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Sewing Thimbles
I have to wait a day for the tiles to set before grouting, so I finished sewing the last thimbles and started sewing the rows together!Just a few more rows left to sew.It is very cold outside, but a...
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Making Progress
I have been making progress on a few projects.Finished piecing, and starting quilting the thimbles table runner,and grouted the tiles.It might be -30ºC outside, but it is beautiful! If it wasn't for...
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Friday Night Sew-In
It has been years since I participated in a Friday Night Sew-In, and I thought it was about time I join in again.My sewing got an early start and I finished free motion quilting the thimbles table...
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Thimbles Table Runner
The Thimbles table runner is all finished!This is the first of my WOOFA challenge projects to be finished. It was my leader/ender project (a little piece of fabric to stitch when piecing other...
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Another Quilt!
This year I wanted to try to get back into blogging - it's been wonderful. I am remembering all the things I like about blogs, and why I got started. The one thing I forgot was how inspirational they...
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Sewing Fun
Today I was painting doors.But at least I got to sew while waiting for paint to dry.I quilted one of the wall hanging layers,and started making holes in the other layer.Photos from around-Â My son made...
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Sunrise, Sunset
Sunrise-Sunset-Today I sewed while waiting for varnish to dry on the baseboards-Hand sewing on the wall hanging-Another sunrise picture because I couldn't resist- All the best!♥︎
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Holey Watermelon Wallhanging
I finished up the bright wall hanging today.It is 21" x 25". The pattern is from a tutorial from Mary & Patch (she has some great patterns and tutorials on her blog, and an amazing portfolio of...
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More Tiling
Today was another tiling day. This time in our other bathroom. It is a tiny room at the back door (you can tell it is a farm house - it is so practical at the back door).I tiled the backsplash around...
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Finally
I finally got around to pinning the quilt I was hoping to start quilting last week.It is a Flowering Snowball quilt I cut using a GO! die, and started about 5 years ago. Photos from around-  Molly...
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Machine Quilting
I quilted one of my favourite designs - open heart feathers, on the Flowering Snowball quilt.I finished all of the cream sections.Now I have to decide what to quilt in the scrappy sections. I think I...
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Seems to Be Working
When I sat down at the sewing machine to quilt this morning I had an idea of how I wanted to start quilting the scrappy print sections of the Flowering Snowball quilt. I wanted something simple and...
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Still Making Progress
I finished quilting another row of blocks today -seven. Fourteen to go.We had to go into the city today, and on the way home saw a small herd of deer.Far off, in a field, but still exciting to see.All...
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Quilted!
I am pleased the the Flowering Snowball quilt is all quilted.Just the binding left.Photos from around - Another frosty day. Molly has learned to sit while a vehicle goes by on the highway behind our...
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Finished Flowering Snowball Quilt
I finished the Flowering Snowball quilt.It is 72"x84", 12" blocks set 6x7. This is a quilt that I cut out with a GO! die, about 5 years ago. I think I kept putting off finishing it because I didn't...
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Pineapple Quilt Top
The WOOFA Challenge is amazing! I am working on my third of seven projects I hope to finish this year (quilts that have been languishing for years!). It helps that it is winter on the Canadian...
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January Round-Up and a Start
January was a productive month for me. I think the main reason was because to celebrate 10 years of blogging I decided to blog every day for the month - I needed things to write about! Some days it was...
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A Couple of Finishes
The Pineapple quilt is all finished! Washed, to soften it, and on our bed.The quilt started out like this in 2016-It is cut with a template from Marti Michell. This is the one for 1" finished strips.I...
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February Plans & More
For my February OMG (One Monthly Goals hosted by Elm Street Quilts) plans I had wanted to finish my Pineapple quilt, but since that was done so quickly I had to think of something else. I finished a...
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Orphan Block Table Mat
I made a table mat from some orphaned blocks. This was one of my OMG projects for this month.These blocks were from the Temecula Quilt Company blog - 1880 Sample Sew Along, from 2018. They are 4"...
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