Two Long Weeks

I brought my "pet" spider at work on Halloween and someone invited a "Punk-kin" cousin.
They hitched up right away. Haha. (The lollipops are the punk's mohawk hairdo. So cool!)

She was running all over the place.
On the left is my beautiful co-receptionist dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. 

No sun shining, 

No flowers blooming, 

No birds singing, 

No children out playing, 

No vember! 

Ready or not, November is here. Enough said, on to sewing. Not that I did much. Got busy with nothing, played Volleyball, got some kind of bug/flu for 24 hours and went to a class. Now, that was fun. 

I learned how to draw on Pergamano or Parchment Craft paper. It is so beautiful! I need more practice but unfortunately this is hard to come by in Canada. 

This is the kit we got in class. I only did two because it is very delicate and slooooww work. 

I did the bookmark for Olivia as it was her birthday shortly after the class. I messed up the edges. It is a tricky puncture trimming. 

Regardless, I'm happy with my first try. Not sure how many I will make. It takes very good eyes and a steady hand to accomplish this craft beautifully. But the class was fun, with 7 other ladies. The teacher said we were good students. Yay! 

I also played Volleyball at the Dome! 

 

This place is huge. There are 8 volleyball courts and 3 soccer courts under one dome. The blue arrow points at a net (some 20-25 feet up) separating the 4 volleyball courts from the other 4. The white dome is inflated and the blue is the bottom part. I couldn't reached the white section even on tippy toes. (I'm 5'6" btw), I mean, it's a HUGE place. Very well ventilated and I didn't feel claustrophobic at all. We lost but we were must closer to winning than the first time I played. Maybe next time. 

How about sewing?  I did nothing worth showing but since you made it all the way down here, I'll show it anyway. 

I'm sewing pieces (read crumbs) of white to finish off the Stained Glass blocks. Boring picture. Skip that. 

I'm sewing some black and white HSTs for a new project. Yes, it will become my RSC2025. 

Or like this ? 

Or like the original quilt Cathy did, with the HST all the same size. (Oh, of course, I can't find it anymore! Darn!!!) Cathy, if you recognize your quilt that inspired me, please tell me on which post I saw it. It's a wonderful scrappy quilt.

I also added the border on the baby flannelette quilt. 

Not trimmed yet. If you look at the bottom right, I had to change the yellow piece. The previous one had frayed beyond the size I needed. This one is not the same yellow but it will have to do. 

Somehow, 9-patch blocks were made. I don't remember making some of them. Such were the last 2 weeks for me, lol. 

Back in September, I took a picture of my brown scraps. Remember this? 

And this morning, I took another picture. 

If you don't see the difference between the two pictures, you are absolutely normal. I didn't sew enough to make a dent anywhere in the brown scraps. Sigh! BUT! I love doing this and will continue to do so next year. 

At the craft class, one of the ladies said "if I had known you were coming, I would had brought a bad of scraps for you". Yes, I do have to continue this next year because scraps are still coming in, haha. 

Enjoy your scraps!! 

;^)

Joining these talented ladies this week. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

NinaMarie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever