Catchup - May 13th-16th

May 13th

Okay, there's a real reason for my stash!!!!

 WOW!!! Would need drainage holes though!

WOW!!! The force of nature! 😢🙏

May 14th

Yowsers!!!

Even if the weather did not cooperate Edna, Sylvia, Pat and I took a 'small' road trip to Beausejour for their small but lovely quilt show. Nice to chat with a few MPQ members in person! 

We stopped into Needles Crafts and Studio and talk about a well stocked and displayed knitting yarn, embroidery and quilting supplies shop! I picked up some coordinating fabrics for either a table topper or placemats for myself. Then lunch at Annette's for some home cooking before heading to Lockport and Cedar House Quilting where I found some white batik! Then on the way home I pleased Pat by stopping at a few thrift/antiques stores till my hip began aching, then headed home!  

Now feet up with an Italia Voga pinot grigio (deeelish) waiting for my Italian stuffed portobello mushrooms to bake!

May 15th

Well I tackled the Raggedy Ann n Andy top and think it's done except for the quilting and red binding to finish off. Unless I add a 2" blue border on the sides. It's now 43 x 47.25" size.

This evening I sewed up my PFA swap "It's Party Time!" postcard and will send it off tomorrow. This is a first time my thoughts panned out instantly (well seemed like that) into finished form! I love it and reminds me of Cuba! Hope Sheila likes it too!

Hey I caught the Super Flower Blood Moon just before midnight! Beautiful!!!

May 16th

😬😬😬  I call this "Roaring River"!

Catchup - May 7th-12th

May 7th

A quiet day relaxing.

May 8th

Definitely cheap idea!!!

OMGG, look at this bridge today that Sylvia took on her walk! Even the deer aren't sure about this scenario!

Compared to Friday that I took. YOWSERS!!!

Sylvia's photo

Hey that's smart!

A quiet yesterday quilting my Schooner wall hanging, finishing it off today, being donated to MPQ ABC program. Along with the past few days trying my hand with size 80 DMC tatting thread for Allison's Edging for the extra two heart postcards. Talk about challenging and lucky I didnt have to undo any closed rings!!! These are the last two being sent to Monika for postcards for the Ukraine refugees support. Then had supper at Edna's and a short walk to park at Home Street and back.

May 10th

This is where Cam and Debbie used to live! Not sure where their two married children live now but in around the Morris area now. 🙏🙏🙏

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJKyC_r5s3M&feature=share

This is mild from the year the ice slabs damaged cottages at Ochre Beach.

May 11th

WTH??? I'm sitting in my chair looking out my window and see two geese on the high rise across from the Leg Bldg! The last picture is regular lense to show the distance. Crazy Canucks!!!

May 12th

OMGG look what arrived today from my PFA "using batiks" swap!!!! Thank you Carole for this AWESOME sunflowers batik postcard, the machine embroidery and beading ❤️! I was hoping to maybe order a card from Monika Kinner from those she's collecting for the Ukrainian refugees support fundraiser the Museum is selling, now I don't have to as this one fills that desire! I'm so glad you did these for the Ukraine project! Thank you 💞!  

I showed my sister and she was very happy for me to have received your card! As you can see for now it's on display front and centre for me!

Well I just had to play with these two pillow squares and the blue with red polka dots piece from Angela's Mom, that I picked up recently! They look like so much fun and hope I did them justice with my stash too? I was going to make four different fabric sets of pinwheel blocks instead of the wider borders, but those fabrics though nice, were just too much and might compete with the two blocks, so settled for simple! The top is finished off at 36.5 x 49.75 inches. Next is the fun of picking quilting designs! 😉

Catchup - May 5th-6th

May 5th

Maybe we might get to this one?!?!?

I'm at the Centennial Concert Hall with Sylvia, Audrey, Pat and Diane for the Shumka Dancers tour from Edmonton Alberta.  

https://www.shumka.com/

The first half Mosquito Wedding was nice but not really what I expected and wanted to see. The second half was more like it and I've never seen these costumes before, different and very nice too! Thank you Pat for getting us together? 💞

Hope it recedes sooner than later! 🙏🙏🙏

May 6th

What a lovely visit with Sylvia, we each helped the other sandwich quilted projects, washed the newly acquired fabrics and took pictures of her newest ABC quilt donation. We even went for a short stroll and even though that couple went over, I said no and we turned around. Well close to home I LOST my cell phone, fell out of my pocket!!! Thankfully it's not busy around there and I found it half a block away on the edge of the sidewalk on the dry grass! PHEW!!! Now feet up before tackling the quilting on my Schooner wall hanging!

Catchup - May 2nd-4th

May 2nd

XXXX it's really snowing out there again!!!!!  This morning I thought there was fresh snow next to the fence but I decided NAH CAN'T BE!!!  And windy too!

Finally I picked up Edna and we snuck out to Assiniboine Park for a short 4km walk to check out the construction on the new conservatory.   Still a long way to go, I'd say. Then to Joe Black's for coffees and a shared Apple Jack, one coffee was free after 3-4 years of going there! 🙂🙃👏 Then both stopped to get groceries before dropping Edna at home and me feet up as my sciatic was acting up on the walk! 🥴

May 3rd

What a lovely day to have a country outing with Angela to her Mom's in Teulon! She took me on some backroads that I KNOW I'd not find my way again! 😉 So we had a brief visit then down to the sewing room where Joan let me take whatever fabric appealed to me. So there's some for me, some for Monica Smith and most for ABC quilts to add to the earlier pile Sylvia and I are working on! I've found lots of 'I Spy' type fabrics and some special fabrics for a quilt for gift giving!

Then back upstairs for a lovely lunch together before checking out the second hand stores and a discount store where I bought a t-shirt dress before heading home.

Then I went through the recycled jeans Adeline gave me and cut up a pile for my car quilts, 4 to pass onto a friend so he can chuck his tattered n stained ones, plus about half to be shared along with my quilt rack, with a friend soon! YEAH!!!! Another pile soon gone from my place.

After that I pulled out the terry toweling from Joan and cut out two hair drying towels, two hand towels and four face clothes and serged the edges! Awesome!

Enough!!! Now feet up watching TV!

May 4th

Another early morning and on the go fabric shopping with a Wok Box lunch compliments of Edna before more fabric shopping! Then on the way home we picked up coffee n muffins compliments of Sylvia at McDs and had a relaxing visit at Syvia's. Took Edna home and now relaxing with my feet up! Lovely day!

I was only to pick out a fabric to go with my Raggedy Ann n Andy fabric, was on sale so set to sew that up soon! And came home with some awesome brights for the next two ABC blocks quilts I've yet to plan out with some alphabet filling and on sale a nice brown for backings!

Catchup - April 30th-May 1st

April 30th

Finally I get all three on the new corner couch with me!  Never any room for me and them on the other couch!  Except Wheels is nudging my thigh some and after 10 minutes left for the entranceway.

Finally again Wheels joined the other two on the couch!  I swear Griffin does not like me taking pictures!  They just came in, had treats and now relaxing again!  Even Wheels isn't asking to go out, only when I call them to go out, me included or they stay on the deck!

May 1st

Good morning to you two!

We are all on the couch, some being lazy while I'm sewing on my hexies project, catching the last season Jets hockey game and enjoying my 🍓🍓 🍓 snack!

Yeah yeah yeah!!! I've sewn all my 1.5' hexies together finally! Next is sandwiching the two pieces and hand quilting it! Slowly but surely the just about 10 year UFO will be finished! 🤏

Awesome and beautiful against a bare wall!