Step # 3 ...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Of course today is Remembrance Day here in Canada, so I was off of work and my son had no school.  We watched the ceremonies on television this morning and it was especially somber due to recent events.  I think it was the first time that my son really understood what this day means, partly due to his age now, as well the recent events in our country.

That being said, we did not really do a lot today, and my crafting mojo was not present either.  

After dinner I did manage to get the last few of my 96 flying geese units done for Step # 3 of a mystery quilt I am currently working on (Step 6 will likely be posted this week) with likely NO chance of catching up!

TAH DAH!

That's it folks!  Off to work tomorrow, so crafting time will be rationed for the next few days ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Back Home

Good Evening Internet Friends.

We left Canmore this morning headed home.  The weather did not cooperate for the first couple of hours:

No, the camera is not out of focus, that's really the visibility...

Yesterday of course I had to stop at The Sugar Pine Company.  Here's my haul (I wanted more, but paced myself):

I recently used up 32 fat quarters for a quilt class I signed up for and rather than buying new fabric I went shopping in my stash.  So, I have rationalized that this purchase was necessary to keep the stash well stocked ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Snow....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

We woke to SNOW this morning here in Canmore.  Guess I just can't drive away from it.

After breakfast we decided to hop over (or should I say slide) to Banff.

Banff was really pretty to walk about in the snow:

The snow was coming down very thick!

We had lunch, then headed back to Canmore to shop at Rocky Mountain Soap and of course, The Sugar Pine Company.

After dinner I finished my scarf, rinsed it and am currently blocking it:

This is The Fisherman's Wife Cowl.  I loved making it so much, and it worked up really quickly that I have a mind to make a couple more of these for Christmas presents!  Just have to put on the buttons when I get home.  I think it will be awesome with my red pea coat!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

YEG is Frozen Over!!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I woke this morning to:

Snow and a temperature of -10 C (14F).  COLD!!!!

We packed up and left for Canmore.

The roads were not great leaving Edmonton, but by Red Deer it was just raining and soon after the sun was shining:

On the drive down of course I KNIT and so by now I have finished:

It's my July yarn from sock of the month club of  Sweet Georgia Yarns.  

The forecast is for snow here tonight, so I guess not escaping....

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Friday Feature Card

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was a great day of NOTHING!  I actually had today off from work ☺

After taking my son to school I ran some errands for a few groceries, stopped at Cobbs for a Cinnamon Scone and a loaf of Marble Rye for road trip sandwiches tomorrow!

Then I decided I would stop by a quilt store.  Spent close to two hours in there, but came away with a few awesome purchases.  Afterwards I decided I had better wash the car since I have not done that all summer while driving it.  Was supposed to get my Highlander back this weekend (my husband's friend does all the service work on our vehicles, unfortunately, we are on his schedule and that is a looooooooooong one), so it looks the Focus and I will be cruising around a while longer.  It has been great for the summer costing half of what it usually costs me to fill and being able to drive for eight days between fill ups rather than six, or seven at best.  

Stopped at a few of the "Big Box" stores (craft and home) on the way home.  Picked up a few things I decided I "needed".

Picked up my son from school, and stopped by Cookie Love for two bags of cookies.

This evening I have talked with both my husband and brother who are both out on different parts of Highway 43 giving reports of the snow and freezing rain out there.  So, I guess HE!! will be frozen over soon : (....

Since winter is apparently coming, I decided to dig out some of my winter stamp sets to make some more Christmas cards with this evening.  Here is what I made:

I stamped the snowflake on first with silver ink, then over top with the coordinating color from the card base.

My silver ribbon has not yet arrived, so I used some from my stash (shhhhhhh, it's not approved product), cause I thought it looked good!

I took a picture of the flower bed beside the doorstep this afternoon:

I have not had the heart to take them out yet, because they were not totally dead, and still had some color.  I thought today that they looked regal standing there considering it is the 7th of November in north central Alberta.  Chances are tomorrow they will go into a bag and be put to the curb....

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

Step 1 of ANOTHER Mystery Quilt

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was the first day in I don't know how long that I have a two day weekend in front of me, and on top of that have only worked my regular number of shifts in the past two weeks, albeit eight were in a row!!!

Today my son and I decided it was a do NOTHING kind of day.

We watched television on the couch under a pile of quilts.  Ate popcorn and Halloween candy most of the morning (after breakfast), watched movies all afternoon, and then had pizza (homemade) for dinner.

After dinner I decided to work on a Mystery Quilt that I signed up for in August that started in September.  This morning clue #5 was released, and I started on clue # 1.  Was hoping to get caught up before HE** freezes over, but alas, I live in Edmonton, so that's like next week.  Somehow, there is still no snow on the ground!!!!

Here is my accomplishment for today:

TAH DAH.  

The great thing about this quilt is that I went shopping in my stash for all the fabrics that I will use in this project.  Not sure if I should be proud of myself for this or be sheepish about the amount of fabric I have squirreled away ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy