd

Well a great start for Sylvia and I to a Quilters Jewel retreat in Winkler! First breakie at Sals, supposed to be a quick stop at Mook's for some fabrics (not so with mega shoppers there) and onto Carman to check out Mama Bears new quilt shop. Finally to Lily Stone Cafe in Rosenort for lunch with our niece Debbie too! ❤️ The roads were clear with periodic snow blowing. Then onto Winkler to register at Best Western Plus (lovely queen suite) and check into my first hand stitching retreat weekend! Sylvia is having hopefully a relaxing weekend away too with her hobbies she brought!

Jan 24th

Finally after a couple years I've my 18" Summer Hexies (1.5") finished. Just the label to make up when I get home next week.  So all hand pieced, assembled with drapery flannel in between layers and hand quilted. I started it August 2023 and completed it today!!! Funny how the images differ colourwise, taken near a window and antique-type inside lounge area.

Jan 25th

Today I drove Sylvia to Flavours of Mexico for her meal choices then back to stitching for me. Pearl invited her to see Show n Tell plus participate tonight too. Then I went next door to Winkler Fabrics plus and picked up a selection for placemats for me maybe and could not resist the paisley ones.

Okay here's my new fabric selection I bought at Mook's then the black at Mama Bears at Carman for the sashing. I downloaded the free pattern, Inferno, from Andover, and will be reducing the size as much as I can! Sorry my picture is not very good. I've found an image of some of the 15+ colours in this Texture Basics line, it's an Australian design/fabric which is probably why I picked it for this pattern instead of Ombre!!!

So Sylvia joined us for Show n Tell before we relaxed for the night.  She finished off her UFOs.

Here is a "thank you/rembrance" gift for Pearl from us for her 35th Quilting Jewels Retreat.

Jan 26th

Today was pack up, brunch and head home after a lovely hand stitching retreat hosted by Pearl, Quilting Jewel Retreat!!! As we left Winkler headed north it was ground level blowing snow and tugging on my steering wheel. Well half hour later, turning east it was totally clear? Good!!!  

We stopped in to visit Debbie and the family and enjoyed a very light second lunch with them all. I even got to hold Colter and Beckham both born bbeginningof November, alongwith play a bit with London when she allowed. Sylvia did too! Was lovely even with Sylvia's slight slide into the snow, she says nothing hurts, I hope so!

Then once into the city I stopped to pick up the Sashiko etc MPQ draw prize that she won on Wednesday but we did not attend. Then I happened to see this lovely sunset and turned onto Lyndale Drive and took these pics before heading home to put my feet up!!! WOW!!!

Jan 28th

Okay Sylvia just about finished off the winter puzzle and today both of us completed it!

Now we're sorting the gift Susan gave me!!! Yowsers, not sure about this one! The borders are all navy with a blue equal sized stripe!!!

Jan 17th Blizzard

Jan 17th

This is CRAZY!!!  Looks like NO ONE should be moving in this stuff!!!  AND three more hours of snow falling!!!  Even the dogs are restless, hope they settle in soon!  My poor legs!!!

Yesterday's arrival.

Today 7:20am

Today 8:45am

Pre gust

Gusting

Today 9:15am

Today 9:24am  -  finally, but will my legs survive!!!

OMGG!!! This is what I thought this morning!!!!!!!

WOW!!! This is serious stuff!!!

Earlier I took the picture of the kitchen window but winds picked up and just about all gone.

Yowsers, totally forgot about the open window - now closed! AND I can see the road behind the vehicles plus the sun is trying to peak out plus wind is not so noisy now. 

Hope the worst is over with, then I'll try clean off the worst on my car, in case I can venture out tomorrow to ACQ!

But first enjoying my coffee with my friend Bailey!!! Perfect day for this! After lunch I'll do some hand stitching!!!

Catchup - Jan 11th-Jan 16th

Jan 11th

It's another girls sewing weekend at Sylvia's. I'm working on my 2.5" 4-patches for the next step of the ACQ BOM, strip piecing and get to use my gizmo to separate them. Edna is continuing with her paper pieced Snails Tails blocks. Sylvia was working on her MPQ Quilt Reflections Challenge Quilt but no pics till the show in April. Then she switched to her fussy blocks Cut and Fold sampler for now, she loses patience with the workings. Pat is using up her left over pieces from a quilt she finished in October 2024, nifty! Love it!!! Border is next.

I had made a delicious shrimp stirfry for lunch but are going out to Southdale Village Family Restaurant for supper before quitting for the day!

Jan 12th

Well it's a wrap for this weekend's sewing fun! We continued from yesterday! Edna going strong on her Snails Tails blocks, Pat finished her mini pastel quilt n started a Dresden Plate project, but not sure what it'll become! Sylvia is determined to finish her time consuming project and is down to three blocks of satin stitching left before assembling. Me, well I finished off my itsy bitsy 1.5" squares individually sewn into 2.5" 4-patch squares and then 10 finished blocks. See I wanted the gold fabric but it was mistakenly cut up, sewn up and then ripped out and set aside, thankfully still enough for these blocks! Then I tackled Janet's large baggie of already sewn up HSTs and have an idea planned for a 36" NICU coverlet project from them!

Today Sylvia prepped a dehydrated package I gifted her for Christmas into soup with leftover ham and fresh tea biscuits - YUMMY!!! Supper was A&W with coupons!

Love it!!! Maybe even other seasonal images???

Jan 13th

Janet from ACQ gave me another large baggie of scraps, these are around 2" HSTs already sewn together. So tonight, feet up, pressing station on my lap and using totally my forgotten mini Clover iron I'm pressing and sorting these for my new NICU coverlet idea!!! Stay tuned for the reveal, whenever that will be!!! Thank you Janet!

Jan 14th

Today was a quiet day but the afternoon went over to Sylvia's for more puzzle time, her's too is slow going! Also another scenic fabric art by Sylvia for her neighbour. 

Then home for odds and ends plus an update on my gifted impressionistic puzzle too!

Ohhhhh boy!!! No fun being woken up by beeping smoke detector at 5:30am!!!!! 🤪 Ear plugs in and back to sleep till 8am and hopefully soon the caretaker will silence it!

Update: replaced afternoon! Unit faulty, not battery.

Jan 15th

It's coming along nicely!!!

OMGG!!! I forgot that I have this mini version yet to do! But it's only 56 pieces and 5x6.5". Thank goodness!

Jan 16th

Again TSN/Rogers/Shaw continue to aggravate me by not allowing me to view Jets hockey with the Rogers Xfinity Stream while away from home! NO I am not paying extra, I'll continue listening on CJOB 680!