Re - Starting......

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Well, as my son would say "Re-Starting".  The weekend is over and it's back to work and school for one final week before Christmas Holiday's begin for both of us.

Yesterday was ridiculously cold.  Somewhere in the -35 C (-31 Fahrenheit) and the wind was strong.  We did not leave the house yesterday.  It was a pajama day.  We watched movies, made popcorn and had hot chocolate a few times.  In between fun I organized my quilting patterns and knitting patterns into their proper folders, organized some of my craft projects, sewed on a couple of projects and made Sticky Pecan Buns:

Finished wrapping the Christmas presents for under the tree.  Put the extra leaf into the dining table and started to put out the Christmas runners and placemats.

And yes, we are currently using up a stash of party napkins that I found from various birthday parties over the years ☺

Today we ran a few errands and got parcels in the mail (late.....I know).  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Friday Sewing.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I have been busy this week and simply did not have time to post any of the Christmas things I have on the go....too many projects.

Earlier in the week I did obtain more fabric that I just HAD to have.  As you may know from following my blog there are certain products that I am super loyal to. 

Last night I got this fabric and this evening I made:

A Grocery Tote!!!  It's not Diet Coke but I love the bears.  Thanks to Coca Cola introducing Diet Coke when I was a child with Juvenile Diabetes I will always be a fan of their product.  It's not that I drank a lot of it, but it was the simple ability to have a treat that no one could try to make me feel guilty over.....ice cream, even chips were all things that I was "judged" for eating.  Diet Coke gave me the freedom to have a treat that I did not have to take insulin for or watch my blood sugar.  

Inside the bag!  

Of course while sewing this I could not help singing:  I'd like to buy the world a Coke!

Now that you have that song stuck in your head.......

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

It's SEW Cold

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Okay, seriously though it is REALLY cold.  I know that the thermometer thinks that the temperature warmed up today, but I am still frozen solid, so I'm not feeling it.  I actually put my parka on to get the mail and yes I still have doorstep delivery!

My original plan today was that since I do not accomplish anything on my turn around from weekend evening/night shift that I would work a part day shift and that would at least make me functional in the real world again for Wednesday.

Arriving home my son was coughing and sneezing and looking generally ill.  So, since hubby had to be elsewhere I took a "mom" day and crawled into bed.

The temperature outside is extremely cold so I was not too sad to stay home,  It seemed like it should be a "SEW" day.

 I did not accomplish anything of significance however.  When I finally woke up it was a toast lunch.  Television this afternoon.  Turkey soup with garlic toast for dinner.  A hot bath and back to bed for my son.  He seems to be breathing easier now, so should be off to school tomorrow.

After he went to bed, I opened the door to my craft room.  It is still perfectly preserved from the way I left it almost a week ago!  Seriously, have not been in the room for anything at all!

"Sew" I decided to make another of the Scandi 3 quilt blocks for this quilt. .  

This is Block 14.  There are 25 blocks with different coordinates.  My hope is to have this quilt top completed and out for long arming before Christmas.

Before you laugh yourself silly.....remember I get to celebrate 2 Christmas', so the likelihood of my being completed for Christmas is favorable!

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

Saturday Adventures

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today I went and did some Christmas shopping (for me) and some Christmas visiting with friends and neighbours.  

I made some Christmas cards and I stamped some shopping bags:

I thought and so did everyone else that these cards and bags with the dog theme were really neat ☺

This evening after dinner my son and I watched the marathon of Home Alone movies and I knit on my Reyna Shawl:

I am using one of my Sock of the Month yarns from Sweet Georgia Yarns.  I am not sure which month this came from because I put the tag in the recycling bag before taking note of the information ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

It's Friday!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today I got into all sorts of crafty activities!

I white washed half a wooden box.

I knit a few rows on each of the three pairs of socks I have cast on right now.

I knit a few rows on the three different shawls that I have cast on.

I started cutting more paper for some Christmas cards I am making.

I made two packages for a modified Advent Calender for a quilting friend of mine:

I used Designer Series Paper (retired/expired Stampin' Up), my Advent Stamp Set (retired/expired Stampin' Up), a package of tags that I found and left over red yarn from some fingerless mittens I knit last winer!

I was pretty excited about how these turned out!

This evening I did a couple of baking things: 

Skor Bar Square with frosting (had some recently without frosting - just not as good)

Drop Sugar Cookies with Christmas sprinkles!

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