Summer visitor

Last week I had a very interesting visitor in my backyard. I was taking the peelings out to the compost and this is who I woke up. She was sleeping in the shade of the garage. Everyon thought she would have been eating in the garden but the lettuce is untouched.

On the weekend we where at the campgrounds and the kids at the next camper found a lone baby duckling beside another that did not make it. The water at the lake came up over the last week again sew we thinkthat the nest might have gotten to close and momma left. But the kids are looking after the babe and are trying to keep it fed and warm sew that they can release it a little later this summer.

lucky ducky

We are having a nice warm spell right now ,,,,,,,hmmmmm summer ..... it's sew nice to have you back, we have missed you the last couple of years.



I have also been busy working in the yard , pulling weeds ,watering plants and tending to the veggies. I want to tidy it up a little as we are palning on haveing the twilight ball team over for a bbq .....sew I think I will need all the room out there  that I can find . It will be great to see the gang. Hubby retired from the baseball team last year and when we hear that the games where here this year he wanted to treat the guys to a meal with us. Sew I will be busy getting that ready for the next day or sew.
I miss my sewing machine I have not been there for a few days now ... hard to believe for some of my friends.   Soon I will get there... I hope.
I do have a treasure to share .... maybe next time
I am off to work
in stitches Annette 

Quilt show

The Quilt Show At the Gallery on Third in Watrous SK,                     Sew grab a ice tea and have a look around and sit for a spell.  If you want a closer look just click on the quilt .

The quilt show is on until July 3 from 1 -4  daily I believe .

quilted puzzle

Paper piecing

Work in progress

Well is seam to be on a roll today. This will be the third blog of the day. The quilt show is  put on by the local arts council featuring a few of the local quilters. This is the first of many quilts shows, I hope.  Sew I hope you enjoyed the show.  I noticed that I missed one of my quilts but I am sure that I got all the other ladies.
sew until a little later or next week
keep in stitches
Hugs Annette

Class samples

aprons for big and little cooks

Summer Daze Tote

Crazy for Candles

I have been having some fun whipping up a few samples for the classes that I will be teaching this fall at Haus of Stitches in Humboldt.  We picked out some fun prints to make them up in. It was strange to come home with fabric and not to have spent a cent. Thanks for the confidence in me to be a teacher for you Wendy.    These are all patterns that I have developed, in hopes to share with other quilters my love of the craft. I hope to have them for sale on the blog at a later time,  or just ask about them and we can see what we can do to get them to you.
in stitches until next time
hugs Annette

Morgan's Grad quilt

Morgan's Grad Quilt
Shadow Box

and on the flip side the quilt label

Well I finally have some pictures of Morgan's quilt. It is quilted with feathers in the blocks and meandering in the sashing as well as the border with threads to match. I am happy with how it turned out and hope that Morgan likes her grad quilt. This is the last of the grad quilts as I had started years ago with my oldest niece Tammy and now  this make 11 quilts in all.  I should have taken photos of them all over the years as I know that the style and materials have changed as well as my skills in quilting. I can picture most of them in my mind and know that they are used and loved.
 Hubby's Mom is off to see Morgan this week sew she will deliver the quilt for us. I hope she will get a picture of Morgan with her quilt, if she dose I will share it with you.
Sew stay in stitches.
hugs Annette

Samples

 Sew at the moment I have been busy making up samples for a shop that I will be teaching at in the fall.Some are done up in holiday prints and others just for fun. I hope the samples will entice some folks to take the classes when they are offered.  It will be nice to meet a bunch of new to me quilters as the shop is about one hour away, It is in Humboldt SK.( the shop that puts on the conference ).  It is always fun to share what you know with other quilters and learn from each other. 
Sew the classes that I will be teaching will be
Summer Daze Tote
Crazy for Candles ... candle mat
Quilted Post Cards
Aprons
As I have been making up the samples it has refreshed the pattern in my mind and I have thought of a few tips to add to the patterns, sew that means I will be editing them a bit as I re-type them ( they are on the old hard drive and I am not sure if it will be saved )
I did also manage to get a couple batches of cookies baked for dear hubby, and now I am thinking of going out to pick some of the weeds out of the garden and enjoy the sunshine.
sew  we will chat more later
take care
in stitches
Annette
p.s.  
the quilt show is all set up I hope to take my camera to get some shots to share

Quilt labels

 I just wanted to put in a word about labels on our quilts.

 Labels in my opinion are very important as they can give the holder of your quilt a little history behind it.  They can tell who it was made for, why it was made or just who made it. Sometimes they will even have the design and designer info as well.
I have done many different types of labels from just a simple penned on fabric to embroidered as well as computer generated. I have also used the labels that you can buy by the yard at your favorite quilt shop.

I have been working on a  few labels for some of my quilts. One is for Morgan's grad and the others just need to have their info with them so that I do not forget when they were made. A couple of them will be at a local show at the art gallery here in town, sew it also helps them tom make it back home as well. ( the ones I am working on are embroidered with my Brother machine )
Sew it has always been a good idea to do this to give a little history as well as showing others that you are proud of the work that you have created.

If you look around the web you will find labels that can be printed off onto treated fabric.  Make sure that you have the right fabrics treatment for you printer or the printing will just wash off. You may even find ideas on scrap booking pages / sites to suit your quilt to a tee.

Sew I am off to work ( lunch break )
take care
stay in stitches
Annette

camp site for the summer

well we will be taking the camper out to the camp site after supper tonight if hubby is not to late getting home. Out campsite is about 1 hr away,sew not to far just to do the set up and then we can get it in order this weekend.
We find it nice to be able to go for the weekend in the summer as we both are working and filling in when holidays are being taken.Last summer I went out on my own when hubby had to work It was a nice break just to relax and enjoy nature.
It sounds like there might be a bit of clean up going on at the park as it was flooded in areas earlier this spring, sew we will all make the best of what we have and what we can do to help.
One of the campsite campers is a gal I went to high school with. And another is a family who have moved here from England. There are also a bunch of other friends from town and some that we only see when we are there . Sew I am looking forward to this time at the park to share with them.
I might even take a small sewing machine with me ..... you just never know when you might need it.; )

our camper ... home away from home

well supper is almost done ...Hamburgers spuds and corn on the cob.I have cooked extra potatoes and eggs to make potato salad tomorrow.
sew i am off for now as I feel I am rambling on .
Take care
In stitches
Annette