Ethan, Amelia and anniversary 2024

..Ethan in April 2024 on his swing.

..Amelia walking same day

..Dave and  Carol celebrating 35th anniversary 2024

We were at Grizzly House in Banff for dinner. Also went on the gondola. Wonderful anniversary. A week late due to weather.  We got our trip in the middle of 2 snow storms.

 

charity sew day 2023 fall.

Charity sew day at Nancy's 2023, I think.

 

Derailed placemats....April 2024 second post

 This was a f.q. testing pattern I made. Like the results. Found My 1/4" seams are a little less and ended up being 1/2" bigger than should have been.  

charity sew with hunter's star.

 These are from another charity sew day at bow bench retreat. 

had fun making this one.

 knit baby afghan. Done 2 or 3 years ago.

Advent calendar made Dec. 2023

 Advent calendar that I made for Amelia this past Christmas. Gingerbread men are pockets as well.

Toque blocks March 2024

 Charity blocks that I worked on in March, at BowBench Retreat.  They were fun to make.

Derailed...test pattern March 2024

 Just tested a pattern for Eileen. I made 2 placemats instead of the big quilt. Nice option for me. I could get it finished.  This was a fat quarter pattern , called "derailed".

This was the quilt I made for Ethan.  The rocket part of it was a pattern I tested for "the quilt pattern magazine" and I decided on wonky stars in the night sky to make the quilt bigger for his twin bed.. The table topper was a secret pal gift given to me from a member of Dalemead quilters guild quite a few years ago.  Sorry to say I have forgotten who made it and it is away with the Christmas decorations now. The felt poinsettia was made by me at the Indus Handicraft guild several years ago.

This advent calendar was made by me for Amelia.  It was a printed panel and the intent was that the pockets would be in a straight line.  I did not want to do it that way so found a red piece of fabric backed all the pockets and appliquéd three sides to the back.  I made the gingerbread men into pockets as well.  Numbers of pockets are not in order.
 

strip quilt for charity and sunrise Jan. 1, 2024

 Strip quilt uploaded to computer on Jan. 1, 2024 . Finished likely the week after Christmas.   The sunrise below is from some time that week as well. Small quilt will be donated to comfort quilt of  Wheatland quilting guild some time soon.

charity quilt day..Hunter star

This day happened Feb. 3, 2024.  At BowBench. It was lovely seeing these units coming together. I travelled with Maureen O. and she drove us to the event. Got the top this far before 3p.m. so was home earlier then usual for a charity day.