Showing posts with label fabric art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fabric art. Show all posts

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Catchup. - June 22nd-29th

June 22nd

Well I treated myself to supper at the Red Top and had the whole place to myself! Their Sunday hours are 9-9pm. Usually I go for a scrumptious late breakfast or a shared lunch of gyro or chicken fingers with the girls. The meals are huge and three of us don't finish the 1 order of fries! Today I had a 2 piece chicken dinner with tossed salad and again only ate 1 piece, the side salad and not even half the fries - the other piece and fries came home with me for tomorrow!!! I just might try the chicken dinner again! YUMMY!!!

June 23rd

Okay, now that I've regained some energy I went through the pile of clothes that again I'm sure I've not worn for a year or so. Some are summer capris and pants and those I'll try on first and decide if I'll wear them. Even a couple of black dress pants - all on smaller sizes. Now that I've room in my back closet, I can hang those up, if they are keepers! WOW there's lots going out the door soon.

June 24th

Ohhhh it feels wonderful to get this head of hot unruly hair tamed again! Just in time for my trip next month!!! Thank you Adele for making me cool and pretty again! 🥰



Used my hallway apartment mirror. 

OMGG!!! I must be sick, NOT!!!

See today I went through my double wide dresser of tshirts and threw out 13 that were well worn, and the other half off for recycling. Also a drawer full of printed events tees that are humongous men's styles that I'll line up and take pics of the decals/embroidery and then donate them too. So now my tshirts n sweaters all fit in. That is except those that have printing on them, hung in the now roomy closet. Dang I could not believe the clothes in smaller sizes I found, no need to buy anymore.

June 25th

Slow start today but lovely Northern Lights Lace gathering, last till the fall! Then Boston Pizza lunch of shared chicken wings n salad with Edna then home to do some hand stitching. Sylvia wanted to do something for supper, I suggested Casino and she agreed. The only drawback is me leaving downtown in 4:15 rush hour traffic and construction, took an hour to Niakwa to pick her up. Supper was awesome taste and cost wise as both of us had discounts plus points further reducing the total. Then in to play some games and both of us came home with what we put in plus me $10 (not on the Gold Fish this time) and Sylvia $18 extra on two different Gold Fish. I like that mucho better playing 1.5 hours, breaking even and getting pocket change too!




June 26th

It was awesome to visit and have lunch with Ruth at the Southdale Village Family Restaurant today. Also I passed on some clothes to her to look over and return those not to her liking etc, as Iona gave me a sad face that I shared some with Ruth. I did tell her they still may come her way. Then I picked up some Kinsmen Bingo cards for Saturday's game, apparently Mississippi Jack's on Fermor still had cards today, my first time in maybe 30 years to play again!


June 27th

So for my last trip, Sylvia lent me her backpack to try out. I loved it as it was roomier than mine plus lightweight and fit carryon size. The only drawback was the large company logo on the upper pocket, oh well, it was free. So when I returned it after my trip, she said I could keep it and immediately I was thinking on how to cover the logo up. I decided to embellish a piece of lovely dragonfly fabric I had and added some batting for depth, plus gluing the inside knots for longevity. Totally love it!

"Dragonflies symbolize good fortune and prosperity, and can definitely indicate a positive experience is on its way."

"Dragonflies were given an extra set of wings so that angels could ride on their backs."



Gosh it's been that long since I made that landscape OR was it a memory then that popped up?

Well this is the latest project, covering up the law office name with some hopefully Good Luck dragonfly fabric I embroidered and beaded for my upcoming trip!


June 28th

So I'm still celebrating my birthday Saturday!!! This time was a lovely BBQ supper with Angela and Bruce. She made bruchetta, BBQd lamb roast, stuffed zucchini boats and served with her yummy potato salad. I was stuffed and could not have a second helping, my usual with her scrumptious meals! We finished off later on with graham cracker base (I think) lemon meringue pie (my favourite) and coffee! Definitely stuffed plus take home too, even with mint jelly! Her garden and patio is beautiful in daylight and in the evening too! 









Thank you sweetie, for the lovely BBQ, awesome visit and Happy Birthday to you too!!!

June 29th

Today was a so-so start to my day but I still picked up Edna and off to Assiniboine Park via the Portage Ave foot bridge. That was a BIG mistake as it was like 3 blocks before I was able to sit down and in mega hip pain and shaky legs by then. The rest of the walk around the duck pond was great with three rest stops before that long walk back to Portage Ave. But a nice long refreshing rest after Edna treated us to Sargent Sundae cones. Yes a nice day for a walk, warm and breezy!

