More Fun Time

In Canada, we had a long weekend (August 3rd). Yeah for some time off. And then, my supervisor surprised me with the rest of the week off. What??? Believe me I ran out that door before she could change her mind. WhoopWhoop! Vacation time!!

I decided to drive south. South as in Cornwall, Ontario. My friend Pink lives there and we haven't seen each other in WAYYYY TOO LOOOONNNGGG. What joy she is! A balm on my overstressed system. A reboot was what the Doctor prescribed and she is the best one to help me accomplished that.

And we went shopping! Oh no! Yes, I did bought a *few* things. Haha. 

I'm sorry but in my excitement of being in a fabric store I forgot to take pictures. :^( 

We went to Auntie Em's Quilting. My sewing friends go there but it was my first time. A lovely little store. 

The purchases: I bought a Mystery bag of 10 fat quarters. I thought it would enhance my stash (like it needs enhancement??!!) to finish some projects. To my surprise, the bag contained this: 

Ten matching fat quarters. This is a quilt in itself. So I guess I just *accidentally* added another project on my to-do list, lol. 

This Sewing Tote kit came home too. It has the hardware and the zipper included. I'm sure I can find some fabric in my stash for this. I will have to purchase the foam stabilizer and fusible batting it requires. 

Then, Pink gave me some fabric too. Oh MY!! 

Lots of fat quarters here too. So generous!! Thank you so much sweet friend. 💗

What else have I done? Hand quilting. It is so pleasant. 

You can see that I'm now on the third row. Whoop Whoop! So much time to sew when one is on vacation. 

I switch the chair to the other side of the frame. Since I'm left-handed having the window on my left side caused me to work in my shadow. Now it is so much brighter. 

My friend Lucie opens her garage during the summer for her quilty friends to gather and enjoy some SEWcializing. We were 7 quilters in her garage on Wednesday. I'm planning to go again as she does this every Wednesday. 

I had so much fun there too. Of course, I bragged about my Parking Spot plate that Pink gave me on Saturday. (Yes, another gift from Pink. 💕) 

Lots of jokes and comments were said about that one, lol. 

Lucie assembled her batik quilt. It was a kit she bought a few months earlier. Planning the borders now. 

Michelle worked on her Delectable Mountains using 1.25 inch strips. 

Françoise did the binding on another baby quilt for my drive. Isn't it a gorgeous one? 

And these are the other baby quilts that were ready for me to pick up. 

I didn't bring my sewing machine but worked on an old project turned UFO. Lori from Humble Quilts did this quilt-along back in 2023. It's Parsonfield. 

I did a heart in the centre and some straight lines on the diagonal. I was there for the social part of the gathering much more than for the quilting part, lol. I brought everything I needed except for my scissors. Sigh! How can a quilter forget the scissors?? Lucie lent me hers. 

They have a little heart for the tip so they don't pierce her sewing bag. It's so cute! 

Some photos from my *Bucket Garden*. 

Mint and radishes. This is the second batch as the first batch of radishes drowned. It's so wet here. 

The beans took hold of the patio table's leg and won't let go, lol. I'm not expecting a big harvest from that one. 

Bucket full of carrots. 

The sweet peas are not liking the wet summer we're having this year. Or is it my poor gardening skills that is killing this plant? 

Cucumbers. I might harvest some of that. Fingers crossed. Well, at least I tried. And yes, I will try again next year. I believe it's time I weed out this garden bed. Lol. (it's a hose, not a snake.) 

Raven is very happy to have me home all day. It's funny how he sleeps exactly in the same position that I do. 

I'm heading back to the office on Monday, but my intentions are to enjoy this weekend to the fullest. What about you? 

Okay, just one more picture because it is so cute! 

I will visit these talented ladies' link-party this week. See you there.

Angela at So Scrappy
Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts
Alycia for Finished or Not Friday
Kathy for Slow Sunday Stitching
Cynthia for Oh Scrap!

Where Has Orange Month Gone ?

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I didn't sew a stitch all week but for the last week of Orange month, I sew up another one early this morning because . . . 

one is a lonely number.

First and second block. 

Will the entire quilt be orange and blue? It just might but nothing is determined yet. 

Although, I didn't sew this past week, I did perused some magazines from the pile of gifted quilt magazines. I found a little block I like. You know the kind of block that just sit on your mind until you sew it up? Yea, one of those. So, early this morning, this one was born.  

Yep, another one that has a 9-Patch vibe about it. I guess I'm a 9-Patch junky, lol. 

I used 2.5" squares and strips but it would work with any size squares. 

What's a new block without a little blooper. The backside is not quite flat. I need to pay more attention to the flip side next time.  

AND some 15 quilt magazines are in the giveaway bag for the next and last meeting of Artisanat on June 2nd. Yeah me! 

Group photo. It was fun sewing big pieces compared to my usual 1.5" bits. Hollow Nine with 2" squares. Newest block with 2.5" and the orange and blue one uses 3" squares. 

This year, encouraged by Cathy at Sane, Crazy and Crumby Quilting, I tried gardening in containers. Something is growing and that's amazing to me who always call myself a serial plant killer. Lol.  

Radishes that almost froze one night that I forgot them outside. Onions on the right. 

Snow peas

Carrots . . . maybe? In the round container I put onions because I thought the potatoes weren't going to make it. Haha! Oh well. If the potatoes taste like onions, they'll be good in the stews. 😉 It's time for me to water these I think. 

Something is changing at work. They have hired a new girl. It's been a month since the other one was let go. I trained the new girl this past week (more work). Even though, she won't work with me but the department that she will eventually work for won't have as many tasks for me to do anymore. So, it's still a win, win situation. 

Hope you find time to stitch. It's always beneficial. . . for the mind. 

Enjoy!

;^)

As always, I'll try to catch these talented ladies' link-party. See you there. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Alycia for Finished or Not Friday

Cynthia for Oh Scrap!