A few days away.

 I spent a few days in Humboldt at the Prairie Patchworkers guild retreat.  Its was a time to work on your own projects and enjoy each other's company.  A few of us were non members getting to know a few other quilters. There were good meals , random draws and lots of sewing and some show and tell. The games lady was unable to attend sew we had more sewing time.

I did manage to finish off the sashing and borders for my National Parks quilt by Pat Sloan and start on her Grandma's Kitchen which will run for 26 weeks. 

National Parks by Pat Sloan 

I made a rope bowl to switch things up while stitching blocks. I would have gotten more sewing done but I saw another quilter who seemed to be struggling with her quilt. 

Karen is her name and she is working on a quilt made with multiple sized printed panel type blocks. Having made a few of Pat's quilts I was able to help her get a good start on her quilt. She is doing amazing as she is pretty new to quilting. I hope she now has some confidence to continue with the quilt.  The Wednesday quilters have said they would give her a hand as needed. She sure had a beautiful smile when she looked at what she has accomplished sew far. I was happy to help.  No photo as it's a surprise. 

My finger is getting better. I used a glove most of the time cutting . Sew I am getting back into the swing of things. 

In stitches 

Annette 

Oh Happy Dance

 After a long wait the magazines have finally arrived.  

    Quilting Arts Winter 2025 issue.

This is the one I have an article in. My first!

You can order your copy here. 

https://www.quiltingdaily.com/product-category/magazines-ebooks/quilting-arts/

I sew glad I order a few, as I have not found them on the newsstand as of yet. 

Here in rural Saskatchewan we do not get the opportunity to purchase magazines locally and must go to the city. This is one that I do have a subscription for but mine is stuck in the mail somewhere out there. 

Finger is doing sew much better. A bit shorter but healing nicely.   Sewing and cutting again , keeping that finger well out if the way. 

More on that coming this weekon my activities. 

In stitches 

Annette 

Post cards and more

 Well I did get a couple more post cards made. This time I used a tea bag, bag label and a chocolate bar wrapper. The tea bag one has match stick quilting. The chocolate bar wrapper card has just a little ribbon added. The items had been gifted to me as treats from  Newfoundland.  I thought it would be a nice way to use rather than throw away. 

I did use some of the paint up on fabric for future use. 

But now alas I must put things on hold. I have injured myself with my rotary cutter.  

Sew take care out there

I will try to

In stitches 

What do you do

 When its -34c in the morning?

We hubby and I made German butter balls. They are kind of  a bread type dumpling. They go in chicken noodles soup . A comfort food in this house. 

We put them outside to freeze before putting them in a container 

I did get the quilted hug finished here it is. (I have a fair bit of binding left on the holder. )

Here are days 3 and 4 post cards. Day 3 post cart was made with fabric scrsps on my ironing board trimed off the quilted hug. The tree is on a fabric I made using a flour paste resit.

Well, soups 🍲 on .... with butter balls. 

Take care  stay warm.

In stitches 

Ahhh new phone.

 Learning a new phone and trying to find my account and then it changes things.....  ahhhh.

I will try my best to learn and fix it. 

 In the mean time I'm try to make a post card a day.  I will start with a month and go from there..

                   Day one and two

I am working on a quilted hug for a friend's mom. Lots of binding  made and now wrapped on a holder that came with some of the rope I made into bowls.

I have signed up for a collage class on line ,thinking I could use some of what I learn with on paper , I could use  on fabric . Always good to learn something new. 

What are you going to try new this year?

We are having a cold day here today. Sew it's stay inside and quilt or read. And figure out this phone some  more.

Stay cozy out there. 

In stitches Annette 

Just a few crumbs

 Well I started with a few fabric crumbs from a recent quilt top that I made. A piece of prequilted fabric. Some pins to hold the fabric in place while I added extra quilting to hold it together.  Then some decorative stitches here and there. Then a couple more crumbs place and blanket stitched. A old doilies  cut and tacked in place . Some embroidery stitches and the buttons , but not all just yet. 

Trimed to size and sides stitched.  A few more buttons and then the binding on the bottom. 

Oh and stacked buttons on top to lift with. 

Now I have a fitted tea cozy for one of my tea pots. There will be more of these next year I'm sure.

I will try and have a few more photos  next time.

Have a Merry Christmas 🎅 and All the Best for the New Year 

In stitches Annette 

Just a little something

 I was over at my neighbors yesterday helping reset a screw in her sewing machine.  And I noticed a couple of small wooden spools.  I asked her if she needed a small pin cushion for her machine . She said well maybe that would be nice.  Sew she gave me one of her spools and I got busy creating while my bun dough was rising.

I should gave taken more in progress photos but I didn't take any (sorry)sew you get to see the finished product.  I used a small piece of wool some embroidery stitches,  I made a yo yo and stuffed it. Then added a button to pull it down a little. I hot glued the yo yo puff to the top of the spool after attaching the wool with a blanket stitch. 

This is something I have been thinking about making for myself but alas  I didn't get to it. It seams I like to make cute things for my friends. 

Last week I was playing with a flour resist technique that I was reading about in a Quilting Arts Book that I have from our local library. 

It turned out great. Sew  I see more play time in 2025. 

Well it's Tuesday sew I'm off to Sit and Stitch with the ladies  of our community.  I think we have been going for a month now. This is somewhere ladies can come and knit sew crochet quilt do handwork whatever  and have a visit too. As well as a helping hand figuring out your project . 

Be sure to check out my previous post for the link to the digital copy of  Quilting Arts for purchase. I'm sew proud to be a part of it.

In stitches Annette