Showing posts with label quilt group. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quilt group. Show all posts

Monday, December 02, 2024

Catchup - Nov 21st-30th

Nov 21st

Heard something today that's worth sharing. You know when you go to Wal-Mart, or the grocery store and they have the wipes to clean your cart handle? How many of you don't use them? I always use them, and I always thought of the germs only. 
Was told today that a police chief suggests you do it because of all of the problems with drugs nowadays - if they have Fentanyl or something like that still on their hands and touch that cart, then you do, and it can get into your system. 
Scary but worth taking the time to clean the handle. All you'd have to do is rub your nose or touch your child's mouth. 

I'm searching for examples of how to display/store my tatting shuttles? I've acquired some lovely ones over the years and truly would like to SEE them, not just in a bag of those I'm using. These are my recent purchases! Tooooo beautiful for a storage case or drawer! MHO!!!


Okay after much searching I think I'd like something like this, known as a typeset drawer but with glass hinged door to keep dust out, for my shuttles. 



It needs to have rectangular spaces of 3.5"w x 1"d x 1.25"h in each row or column, either vertical or horizontal. Maybe a few smaller ones for my thimbles? Now to keep my eye out for such! I was told matchbox car storage boxes might work!!!

Nov 23rd

It's nice to be back home and out with Edna and Sylvia at the MPQ guild meeting and craft sale. Thank you to those that supported the vendors. It was a might disappointing to find out one of my fabric covered notebooks went missing, I had counted items before packing up and once home counted cash and compared to my inventory listing, minor discrepancy. I honestly did not expect this!  
Afterwards us girls went for lunch to Southdale Village Family Restaurant before heading home. Now back to my tatting and hockey watching!!!

Well I was pulling out my blank cards for special Thank Yous for my hostesses and hosts then realized there's a postal strike and it wouldn't go anywhere! So it's virtual!



THANK YOU so very much for making and sharing time with me on my visit to Toronto and area! I really appreciated this special time with you all! 💞 Hopefully it won't take me so long for my next visit with you, Yvonne and John, Nancy, Maria and Orio, Deana and who knows maybe combined with a tatting conference with you Deana and Ginny!

Nov 26th

It was a sleepy quiet morning except for Dahli somehow falling off the back of the couch scaring all of us, I can tell you! She seems okay upon her exit. Even later ran around the yard in the snow! Did she learn, nope, but at least she's awake.



Nov 27th

DAMN I am very frustrated with this Rogers/Shaw shit and NHL selling rights to varrious streaming apps that ive no desire to pay for. When Ignite TV was the away from home with WIFI I could watch my programs or hockey on my laptop or phone. This new Rogers Xfinity Stream has a restriction on and says to watch this hockey game on your home TV. I'm not home that's why I've this app but it's stupid and useless! GRRRRRR!!!!!

Here's wishing safe travels and a wonderful Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends here and in the USA!!!


Seems more often than not this is the "strikers" perfect time of year, no matter the company!!!


It's going to be another quiet day, slept in, coffee, then some phone stuff before finishing the last snowflake for Maija. YIKES now it's Bubba on the couch top, he was snoozing till I turned to get this picture. He better not fall off!!!



Nov 29th

Not a smooth sleep for Dahli (tossing around) nor me with aches etc! Bubba was in sleep mode!! Neither wanted up this morning! Maybe I should have slept in too! Dogs outside, fed, then another quick trip out and all of us back heading back to bed for a bit! EXCEPT I trip over the wooden crate of dog toys, that poor right leg has enough with sciatic pain now a nice shiner too!
At least I enjoyed my lunch with Cindy at Roxy's Restaurant and Lounge in Oak Bluff and delicious quesadillas and nice coffee! Lovely landscape art on their wall too, but can't figure out the medium used. We're trying to get a supper with Janice in before Christmas too, hope that's possible!!!


Nov 30th

Okay it was a rush getting out the door this morning making sure dogs were good to stay and picked up Sylvia from Pat's nearby. That sure was a help! Then off to ACQ where I sold her kits to students while Sylvia prepped to then teach her landscape class to eager quilters. Many afterwards said it was a fun, enjoyable and interesting class. Show n Tell next month.





I was in the free sew room and sandwiched 18 placemats. Next week I'll clip, turn, edge and quilt them before our Christmas luncheon and hand them in for Meals on Wheels program. Ohhhh I also have to sew up my pincushion for the gift exchange!!!

Also picked up some freebies a member was sharing! Talk about just in time for my handwork retreat in January to add to my wool applique projects! I'm so very happy!!! And I've always wanted the teapot pincushion pattern, now I have it!!! 



Along with two quilting patterns, one for a child's PPd blocks quilt and one kinda New York Beauty that I'm going to reduce the pattern some and try a miniaturized version. She just chuckled when I said that!!! Thank you!!!

Can I somehow magically transport expenses paid back to Toronto area? Temps are to start dropping and I'm chilled at -10 to -21C already. I think I need warmer socks!!!

Monday, June 17, 2024

Catchup - June 1st-8th

June 2nd

Ohhhh it rained enough the other day for some water to collect in their pool for splashing! Dahli even joined in briefly!



Weird! I was texting Taunya and both jumped onto the couch looking out the window. Then immediately jumped down onto my lap! 😀



DAMN DAMN DAMN I hate lightning followed immediately with loud thunder plus increased slanted downpour! DAMN heart racing!!!

UPDATE: Owner emailed that fish are OK without the fountain so I feel better. The surrounding trees are shedding and thus would need constant cleaning to keep it aesthetically pleasing. Good to know!

Oh oh!!! Not sure what's happening but this was the lovely goldfish pond that I love to sit and listen to its soothing sounds while feeding them, taken May 30th. Today it's barely trickling and I'm very concerned. Needless to say I've a call in for the son to come see and he says he'll clear the blockage! I hope so! At least they've had fresh rainfall!!!! 🙏🙏🙏

May 30th lovely musical sound.

June 1st quite a bit less

June 2nd, barely a trickle.  YIKES!!!

June 4th

Dang, first off I don't have Amazon Prime and no intentions of paying just to have better customer service, which should first no matter what, so please no comments on that.

I finally gave in and ordered footwear and was thinking outerwear too but glad I didn't. I was totally shocked at the return postage for the sandals as per Amazon Return items instructions. No I didn't go through all the clicks to read the return policy before ordering, it shouldn't be so convoluted to begin with. Once contact with Amazon afterwards I'm in volleying contact with the seller who now says I could have returned it to their local store (not sure Winnipeg has one) free of charge! I flipped out - that should have been the FIRST item under Return Item!!!!!!!  

So will see in 3-5 days of what the result will be. BUT for sure I'm not ordering ANYTHING online anymore unless it does not need sizing, like books etc!!! I don't care what kind of savings online is!!!!! I've learnt my lesson for sure!!!

UPDATE:  Purchase price has been returned and the other day received confirmation that my return postage will be refunded soon!

June 6th

Yeah I've finally sewn the blocks in rows AND I think it's as planned.



Yeah the rows of blocks were sewn together too! It measures now as 43 x 54.5" - I had added in 10 extra varied blocks of original ones to fit. I really can not believe how evenly this had sewn up together, lots of bias edges, lots of pinning and step by step pressing to help in this end result. There will be 3 borders yet to be cut and sewn on. It's soon going to be finished. I love it and good as this is MY BABY for retreats.


Once again I bought an MPQ Quilt Reflections 2025 Challenge Quilt wall hanging kit! AND not two hours home my idea percolated and Googled inspirations saved with notes on how it might evolve and fabrics etc! This brain will probably not rest now, but want to get started on it! Ohhhh the theme is Transportation but I'm skewing this quite a bit!!! Here's the kit fabrics (can add 5 more) and talk about coincidence, I've the bubbles fabric in various colours to play with too!


June 7th

OMGG!!! I'm tickled pink as Leanne called to chat about our joint vacation in July 2025! The plans are falling into place and dates locked in and they are booking both excursions and all transfers for us to ensure we're together. As soon as they have the costs I'll square up! 😉

July 8th - they arrive from Australia in Calgary

July 9th - I travel to Calgary

July 10th-13th - we're in Banff sightseeing including a bus tour of Mountain Lakes and Waterfalls 

July 13th-14th - on the Rocky Mountaineer Adventure, gold level, overnight in Kamloops

July 14th-17th - we're in Vancouver together sightseeing 

July 15th - we're ferrying to Victoria for a City and Butchart Gardens Tour 

July 17th - I return home

July 18th - they return home

OOOOHHHHHH I'm getting excited and this time I'm taking my two stronger walking sticks!

June 8th

Ohhhh I've missed posting some pics!

June 5th enjoyed music from this bird, the fish even a pelican in the local pond.




June 6th MPQ a few of the quilters' display that caught my scrappy ideas eye and the blue one is 2025 Quilt Raffle prize.






2025 Quilt Show Raffle Quilt

June 7th OMA's Fire Hall Outdoor Quilt Show, just a few that appealed to me. A lovely day for this outing with Sylvia and Edna, ending with Peking Chinese in Edna's new apartment!

This one has quilted bees.

This was quilted with variegated thread and butterflies.

I'm making this one too but in scrappy look - awesome in planned colours. 

I've this one on my agenda too - but will try to reduce to smaller mini sized.


WOW!!!

Triple WOW!!!

Love it!!!

Very striking!!!
Didn't think of using solids!


Interesting!!!

Love this one too!


Way too intense for me!