Jan.4, 2019

Took me twice to get these photos to load. The first one was a block lotto block in 2018 at the beginning of the year.

The next 2 are the back and front of a baby quilt I made for a donation to Indus Arena's Men's auction as a thank you from our Days For Girls group. Indus donates a meeting room for our sew days once a month. The fabric was all left over scraps for other projects.

Still have not made it to my sewing room.  Should be home tomorrow so I am hoping to get some sewing done.  I have been knitting in the evening while watching t.v.

Happy quilting to all.

Jan. 4, 2019 Quilts at BowBench Retreat

Hi, we were out this morning and I really haven't gotten into my sewing room today. Better luck tomorrow morning I am hoping.  I am presently working on my "3 dudes-african fabric" quilt.
Can't post it till after July when it will be given as a gift.

 This was at a sew day at BowBench Retreat.  The 2 quilts on the wall were done by Sue N. and I really liked the patterns so took photo's of them for future ideas. Sue made both for charity quilts.

 Below is a Judy Niemeyer quilt made by Sue K. She did a great job.  She finished the top that day.

Good morning, Thought I would add a few more things I finished in 2018

Above are denim circle placemats. There are 8 of them.

 I learned how to do sashoko and used it for the centre of this small quilt. It hangs over the back of one of my living room chairs. Above front, back is below and is butterfly material. I hand quilted around alot of butterflies for the quilting on the piece

Have a good day and happy quilting,

Carol

Well, I had a surprise today when I decided to check my blogger page.  I had no idea that I had not left a post in such a long time.  It was 2016. Wow. I really should post more often. I will try to remember to do this in future.  

Happy New Year to all that read this blog.  I have uploaded a few things that I have crafted recently.

   The photo above is of the 2 blocks that I made for Block Lotto for Dec. 2018.  I did not win so they will be hitting the mail likely tomorrow.

 The 4 potholders I make for Christmas. The are all gone from my house now.  I need to make some more folded start centres so I have the ready for finish for the next needed occasion.

 I bought 2 chair pads from Bed, Bath and Beyond and the used waste canvas to cross-stitch the Dr. Who Tardis on this one and the second one(which I forgot to take a photo of) has the Dalek on it.

 This was the Nov. block lotto block.  I believe that I did not get the photo uploaded for this one so it is mine to keep.

These are door hanging ornaments that we made at my craft guild. They went to a nursing unit in Strathmore before Christmas.

We had a great holiday season. Hope everyone else did.

Happy Sewing,

Carol

Days for girls sew day…July 6, 2016

Days for girls sew day with the Langdon Alberta team. Maureen and Carol are coleaders. Maureen is on the right. Carol took the photo. Fenna is cutting corners before serging the liners.  We held a sew day on July 6.  Had a great time

Carol is doing a demo here of how to doodles a design onto the bag before sewing it. I used some quilting templates to stencil a pattern onto the material first and then just started to doodle.

Here is some of the stuff that we finished during our sew day. Some items were made at home

and turned into group that day.

Finished design, now ready to be made into a bag and draw string added.

block of the month 2012. still UFO

Block of the month I did at Cotton and Candy in Strathmore a few years ago.  Unfortunately the store is not closed.  Was trying to decide on how to finish this one.

flying geese mini quilt

Mini quilt I made for our quilt show.  The centre triangle are licra(swim suit material) All paper pieced.
I had fun getting the strips done.