Best Thursday EVER!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I know I say this every day, but in all seriousness today was the BEST Thursday EVER!!!

Late last night early this morning I finished the socks that I will gift to my Grandma:

Just as I was wondering what I should start/finish for a knitting project the mail arrived.  It was Happy Mail Day!!!!

My August box from Sock Crush!

This yarn is one of my local faves☺ and 4 sample packs of my favourite wool wash Soak were included in the box!

Kiddo and I headed out and had lunch at Blaze Pizza.  Then it was off to The Bay for some back to school shopping for both kiddo and I 👚👟.

After dinner I spent a wee bit of time in my craft room and made another 2 flying geese blocks for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt:

Only 4 more of these beauties to go!!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Half Way...

Good Afternoon Internet Friends!

I shall post earlier than I usually do today.  

Today is the half way point in what I am referring to my double double shifts!  Somehow I have agreed to work 7 days straight, double shifts in this, and of course overtime!  Not sure how I did this but have reached the half way point.  😼

I have also reached the half way point with my Flying Geese Blocks for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt:

TAH DAH!!!

I am in awe of how awesome these blocks are turning out.  This quilt is going to be AMAZING!!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Flying Along......

Good Evening Internet Friends!

"Sew" yes I am finally flying....figuratively not literally.

Today among other things I made a total of 4 sets of the paper pieced flying geese for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt:

I am SERIOUSLY loving these paper pieced blocks.  The points are perfect!!!!  I don't know if I can go back to making them the regular way after this....

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Clean Up...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I have been on a huge clean up of my house intermittently for the past year or so.  I really have NO idea how so much junk has managed to find its way in here and I am not longer disputing the idea that maybe some of it reproduced.....there may be second or third generation junk in here. It is not that my house is mess, there is just MORE stuff than what I would like.

Dinner this evening was also in keeping with the theme of clean up.  You know the vegetables that look a little sad at the bottom of the fridge a week later (okay, I know.... no one else has these) well I chopped all of the peppers, broccoli and onions up with some chicken breast, tossed with some salt and black pepper and some of the Garlic Olive Oil I picked up yesterday and along with potatoes put it in the oven to bake:

Turned out great considering it was the sad looking vegetables:

After dinner I went down to my craft room with the intent of organizing and sorting some more but then decided that I should start on the next section of my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt.

After scratching my head for a bit and a few failed starts I think I finally got how the flying geese paper pieced borders are supposed to go together.....follow the instructions on the paper like the other blocks:

"Sew" there I am!!   Tomorrow I will try and get a few more done as I will need 22 of these sections in total to surround the quilt.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

"Sew" Excited.....

Good Evening Internet Friends....

Okay,  should probably be asleep, but I REALLY wanted to finish this tonight:

The centre rings of the quilt top are all sewed together and I even top stitched 1/8" all the way around so that there is no stretching between now and when I get the flying geese and applique borders on.

Seriously....."Sew" Excited ☺♫

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Half Way...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Class Day at Sew Divine for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt.  I am so happy with this quilt and pattern at this time.  Although it looks so complicated all of the pattern pieces are perfect and they fit together perfectly!  Even the bias border pieces are not stretched or haphazard!  

Hopefully I can get this part of the quilt top completed tomorrow.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy 

"Sew" Close....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

"Sew" it is less than 12 hours til I have to be in attendance at my Flowers for My Wedding Ring class at Sew Divine and I have managed to complete 48/49 of the blocks needed:

Not sure if I should push myself to get the last block made this evening or just get up early tomorrow morning.

Hmmm.....who I am kidding????  I better go do it now as getting up in the morning early to sew is not how I roll.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Yay 40!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

I have never been "sew"excited to reach 40 in anything I think ever.

After dinner, homework, and get ready for tomorrow I managed to spend an hour in my craft room and make:

These 8 beauties.  Now I only have 9 more to go and then to sew all the blocks together for Saturday.....might still be burning the midnight oil for another few evenings...

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Almost 40.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

No.....not my age, that was a few years ago.  

I am happy to report that as of this evening I am almost to 40 of the 49 ring blocks that I need for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt:

Earlier today I got all of the arcs cut and the background pieces ready so that this evening between laundry and getting ready for the school/work week I could make a little progress.  If I keep this pace up tomorrow evening I just might have all 40 completed. 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

New Rings...

Good Evening Internet Friends.

The culmination of a week of sewing a few seams and cutting a few papers every evening after my son was in bed as resulted in:

Another 8 rings.  As of this evening I can proudly announce that 32 of the 49 rings are completed for my class next weekend.  😻

Earlier in the day my son and I headed out to Sewing with Class to pick up a quilt that had been long armed for me.  I also picked up some backing for my Anne of Green Gables Quilt.  Unfortunately the kit did not account for the binding in the kit, so after a lot of searching I was able to locate some and it is being shipped to me.  Hopefully it will be here later this week and then I can get this off the long arm quilter and have it done!  

It decided to snow here last night and tonight and that made for interesting drive....for once I actually drove the speed limit and yet there were cars passing me.  We did see a couple of those vehicles in the ditch a few minutes later.  

The snow had slowed by the time we returned home so my son and I cleared the sidewalks on both sides of our street.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Thirty Five Minutes....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Home from work.  Left overs for dinner.  Out the door and onto the freeway to get to extracurricular activities.  Stop for weekly grocery trip at Costco.  Line up for fuel at Costco as they are a Top Tier Fuel and significantly cheaper than the other Top Tier stations.  Back on the freeway.  Home.  Unpack groceries.  Take out the trash and recycling.  Walk the dog.  Clean up after dog.  Kiddo gets ready for bed.  Unpack lunches and start to prep for lunches tomorrow morning.  Fold last load of laundry from yesterday.

All done and all is quiet....... so I took 35 minutes to myself and made another block for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt:

  

Points all match, seams are straight and my time on making each of these is improving.  "Sew" happy.  Now off to bed for a few hours of sleep.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

It's Over.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Well, the long weekend is over and it's back to work and school tomorrow.

Laundry and house cleaning kept me busy today.  On another of my rampages to clean out clutter that is not necessary.

This evening after the millionth load of laundry was finished I did take some time in my craft room and made another 3 blocks for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt.  I now have 19 of the 49 blocks made:

I am starting to get my groove with these.  It used to take me almost an hour to make one block.  These three were made in just a few minutes over an hour 😸.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Sew Busy Saturday

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was probably the kind of day a Saturday should be 😺🛌.

I slept late, had a leisurely breakfast and did not really accomplish a whole lot of anything.  

I spent some time in my craft room and made another 4 of my Flowers for my Wedding Ring Quilt blocks:

I LOVE how awesome these blocks are and how perfectly they fit together.  

For Dinner I made Dill Pickle Soup from a jar of  our home made pickles and kiddo and i just may have finished the jar as well:

So YUMMY.  🍜

After dinner we went to the Ice Castle.  We went in the evening so that it would be lit up and pretty and were even there for fireworks at 2100 hours.  It was FABULOUS!!!  🎆

It was really pretty and we will go again next year.

Now, it is time to warm up with some more hot tea and think about getting a good night sleep.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

All Day......

Good Evening Internet Friends.

"Sew" I attended the Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt class at Sew Divine today.

Here is what I accomplished after all day (6.5 hours) in class:

Here's hoping that this is just a learning curve and the other 45 blocks go together perhaps a little quicker otherwise I might be finishing this quilt in the new millennium.....

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Ready.....Set....Sew!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

In typical Kathy tradition I finished my sewing home work just hours before class tomorrow morning.

Here are my 49 A and B arc sets for my Flowers for my Wedding Ring quilt.  I am taking this class at Sew Divine.  I have always wanted to make one of these quilts and on top of that the class is offered on Saturdays and is close to my home.  Perfect!!

Here the arcs are in all their glory before they become ring blocks.  

"Sew" pleased with myself to actually be doing this.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Saturday Fun

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Sometime late last evening the snow finally stopped falling.  I actually had a FUN day in the snow.  First of all it was kind of fun to drive to work fresh snow on the roads.  At one point the Focus felt like it was off roading in the snow. ☺

This afternoon kiddo and I headed out to the River Valley with the dog.  We spent 2.5 hours out in the snow.  Part of that was that it took longer to get any where!  There were drifts in the Valley that were 2+ feet deep and so hard that I could stand on top.

Kiddo and Dog had a great time:

Back at home we made hot chocolate and for dinner we had Turkey chili with all the trimmings; corn chips, avocado, green onions, salsa, sour cream, and sharp cheddar:

So yummy and filling.

After dinner I spent a bit of time in my craft room and assembled another A and B arc set for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.  I think I only have two more sets of these to make before next weekend!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

More Rings!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It's Finally Friday!!!!!  After being ill last week and still not feeling 100% this week I am super excited about the weekend.

This evening my son had an extracurricular school event "sew" that meant I was home alone for almost 4 hours.  

Guess what I did???

I made another set of the A and B arcs for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt.  I am not usually a fan of Batik fabrics but I really love the vibrant colours and look of the fabrics for this quilt:

TAH DAH!!!

I just might be able to get all of the rings sewn for class next week at Sew Divine. 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Another Set......

Good Evening Internet Friends.  

I'm starting to pick up speed on making these A and B arcs for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.  This evening after piano lessons, groceries at Costco, and getting prepped for work and school tomorrow I spent a bit of time in my craft room.

Here is what I made:

Both arcs were completed in just over an hour!!!

I know I still have an ominous amount of these to make, but it just might be possible.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy 

Back at It...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was back to work.  I will give myself a solid 6/10 health rating for today but that is all.  I was very tired by the time I arrived home this evening.

After a bit of a rest, dinner and some household chores I finished one set of the quilt blocks I am working on for my Flowers for my Wedding Ring Quilt:

I have always wanted to make one of these and when I saw that Sew Divine (one of my favourite quilt shops) was having a class --- you can likely guess I signed up for the class IMMEDIATELY!!!

Now to finish 7 more of these sets containing 16 of these arches before next class....😕.....maybe I can accomplish this goal.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy