Getting back to our sask winter ..........



the view from our room
in Cancun

Getting back to things....... a little slow still want my quilt to curl up with.
A little about our holiday. Hubby's niece Kaley married on the 1st of March to her Romeo. They had a tearruis ceremony with the Ocean in the background. A lovely ceremony with about 40 wittiness's to their union. Re4ception was at the Royal Sands as well and supper was next door at Sisal. We had the banquet room that was done up like a Mexican village with the stars twinkling above. ( poor lighting for my camera)    This was the main reason for the trip.

The bride and her groom

Earlier in the week we all where on a catamaran, It was a day long trip in the bay between the strip with the hotels and the main land. We had the opportunity to snorkel , swim and take in some local food. They took a lot of pictures on the trip, that is the photographer.... but we left them behind he wanted $200. US for them and we all agreed that this was too much. Between all the other cameras on broad we could have enough it will just take a little time to get them. Sew now we wait for the flash stick to come in the mail.

We visited with Romeo's family , went out to a few different night spots and tried different Mexican foods. And of course we did a little shopping. Hubby and I did a little grocery shopping for our Villa and some to bring back for our daughter that could not make it.
It was great to relax around the pool and to play in the waves of the ocean ..... such nice shades of blue in the ocean.

I lost my voice on Tuesday and yesterday it turned into a lovely cold .... what a way to spend the last of my holidays.
Sew in a nut shell that was our week. Now it will be getting back into the swing of things. and my quilting of course, and a little knitting for Grandma Coco.
Sew now that we are home we have heard that we might get a bit of a storm ...... but we all  know that spring is on it was sew any crazy weather will be short lived. It has been a very mild winter this year sew we should be able to handle what comes our way.
Now where's that quilt.
in stitches
Annette
 

OHLA .......... AHCOO....

Ohla ...Hello
I am home form our holiday/ family wedding in Mexcio
We had a great time, lost my voice and it has now turned into a sinus cold .......
Sew  I hope to get a few pics and tell you more in the moring as I just want ot curl up with one of my quilts tonight.
Sew until morning Stay in stitches
hugs Annette

W.I.P. Wednesday

Well my project for this Wednesday  is a little different ..... No sewing involved with the main part of my day just a little of this

suit cases half packed ....... note the suitcase  scale on the side
after packing both are well under weight ......             ;  )

About time I got this done .......

sew now that I am packed we will be heading off on a holiday .
We are off to a warm wedding.
Sew that will mean that my blog will be on the quite side until I return.

Sunshine here we come

But until we leave I will try and get a little stitching in on my main project.

in stitches
Annette

p.s.    I am linking up with The needle and Thread Network.   Check out the link on my side bar to see what the other gals across Canada have been up to.

on to the next round

I have gotten back to Jewels of the Night ( my challenge project) and I was able to get the next round finished ...only three more borders to go.

I had also gotten a start on a little Christmas sewing and made thses two aprons and then used the pieces cut away to make a pot holder to go with each apron. I have been hopeing to link up with  a site that Fiona had told me about .... maybe next month I'll be home to do that. The site has a link for making Christmas items throughout the year and postoing them by the 25 of each month .I  will have to see if I can find it later today and get a link going.

My blog will be a little quite later this week as we will be off for a wedding ...... in Cancun Mexico
ahhhhh sunshine and warmth..... mind you with hot flashes who needs Mexico.lol
It has not been a bad winter this year much warmer than usual and hardly any snow where we are. Sew from flooding in the basement 2 years ago to looking for the mosture this year...... things are a changing that's for sure.
Off to stitch a little before work ,
I am getting excited to have this one done and to be on holidays.
In stitches and hugs
Annette

quite weekend for quilting

Well it's been a quite weekend for any quilting , but I have done a bit of sewing for a few others going on holidays with me . And weekend company... love to have the company : ) I guess I will have to check my stuff to see if I need any fixes to need to make any thing before I go. Nothing like last minute sewing. But really I think if I make any thing it will be a wrap for my swim suit cover up.
I hope to get a couple other thinks done before we go and get a good start on a project for grandma coco
( testing a pattern out for her).
I did manage to get 2 Christmas aprons cut out and pressed maybe I'll get those done and have a start on some Christmas sewing and link up with a few other gals I know who are part of that challenge.
Sew for now, it is back to watch some of the curling on TV ....  the ladies are curling this week.
take care
in stitches
Annette

We have a winner

I would like to say thank you to all who entered my little giveaway, and those who just pop over to see what I am up to. It has been a great pleasure getting to know you all.
back to the business at hand .

I was up early this morning checking to see if there were any more entries. Then I did the old fashioned way For the draw........ wrote the names on paper ,cut apart

drum roll........

 and then put in a pot....
..... light shaken and then pulled out a name......

congratulations Fiona from BubzRugz
an interesting fact ..... a year ago she stumbled across my blog and had become my very first follower.Since then we have chatted many times and I feel we have become friends and I hope to meet her the next time we are down under visiting family.

sew as soon as I hear from her I will get her package off in the mail.

And here's to another year of blogging I hope you can all stop by from time to time.....
in stitches
Annette

Valentines Day / one year bloging

Happy Valentines' Day to you one and all.
Well it's been a full year today that I have been trying this thing called blogging.
I have learned alot about the computer and how things work and learned a lot from other blogers/quilters out there as well. I had thought that I was not going to be able to figure this out and then my daughter showed me the blog she does for her class to keep the kids and parents informed. She walked me through getting started and has helpped when I have had a question or two and I have a few blogging friends that have helpped figure other things out as well. And that does not even touch all the other things i have learned from quilting to being guleten free.
I hope to try and keep it up for another year , and longer .

I do a a little to show for this weeks W.I.P.
I have started on a small wall hanging  using spool blocks. My friend Sheila is making one and I had told her I would try to do the same.
Here is what I was able to get started with

the far pic shows the block with 4 spools that I will set with these two larger ones. they will be the center of my wall hanging. I will also add my blog name to the wall hanging to hang in the quilting area.
Still quilting on my challenge quilt , about 1/2 done now.


Sew that 's all for now be sure to check out The Needle and Thread Network link on my side bar .
And if you are sew inclind check out my ppost from a couple days ago with my anniversary give away ( closes midnight on the 15)


take care  and hugs
in stitches
Annette