My niece is due any day now and I've managed to get the new baby's quilt top finished this week. I'm spending the day sewing with a friend on Saturday, and my goal is to get the back done and h...
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A few photos of my new garden. This is my first summer in the new (to me) house and it's great fun to see what will come up next. There's lots of work to be done even though it is a small gar...
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Hello one and all, it's been madness here in Calgary the last 10 days. Over 100,000 residents were evacuated from their homes due to unprecedented flooding in the city. My family and I were/a...
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Well hello again everyone. It's been a few weeks since I last posted. My dd and I made it back from our grand adventure to New York, Montreal and the drive to Calgary but I don't have one bit...
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One quick post before I leave for NYC, Montreal and a drive across the prairies with my DD. Will try to post on the road...who knows, I may stop at a quilt store or two along the way. :-)...
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Even in my sewing room! I walked into my LQS the other week and saw some lovely bloomin' fabric...little did I know, they are the latest arrivals from Liberty. Bought a roll of quarter yard c...
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Hello all! Just a quick post to show you what I've been up to. More modern monday blocks made, which means I've finished my eight blocks for the month...just in time too as the guild meeting ...
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Hello all, just a quick note to show that I have been in the sewing room and I did make two additional blocks for my modern monday quilt yesterday. It was such a beautiful day here on Monday...
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Happy Star Wars Day one and all....;-) The force was with me yesterday as I was super motivated to get four more blocks done on my Modern Monday quilt. The sun was shining and my garden needed...
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Hello everyone, what a crazy week this has been. More divorce nonsense to deal with, DD's 24th birthday (which was lovely) and interviews for my fall practicum have kept me away from the sewing...
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Sooo, you know how we often make resolutions at the beginning of the year and then sooner or later we just happen to forget about them? I had this brilliant idea in January (I blame the cold we...
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Hi all, take a look at my design wall this morning, it's pretty chaotic, wouldn't you say? I have two quilts heading off to be long-armed and I spent a little time sorting through my UFO's yest...
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Hi all, forgive me for the silly pun in the blog title, I couldn't resist. I bought myself a little Janome 'Jem' sewing machine this week and I'm as happy as can be with it. It's my travel mac...
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Good morning all! I have a few more modern blocks to show you today...hooray! I still have one more to make before my guild meeting tomorrow, but I have to admit, I've been distracted by a new ...
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A great big thank you to all who entered my giveaway! I used a random number generator from the web to select the winners: #7 (Colleen); #9 (Debbie) and #12(JaneB). Enjoy! Mary Colleen...
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Hello all, happy Friday to you! I had planned on having these blocks done earlier this week so I could show you all on Work In Progress Wednesday, but today will have to do! My modern quilt g...
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No more teachers....no more books....school's out and I'm celebrating with a giveaway! In keeping with the scholastic theme, I have two of my current favorite books to giveaway along with a qui...
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Looks like I'm late to the party with my WIP Wednesday post, so this will be short and sweet. I put together a few more blocks on my 'diamond in the rough' quilt last weekend. This is such a ...
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I'm counting down the days now, school will soon be over and I'm looking forward to spending more time in the sewing room...yoohoo! In the meantime, I was lucky enough to attend a quilt retreat...
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Hi everyone! As promised, here is the next installment in the Modern Monday quilt project.... My fave, for this batch... Confession time: I totally goofed when making this block, I mad...
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Hello everyone! It's Sunday evening and I'm missing Downton Abbey...how much longer until the Season 4? lol I've not done much sewing this week, I'm heading into my last few weeks of the semes...
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Hi everyone, it's that time of the week again, Work In Progress Wednesday! I joined the Calgary Modern Quilt guild a few months ago and we have decided to work on a project together. We are...
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Hello everyone, happy Monday to you all. It's a grey day here in Calgary, with a bit of a chill in the air...more snow is on it's way, so what a perfect day to spend in the sewing room. This ...
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Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying your Friday. Aren't you glad the weekend is here? I certainly am, because, lucky me, I'm heading off to a quilt 'till you wilt tomorrow with some frien...
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