Blast from the Past

This morning, I received an email from Kathy (my LAer) and she sent a photo of something she found in this magazine:

It was an article about a quilt that I had made from one of their patterns.  This was at the time when we lived in Scarborough, Ontario (a suburb of Toronto) and that is me holding up the quilt.

Talk about a Blast from the Past!  It made me chuckle and it made my day!  Thank you Kathy for sending this to me.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country!  My country will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be CANADA!

Elbows up, eh!  BABA

Some Good News!

Recently, my friend Darlene and I each donated a couple quilts to a health organization for a silent auction.

For me, this was a test run to see if they would sell and be wanted.  Not everyone is into quilts .... I know, I know .....

Anyway, they all sold and for the highest bidding prices!  Woohoo!

These were the quilts that I donated.

Considering that hubby is using our health system more these days, it was a good cause to donate to.  I will have a couple more for next year.

Regarding hubby, he is falling less these days .... which I'm so happy about.  I didn't know what would await for me when I woke up in the morning.  A physiotherapist is coming to our home once a week to give him exercises to help make his legs and core muscles stronger.  We are just starting to see results.

He is also receiving help from PSW's twice per day now.  It just got to the point where I just couldn't give him the proper care that he needed.  I had to laugh one day when a new PSW came to visit.  He didn't know if it was me or hubby he came to help.  When I told him it was hubby, he said that he could also take care of me at same time.  That is how poorly my health has become.  I'm just so weak and tired these days.

I did make a trip down to Toronto to see a neuro surgeon.  He will be doing a muscle biopsy to help find out what is my problem.  I'm just waiting for a date.  This way, hopefully, an answer will be found and if there is a treatment or not.  I just need to know.

My sister and I will be visiting a few local nursing homes in the coming weeks.  An application for hubby will be submitted so that he can get on to a list for down the road.  If I go into a retirement home, hubby may not be able to come with me as he is on the cusp of a home vs. nursing home.  

We are working with a co-ordinator that makes things happen for us as she knows our goal is to stay in our home for as long as possible.  When my sister and her went to check our home for safety, she saw my quilts and was totally impressed.  I could hear them laughing and asked my sister why?  My sister then showed the lady all the quilts in the bookcase in my bedroom and she said that there were LOTS more in other places in the house!  LOL

So, that was my good news and not so good news ...

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country.  My country will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be CANADA!

Elbows up, eh!

Cassandra's Circle

In my quest to move along some old UFO's, this project was pulled out and worked on.  Lots of applique to help keep me busy for a few nights.  Look at my beautiful Shweshwe fabric.  Love it and I have a bin full of this fabric in this colour.  I just drool every time the bin gets opened!  LOL

There are still three tiny circles to applique in the center, but soon I can start to figure out how to finish this.  There won't be any more blocks to make as a decision was made to cut back on the pattern and finish it.

My flying geese are slowly being work on and there are just four more rows to go.  Yeah.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country.  My country will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be CANADA!

Elbows up, eh!

 

Joseph's Coat

Finally, finally, this quilt is finished!

I brought it to show at night guild and two lovely ladies held it up for all to see while I sat in my chair and talked about it.

In my mind, I have been thinking that this is a 15 yr. old UFO.  Duh, wrong!  It was started in 2009 and that makes it 17 yrs. old.  Now, the funny part is .... we have a high school principle in our group and when she heard about when it was started .... can you guess what she was thinking?  Math was never my strong subject.  Oh well .... move on!  LOL

Here is a closer look:

Anyway, can't say this has been a total joy to make.  A few different methods of applique was used until my favourite method was used to complete it and then the finishing became easier.  I'm glad it is done and crossed off my UFO list.

Quilt Details:

Source:  I can't find the source for this pattern.  It got lost while this project was being shuffled around for a few years.  This started as a quilt-along, but I think the blog is no longer active.

Started:  November 2009

Top Finished:  September 2025

Quilt Finished:  May, 2026

Quilt Size:  62-1/2" x 90-1/4" (top size before quilting, washing and drying:  64-3/4" x 93")

Batting:  Hobbs poly

Quilted by:  Kathy Harris using Midsummer Dream by Christy Dillon

So glad this quilt is done and put away for a rainy day.

On a different note, my niece and her family nearly lost their cottage that is situated on a lake in our city.  She sent me photos the next day.  Look how close the fire came!  Cause is possibly electrical from a water pump.

This was the fire taken from the lake.

My niece's cottage is the one with the Canadian flag.  Luckily, neighbours doused the side of their cottage with a hose to keep the flames from spreading.  The only damage to this cottage was a dryer vent that buckled from the heat.  Fire trucks were there but the fire was too far gone.  The cottage was old and wooden, so all they could do was keep the fire from spreading.

This was all that remained the next morning.  So sad as the owners lived there for 53 years.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country.  My country will always, always be CANADA!

Elbows up, eh!

Flying Geese Again

The process of sewing all those flying geese blocks into strips is a tad tedious and boring, but they are getting done.  Only 6 more rows to go ...

I sew batches of 10 blocks from each colour and then join into a long strip.  It is slow going as there is a lot of pinning going on.

Yep, getting there.  Just those 6 rows on the right to do.

Guess what ..... I'm already thinking of borders and what fabrics to use.  Other fabrics have been pulled out, displayed and discarded.  So far, these are a go for now.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country!  My country will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be CANADA!

Elbows up, eh!

Flying geese ….

This project has leaped forward quite a lot.  Just a scattering of blocks to make and then assembly time. 

Yes, I saw that red block was placed wrong and it has been corrected and all blocks will be double checked to make sure they are going in the right direction before assembly.

Another pair of leg warmers have been made!  I’m so happy as my legs will be nice and warm this coming fall/winter.  Two pairs!  Yeah.  I’m also so happy that my change in knitting method is working out.

Then, I had some free time and got another section done on my EPP project.  Once the flying geese are off the design wall, that EPP project will get pinned and I can start sewing together the next section.

On hubby note, he is still falling.  This morning, his legs gave out and luckily he was using his walker and ended up on his knees and was then able to use his walker to stand up.  A physio lady is coming to our home on Monday to assess him and hopefully she will be able to help him build up strength in his legs.  Every day is an adventure ....

On a political note, a mining company in British Columbia just hired Kristi Noem.  WTF.  I thought we Canadians were smarter than that.  I'm absolutely disgusted hearing that news.  Perhaps that company is American owned or she has something on the owner .... or maybe the site is overrun with stray dogs.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country!  My country will 

ALWAYS, ALWAYS be CANADA!

What I’m working on ….

This past week has been busy with hubby.  He has been falling, falling, falling ….. and can’t get up again.  This morning, I had to call 911 to send paramedics to help get him up.  They are going to recommend a service to contact me and they will be working with us to help keep him safe.

So, not much sewing has happened, but I did get some sewing in.  I’m revisiting this project again to keep it moving along.  

The blocks are getting pinned onto my design wall.  So far, about 3/4 of the green and red blocks have been made ..... so I'm getting there!

I'm trying to get all Xmas quilts made and then donate the rest of my Xmas fabrics.  Time to deal with my stash.  

I don't know about you, but I'm praying for pouring rain on June 14 in a certain part of the world!  A certain orange clown needs to have a pissy day considering the cruelty he has imposed on the world and on humanity.

Cherish your day, cherish your life, cherish your freedom and cherish your country.  My country will ALWAYS, ALWAYS be CANADA!

Elbows up, eh!