Day of Random...

 Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

Today I did a whole bunch of nothing exciting. 

Took doggies out for a loooooong walk.   Organized and sorted the junk and mail drawers.  Used up fridge left overs for lunch and still had other left overs for dinner.

Had a couple of appointments this afternoon to attend and with all the Covid protocols in place it literally took all afternoon for two quick appointments.  

After dinner and bike ride I sewed on the last row of my version of the 2019 Darlene D'Eon Designs 52 Week Jewel Box Block Challenge:

Made this entirely from left over scrap fabric from other quilting projects.  Will likely add a couple of borders to it.  Right now, LOVING the rich colours of this quilt.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Friday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there😷.

Kathy

Week Something Something...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

"Sew" at the start of this year I started on the 52 Week Jewel Block Challenge hosted by A Needle Pulling Thread Quilt Shop.  

By the end of this week I should have 37 of these blocks:

Of course in typical Kathy fashion......I am a few weeks behind but of course there is always hope that I can get caught up 🥳

Still using my seemingly never ending pile of scrap fabric.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the
 BEST Day EVER Saturday tomorrow!🎉🎉

I Lost Summer 2019!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Okay....., seriously.... I LOST summer!!!  The weather station is reporting that there was 54 days of rain this summer.  It is now September 1 and good news.....it is still raining.   I love a good rain but even I am over this!!!🌧☔

Today I did a whole lot of nothing......did some house work, laundry, cleaning etc.  Helped a friend and her sister get her business set up a bit more.

After an amazing pizza from I Dream of Pizza I took my bike out for a ride around the hood.

Once I had my 7 miles done for the evening I set about making another block for my Let's Be Friends Sew Along.  Using scraps from other projects for mine and traditional piecing:

TAH DAH!!!  Not sure exactly how many of these exactly I am supposed to make but of course I am  behind 🙃

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all a
 BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow🥳

Kathy

Friday Finish!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today I finished a project I started two days ago!!!  Amazing what a little bit of a time crunch can do to motivate a person.

A very loooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago I had agreed to participate in a Christmas Block exchange using the Peppermint Lane Quilt Pattern.

The idea is that I make 12 blocks and send 11 on to other participants and in return I will get 11 different blocks with which to make this quilt.  These are due to be mailed out on or before July 15.  So......in typical Kathy fashion I start to sew these on July 02, 2019.  

I will be posting these out tomorrow morning once I figure out who exactly I am to post these to. 😕  

Earlier this week I purchased the BIGGEST size of cauliflower I have ever seen.  Now of course I would not want to waste this and I am currently not planning any party snacks.  I decided to make Cauliflower Dal for dinner and of course one should have naan bread with that too, so I made a batch of garlic naan bread as well (I added the garlic cause I found a whole bunch of it in the fridge too):

The Cauliflower Dal turned out AMAZING, I did substitute sour cream for the yogurt because I don't keep plain yogurt in the house.  Personally I don't trust the stuff.....what is it trying to hide and or what is it trying to become...it has no identity...

There are lots of left overs from this so the good news is we can get a couple of dinners from it and a few freezer lunches which means I can get a bit more quilting in tomorrow.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the 

BEST Day EVER Saturday.🥳

Kathy

Turtle Time!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

"Sew".....I think I may finally have life under control again and be able to start crafting a bit more regularly again and that will likely be GREAT for my mental health.  

Over the past 8 months I have lived in FAST FORWARD.  I have purged, packed, purged some more, staged my house, sold my house, packed and purged, moved, unpacked, purged and in that time written and passed successfully TWO national re-certification tests for work.  Every ten years both exams fall in the same year ☺

Friday after my exam I was draaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnned.  I may have actually slept more than 6 hours last night for the first time in several months.

Today I had scheduled to attend a Collage Quilt Class at the Fort Saskatchewan Quilt Guild with the purpose of finishing a collage quilt that I started last spring when there was only a little bit of chaos in my life.  Finding the quilt proved harder than it should have been because back in July when I packed my collage stuff I put all my collage stuff with the Christmas decorations because the class was scheduled for the weekend I would decorate my tree.  Except,.....I may have changed up my Christmas Tree and did not take out the decorations.

"Sew" like a typical Kathy thing......I showed up late after finding my collage.

Here is the progress I made today:

Kitty approves "sew" I know it must be a good quilt.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

More Rings.....

Good Evening Internet Friends.

The weekend is over and it is back to work tomorrow.  

Although my blog posts do not show it I am faithfully chugging along on my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt.  As of this evening I have completed 24 of the 49 blocks that I will need for this quilt:

The process is getting easier and I am still very proud of myself and that my ring points are matching up!!!!  YAY Team ME!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Moving Along....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

So far this weekend kiddo and I have accomplished not a lot of anything other than some marthon tele watching.

I did spend part of yesterday and some of today in my craft room and as of this evening I can proudly say that I have 16/49 blocks made for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.

I am especially proud of myself for this quilt because it is a quilt I have always wanted to make.  The second reason I am super proud of myself is for how well my points match up.  I am not usually a fan of batik fabrics and this is my first time using them.  I was once told by another quilter that the points on her quilt did not match because batiks stretch and are hard to work with.  Welllllllllll...........

This is making me super happy 😼.

Here are the completed eight blocks from this weekend:

Points all matching!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy