This Time????

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was my day off so that meant errands and appointments.  A VERY busy day.  It was made better though by a friend of mine who lives close to one of the places I had to be and made me a soup and sandwich lunch.  The soup was so filling that I could not eat the sandwich so she packed it for me.  I will have it for lunch tomorrow.  🍞

One of the errands I did was dropping of a couple of quilts to be long armed.  The lady I dropped them off to did a quilt for me about 8 years ago and then I sort of lost contact with her.  She now lives about a 10 minute drive from me.  "Sew" excited.

The quilts I dropped off for her were quilts that I waited to have done for 22 months (seriously)!!!  As part of my New Year commitment to myself I have decided to really work my my mantra of "Ask Once".  If it does not happen then I will do it myself.  Since these quilts were still not done I simply asked for them  to be returned to me.  Two weeks in the garden shed and with a bit of unscented Febreze and they were good to go:

They are now in the cue to be done.  Sew" excited!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Block 38

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Day Three of back to work.  Still not feeling completely well.  Have given myself a 6/10 ranking.  Good news....symptoms have not got worse.  Bad news....symptoms have not got better.  

There was a Quilt Guild Meeting this evening for preparations for the Quilt Show this spring.  Due to other commitments I will not be a lot of help for the actual quilt show, but I showed up to the meeting tonight to offer support as I can.

Not much crafting time when I got home but I have decided to take a little "ME" time every day.  "Sew"......I went down to my craft room and made:

TAH DAH!!!!!   This is block 38 of the 52 Week Quilt Block Challenge hosted by A Needle Pulling Thread Quilt Shop for 2017.....alas.....I am behind.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Another Set......

Good Evening Internet Friends.  

I'm starting to pick up speed on making these A and B arcs for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.  This evening after piano lessons, groceries at Costco, and getting prepped for work and school tomorrow I spent a bit of time in my craft room.

Here is what I made:

Both arcs were completed in just over an hour!!!

I know I still have an ominous amount of these to make, but it just might be possible.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy 

Back at It...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was back to work.  I will give myself a solid 6/10 health rating for today but that is all.  I was very tired by the time I arrived home this evening.

After a bit of a rest, dinner and some household chores I finished one set of the quilt blocks I am working on for my Flowers for my Wedding Ring Quilt:

I have always wanted to make one of these and when I saw that Sew Divine (one of my favourite quilt shops) was having a class --- you can likely guess I signed up for the class IMMEDIATELY!!!

Now to finish 7 more of these sets containing 16 of these arches before next class....😕.....maybe I can accomplish this goal.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Sunday "Fun"Day

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Back to work tomorrow and after being off for a week with Flu I am excited to be going back.  😊

Today was a sleep late and no real plans kind of day.

This afternoon kiddo and I headed out into a different part of the River Valley than usual.  We are fortunate to live just a couple of blocks north of the River Valley so there is always easy access.

The temperature was perfect and we even got to watch one of the grain trains go over the truss bridge.

This evening I finished my second block to catch up on the 4 Patch Star block as I was toooooooo ill last weekend to complete one:

Block 19

Block 20.

I LOVE making these blocks.  I love the challenge of getting the points "just right" and I love the using up of my stash to make these blocks.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Roll Call......

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

Yes, I am present and accounted for.

Despite getting my Flu Shot, I succumbed to Flu.  I am thankful that I did get the shot as for the past week I have been ridiculously sick.  At first I thought it was a really bad asthma attack.  As the day wore on I felt worse and then worse and over the next three days I felt worse every day.  I did attempt at one point to return to work but was physically exhausted after only a few hours and the pain relievers and fever suppressant had stopped working.  By mid this week I decided to go see my Family Doctor.  She assessed and determined that I had flu but also swabbed me to prove it.  😓😰

Over the past week I have just gotten more and more ill.  Today has been the first day that not only did I get out of bed, but I showered, got dressed (not pajamas), ate three meals (most days was extra buttered toast - soft that way, and warm tea), and have not gone for a nap since I woke up this morning.

"Sew".....as you can likely guess......I have not been well enough to get out of my own way and have certainly not done any kind of crafting.

I will show you my latest treasure acquisition from just before I got ill:

This is a Valentine's Knitting Package that I designed. Chocolate themed zippered pouches and Chocolate Cherry yarn from Ancient Arts!

I really am hoping to have the energy tomorrow to get started on a project with this yarn.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

"Sew" Behind...

Good Late Evening Internet Friends.

I am beginning to think I need to go on some kind of a fibre diet because I repeatedly bite off more than I can chew and have more on my plate than I can finish. 

This evening I spent a wee bit of time in my craft room with my scraps and created Block 18 of my 4 Patch Star Blocks:

TAH DAH:

Now off to see what else I can get into before I head to bed tonight as I do work tomorrow.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy