Getting ready for the next blog hop



I have been working away on my project for this next hop. I hope you all stop in to see what the ladies have created this time around. I think it should be a fun hop and get us all inspired to make a few gifts for the holiday season. I know that it is months away right now but it will be here before we know it.
I'll post the full set of links later this week.
Have a great day
in stitches
Annette

Home again

We are back from a great little holiday with my BIL and SIL.
Can you guess where we were.

Golden Gate Bridge

If you guessed San Francisco, you would be right.
We did some sight seeing as well as taking in a couple of the Giants games at the AT &T ball park.

At the ball park
our first Major League Game

We sure did a lot of walking there. We even walked to the ball park (4.5miles one way) and home again to the hotel.
Any of you who live neat the ocean are sew  lucky to have fresh seafood as part of your daily diet. We made sure that we had some a couple of times while we were there.

I hope to get back to some of my projects this week ..... it's been a while since I have done any sewing. I wonder if I will remember how.... wink ... wink   ;)
Have a great day.
In stitches
Annette

Oh My Stars! EQ 7 Draw along

Sorry I am a little late I was away, but here is my post.
What a great block we where shown how to draw out in EQ7 in June.
This block was a little more challenging on the piecing end as I have not done a lot of paper piecing.

I did find that these tools helped in the making of my  block.

add 1/4" ruler, post card and my mini cutting mat

Here is my finished block

I sure like the blocks I saw on the EQ7 Draw a long
I will be getting this month's lesson off the blog later today to see what I can create next.
In stitches
Annette

just a short note to claim my blog

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 Not sew easy to cut and paste this morning, but I did it and now I am in Bloglovin
follow along by using the button on my side bar.
Do not want to lose my list sew I really hope this works well for us all.
It's always good to learn something new.... right?
in stitches

Putting my Stamp on It...... with a

It's the 26th of June and time to start a new hop, Sew let's put our stamp on it. Mine will be with a Dragonfly and some lilies too.
I do love my Dragon flies and all the good that they do eating up those mosquitoes.... or mossies' as my Aussie cousins call them.
I love the colors that they come in and the sizes that they can be from the tiny bright blue to the large dark green and gold.
One summer I had one come and land on the magazine that I was reading, it flew away and came right back to see if I had turned the page. It hung out with me for about 20 minutes.
 I have many pins and decorations, and coffee/ tea cups with dragonflies as well as a few quilted items and a little extra fabric.

I also love our prairie lilies and I used a dear friends pattern to make the lilies that I have on my stamp.I thought it was a great way to blend our ideas.
Put them together and this is what I came up with .......

I picked up some Jumbo Rickrack for my stamps edge and a little ribbon. I think it worked out well, don't you?

As you can see from the stamp I live in Canada and I chose to have what we call Permanent Postage , with the little P on the Maple Leaf.
A few years back I also made this quilt when we received a new cancellation mark for our town..

I hope you enjoyed my little post and will stop in and see what the others have created leaving their stamp behind.
Thanks to Thearica and Mdm Samm for keeping us in a creative loop and in touch with sew many other who share some of the same addictions ...... fabrics and sewing....just plain  old playing with our toys, and of course to do our show and tell.
Here is a pic of the pattern that I used for my lilies, ChiChi may have it in other shops as well.

 Here are the links for the hop  today. I do hope you  enjoy a visit and a glass of lemonade as you follow along.
June 26
Marjorie'sBusyCorner

Life in the Scrapatch

Pig Tales and Quilts

littlemushroomcap

sosewgreen

The Thimblemouse

Just Let Me Quilt

Words & Stitches

In Stitches And Seams  that's me

                                                                  Have a great Summer

in stitches
Annette

New Hop Starts on the 26th

Are you ready to put your stamp on it?     I am and I can hardly wait to see what everyone else has created. I am sure this will be another fun hop with some very interesting quilted stamps that show a little more about each of us.
I will be on day #1 sew stop on by to see what the first day brings.
I would like to say a special thank you to Thearica and Mdm Samm for hosting this Hop.
in stitches
Annette

W.I.P.'s for Wednesday

I have a little to share this Wednesday.
I did get the crazy patch quilt put together now to work on the backing and get it quilted. It will finish around 75 x 92 inches

ready to make into a quilt.....
sure is crazy how much folks love
to curl up with these quilts

I have only the binding to work on with my flower tile with 3-d Applique. I think I will add a little more shading to the leaves on this one and will try another one later.

While out side yesterday this young robin was out checking for worms.

                                                                    a little visitor
We also have a nest just outside one of the bedroom windows with 3 little ones just getting their feathers, right now they just have some fluff. We will be watching for them to be checking out the back yard.
Well that's all for now, Thanks for stopping by.
Wishing you all a great day with a few stitches to keep us happy.
I'll be linking up with Monika  , sew stop over and see what everyone else has been up to.
In stitches
Annette