Second Time...

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Busy day today.  We spent the day walking  The Strip.  Feet are a bit sore now and I think we will all sleep soundly tonight.

Before we headed out today I did take my natural dyed indigo yarn out of the dye to dry.

Now the spare closet looks like:

I have to admit I kinda like my newly acquired skill :-)

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Something New!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

Life has been crazy busy for the past week and as such I have not had a chance to blog.

Last night we arrived in Las Vegas for Spring Break Vacation.  While en route I found out that Vogue Knitting Live was here this weekend!!!! :-)  Seriously...I come to Vegas and find YARN.

This morning I registered for a yarn dyeing class!  It was awesome!  Here is one of the yarns I dyed today:

I had so much fun making this.....and yes....I will be making more yarns!!!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Saturday Crazy....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Woke up this morning still with pain in the kidney area but could still function so got on with my day!

Took my son to swimming and while there got a call from the house alarm company that the motion sensor had been set off!!!!  OMG.

Seemed to take forever for them to get back to me that they could not find anything wrong with the house.  Whew.....

Arrived home and found everything fine but I decided it was time to actually fix the front door lock.  So, I have now taught my son to fix door locks with a Phillips Screwdriver, a sock and a hiking shoe.   I could not find any of the very expensive tools that are owned in this household.  Thankfully I had a screwdriver hidden in my craft room.  The sock was to keep the door from getting scuffed while I used a steel heeled hiking shoe as a hammer!!!!  The door works great now.  I keep opening and closing it just cause I like the sound of the door opening ......and closing!  So proud of myself.

Since it was Saturday my son decided we should have pizza.  While making the dough I told him that the mom's group at church tomorrow would be making pizza pockets for their children's lunch.  Apparently my son had no idea what these things were.  So, we made a smaller pizza (it only had to feed two of us dinner) and made 6 pizza pockets:

Yummy!!!  Now hopefully I did not over stuff these and make too large for his wide mouth thermos☺

This evening I spent a bit of time in my craft room and made another 10 of the Anne of Green Gables Quilt Blocks: 

This now brings me to 22 of the 30 blocks for the quilt.  Hoping that I can finish it tomorrow as I really want to get it off to be quilted.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

PD (Pretty Darn Fun) Day...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was a PD Day for my son.  After sleeping late and then eating breakfast we headed out for some FUN!

One of the first places we stopped was Donut Party!  We arrived a little late so our choices were limited.  We got a half dozen of Mint Rocky Road.  These doughnuts are HUGE!  The size of a newborn's head:

There are two left as we both ate one (I ate part of mine - my son at his and the rest of mine), we gave 2 to the neighbours and these will be breakfast (?) tomorrow...

We stopped at another place that is all about local made products and crafts and some yarn.....not much there.  I did buy a skein of yarn that was kind of pretty mostly because I felt sorry for the place.  No plans to go back there.

Then it was on to Zwick's Pretzels somehow I did not manage to get a plain picture without either my son or my face being stuffed with one of these, but they were DELICIOUS and I WILL go back there.

A quick stop at River City Yarns for their in house brand of worsted weight wool for a project I have decided I MUST do.

Then we headed home as my kidney stone was starting to bother me.

I had great intentions of finishing the Anne of Green Gables quilt kit that I got.    Alas, because of the kidney pain I only accomplished 6 blocks today:

That will be all for this evening as I am medicating in advance as I really do not want to spend the night in the emergency. ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Cluckin' Along.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Worked an evening shift this evening so by the time I got home there was not a lot of time for any kind of sewing.

I did however get another of the Flock of Geese Blocks done using up more of my scrap fabric:

TAH DAH!

Tomorrow is a PD Day for my son so he and I will be off on BIG adventures no doubt.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

One More...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Super busy day today so after my son went to bed I took a little time to myself in my craft room.

Made another of the Anne of Green Gables blocks:

TAH DHA!!!

Now it's off to sleep for me as today will be another long day. ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Another One.....

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

Tuesday is the craziest of days in our household so my quilting time is at a premium and sometimes non existent.

Tuesdays are get home from work, make dinner, get to piano lessons and Scuba Diving followed by returning home and getting the trash out for Trash Day tomorrow and all the other things for school and work tomorrow☺

After accomplishing these tasks this evening I only had time to make one of my Anne of Green Gables Quilt blocks:  

TAH DAH!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Are You Kidding Me????

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Most years I complain, gripe and whine in general about time change because deep down I believe that nothing good can come from this event.  Yesterday, I took it my stride and was positive and even productive.

Fast forward to today.... as I prepare to leave my house I find out that the door knob will not turn!!!!  I am truly stuck in my house no matter how hard I try to turn the knob.  I use the back door to go around to the front door and try from the outside!  It is seriously stuck.  My son on the inside and I on the outside try turning the door knob....NOTHING..

Now, I am running late for work and I begin the frantic search through the mystery box of random keys in the house to find a key for the back door....eventually I found one that sort of fits but you really have to wiggle to get the door to open.  Better than nothing so off to work!

After picking my son up from school we came home and thankfully gained entry through the back door.

I decided to unscrew the door knob and found that the slider piece was totally jammed inside which meant I had to use every tool including the butter knife to get it out.

Off to the hardware store to get some parts and we now have an operational front door and at least know where the key to the back door is!!!

That left very little crafting time.  I managed to make one more of my Anne of Green Gables blocks:

TAH DAH!!!

Now it's off to bed as tomorrow is another work day ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

That Kinda Day...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was slightly more productive than yesterday despite being time change day which usually wrecks havoc with my day and psyche. 

I managed to get all the laundry washed, folded and put away!!!  YAY ME!!! ☺

House cleaning also done!  Bonus points here.....

Then I baked Andes Mint Chip Cookies.  I used the recipe on the package but I think for our dry Western Canadian climate next time I will add less flour than what the recipe calls for.  That being said though the cookies are still DELICIOUS:

The recipe made 52 cookies but as you can see a Cookie Monster found them.....

For dinner I made baked sweet potatoes topped with taco beef and toppings which is one of my son's favourite dinners:

He even eats the skin of the sweet potato when served this way .....Super Health Benefits...+++

After dinner I took kiddo and his horse dog for a walk in the -14 Celsius (7 Fahrenheit) temperature and with the windchill it was more like -27 Celsius (-17 Fahrenheit).  Returning home I even shovelled the side walk (I live on a corner lot so extra BONUS points for me for that)!!!!

After getting my son off to bed and organising lunches and such for tomorrow I took a bit of time to spend in my craft room.

Yesterday I showed you the Anne Of Green Gables fabrics.  This evening I made 2 more blocks for the quilt:

And...

I love how these are coming along.

I  hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Slow Start....

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

I seem to be running in low gear today.  I have accomplished very little and at a slow speed on top of that ☺

Got my son to swimming lessons barely on time this morning (he was not too impressed with that).  Then did a couple of errands that were along our route and returned home early afternoon with all sorts of crafty plans.

I fell asleep knitting and from what I can deduce.....I "napped" for almost 2 hours!!!

After dinner I picked up my knitting but was having difficulty staying focused so decided to quilt a bit:

Meet Block # 1 of my Anne of Green Gables quilt. This block is currently 12 1/2" square.  

This block as you may notice combines two of my favourite things:  Anne of Green Gables and my beloved Star Block!!!

I am seriously happy right now with this quilt block, but am tired so shall go to sleep.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

All Cut Up....

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

It is finally Friday!  Groceries were picked up at Costco this evening.  Laundry has been started all in an attempt to have some time to quilt this weekend.  

As you may be aware .....I am a devoted fan of Anne of Green Gables!  Earlier in the year I found out that there was going to be Anne of Green Gables Fabric!!!!

I am so excited to make up this quilt as not only is it my favourite childhood but timeless story, it is also an integral part of our Canadian identity (and as you may that is kind of a BIG deal this year). ☺

Well, as of this evening I have now accomplished cutting up all the required pieces from the Fat Quarter Pack and the yardage (except the large borders):

As of right now I am planning for tomorrow to be a "Sew" What Day!!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Yak....yak.....Blah...blah...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

This evening I finished my November 2016 Sock Crush socks:

The wool was a Yak/Wool sock blend from Yarn Indulgences.  For this subscription I used the pattern that was included with this wool.  I do have to confess though that I have once again tried short row heels, and FINALLY decided that I really do not like these heels!!!!  It's not that they challenge me or that I give up on them....I just really do not like the way that they look ☺

One of the things that I love about Sock Crush is that it challenges me to try new things.  By trying new things though I also learn what I do and do not like, and this is one of those!

Now the fun begins as I get to start a new pair of socks with my brand new knitting needles!!

I shall show you these needles hopefully tomorrow as I am now off to wind my next skein of sock yarn......which shall it be??????

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Star Block Challenge

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was all about getting all the errands done that I did not accomplish yesterday and a hair cut on top of that!

This evening after piano lessons and getting my son to bed I spent a wee bit of time in my craft room (I have to work tomorrow) and made another of my last years Star Block Challenge:

It's not that these blocks are hard or difficult, in fact they are quite fun, I just somehow lose track of time in which to accomplish them ☺

Here's to hoping that by the time my Flock of Geese Challenge is completed so will last year's block/quilt be too!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Flock of Geese Week 10!

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

Today is my turn around day to get used to being back in the day light world.  

To be honest I either wasted or slept today away.

This evening while son and hubby were at Boy Scouts I managed to make:

Somehow, not sure how, but I am still on track for this year!!!   Fingers crossed I can finish somewhat close to on time this year!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Finally Friday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

This evening I spent some time in my craft room and made one of my Star Block Challenge Blocks: 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Week 9 Flock of Geese

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I did spend a wee bit of time in my craft room this evening and caught up on week 9 of my Flock of Geese Block from A Needle Pulling Thread Quilt Shop:

TAH DAH!!!

Now to see what my son and I can get into this evening.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Look What I Pulled Out......

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Finally finished my portion of the regular work week today!!!! ☺  Have to work the weekend but since it is also Teacher's Convention for the next two days my son and I will be up to a whole lot of nothing and or maybe a couple of excellent adventures.

This evening I decided that I would pull out my unfinished Raise the Roof quilt.  I sewed one row together and then attached it to the rest of the quilt:

The Good News; I have only two more rows to sew together on this quilt and then the borders!  I love this quilt but somehow it is just a slow process on this project ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy