Catchup - Oct 15th-29th

Oct 15th

Yeah after picking up Sylvia and Edna we got two fabrics each for our two ACQ BOM quilt project, now to wash and be prepared for the next steps. Then over to Edna's to help with her turtles tote, it's a fussy pattern for her. Then cross country to Mook's and the missing fabrics. YEAH!!!

Once home I finished off the 10 starched snowflakes ready for mail out and then sewed up the second kit I'd bought from Jackie for the ACQ Meals on Wheels program for Christmas. Not sure which is up or down!

Oct 16th

Today was errands and helping Edna finish her turtles tote. The pattern instructions could have been easier but we managed! Ohhhh she also finished off her large makeup bag! And thank you Edna for Original Joe's supper afterwards. That moon tonight was huge too!!!

Oct 17th

WOW!!! I honestly thought with the cooler temps and wind the last couple days that there'd be nothing left on the trees! Nature fooled me and we still have a lovely autumn day, maybe more?

I just love having in an out good dental checkup!!! Then off for a sewing afternoon with Sylvia, yep sewed up a set of 4 stack n whack placemats and once home turned them ready for quilting. And I also cut ot two sets of 6 stack n whack placemats, hopefully sewing them tomorrow!!!

Oct 18th

Another lovely fall day and visit with Sylvia and Edna! First checked out OMA's pop-up shop at CanadInn on Pembina Hwy, then Fabricland before stopping into Marilyn Stother's destash sale. There I found a little something but really a big something for Monica Smith. On our way back we picked up Chinese supper from China Garden, ate at Sylvia's and it was pretty good!!! Then took Edna home before heading home too!

An apartment balcony at Edna's block.

This is in Monica's treat bag.

Quickly I finished quilting my set of 4 stack n whack placemats, just in time to hand over to Jackie at Assiniboine Circle Quilters gathering tomorrow!

My stack n whack placemats. 

Oct 20th

Another lovely day in PARADISE!!! And I end it with Sashiko hand stitching!!! Perfect!  

I'll post pictures once gifted!!!

Oct 21st

This morning I joined a few ACQ members to serge up some Bonding Buddies for preemies and had a nice productive few hours. Then joined Edna for a walk along the Sturgeon Creek then back through the street due to construction blockage on the path. I think that was the first time in AGES that I walked without pain but did use both walking sticks.

After relaxing some I pulled out the two pieces of flannel I took home, found a filler in my stash and cut out "48" Bonding Buddies. These are ready for sandwiching, then curve corners marked and serged before handing over to someone to bury ends. Not sure when I'll get to the other stages but they are ready!!!

Oct 22nd

So I'm moving along nicely! All 48 Bonding Buddies are sandwiched. Also the Sashiko mug rugs are also sanwiched, just finished the quilting and ready for the November 23rd Mug Rug Mixer meeting! YEAH!!!  

Now I'll clean out my sewing machine after all the flannel stitching. Then set up my serger and finish off the Buddies!!! Guess I'm feeling good and getting lots done!!!

Okay I'm done for tonight!!! Feet are up and watching the Jets hockey and burying ends! GO JETS GO!!!

So I decided to finish off the Bonding Buddies and vacuum both the sewing machine and serger, ready for the next project. Here's 48 Bonding Buddies ready for drop off this week!

Oct 23rd

Today I joined Sylvia at St Vital for some unsuccessful shopping, then car maintenance before heading to her place for afternoon sewing. She prepped for some landscape art pieces and I sewed together a set of 6-cut stack n whack placemats. So one of 3 sets are ready for sandwiching and quilting!

Then she asked I stay for supper, yummy, and like she says so nice to have company for a meal!!! I know exactly what she and Edna mean, even though I am just so used to it.

Oct 24th

Look what arrived today, my PFA Swap Crazy Background postcard from Veronica M of Portsmouth RI (in an envelope). Love the blues and pop of colour too. Thank you.

Oct 26th

It looks like another lovely start this morning. Good thing as it's Sylvia's birthday and we're going out for some fun hopefully this evening!!! First it's the Aurora gathering at Pat's again! 💞

Welcome back to Manitoba Norma!!

A too busy of a day for me but it ended on a nice note. After the Aurora gathering I picked up Sylvia and off to Club Regent for our shrimp supper together and hopefully some fun too. We split up to our favourite machines and let the fun play out.  

Sylvia said she broke even so that was 1.5 hours of fun. I exchanged my big bills ($90) for $5s and left one $20 intact. So I've a ticket for each $10 except the last $10 that was at $0.30 that I inserted my last $20 for a final peanuts payout. That dang blue fish was overstuffed in the cracked fish bowl but would not burst for me! I gave up and let a young lady have the machine and she burst that bowl but not a big payout! So my total payout was $271.50 from $91.45 put in! That's $180.05 in winnings!!! WOW!!! I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ that Fish Bowl game!!!

Oct 28th

WTF!!! I'm totally annoyed with all this streaming, Apple and now it's Amazon Prime to have the rights to sports games, not on normal TV channels? It's bad enough there are 2-4 duplicate viewings of baseball, basketball and/or hockey games but not the one you want to watch or curling games! We all pay enough for cable TV and/or additional channels to hopefully catch the sports one wants to watch!!! We shouldn't have to be restricted with these NEWER fangled options! Totally annoying!!!!!!!

I think it may be an early evening. Was a busy start, picked up Edna and both of us got our Covid and regular flu shots, lunch at Oakwood Cafe before taking her home. Then out to get Sylvia and take her to London Drugs and help with some of her pictures she wanted developed, Staples for Christmas letterhead and stopped into Save on Foods for a couple items before taking her home and me to put feet up before supper. Finished off the evening listening to the Jets losing and tatting an item I needed!

Oct 29th

Thank you Adele for the awesome and much needed pick me upper!!! All set for TO!

Catchup - March 13th-17th

March 13th

Hmmmm I was being nice and sharing a slice of my breakfast banana with the CREW.   I turned to garbage the peel, turned and Griff was too close to my bowl this time!  😆

March 14th

I saw this on Quilting Digest and knew it was me in the past, but not so much the past two years!  That's one good thing Covid has given me - time to stay home and delve into my stash for mask making and now planned or scrappy quilt making!  So I played with the original.

Hmmmm not sure how much sleep I actually get nights as one or all get me up once or twice through the night (whether they need to or just have my nuumber) and that's after all go before bed. Then after their 6:30am breakfast I seem to only be allowed 2 hours nap then someone wants out again! What gets me is once I'm up THEY are out cold for 2-3 hours! My younger sister growled and said ohhhh no they'd be outside for a couple hours! Guess the CREW is lucky it's me and not her!!!

Ohhhh I can't wait to receive this pattern! Thank you very much for designing this paw print!

So I finished off one child's ABC blocks quilts. It's now 36.5" X 43" and not sure if I'll add another blue mottled border or not. I've one more similar to this and maybe another with objects/animals appliqued on white to fill in missing blocks and a number of excess blocks I'll throw into my I SPY quilts! That 2.4 meters and the 1.5 of leggo blocks are going a long way, plus using some stash.

Ummmm I've decided to change the red cornerstones to the same blue as the inside blocks with blue binding!

Here I was going to say I made it through without any major issues! Yeah right!

Edna called as I was doing a quick yard scan before letting the dogs out. So they were out for a bit and glanced out again and Bernese were on the deck but Sam was chopping on something! He stepped away quickly when i called, but I think the grey rabbit was dead! Even with all of us in the house, it did not stir, so I got the shovel and scooped it up, followed the dog tracks, sunk up to my knees, listing sideways but managed to extricate myself, and dumped it over the fence onto open road easeway or whatever you call it. Now to get my heart rate down!!! 

If that was not enough, I'm packing up my quilting stuff and nicked the hallway wall!!! DANG IT TO !@#$%!!! 🥺

Shoot I forgot to post these beautiful yard decorations from our walk yesterday!

And here is Noel, my friend for the next few days!

Ohhh so true! And I had light blond long hair in ringlets too!

March 15th & 16th

I had a lovely two days out shopping and of course lunch out both days! Sylvia and Edna were very lucky shoppers, even rubber boots, I only picked up new PJs and later Terry toweling to make another hooded bath towel! But two days of lowering the mushy sidewalk in hopes of it levelling it off I'm achy and sore, but nit sinking in and tipping sideways!

March 17th

To my family, friends and all! I've my fabrics from Ireland but as yet not made my wall hanging. Better get my heels snapping!

Catchup - Feb 6th-8th

Feb 6th

OMGG!!!  Never a dull moment with the crew!  Just let them out to do there business BUTTTT I forgot to check for rabbits!  Ohhhh it was a close one with Wheeler in the lead.  Sam went left following the scent, Wheeler was onto the rabbit!  Not sure how is squeezed through the fence!!!!  I've not seen Wheeler move that fast through the deep snow!

The snow kid!!!! Wheeler has me letting him out every hour or less if I gave in! Today seems warmer and he just stayed out longer, then straight for the dog bed! 💞

And Sam I think is missing Mommy! He's always coming for pets and ear scratches, thee others sometimes follow suit!

Now I'm working on another of Patti Duff's Celtic Chain Donut Pendant from the summer 2019, The Bulletin, IOLI. This one is so much easier now that I've the other two that paved the road to here! Onto round two!

Now I'm working on another of Patti Duff's Celtic Chain Donut Pendant from the summer 2019, The Bulletin, IOLI. This one is so much easier now that I've the other two that paved the road to here! Onto round three!

Feb 7th

HA HA HA on me! I was thinking yesterday WOW this weekend was too good to be true! Sure enough, Sam was prancing back and forth into the bedroom a couple times I heard and last time making noises, at 3am!!! Yep he had to go pee and the others followed!!!! Then back to bed but again 6am before the alarm Sam did it again, this time I fed them too before a couple more hours snooze. May be a sluggish day but nothing really planned, Olympics!!!

Finally we can relax! She's put that dust mop away!!!!!

I totally agree 100%!!!!!!

Feb 8th

OMGG!!! Today was the first time I was home when a chunk of the snow ledge broke off and fell. First a light thunk and snow flying then a solid THUNK when it hit the ground. I'll check on my way out in a bit to see how it landed! 🤔

SPLATTTT!!!!!

Thank you all for organizing this mystery bag of fabric, detaching ABC stash, increased donations plus fun and win win for members too!

As I mentioned and showed you the bag of matched up for ABC quilts, I had another bag of odd fabrics which are going to my girlfriend for shopping/library bags or doggie beds. I quickly counted and there are a possible 17-20 quilts to be completed over the next year for ABC.

A huge thank you to my girlfriend's Mom, Joan, for the donation and Angela for getting the two huge bags to me! As we finish them off I'll take pictures to show Joan what we've done and donate periodically!!!