Another month gone

Here we are August 31, it has been a fantastic summer but never seems long enough. Spent the last 10 days camping and exploring this beautiful country of ours. Do you know how much noise a raven makes when it flies and all else is quiet. Amazing.

Found a huge number of lakes a few hours north of here....so beautiful. Explored logging roads and found great camping sites; no extra amenities but also no cost so it balances well. We have a camper with everything we need and look forward to going back.

Now to get back to sewing and real life. I teach my first quilting class in a number of years in only 3 weeks and I'm excited but don't feel ready. I also realized that my retreat is only a little over a month away and there is lots to do to get ready so here we go.

Busy never goes away

It seems there is always lots to do and even as you get lots done the list does not seem to grow shorter. But boredom will never be a problem. Packed everything in my sewing closet last weekend as we had company coming to stay and use spare room for a few days, had a great visit but scared to open closet doors as I may be buried in the landslide.

Made salsa today - it smells so good. Managed to unearth the mystery I wished never began from the closet and completed the top. This was one I adapted from a couple of patterns for my retreat last year. It was supposed to be a 3-4 hours project with a challenge. It ended up that it challenged people more than expected and so mine did not get finished although a few brave people did complete theirs. After I add a border - possibly in the next couple of days - I will post a picture. It actually turned out not bad.

Anyway better finish getting ready for outdoor craft show & sale next weekend. My sister is bringing jewelery she is making and some purses and my daughter is bringing her photo cards and some upcycled clothes so we will have more variety with my mostly quilted items.

Completed quilts

Where does time go? I posted about finishing a number of quilts almost 2 weeks ago and am finally getting around to posting some pictures.

This is a baby quilted started a number of years ago as a class sample - it will be soon going to Japan for my nephews baby Moka who is almost a month old.

This is strip Twist from Bonnie Hunters quiltville.com-very easy and fun to do. I will be teaching this at Happy Scrappers Club in Victoria this fall.

This is a small version of strip-twist to use as sample for class and show that you can do it two colors if prefer.This one is Vintage Santa's - another previous sample from the store which never got past the flimsy stage until now. It feels so good to get some thing completed.

Now I only have one more baby and Christmas Lights waiting for binding then on to quilting a few more or finishing tops; whichever yells the loudest.

Quilting Frenzy

I have been quilting up a storm lately, I have 6 quilts quilted and ready to bind and boy does that feel good. It will feel better when the binding is on....pictures to follow. Off to work now.

2 Quilts finished - YEAH!!!

Scott's Star

I have finished Scott's Star (Carolina Christmas from Quiltville.com) It was a mystery quilt before Christmas last year and I have delivered it to my son and he loved it.

I also finished , today my Double Delight (another Quiltville mystery). The top was completed within 4 months of starting which was a big accomplishment for me but then it had to wait to get quilted as other items seemed to take precedence. Anyway I started quilting it just after Christmas and then it had to wait patiently for binding which I started before we went away a couple of weeks ago.

I finished the binding yesterday and washed it today, it has turned out so lovely I am going to miss it. Early on although I liked the way the pattern was going I wasn't crazy about the pink but I was sure my daughter's mother-in-law would love it so I decided it was for her. I must admit over time the pink has grown on me and I'm thinking I might have to make another one....... It will be on its way to its new home in Ontario later this week and I know it will be loved and appreciated so all is great. Hope everyone had an enjoyable Father's Day.

Double Delight

Wine carriers

In these pictures there is one completed wine (or whatever you want) carrier. It's the white daisy and you can't see the hole where the bottle goes in very well in the picture but hopefully you get the idea. I will have to take another picture of it standing up with a bottle in it so you can see better. I appliqued with machine blanket stitch and really like it but if I want to sell these I thought it took too long. When we started painting the towels yesterday and had a light bulb moment and thought I could paint the wine carriers as well. The rest of the pictures are the painted wine carriers that now need to be finished but I love the way they look so far. If they don't sell they will make great gifts so nothing lost.

P S We finally have some sun today, YEAH!!

Hand Painted Towels

Here are the pictures of the towels we painted yesterday, I am so pleased with them.