My Creative Works

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Jan 22nd

Well between appointments and relaxing this past month I decided to finish off two gifts for friends. Then decided to make another for myself in my favourite Lizbeth threads and then for quilty family members.

Left to Right in size 20 tatting threads:

Ring and leaves in Lizbeth #122, flowers a crochet cotton

Ring and leaves in Lizbeth #122, flowers in Lizbeth #180

Ring and leaves in Lizbeth #190, flowers Oren Bayan Dantel from Turkey (gifted to me)

Ring and leaves in Lizbeth #676, flowers in #136

The pattern was designed by Bev Pedder for an Australian National Conference in 2025 call for patterns. I was her exchange partner within Fringe Tatters and she gifted me a lovely scissor fob and the pattern (but not for sharing sorry).

Jan 24th

Well I must be crazy to be venturing out Friday, Saturday and Sunday in this frigid weather for a quilting retreat! At least we get to go home to our own beds to sleep comfortably.

So yesterday I worked on more I Spy potato chip blocks and hopefully after lunch to sew up the easy I Spy blocks into another top. Pat is using the fabrics I gifted her for a table runner. Sylvia made a tote, fabric from Adina's, then switched to her work in progress quilt. Today she's working on a PPd spiral blocks and maybe switching back to the quilt top.

Jan 25th

Yesterday we continued on our projects. We went to Tavern United for supper then back for more sewing. My quilt top has been donated to Anne of Piece it Together for their group to finish off as a donation to their MCC fundraiser. I've blocks for another two similar sized tops to prep into quilts for donations to other organizations.

Today Pat finished off her lovely table runner then started on her 2.5" batik strips for our future sewing day rug making session. Sylvia continued on her quilt making progress and also working on her spiral PPd blocks for a wall hanging. I finally finished off the Potato Chip blocks and with sashing completed a twin sized quilt top.

Heather gave me another scrappy idea that she knew as Grandma's Sick Quilt, or what I call the "match it quilt". So the two of us may get together and with my novelty fabrics stash we might give this idea a try!!! Plus Anne of Piece it Together was working on her version of a scrappy quilt!!! There were a couple more on display so hopefully I'll have more ideas for scrappy I Spy quilts for the future.

And Pat's finished pillow cover from a previous sewing project!

This year I've two quilt tops I plan to donate to Piece it Together for their group to sandwich and quilt them maybe for their May fundraiser with funds donated to MCC relief etc. I will have two more of each of these quilts to donate to MPQ and another group sometimes this year, but will quilt them myself. I love doing these but after 72 I Spy blocks (yellow sashed quilt) and 24 potato chip blocks (red sashed quilt) with more PC blocks to sew up in the future, I need a change! Glad I've some different designs for more I Spy quilts!

Myself, lap quilt and Anne of Piece it Together.

Maybe 50x61"

Finished Potato Chip twin sized quilt.

Maybe 62x91"

Nov 17th

Well I walked to the Forks for lunch and relaxed tatting somewhere different. The street was closed off at 390 Assiniboine Ave for crane lifting of gyprock sheets to finish off the bare bones suites on the top three floors! WOW this condominium has been up and functional for 3 or more years but apparently not all sold or even insides finished, just bare bones in place!

My walk home with sticks was slow and sore!!! Resting feet up!

Nov 19th

Tuesday was sewing day at Sylvia's as Pat had taken vacation time!!! Sylvia already asked for a sewing day with Chinese Peking Restaurant supper and a couple days later Edna said it's maybe Chinese supper time! Okay girls I know where you're going! Then after setting the date Edna asked about lunch, I suggested sandwiches but both Sylvia and Pat said taco salad was a good idea, so we each brought ingredients and that's what we had. 

Edna worked on a lovely winter Snowman table topper to a certain spot then switched to fancy stitching her Oriental fans blocks. Pat was working on her Twister UFO into a cushion slip cover with Sylvia's help. Sylvia finished off a football themed toiletries bag for Byran then switched to my leftover basil blocks quilt fabric project pouch. I continued to work on my potato chip blocks but quickly realized I need more variety of fabrics, especially in darks. So it'll be back to the scraps given to me lately for more variety.

LOVELY visit and a productive sewing day! Ohhh and besides my favourite meals, Sylvia made lemon meringue pie for our dessert break! Yummy!!!

Well yesterday I realized I needed more variety to my 2.5x4.5" potato chip pieces before sewing up anymore blocks. So tonight that's exactly what I did, first from gifted fabrics to add something different then my own stash search for other fabrics. So hopefully tomorrow at Meadowood I'll be able to continue easier than yesterday's endeavors to mix things up. These were yesterday's except for two from Saturday's sewing. See too much blue!

Nov 25th

A good post to read for us that are alone!

 When you are alone and have a heart attack, what are you gonna do? A really good post that can't be shared often enough:

1. Take a 2 minute break and read this:

Let's say it's 5:25 pm and you're driving home after an unusually hard day's work.

2. You are really tired and frustrated.

All of a sudden your experience chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You're only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home.

3. Unfortunately you don't know if you can make it..

4. Maybe you've taken CPR training, but the person running the course hasn't told you how to help yourself.

5. How do you survive a heart attack when you're alone when it happens? A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.

6. But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.

7. Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. That’s how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment.

8. Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.

9. FOR WOMEN: You should know that women have additional and different symptoms. Rarely have crushing chest pain or pain in the arms. Often have indigestion and tightness across the back at the bra line plus sudden fatigue.  

Instead of posting jokes, maybe I'm helping save lives by spreading this message.

Nov 22nd

Saturday, Nov 22nd, was a busy day. First off a very interesting MPQ meeting and my four donations to the ABC program in the showing.  

Then picked up Sylvia for a BP wings n salad lunch before taking in the Piece it Together Christmas Craft Sale, ending with a stop at the Meadowood Quilt Retreat to shop at OMA's pop-up shop. Then home to rest and more tatted snowflakes.

Nov 25th

I finished off another 5, Star 1 from Laura Bziukiewicz's book "Tatting Christmas Decorations" using size 20 Lizbeth thread.

Nov 26th

Today at my Northern Lights Lace gathering I sold out of my Assiniboine Circle Quilters raffle tickets. Yeah! Now to try get another book for a few more requests for tickets.

Then once home I finished tatting another angel body, four more to do and assemble within the next two weeks.

Nov 27th

Yummy!!! Off the Holiday menu at BP, supper with Edna!!! Delicious!!!

Today was sewing with Sylvia at Medowood too! Lovely day!!!

Then home to relax, tat another angel and 2 butterflies with leftover thread.

Tomorrow starts a two day quilting retreat at Meadowood United Church, will be two long days but home to sleep!!!

Nov 28th

Day 1 of Meadowood Cropping/Quilting Retreat was awesome. Visited many quilting friends, yummy food and treats along with awesome garage sale going on! Sylvia worked on a quilt but not finished. I continued with the second "I Spy" quilt top from the 72 blocks sewn up earlier, this time with an inspiration from a Pinterest post. A quilter from Meadowood quilters helped pick the sashing fabrics. Hopefully tomorrow I'll finish my top and start on the second one. Oh yeah there was a sorta short workshop in tole painting an ornament, I like mine!

She's finished and supper isn't ready yet!

Nov 29th

Day 2 tomorrow will be another full day! Sylvia may continue to work on her newest wall hanging, hope so as I love it! Like I said she's MAGIC as she narrowed the panel's width and detached the saying, rearranged it to fit her apartment door for a new hanger. Can't wait to see her finishing it!