Day 4.......

Good Evening Internet Friends 😸

Attended the Creativfestival today.  Got my hand bumped a lot so was not really feeling especially creative.  Got a meter of sheep cotton and a couple of buttons as nothing else sparked my interest.

Had a nap before dinner and that is the extent of my day.

After dinner again attempted to do a bit of quilting as today is time for the second scrap star block:

TAH DAH....

I had all of the pieces cut so assembly was not too hard but getting the perfect 1/4" seam started with only one hand and a pokey finger from the pressure bandage proved challenging and now my hand hurts.  "Sew" that will be all for today. 😕

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

I think Winter is Coming.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I have lived my entire life in Western Canada (except Manitoba).  One would think I would be used to winter and be ready for it.......nope.......never....  It's COLD out there.

I made an egg bake and a serving of hashbrowns for breakfast this morning.  It was warm and delicious:

Then we watched a Christmas movie on the tele.

After lunch I started on one of the quilting projects that I picked up recently.  It is a panel that has cut outs to make the quilt 3 D.  There are probably several ways to do the cut outs, but I chose to cut the pieces with about a 1/4" border and press the border back:

Then I placed the tree shape on my batting and cut along the edges of half of the tree.  When I was done that I shifted 1/4" the entire tree cut out and cut the batting along the other side of the tree so that the batting would fit inside my folded edges:

I pressed all the edges down once again and then placed on the panel and appliqued around the entire tree:

TAH DAH a puffy tree on the quilt panel!

Then I decided I need a quilting break and my son, his dog and I took a walk down to the River Valley.  Not too long into our walk it started snowing:

It was a creepy feeling crossing the bridge today as we could hear the ice flows getting split as they came in contact with the bridge pillars 😓😓😓

The snow was starting to stick to the trails and drift by the time we crossed the bridge.

On the way back we could no longer see down town!  By the time we got back to the house the wind and snow were almost like blizzard conditions!!  I HATE winter.  Seriously.

After dinner we put the last few ornaments on the Christmas Tree and put the boxes back in the cupboard.  The last 2 ornaments to go on my tree:  

These two ornaments are the last two to go on every year because they require a special spot.  The Snowflake is an ornament that was made by a Grandmother of a patient that I looked after on ECMO fifteen years ago.  During her time on ECMO her Grandmother made these snowflakes for each of us to remember Bethany.  Bethany was originally from Nova Scotia.  I was given the Nova Scotia Angel by my mother in law who has now also crossed over.  I keep these two ornaments together so that the Angel is able to watch over the snowflake.  It makes me happy that way and it feels right.  

Now it's time to get prepared for tomorrow and maybe get some sleep.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Christmas Cards

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It's finally my version of the weekend!!!

This evening after dinner and getting my son to bed I spent a bit of time in my craft room.

As of now I have made 16 Christmas cards :

I had a lot of fun making these cards!

Might get me motivated to get started on my own Christmas cards soon ☺

After making the cards I decided to make another Scandi 3 Quilt Block.  Meet Block 13:

TAH DAH!!!!   

Feeling somewhat accomplished for tonight.  Now to do a bit of knitting and then off to bed as tomorrow is a long day or errands.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

The Weekend Is Here!!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

The weekend is finally here for me!  YAY.  I do love my job and feel that I am fortunate to be one of those people who genuinely loves my job but along with doing all the other things I LOVE to do as well, it can make for a very chaotic life at times.  Hence, why I do not work full time ☺

After school there was piano lessons to go to.  Then because we were on the west end of the city close to Spruce Grove home of Woodland Quilting that just happens to be having a 20% off sale this weekend and happens to be the only place I have seen the Flower Patch Flannel Quilt Kit we headed out there.  I did get the last kit and am super excited to start it......along with the other too many projects I have ☺

After kiddo went to bed I went down to my craft room.  With all the stuff going on in my world right now that room is a disaster and sometimes the back pain is bad I can barely get downstairs.  It took me close to an hour just to clean stuff off of my sewing desk and put away properly.  By no means is the room clean, but at least I could work on one of my latest undertakings:

Meet Block # 1 of the Star Block Challenge being hosted by A Needle Pulling Thread Quilt Shop.  As usual I am very far behind (it is actually week 10 at present), and no I have not got my last years Churn Dash Challenge Quilt done, but I thought no time like the present to continue using up those scraps of fabric on my desk that I refuse to throw out!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Block Something...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

This morning I headed for Prairie Points Quilt Shop in Ponoka for the closing out sale.  I am very sad about this as this is one of my favorite quilt shops.  Lynn the owner says that she has plans that she is up to in about 6 months but for now apparently the Missionary (?) store is taking over the mini mall.  

I will post pictures of my treasures tomorrow as after getting kiddo and hubby packed up for their Boy Scout camping trip and my road trip today I am quite sore so will be taking a bubble bath and heading to bed early (on a Friday evening....yes).

I did sew one more Churn Dash Challenge Block:

As of right now I have no idea what number of block this is as I found another one under my ironing board this evening while looking for scraps to make this one!  Not sure if I have already accounted for that one so will count in the morning I guess.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Guess What???? I'm Still Up....

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

Yes, of course I am still up.  Today though at least I sort of have a reason.  Today I went to work, went to my son's school graduation, came home to give some stuff to a friends and then headed off to the Longest Day of Year Annual Clearance Sale at Lori's Country Cottage.

I arrived for the 10 pm time as I had to take my son with me and this is of course later than bedtime.  Got some awesome deals including 8 meters of bamboo batting, and 4 meters of interfacing for tote bags at 35% off ☺

Then I came home excited about my purchases and realized I could not start any of them as I have to get up for a haircut tomorrow.  

Thankfully, earlier this week my June Kit of Paper Pumpkin arrived.  It is a kit for two sets of cards.  Here is the first set of cards:

I am quite impressed with myself as this is the first time ever I have opened one of these packages and actually started on it when it arrived!  YAY me.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Road Trippin'

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I woke up this morning to a bright sunshiny day and a temperature of  14 Celsius (57 Fahrenheit).  The snow was melting and the puddles were forming!

I decided that it was the perfect day to take a Road Trip out of the city.  Since the highways were clear and no forecast for snow or the likes I even decided to take the Focus.  The road was awesome and we saw lots of water running and big puddles. 

I decided on Road Trippin to Ponoka with the destination being Prairie Points Quilt Shop to pick up some things that I "needed".  Here is my haul for the day:

The Bird Fabric made me feel like spring, a kit for some cute place-mats and some fat quarters including one with curling graphics!

My son and I stopped for ice cream afterwards.  Heading home the sky had started to cloud over, but it was still pretty to see the countryside not completely covered in snow:

Stopped for petroleum upon returning to city and re-filled the car for a whopping $7.   Our ice-cream cost more!

It was a great day.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Work In Progress Wednesday

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Wow, it's Wednesday, and somehow I have not had time to blog yet this week ☺

So far other than work this week (no extra shifts this week), I have managed to get Step 2 of my Prairie Quilt Militia quilt done (I think I'm supposed to be on Step 6).  

Here is Step 2:

Once again, all of the fabrics for this quilt are coming from going "shopping" in my stash!  I love "shopping" in my stash.  I seem to be able to find just the "best" fabrics there ; )

Since it is Wednesday I am going to participate in Work in Progress Wednesday over at The Needle and Thread Network.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Summer Vacation Day 37!

Good Day Internet Friends!

Okay, so I feel old, this summer is sure slipping by and I am not sure where it is going, and or do I have much to show for it.

Have worked the past two evenings so that really messes with my bike riding and spray park fun : (

This morning my son and I are heading out to the acreage for the weekend, I was simply too tired to leave yesterday after work.

To get this day started we needed a hearty breakfast so I made:

Now, you may wonder what is so special about these waffles.  Well, nothing really.  I used the Wonderful Waffle recipe, except that the milk was substituted with So Good soy milk, and the flour I substituted for Quinoa  and Teff flours.  I had to add a little more soy milk that what the recipe called for, but other wise they turned out really well, and my son even liked them!

Now, off to the Third Birthday Party/Sale at Prairie Points Quilt Shop!  "Sew" much fabric to find!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Road Trip Stop # 2

After leaving Snow Goose Quilting on Thursday, my son and I headed out across the prairie towards Vegreville in our trusty GO-GO-GO Toyota as we call it (I have managed to put over a 125,000 miles [yes miles, not kilometes] on this car in just over 4.5 years).  

 In Vegreville of course we stopped to see:

 

And normally, I think graffiti is bad, but I did think this was sort of funny on the picnic bench by the giant pysanka:

 Of course we stopped at The Quilt Rack while there and this is what I came home with:

I could simply not leave all these goodies behind, everything was 50% OFF!!

I LOVE small towns.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Quilt Sale!!!!

Every year on the Friday around the 21st of June Lori of Lori's Country Cottage holds her longest day of the year quilt sale.

The sale premise is basically the later you shop the more of a discount you get (40% off), and if you come bright and early in the morning the discount decreases from the 40% off.

Usually I go for 2300 hours, last year I thought I would be smart and go first thing in the morning, but everything was picked over.

This year because my son and I are home alone I went at 2000 hours.  I only got 25% discount, but it helps, and all of the things I wanted were still in stock!

Here is what I got:

The country sheep fabric on the right is going to be backing for one of my Plenty of Fish Facebook Mystery Quilts.

Now, I must focus on the mess on my desk first, before I start diving into these...

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy