Barn Building...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It is Finally Friday!!!  I do not understand why when I start work in the middle of the week and it is only for three days that the week seems to just go on forever.  I really do love my job, but this weekend seemed to take forever to come!

After dinner, and a hot bubble bath to try and warm up (I've been cold for a week....yes I often quote Robert Service and The Cremation of Sam McGee) my bones, muscles and maybe even my heart I got on my warmest jammies and went to my craft room.

Once there I built the second part of my Row by Row from Bearly Square Quilting:

In hind site I would have liked to have had a little more fabric to play with to get the barn boards all to go the same direction......but....it is what it is.

I do love this block.  It is one that I just HAD to have this year especially since the theme was "HOME".

Now, I think I shall settle in with my knitting and maybe get ready for sleep!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Making a Mountain....

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Yes, I do like to make mountains, sometimes in the traditional sense of the phrase - I tend to think of it as being extremely detail oriented which comes in handy in my profession....but today, I literally made a mountain:

This is the first part of my Row by Row block from Bearly Square Quilting in Havre, Montana.  There are some trees to be appliqued on yet, and two more sections to the row ☺

Now, it's time to think about getting some sleep.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

HOME!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I am back from a 12 day road trip adventure with the family.  It was a wonderful vacation and for the first time we just went where we wanted.  The first three nights were spent at the Nipawin Regional Park as we did have that planned for camping, fishing and visiting my Grammy.

After that we headed south with the intention of Montana for some cross border shopping but how we got there was no real plan.  

We spent some time in Regina and then on to Moose Jaw for another two nights.  While there we went to see the Tunnels of Moose Jaw as kiddo and I had been there a couple of times but hubby had not.  

Then it was on to Quilters Haven and The Quilt Patch for their Row by Row blocks.  The theme for this year is "HOME" which although we travel with our 5th wheel travel trailer it is nice to be back home.

Passing through Swift Current I realized that Sowen Quilt Shop is just off of the highway, so hubby stopped and I got another Row by Row.

We stopped in Eastend Saskatchewan to see Scotty the T-Rex dinosaur.  

Once in Montana we stopped at Ben Franklin Crafts and Bearly Square Quilting in Havre for their Row by Row.

Passing through Shelby en route to pick up some stuff my husband had shipped to the border I picked up another row at Quilt With Class.

Arriving in Great Falls Saturday afternoon I was able to pick up the row at The Quilt Away.

Returning home through Lethbridge Village Quilts was only a left turn and three blocks out of the way so I got their row too!

As of this evening I have made two of the tree blocks that go with the log cabin blocks that I posted while on vacation:

Tomorrow I hope to make the large trees and then I will have a second row completed.

I likely could have got them done this evening had I not decided to make Chocolate Zucchini Banana Muffins using the Zucchini from my garden.  Last look yesterday as I was leaving the farm was that there are 2 more on their way..

YUMMY!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

The Wind

Good Evening Internet Friends.

I am currently in the middle of Montana and the wind is amazing.  

I am still on vacation as we have no real plans other than I have to be back at work Wednesday and hubby flies back to camp Wednesday evening.  As such we have made no real plans and just get as far as we want on a daily basis.

I have stopped for a few quilt rows as part of the Row by Row 2016 experience.  "Sew" far on this part of vacation I have picked up 2 rows in Moose Jaw, 1 in Swift Current, 2 in Havre and 1 in Shelby.  This evening while hubby and kiddo went fishing I worked on one part of these rows:

This afternoon was super windy and across from us were some people in a tent.  Their tent blew away!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy