Friday, July 9, 2021

Floral Finish!!

 Dare I say it? 

Yes it is true!

The florals are done!

What started as a floral quilt or two, 

turned into 6 floral quilts 

and 7 floral placemats!

These 4 were finished last month. 



There were more leftovers, 

so these two were sewn up!






The table scraps were sewn up for 
Meals on Wheels placemats!


The remaining scraps of 

floral will be integrated 

into the "flock " of scraps!



There was even time to get the binding 

on "Big Ole' Strings!



Great finishes for the beginning 

of July !!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Friday, July 2, 2021

Last of the Ppppurplle!

 Well a busy month of purples!

I made houses ,


and purple parts.


I found purple parts already made, 


and finished up a cute baby quilt. 



Located and finished a small, table runner. 



All in all a great purple month! 

What will next month bring!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Hot fun in the summertime!

 Well, it has been really hot 

here. Sewing in the basement 

is keeping me cool!  

I even had some visitors!

Half the family came over after moving house. 

It was too hot outside,

so they came for  dinner in my sewing room. 

It was  a pizza party with sewing sheik dΓ©cor!


Yesterday was Canada Day here , so here is a beautiful 

maple leaf quilt made by my good friend KS. πŸ’–



The quilting and binding list is definitely progressing.

The second to last floral is half bound. 


There are two waiting in the wings for binding. 

The family quilt, Big Ole Strings, and 

the last floral are quilted.



The stack for layering is still a bit large

but that just means

 there is more fun ahead!

So, first bindings

 1-floral #5

2-floral #6

3-big ole strings

Then, layering and pinning. 

4-Teal Squares



5- Stars Above 


6-Colour My Bricks





Of course there may be a few new 
projects too!
Stay safe and sew on!

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Mid month to do!

  Well it's time again for a weekly

list of what I'm up to. The weather

has been gorgeous so of course

we've been spending a lot of time

outside, and baby minding quite a bit.



Thanks to science, we're all almost fully

vaccinated so we can begin to see our

families a little bit more. We are using quite

a bit of caution and won't be attending any

large events or festivals throughout the rest

of the year. We're also not going to be doing

a lot of traveling. We will wait until

businesses have had time to reopen.

Still trying to support local small businesses

as much as we can. In other words we order out a lot!

The reno sorting and planning is 

moving forward too!  Garage doors

are getting ordered today and 

we are checking out the flooring.


 Now on to the sewing!

I have 3 bindings to put on

and 1 top and back to put together.




The small purple quilt is complete and

ready to gift. My surprise box of

scraps last week had some adorable

labels in it.


Perfect chance to use some!

I have binding made for 2 of the florals.


The 3rd binding will have to be cut from

the extra backing

material so that's not too big of job.




That will keep me going for the rest of the week.

 Between the quilting, trying to get the

front garden bed looking tidy and child minding

it should be a very busy week.

The weather is going to be gorgeous too

so I will try to spend a lot of time outside.

Stay safe and sew on!


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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Keep on Quilting!

 Bright and sunny here

and after a great night's sleep 

it is time to get moving!


I am a day late making my list 

for the week but I still have the 

dollar so I count that as a win!

I was busy quilting and playing!

DIL is still on mat leave so we 

are helping out by having 

little visitors twice a week. 

Taking the kids to the park.



We are very fortunate and really 

enjoy getting to know them and 

our DIL more every time. 

Now on to the quilting!

The very last two florals ( I promise)

are in progress!  Both have been quilted

and now just a trim and a bind and they 

will be finished!  Yay!

A little squirrel got me during 

sew day but this purple baby quilt

turned out so well I don't mind. 



There seems to be a theme in my borders 

lately and lots of squares are getting used. 

I do like the look !

Two big quilts were pinned last week 

so the line up looks like this!

➤Quilt summer strings

➤Quilt big ole string stars

➤back and quilt baby purple

➤bind last florals

➤RSC 

➤clear some scraps

Guess what I got in the mail! More scraps!





It is always like Christmas when a parcel arrives .

This box has beautiful scraps and some notions. 

I did a quick sort ( snoop) and will "to do" them

after the sun goes down . 

Now it is breakfast , yoga and a drag around the park !

I am kicking off my running program again and it is 

heavy work!  Argh!


 But.. use it or lose it so off I go!

Looking at flooring today and

cleaning out the pantry too!

Stay safe and sew on !


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Sunday, June 13, 2021

OO la la! Sew day fun!

 Wow , had beautiful weather 

and a sew day !  Dazzling conversation too!

The variety of conversations at sew 

days are truly fantastic! The summer 

sewing room did well today! 

I made houses (15, but here 

are the purple ones)

 These are 3 1/2 " cut and very fun to do!

Talked about moose sightings, (we had three moose 
right in our small city recently)!
That of course led into more talk 
about wildlife, so 

we discussed the slightly disturbing

fact of urban coyotes. Most city 

dwellers are not aware that single 

lone coyotes have adapted very 

well to city life.



I found 10 magic pinwheel blocks 
while looking for more scraps , so 
those went together as the starter for a 
small table topper or baby quilt.



 There were enough pieces and parts in the 
bag of scraps for 6 more blocks. 


 
A  few complimentary squares from 
the stash and a very scrappy border
finished it off nicely. 





While I was stitching that , talk moved 
on to distance walking. A few sewers 
are doing some major footwork in the
next while. A walk on RL Stevenson's 
path in France as well at a 50 k walk
is planned. That is some dedication!

The plan for this week was pinning 
and quilting but it was revised 
when the weather cleared and the sun came out. 
These lovelies did get pinned tho.


And finally I got some more RSC 
blocks ready . The clothesline is filling up nicely!


If the weather gets stormy it will be quilting time!
Otherwise, the patios are calling and the flowers 
are blooming.



Stay safe and sew on !

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Pinny, pinny, winny, winny!

 Rainy days here so lots of pinning to do!

Have a back ready to go, and it is even 

memory fabric!  (Fabric that had another 

purpose but will become a great back 

in its second life. )


 It started as a Renaissance  theme 

costume for the workplace

but will become a back for a quilt for 

one of those coworkers! Yay, I love it 

when those things happen!

There is even some cream on cream to go with it!


Watching/listening to Kingdom while 

I work. The British show with Stephen Fry. 

Should be a great time in the sewing room 

capped off by a small family visit tonight!

Just a little parental dedication picture from 

my walk today!



  I remember carrying a child 

when they were tired , not always easy!


End of week and had a great one!

My pinned pile grew,


three more tops are moving

along toward pinning, 



and I even took my new clamps 

( thank you Dr. son and DH, son bought the sample, 

DH did the shopping) 

out for a spin!


Stay safe and sew on !


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