4 More!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Managed to make another 4 of the Flock of Geese Blocks today!!  

TAH DAH!!!

Might complete this quilt this year!

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

Kathy

ME Want Cookie!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Today I decided that we needed cookies.  That's right.  NEEDED cookies not just wanted them.  

Had a package of m&m's in the pantry that somehow had escaped my notice..so we made Oatmeal Coconut m&m Cookies:

YUMMY!!!  And yes.... I had more than one of these.🍪

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Friday tomorrow.  

Kathy

Trying Sewing....

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

"Sew"  today kiddo and I did sewing as a learning opportunity when his online school work was completed.

He learned how to turn on and set up the pedal.  How to thread the machine and select a stitch.  Loading the bobbin.  Then I had him practice some straight seams and then curved.  After that he cut out a flannel panel that I had with intention to make a dog toy:

After stuffing this little birdie and sewing it closed kiddo decided that he would keep the toy because it was soft!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Thursday tomorrow.  Stay Safe.  

Kathy

Two Steps Forward...

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Today I sat down again with my scrap fabric basket.  Somehow that thing does not seem to get smaller.  Sigh.....

I cut up a bunch of the pieces in to squares to be used for my 2017 Flock of Geese 52 Week Block Challenge hosted by Darlene D'Eon Designs:

Will have to count where I am at with regards to these.  Likely that I will make more than 52 so that the quilt is a little larger and since I did not make this quilt in a timely matter.....oh well.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Wednesday tomorrow!  Stay Safe out there!

Kathy

Again???

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Hope y'all are doing well.  

Not sure exactly where today went but I can tell you that I did a bit of baking.  I made Cream Cheese Banana Bread!  Kiddo looked at it and asked "Again"?

Apparently this being at home and baking Banana Bread is getting old....

I did try a new recipe though so I thought that would be okay....maybe need to lay off the banana bread for a while.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.

Kathy

The Weekend!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

The weekend now seems less exciting as it does when one has a work week and extracurricular schedule.  Hmmmm.

Today I walked the dog slowly around the neighborhood with full mask as asthma is still bothering me.

After lunch I made some greeting cards.  I have three friends who have a birthday in the month of April.  There are also a few friends that I know are hunkered down for their health as well as all of ours.  For them I thought a card in the mail would be a nice surprise:

After dinner I sewed a few more rows on to my Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt:

Off to walk doggie one last time this evening.

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Sunday tomorrow.  Stay Safe🙏

Kathy

I LOST April....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

A look at the calendar as I sat down to blog made my realize....I LOST APRIL 2020!!!  Seriously.  Where did she go?  I knew Mother Earth was on a time out, but seriously.

I still get tired very easily if I try to do too much so taking it easy most of the day.  

I planned to make some greeting cards to send out for Birthday's and to friends that I know have been staying home on isolation due to medical conditions.  

I got side tracked though......

First I appliqued a cup towel.  I bought this set over a year ago at Sew Divine.  Previously I have appliqued one of these towels so today I did another:

Then I decided to head over to my scrapbooking area of the house but on my way I found this lovely skein of cotton yarn.  I decided I NEEDED a new dishcloth....or someone did.

So I spent some time this afternoon knitting this:

TAH DAH!!!

That was my day.  I think this may be how I lost April....

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

Kathy

And Then....

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Another day has passed and cannot really proclaim that I did any thing too exciting.  Did walk the dog a bit this morning.  Wearing a respirator mask that makes me look all to well like a character from a well known movie line up.  Sound a lot like the character when I talk right now as well.

Started the day with Strawberry/Banana Cinnamon French Toast:

Whipped cream and Quebec Maple Syrup topped these off delightfully.  

Did some house work this afternoon. 

This evening after dinner and before doggie walk I added on Row 3 of my Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt:

TAH DAH!!!

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

Kathy

Earth Day!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Happy Earth Day!  

Today we had a low key kind of day.  Doggie walked, did lots of house cleaning and laundry.  Still moving slower than usual as my asthma has been acting up.  Stupid spring.....🌳.

To minimize our outings and maintain social distancing I am really trying to use what I have in my pantry, freezer and fridge.  Also a nod to Earth Day too as no waste 😼:

For lunch today we had poutine: 

Dinner was left over Lentil Moussaka from yesterday.

After dinner I spent a bit of time in my craft room before taking doggie out for his walk.  I have now started to assemble the rows on my Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt:

"Sew" far "sew" good!  I am not particularly good with mystery quilts.  If I cannot see what the end product looks like I really struggle with color selection.  The other thing that may hinder my production on Mystery Quilts is that I choose to use scrap fabric for these!  Seriously!!!!  Not gonna waste good fabric in case I don't like the quilt.  I have now seen the quilt layout for this one (bonus for not finishing on time) so will now await to see how this all comes together.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Stay safe out there and WASH your hands. 🙏

Kathy

Stay Home on Tuesday??

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I hope you all had a wonderful Tuesday and were able to find a little bit of fun, good, or even both today.

Fresh milk, fruit and veggies arrived today.  There were 2 eggplant and 2 zucchini in the box so I decided that kiddo and I would make Lentil Moussaka for dinner.  It was DELICIOUS:

After dinner I went up to my craft room.  Breathing still tight with my asthma so I make minimal trips to the second floor of the house.  Assembled the last 4 blocks of the Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt:

This will eventually be centre block for the quilt☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Stay safe out there and please WASH your Hands!!🙏  Wishing you all a BEST Day EVER Wednesday.  

Kathy

Knitting

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Quiet Monday here at home.  I am staying home due to my asthma acting up now that it is pretending to be Spring outside.  

Not having a lot of energy I decided that I would cast on a new pair of socks to work on from my sofa watching tele!  I COULD do this.  Easy win there for mental health - do something that is achieveable.

I cast on Baker Lake Socks using Ancient Arts yarn "80 Days Around the World" colour way.  This was a special edition dye lot from their Sock Yarn Box subscription a couple of years ago:

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there and please WASH your hands🙏.

Kathy

Easter Sunday...

Good Evening Internet Friends.

I hope that y'all had a blessed Easter Sunday at home on Self Isolation.

Today was a quiet day around our house.  We had toasted Babka with homemade Strawberry Jam from the pantry, poached eggs, milk and fresh fruit for breakfast.

Took doggie out for a walk and while out I slipped hard on the ice.  Whacked my elbow that I had fallen on ice 2 weeks ago with again!!!  The swelling and bruising was just starting to go down.  When I fell today I got ice rash (?) and bled from my elbow all the way home!  Bandaged up the area and took a pain medication so then needed a nap.  Had planned to roast a chicken for dinner but arm hurt too much so we had left overs.

I did check on my lily planters this afternoon in the garage:

They're sprouting!!!  Spring might be on the way!!!🌷

Sewed on the very last row of my 2018 Red and White 52 Week Block Challenge after dinner.  This is now ready to go for long arming:

TAH DAH!!!

Hope this inspired your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there....

Kathy

Easter Saturday...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Busy and productive day despite being on Self Isolation.  We have not left the house other than to walk doggie since I got home from work on Thursday evening.

Made buttermilk pancakes for breakfast this morning.  We are still eating from the pantry.  I do get fresh fruit, veggies and milk once a week as those are staples in my world.  Whipped cream and Quebec Maple Syrup are staples from the refrigerator:

Took doggie for a walk around the park and lake while a batch of Easter Babka rose:

After lunch I baked it:

Had to sample some fresh out of the oven and it was delicious and really soft.  

On occasion I do cook a bit of meat and although it was Friday this was something kiddo wanted.  So, I made slow cooker short ribs with a mushroom cream sauce, shelled peas and carrots that were part of my fresh fruit and veggies this week, roasted garlic mashed potatoes with green onion topper:

After dinner I checked on my chive planter that has spent the entire winter on the patio against the house and........

SOOOOO excited!!!  This means that spring might actually be on the way!! 🌷

Spent a bit of time in my craft room this evening and put the second last border on my Lush Quilt.  There is another 8 1/2" border to be put on.....but I think I am going to leave it like this:

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

Kathy

Day 19...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Soooooo here it is Day 19.  Of what???  I am not even sure any more.  I am counting days but to what end I have no answer.

Day off today so other than walking the dog through and around the neighborhood making sure to avoid EVERYONE by at least 2

 metres we did not leave the house.  

Baked Lemon Sugar Cookies for tea this afternoon:

Yes....I may have purchased an entire bag of lemons at Costco before we went in to Self Isolation🍋🍋.  Need to use them of course and these cookies are one of my favourites.  

In between loads of laundry I also put more of the center block together on my Lush quilt.  This is the Block of the Month from Sew Divine that I started last year (last decade):

Heading out with doggie for last walk of the evening now.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing y'all the BEST Day EVER Sunday tomorrow.  Stay safe at home, and WASH your hands please.

Cheers

Kathy

Day 18...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Survived another long week on the front lines fighting The Beast as I have taken to calling this.  

After dinner this evening I assembled more of the blocks of my Lush Quilt to form a row:

Tomorrow I hope to be able to add it to more of the centre block.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Saturday tomorrow.  Stay safe, at home and WASH your hands.  We're in this together.  

Cheers

Kathy

Day 13...Still Self Isolating...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Not quite sure where the day went and or what I accomplished.  We did eat three meals and several snacks today.  Walked the dog around the community lake this morning and then after lunch headed out to the "BIG" lake in the park near us.  On our way there I slipped on some covered with snow ice and WHACKED my elbow really hard during the fall.  There was some bleeding and a LOT of swelling so we headed home.  I of course decided to assess my self and diagnose that my elbow is not broken simply because I did not wish to go to ER as that place is full of people with I am not sure what.....I'll be fine.....I think.

After a nap this afternoon, and left overs for dinner I did put the borders on the centre block of my Lush Quilt:

TAH DAH!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you the BEST Sunday EVER tomorrow.  WASH your hands and social distance but hope y'all can get outside for some fresh air as well.

Cheers

Kathy

Day 12...but who is countin' ?

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

Hope you are all still enjoying your Self Isolation time and staying home. 😷

Doggie and Kiddo were walked of course several times today.

I finished up knitting my second sock from the KnitCrate subscription box that I got switched to when Sock Crush merged with them.  Although the pattern worked up quite nicely I was definitely not a fan of the yarn that was supplied.  Sock Crush had beautiful Indie dyed yarns and the box I got in the transition felt very much like mass produced, bulk craft store quality.  These socks shall be the ones that I wear in my hiking shoes for walks in the bush I think:

This evening after dinner I spent a wee bit of time in my craft room and started to work again on my Lush Quilt.  This is the Block of the Month for 2018/2019 that was offered by my local quilt shop Sew Divine.  I stitched the last 4 Dresden Plate blocks to their base.  My plan is that in the next few days a row at a time each evening I can get this quilt top completed and ready for long arming.

TAH DAH!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you the BEST Day EVER Saturday tomorrow.  Stay safe at home, get out for some fresh air and exercise if you can while practicing social distancing and WASH your hands 🙏.

Cheers

Kathy

Day 11...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

Hope y'all are keeping well.

Up and out with kiddo and doggie twice today for a total of 7.12 miles.  

Still eating from the pantry stash.  Dinner tonight was Lentil balls with Couscous, spinach, mushrooms, and fried onions on top:

One of our favourites so I made enough to have left overs for tomorrow🍲.

Did a bit of knitting today but nothing to really show.

After dinner I did Step 7 of the Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt Along:

"Sew" far I am managing to keep up with the daily steps.  Let's see how long I can keep this up😼

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Friday tomorrow.  Keep safe, get outside for some fresh air and exercise if you can and WASH your hands🙏.

Kathy

Day 10...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

"Sew" as you know I have decided to participate in the Laundry Basket Quilts Mystery Quilt Along.  Here are blocks 1-7 completed!!

The quilt is made from yardage but of course I do not have the yardage and I certainly was not about to go out and purchase fabric as I am trying to decrease my crafting purchases.  I am using fabric from my stash and hopefully this works out.

Out with kiddo and doggie twice today so walked just over 7 miles.  Here's hoping that we are not several pounds heavier when this is all over.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Thursday tomorrow.  Stay safe, try to get outside for some fresh air and exercise and most importantly; WASH your hands.  🙏

Kathy

Day 8...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Day 8 of Self Isolation for us.  Kiddo is now on to his second week of NO School.  It is supposed to be Spring Break but alas we cannot go anywhere.  We walk the dog every morning and evening when there is low risk of the neighbors and children being out.  Other than that we try to keep busy and maintain some form of routine.

Food wise we are still okay.  I did make a Costco run this morning to get 4 of the gallon jugs of milk (we drink a lot of milk) and some more fresh fruit.  I do have lots of frozen and canned fruit but still prefer fresh.

For breakfast we had fruit bowls with yogurt, English Muffins with poached eggs and a glass of milk to start the day.  

After our walk with doggie this afternoon we baked Peanut Butter Cookies.  SOOOO yummy.  Have to watch portions on these or I will not be able to wear pants soon.  

After dinner I spent a bit of time in my craft room and worked on the next step of the Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt Along:

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay Safe, get outside for some fresh air and exercise if you can and as Always.....WASH your hands🙏.  Stay Safe.

Kathy