The Stockings Were Hung....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

The weekend is over!!  It was a very productive weekend and I feel a bit accomplished on top of that!!!  

Friday was my day off so I got EVERYTHING that needed to be done then so that I could stay home this weekend.

Yesterday was a bit of knitting, and the rest was housework.  Every surface in this house has been washed, vacuumed, dusted, oiled and in some cases more than one of these may have been done!  

There is a possibility that I may be ready for Christmas with the exception of baking that will take place on my week off before Christmas.  

I started the day by baking a loaf of Banana Gingerbread.  Used up cupboard bananas so a WIN!!  

 

Finished the hand binding on a table runner I made for my brother for Christmas.  I did attempt a machine binding but still not a fan of this type of binding.  Back to hand sewing.....

I picked up a Stocking Quilt Panel at Sew Divine recently with the intent of making the dog and cat their own Christmas Stocking.  The doggie stocking is really cute, but alas my dog is way TOOOOO big for his treats to fit in there.  I decided to use the other stocking panel with a dog on it for him and the smaller stocking will go to our family friend's new doggie who is that size:

Now it is off to walk the Montyster doggie for the evening and then get to bed as tomorrow will be a long day.

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

Kathy

The Weekend...

 Good Evening Internet Friends!

Took a couple of days vacation this week to try and get caught up on lots of things.

So, far......almost caught up.

Not a lot of crafting, but I did get the house decorated for Christmas both inside and out!

On Friday evening we put up the Christmas Tree:

On Saturday I picked up a Grinch Tree that I pre ordered from Funky Petals:

I was able to request the colours that I wanted for my home decor.

Today I made a Tomte for the front yard with fresh greenery from Salisbury Green House:

So FUN!!!  

Back to work tomorrow so not a lot of crafting will take place this week.  

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

Kathy

Sunday Fun Day!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Did all my "mom" and "responsible" things yesterday so today could just be enjoyable.

After breakfast kiddo, doggie and I headed out to the lakes in and around our community. 

When we got home the bread dough I had put to rise before we left was ready to go.  I made a regular white loaf on the left and topped it with the Everything Bagel Seasoning that I picked up at Costco recently.  The other loaf I made in to a cinnamon loaf and topped it with caramel sprinkles from the pantry😁:

 

While the bread rose again I grated the last of the zucchini in the crisper with my Grate and Measure and made a Chocolate Zucchini Cake to bake at the same time as the bread.  Save on energy.😺

Did a bit of cross stitch and knitting as well this afternoon on the deck.  

Took my bike out for a long ride this evening.  Lunch ready for tomorrow and now to head out for last walk of the day with doggie.

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

Kathy

BEST Day EVER Sunday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

I hope y'all had a BEST Day EVER Sunday!

Up early with doggie of course.  Checked on my deck full of plants (still waiting on the sod and landscaping) and found the first fresh strawberry!!!  I ate it and it was DELICIOUS!!!

Bake a Rhubarb Cake this afternoon with rhubarb my colleague brought for me from her mother's garden.  

While the cake was baking I knit on the deck with doggie keeping me company.  Mostly I think he just likes to smell the air. 🤣

After dinner I put the borders on my 2017 Flock of Geese 52 Week Block Challenge hosted by Darlene D'Eon Designs:

TAH DAH!!!

My 2015 version of the 52 Week Challenge is quilted with binding on.  Doggie sleeps in front of the fireplace on it daily.

2016 has borders on and ready for long arming.

2017 needs a backing piece and then ready for long arming.

2018 Red and White is currently being quilted.  

2019 & 2020 are a work in progress.  

Each of these quilts is made with scrap fabric left over from other quilts.  I would like to say that my scrap pile is diminishing......but....alas.....it is NOT!!!!!  

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

Kathy

Sunday Funday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Same ole same ole here again today.  Hope that this post at least finds you all safe.

Added a couple more rows on to my Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt.  Found these two clowns sleeping on it so gave up for a while....

Made a Strawberry Pie with a butter crust with kiddo this afternoon:

Read a bit and watched a little tele this evening.  Very rare that I watch tele...now remember why I don't watch it🤣

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

Kathy

Day 14...NO End In Sight....

Good Evening Internet Friends.

I hope you all had a BEST Day EVER Sunday today.

We somehow slept in.  Doggie usually has me up by 0500 for his morning walk, but today he let me sleep.  After a leisurely breakfast we headed out to the park to walk around the lake that we had planned to yesterday.  Yes, my elbow is still swollen and black but I did not want it to get more stiff so off we went.  It was a lovely walk and the ice was better than yesterday.

After lunch while I got laundry started I cast on a new project.  It will be a matching cowl and toque.

I baked a loaf of coconut banana bread but some Monster got in to it before I could get a photo.  Oh well....It was yummy though.  

We are still eating from the pantry and freezer and making sure that NO food goes to waste.....mostly it just goes to my waist.... For dinner this evening I made lemon pepper chicken, lemon aioli, jasmine rice with green onions, and roasted mushrooms/zucchini/onions.  Turned out delicious.  I even ate a bit of chicken:

 

After dinner in between loads of laundry I sewed on the first two center block borders for my Lush Quilt:

TAH DAH!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Stay safe at home, WASH your hands and get out for a bit of fresh air if you are able to maintain social distancing.

Cheers

Kathy

Day 7...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was an actual Self Isolation Day as I did not have to work 😷

Sunday at our house means it is Awful Waffle Sunday.  No fresh strawberries (not sure when we will have any of those again) so I used the last of fresh raspberries:

SOOOOOO yummy.  

After breakfast we took doggie out for a walk around the lake community.  Saw LOTS of Canada Geese while we were out there.  We decided that they must have taken the Prime Minister's message about all Canadian's coming home seriously.  These three were demonstrating Social Distancing nicely:  

The lake was quit inhabited with them as well.  Guess no one prepared a place for them to stay......

This evening I completed Step 3 of the Laundry Basket Quilt Along: 

This is 20 of the 100 blocks that will be made for this quilt.

Hope this inspires your own creativity, wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Stay safe, get outside for a bit of fresh air and a walk if you can and WASH your hands 🙏.

Kathy

Here We Go Again...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

Another work week is about to start and so here we go again....  There just does not seem to be enough time in the weekend to get everything done that I would like to.

Breakfast this morning was fresh fruit, whipped cream and maple syrup waffles:

YUMMMM!!!  As a bonus I made a double batch so that we would have waffles for breakfast this week as well.

For the lunch box I made fresh tomato soup with some home grown tomatoes that I was given:

I was also given a garden pumpkin that I cooked and mashed.  Most of the mashed pumpkin went to the freezer but I did make two loaves of banana, pumpkin, walnut bread.  This will also be in the lunch box tomorrow ☺

For dinner I made a chicken breast sheet pan dinner.  Garden potatoes, onions, zucchini and cauliflower that I was given along with red, green, yellow and orange peppers, and mushrooms.  I drizzled a fresh dill and mustard sauce over all and baked.  Dinner for this evening and a couple days of left overs as well. 

Super YUM!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the 

BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  🥳

Kathy

Sunday Funday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

Super busy day today.  Mostly housework type things but I did manage to get another Let's Be Friends Sew Along block completed:

As of this week I am supposed to have 44 of these beauties complete.  As you can guesstimate.....I am a few short.  🤷

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the 

BEST Day EVER Monday.  🎉

Kathy

Take Time to Smell the Roses...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

A couple of weeks ago I took my bicycle in for a tune up......the same bicycle that I have had several mishaps with.  Turns out that to fix it and still have a slightly bent frame would cost almost as much as a new bike.  I opted for the new bike option with no frame issues.  A bit of my bike was salvageable for parts to a charity that creates bikes for kids in need.  I LOVE my new bike!!!  Not only is it way more awesome than my old one, but it has hot pink trim on it.  Plus I added a donut bell to it: 🍩

I have been making a lot of trail and off road miles with this bike of late.

Today while I was out I literally Took Time to Smell the roses.  They were beautiful:

And then of course my eyes itched and I started sneezing, but still they were really pretty.  🌹

Recently I also started working seriously on my Lush Block of the Month offered by Sew Devine.  

I have managed to  very slowly get these 4 blocks done:

 I LOVE the colors in these blocks and the points lined up so that made me extra happy.

This weekend I got started on the Dresden plate blocks.  These are going to take more time, but I did get all 84 Dresden blades cut out this weekend so that throughout the week I can sew a bit and maybe actually accomplish something by next weekend.  Here are my first completed 12:

These are tedious to make but I am getting better at them. 🥳

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you a 

BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow. 

Kathy

Sunday Funday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today of course was get ready for the week ahead.

Part of my undertakings today were to raid the freezer!

First off I took out ground bison and pumpkin and made Bison Pumpkin Bolognese:

This will end up in kiddo's thermos this week for hot lunch☺

Next up was frozen cranberries that I made Cranberry Oatmeal Bars with.  I even took some of these over for the neighbors:

This evening after dinner I spent a wee bit of time in my craft room and made Block 15 of the 52 Week Block Challenge hosted by A Needle Pulling Thread Quilt Shop:

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the
BEST Day EVER Monday🎉

Kathy

And Then....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Okay.....so the weekend is done and I am not really sure what I can say that I accomplished.  There was some house work, some dinner and lunch prep for the upcoming week.  Ran a few errands and walked the dog a few times.

That is IT!!!

This afternoon I did bake two loaves of Chocolate Chocolate Chip Banana Bread for lunch box snacks:

Very delicious!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the 

BEST Day EVER Monday 🎉

Kathy

And "Sew" On...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It was my LEAST favourite day of the year.  Time Change Day.  Uggh....

So I decided if I was extra productive maybe I could fall asleep on time this evening.

Up and out with the dog early.

Made Strawberry French Toast for breakfast:

Then it was out the door to Pet Valu with doggo for a bath.  

On the way home I stopped to wash, clean out and vacuum the car so kiddo and dog walked the rest of the way home.  They both needed some spring air I figured.

After dinner I sewed another of the Twisted Star Blocks and then sewed row one and two together:

TAH DAH!!!

Seriously loving the look of this quilt.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the 

BEST Day EVER Monday!!

Kathy

"Sew" Much Fun...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I trust you all had the BEST Day EVER Sunday as did I.

I did get up relatively early this morning as a friend and I were headed to the Elkstone Studio Open House today.  It was GREAT.  She had a few things that I HAD to have, and now on second thought a couple more that I will go back for in addition to one VERY special order that she will be doing. ☺

Here is what I HAD to bring home "sew" far:

A Mrs. Bobbins Spray Misting Bottle that I did use this afternoon and this adorable table topper pattern that is 42" in diameter so actually will fit on the table for next Christmas, or winter.....❄⛄.

Then before dinner prep I made another three of my Weekly Block Challenge hosted by A Needle Pulling Thread Quilt Shop: 

Here are weeks 11, 12, and 13....and we are currently week 52 of the calendar year.  Usual sort of timeline for me I think.

Tomorrow will be a few errands and then I will probably be able to get a few more of these blocks done before the year is over.

Wishing you the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow and 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

FAST...Forward...

Good Evening Internet Friends.  

Super Crazy busy but hoping in the next month or so things will start to normalize and settle down.

Today although it was Sunday Funday was also Fast Forward Day.

Very busy week ahead with work and school and extra curricular activities.

Last night I shredded via the Kitchenaid 24 + cups of zucchini that my friend Lynn had given me last weekend.  Some of that was used to make 2 Lemon Zucchini loaves today:

I also made Oatmeal Butterscotch chip cookies:

For lunch and for lunches for part of this week I made Macaroni and Cheese:

Always a favourite of kiddo.

In between house work and laundry I did manage to make another three of my 2016 A Needle Pulling Thread Quilt Shop's 52 Week Block Challenge.  No typo.....just got really far behind with other things:

As of this evening I have now completed 43 of the 52 blocks for this quilt!

Getting excited about that as in the next month I am hoping to tidy up a few more loose ends ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy