Quilt Raffle Anyone???

Hi there! The Assiniboine Circle Quilters will not be having their previously held quilt shows as the major fundraiser. Since this is the Club's 30th Anniversary they decided on this raffle (two lovely quilts as prizes) to help provide fundraising for various club expenses. Tickets and monies need to be in on Nov 29th as the draw is Dec 13th, 2025. Much appreciated. 

If you are interested in buying a $2 ticket(s) from me, please email, call or text me and with your payment I'll send you a picture of your ticket filled out. Thank you so much. 

Catchup - Nov 15th - St. Thomas

Morning! It's dreary but atleast not raining yet!!! But as we drove tiny snowflakes falling, but later turned into rain spit!!!

Today I helped out Maria and her Church group set up for their annual rummage fundraiser being held tomorrow. I kinda took over the one table of Christmas decorations, but as usual too many bosses spoil the pot for others. I just quickly said I'm a visitor so please ask others. 🤗 Also I'm not buying anything!

My decorated table.

Front entrance.

From the far corner.

So today we went for a drive to Mount Brydges and checked out Sew Creative, I bought 3 pieces of fabric, I was good. Then back for supper and some wine too! Now relaxing and watch The Holiday!

Like the extra stitches.

Look what I found Nancy!  I still like it.

Niko, Simon, Bentley and Toby getting supper scraps.

We all want more!

Catchup - April 27th-30th

April 27th

Finally the rain/drizzle stopped and we are out relaxing!

And another baby gift finished!

BUMMER!!!  I thought the Jets may just make it a longer fight!  Guess too many injuries!!!

April 29th

WOW whatever that was it was short lived!  I was outside with the dogs when these fat raindrops started then intensified and started bouncing and making noise.  Didn't get the camera in time but looks like big sleet pebbles or tiny hail in the grass.  Dog walkers were just a clipping down the street!  Better not get worse as my car is out there!

OMGG!!!  So no bridge and ferry only in the not winter conditions otherwise!  WOW!!!

Hmmmm guess this is what hit us in the NE corner of Winnipeg today!  But I didn't hear any thunder.

April 30th

Good morning!!!!  It's a beautiful day and wish I had time to go for a walk with Edna, but not today!  I definitely don't believe the reported temperature!!!  It's so beautiful out on the usually windy deck and having my coffee outside with the crew before dressing for my brunch with Bravestone Centre.  Hope they all behave till I get back not like my last two venturing out!

Well the Bravestone Centre brunch at the Cabot Centre and my time to shine has arrived!  And I've met Natalie an MPQ member at my table and wants my quilt.  I've entered lots of tickets into the awesome baskets, many stained glass and jewellry I want.  😉

Okay this is really funny!!!  Sylvia is always saying I'm lucky, BUT I did not win even one of those lovely auction baskets, nor the beautiful table centre piece.  But I was called up to draw the winner of the $100 gift certificate for the East India Company Pub & Eatery.  Well I shuffled the envelopes inside that bucket behind my back LOTS then drew one.  🥁🥁🥁 Rose Anne Burdeny  🤣🤣🤣  I graciously declined, mine left out, reshufffled again and drew another!  Sorry but I just can't stomach the curry etc scents inside there never mind eat there.  So hopefully the winner can enjoy that prize mucho better!!!

But I did get a picture with Lori Thiessen who won my quilt! 

Needless to say there were many women who said it was beautiful, loudly saying it's there's not your's, even one from MPQ, which made me feel awesome.  Thank you Aruna for asking about a donation!  

Now relaxing with the dogs watching hockey!

Catchup - Nov 11th-19th

Nov 11th

Hmmmm I'm going to try and get to this one?

Beautiful image from the Royal Canadian Mint!

☃️ Well it kinda looks nice out there, after the storm. Just happy I'm not venturing out! That's a lot of snow in one evening/overnight to accumulate on my window sill!!! Plus the woman and dog were both trudging through virgin snow covered sidewalks! ☃️

Ohhhh just thought about ALL those silly geese who had not left as yet! I can just see them huddle down and ALL those lumps in the snow covered fields!!!!

Nov 12th

I love this!

Well these babies are out the door, these 4 are extras that might be spoken for and now onto winding shuttles for the Angels. They look lovely on my display stand, all visible than on my tree!

Ohhhh Sylvia and I saw these in the summer on our Churchill trip. Well this is what it looks like at the start of winter! Beautiful no matter the season! ❤️❤️❤️

My photos below.

This is brilliant for a porch type area, protected from 'winter'!!! ☃️☃️☃️

Nifty for those with children! And so many different ideas for this too!

Nov 14th

Another busy day, this time helping Edna sew up Christmas gifts for her family before her eye surgery! We're halfway done, so back tomorrow to finish off. I took over some taco salad ingredients and she treated us to Boston Pizza for supper! Once she started sewing I started my tatted angels and finished off one body just now. 

I need six by month end and I may make it as it does not take as long assembling as it does tatting! I just need more beads!!!

Nov 15th

I'm back at Edna's, quilted her bag fronts while Edna prepped her gifted stew for lunch! Now she's back to sewing up her bag and hopefully finished today! 💗

Well Edna finished off her bag she'll be gifting and we both love it!!! I even tatted 2/3 of another Angel while helping when

needed. Next week is finishing off her table toppers and then the pressure is off for her with these gifts! Now back to my projects!

Nov 17th

Well Oct 10th I posted this, "Ohhhhhh I'm having fun today with my version of a landscape postcard for this month's PFA swap!!!!! Hope it works out!" alongwith this first picture. 

Then life got real crazy for me with various rush projects and life in general that it kinda fell too the wayside.  

Then about a week or so ago I managed to cut the bargello strips and sew up the postcard backgrounds. And today I set tatting aside to finish of the free motion quilting of the foreground.

I also prepared the backs and even sandwiched them together. But then it was too late to finish them off, so that's tomorrow's job and mail off the swap item! It's late but I'm hoping once seen I'll be forgiven? 🙏

OMGG!!!! I was so tardy on this swap, I forgot to take finished pictures before mailing off! 😒😪 Maybe I can ask the recipient to send me pictures of front n back?

Hmmmm!

Scrumptious!!!

DANG DANG DANG!!! I just about crapped my pants driving home! Not funny as it also left me feeling like a heartfelt scare too!  

See I was at a red light at the fountains on York Ave and Memorial Blvd where there were 2-3 people and a person in a wheelchair hanging around. Just as the light changed the ones standing started to run away AND at the same time fireworks went off and upwards! SHIT!!! I'm still feeling stressed!!!!  Very disturbing for me!!!!! I was going to pull over and YELL at them but my insides felt scarey!!!  

This is a very interesting place to check out or take workshops/classes!

https://www.fundingchange.ca/mbcraftsmuseum/Y1FY-n5Atyuo2TA5?ref=Y1Ao7lKjbn8fHNQh