Socks in a Bag....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Still arguing with my sinuses and either an allergy or a virus.  Lots of sleep and fluid today, and I just might be able to talk normally tomorrow.

This afternoon I finished off the toe on my latest pair of socks.  This is the subscription yarn box from Ancient Arts:

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

New Stuff!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I decided that it would be perfect time today to make a drawstring bag with leather drawstrings for my new yarn:

TAH DAH 🍓

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Sweet Dreams.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

"Sew" much going on today that I did not spend much time at all in my craft room.

My son and I spent most of the day finding and organizing all the Christmas boxes of ornaments, the trees, the decor etc into one storage portion of the house.  That of course meant the random items like one alpine ski boot (no idea where the other is and or whose boot it is.....(might be mine but not sure from when) all had to find new storage as well.  A full day or organizing, laundry, dinner prep and homework assignments and I can say that the basement looks more organized.  We also have 4 garbage bags of stuff to be dropped off for donation (with the exception of the 1 ski boot).  

One of the things that I recently discovered in my craft room while on my mission to start completing things from there was this flannel pillow case kit:

"Sew" late this evening I sewed it together in time for this Christmas season.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy 

Saturday.......Sunday......???

Good Evening/Morning Internet Friends.

Started this blog post on Saturday but it will likely be Sunday before I complete it.

Today was a sleep late kinda of day and then errands this afternoon.  

Returning home my son and I sorted through the Christmas ornaments and decor and we even decided to get rid of a few things.  Tomorrow we will assemble the Christmas Tree and see how much havoc the kitten can create 🙁 🎄🐈

VERY late this evening I realized I better get my version of my 4 Patch Star Block

TAH DAH!!!

Will see what my plans and reality actually amount to tomorrow, but for now I have BIG plans in addition to all the usual house work and other responsibilities.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Last Saturday Night.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

WOW!!!  I cannot believe it was last Saturday Night the last time I posted.  I do not really even know where the time went and I do not have a good story to make up for it......I just lost a week I think......

This evening since I am a real Party Animal (my teenage son, dogs x 2 and the cat included) I put on my jammies after dinner and went to my craft room.

Two hours later I emerged with my Raise the Roof  (pattern in in the book) Quilt Top:

I am not even going to hazard a guess at how long this has been sitting in my craft room, but as of this evening.....the top is done.  Now just to get it to the long arm quilter and then the binding,,,,,,,will probably be a while until it is in full circulation in my house.  Right now it just feels good to be finished the top.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy  

I'm Still Here......

Good Evening Internet Friends!

 I have had a very busy week despite only working three days....... but I am still here.  😼

I did spend some time on a couple of my projects but not enough to really show any progress.

Here in Edmonton it feels like the middle of winter.  In reality the snow has only been here about 18 days, but the cold and the snow are already starting to get annoying.

As a result of the cold that won't go away I decided that I needed to make Corn Chowder in the slow cooker for dinner tonight:

It was warm, delicious and filling.  Made taking the dog out for his walk a little easier.

After walking the dog I spent a bit of time in my craft room and made Block 12 for me of the 4 Patch Star Block:

I LOVE my scrap basket.  I have the most amazing fabrics in there 😉

Here are all twelve of my blocks:

TAH DAH!!!!

Now, off to see what else I can get into this evening as tomorrow is get ready for the work week day.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Look What I Found!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I am back on my cleaning mission in my house again.  It is amazing what I have managed to stuff into 1800 square feet in the last 17 years.  Some of my finds I am not sure why I kept in the first place and some are FABULOUS!!!

My find of today was this quilt that I started a few years ago.  Over time in my craft room the fabrics, the blocks, the rows, and the pattern all got separated.  From time to time I would encounter a portion of the quilt but could not find the pattern.  Worse yet the pattern seemed to be out of print.

Fast forward to earlier this year when I found a book entitled Miss Rosie's Farmhouse Favourites.  I loved the traditional patterns in this book so had to get a copy.  Imagine my delight when I found the Raise the Roof Quilt Pattern in the book!!!  It was out of print because it is now in the book.

As of this evening I have the main portion of the quilt top completed.  On a side note the fabric for this quilt all came from my stash ☺

Tomorrow I will apply the inner border as I have managed to find some cream fabric in my stash that will work will with this.

On top of that just a few minutes ago I found the outer key border pieces for this quilt!!!  I just might have it finished this week ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Scrap Block Sunday....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It is Sunday somewhere so close enough for me to post this weeks version of the 4 Patch Star Block:

TAH DAH!!!!

I love seeing how these blocks all look together and of course with each one I remember the quilt or project that it is from ☺

 

I am one week ahead of most due to starting these blocks when they were first launched.  "Sew" do not feel behind if you only have 10 blocks ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Weekly Block Check Up...

Say AWWWWW.  Just kidding.

Good Evening/Morning Internet Friends!

It is Sunday (somewhere) and on top of that it is time change weekend.  Don't even get me started on the absurdity of that entire concept.

Here is my weekly Scrap Block:

"Sew" far I have:

Ten of these little 6 1/2" cuties made.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Star Block 33

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Almost 2 years ago I started this weekly Star Block Quilt Challenge with the intent of making a quilt using only my scrap fabric.

There are to be 52 blocks for this quilt; one for each week of the year.

As of right now......I have block 33 completed.....

TAH DAH!!!!

Maybe I can get this one completed by the end of the year.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy