HO HO HO Hop :)

Welcome to my turn on the hop.
First off I would like to thank Carol and Mdm Samm for all they do to get us organized and inspired for all this hop. There have been some great ideas and projects posted sew far and even more inspiration shared through each of the posts. Thanks sew much fellow hoppers.
I have had some fun with what I wanted to make for this hop.
I had a Christmas card that I had thought would make a nice little wall hanging..... sew I went from the card

to a little drawing of the snowman

then I pulled out some of the fabric I painted last year in a class at the Sask. Stitches Conference

sunprinting with seta colors and snowflakes
and just a touch of glitter

 I added a few extra snow flakes

and this is what I came up with.

I am thinking I will be going through my old cards to see what else I can come up with next.

a close  up of my snowman and his button smile

And what would a Christmas/Holiday themed hop be without a give away

This is one of Jennifer Chiaverini's Elm Creek Quilt novels.
The Quilter's Homecoming.
Just leave a comment and a way to contact you if you are a non-reply commenter. I will make the draw at the end of the hop, August  9th.
Here is the links to the rest of the posts for todays hop.
                                                            August 5

Cherry’s Prairie Primitives

Scraps of Life

Words & Stitches

Blue Heron Quilts

More Stars in Comanche

Handmade by Mama

Julie from Quilted Works (on my blog)

In Stitches and Seams

Scrapbook ChickADoodle

Jane’s Quilting

Beaquilter

Life@RuffHaven

 

Thanks sew much for spending a part of your day with me.

In stitches

Annette

Deadlines in summertime

Well it's the middle of the week and the end of July. I think summer is only just getting started as we are still waiting for those sunny and hot days of summer..... maybe in August.
Any way I do have a few things that I have been working on this week. Last minute sewing .... where did the time go???
I Have my EQ7 block made from the summer draw along that they have going on over on their home site.

I think I could have chosen some brighter fabric for the one flower but it will work for now. August will be the last month for the draw along. I am sure you can check back to get the info from the past 3 months. It has been posted on the 1st and then an extra lesson on the 15th of each month.

I have finished a scrappy quilt and just have to add the label,

here is a peek at my quilt for the HO HO HO blog hop, I 'll have more on it an the 5th of August..... my day to post.

I sure have found it hard to get into my sewing with work and all that summer can bring.... but I am sure going to give it a good try. I am using the blog hops for some inspiration, and motivation.
Well that's all for now, I'll be linking up with Monika, as well as posting my block with EQ7 on their blog.
Have a great long weekend( here in Canada)
in stitches
Annette

P.S.
here are the links for the Ho Ho Ho Hop
July 31

Just Let Me Quilt

Grandmama’s Stories

Thimblemouse & Spouse

Pumpkin Patch Quilter

Bumbleberry Stitches

Baas Amazing Adventures

The House on the Side of the Hill

Geta’s Quilting Studio

Felt Free Pa Asly

CLF by Nailaa

How Art You?

Rainbows. Bunnies. Cupcakes.

August 1

Vroomans Quilts

Abyquilt

MacDonald’s Patch

Life and Everthing Around It

Hill Valley Quilter

Traveling Quilter

Quilting Lines

The Reluctant Quilter

Pig Tales and Quilts

Teatime Creations

Ravelly1

August 2

Quilt Doodle Doodles

life, quilts and a cat too

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Ridge Top Quilts

Editha

Stitchin By the Lake

Quilts, Fabric and Thread Tales

Sew Many Yarns

Kwilty Pleasures

Kris Loves Fabric

52 Quilts in 52 Weeks

Robin’s Fabric Nest

August 5

Cherry’s Prairie Primitives

Scraps of Life

Words & Stitches

Blue Heron Quilts

More Stars in Comanche

Handmade by Mama

Julie from Quilted Works (on my blog)

In Stitches and Seams

Scrapbook ChickADoodle

Jane’s Quilting

Beaquilter

Life@RuffHaven

August 6

Why-Knot-Kwilt

Debby Kratovil

Apple Avenue Quilts

Domestic Deficit Disorder

Jane’s Fabrics and Quilts

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

Cate’s Linens

Brenda’s Blog

Charlottes Creations

Selina Quilts

Made By Me In Red

Blooming where I am Planted

August 7

Cherry Blossoms Quilting Studio

From This to That

I Like To Quilt Blog

Leah @ L3designs

Sew Mollie Sue, Quilt Much?

Just Quilt It

Meadowbrook

Peanut’s Patchwork

Around the Homestead

Feathered Nest Studio

In The Boon Docks

MO Broker, My Creative Side

August 8

Quiltscapes

Marla’s Crafts

A Stitch In Time

Mehitabel’s Musings

Buzzing and Bumbling

Transitions For Meee

A Little Bit of Lorene

I Piece 2-Mary

Under the Presser Foot

A Reformed Heath’n

Just Sew Quilter

August 9

Moose Stash Quilting

Cathy’s Chatter

Darlington Delights

Life in the Scrapatch

Quilt n Queen

Forget-Me-Not Stitches

Quilted Delights

AnnieOak Designs

Sew Peace to Peace

Wips & Tuts

Just Keep Swimming

Sew We Quilt

 

 

A summer treat.... a surprise visit from my Uncle

 

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