Once home I did the daily exercises and then tried what Angela suggested. Lay on a floor mat (don't have such so used three kinda rough huge bath towels I don't like), feet up and did 10 minutes ice, 10 minutes medium heat, 10 minutes ice and last 10 minutes medium heat (twice a day). That position was welcomed relief in my lower back but DANG IT TOUGH GETTING UP!!! I will try my recliner for the next session as the bed is a pain for plug ins!

Friday, January 17, 2025

Catchup - Jan 11th-Jan 16th

Jan 11th

It's another girls sewing weekend at Sylvia's. I'm working on my 2.5" 4-patches for the next step of the ACQ BOM, strip piecing and get to use my gizmo to separate them. Edna is continuing with her paper pieced Snails Tails blocks. Sylvia was working on her MPQ Quilt Reflections Challenge Quilt but no pics till the show in April. Then she switched to her fussy blocks Cut and Fold sampler for now, she loses patience with the workings. Pat is using up her left over pieces from a quilt she finished in October 2024, nifty! Love it!!! Border is next.




I had made a delicious shrimp stirfry for lunch but are going out to Southdale Village Family Restaurant for supper before quitting for the day!

Jan 12th

Well it's a wrap for this weekend's sewing fun! We continued from yesterday! Edna going strong on her Snails Tails blocks, Pat finished her mini pastel quilt n started a Dresden Plate project, but not sure what it'll become! Sylvia is determined to finish her time consuming project and is down to three blocks of satin stitching left before assembling. Me, well I finished off my itsy bitsy 1.5" squares individually sewn into 2.5" 4-patch squares and then 10 finished blocks. See I wanted the gold fabric but it was mistakenly cut up, sewn up and then ripped out and set aside, thankfully still enough for these blocks! Then I tackled Janet's large baggie of already sewn up HSTs and have an idea planned for a 36" NICU coverlet project from them!






Today Sylvia prepped a dehydrated package I gifted her for Christmas into soup with leftover ham and fresh tea biscuits - YUMMY!!! Supper was A&W with coupons!

Love it!!! Maybe even other seasonal images???


Jan 13th

Janet from ACQ gave me another large baggie of scraps, these are around 2" HSTs already sewn together. So tonight, feet up, pressing station on my lap and using totally my forgotten mini Clover iron I'm pressing and sorting these for my new NICU coverlet idea!!! Stay tuned for the reveal, whenever that will be!!! Thank you Janet!



Jan 14th

Today was a quiet day but the afternoon went over to Sylvia's for more puzzle time, her's too is slow going! Also another scenic fabric art by Sylvia for her neighbour. 




Then home for odds and ends plus an update on my gifted impressionistic puzzle too!


Ohhhhh boy!!! No fun being woken up by beeping smoke detector at 5:30am!!!!! 🤪 Ear plugs in and back to sleep till 8am and hopefully soon the caretaker will silence it!

Update: replaced afternoon! Unit faulty, not battery.

Jan 15th

It's coming along nicely!!!

OMGG!!! I forgot that I have this mini version yet to do! But it's only 56 pieces and 5x6.5". Thank goodness!


Jan 16th

Again TSN/Rogers/Shaw continue to aggravate me by not allowing me to view Jets hockey with the Rogers Xfinity Stream while away from home! NO I am not paying extra, I'll continue listening on CJOB 680!


Catchup - Jan 3rd-5th

Jan 3rd

 Well I again forgot to take the PFA swap "Embellishments" photos yesterday alongside another mini quilt I started from Janet's donated 1.5" squares (hand pieced). I was so excited to begin the hand quilting that I forgot to take a "top only" photo!!! Duh me!!!




Thank you for my cut Adele, I love this style. 


Then a quick look through Peavy Mart and talk about some nifty stuff in there, didn't buy anything.


What a lovely evening with Sylvia, Edna and Pat touring Winter Wonderland. Since I was driving Pat took as many pictures she could, and I commend her with doing so even though the car was moving and not much chance to stop, too chilly! Here are ones I really liked! Thank you Pat and also Tom for gifting me the vehicle ticket!!!






❤️ those wonky trees

















Entrance that I didn't think to pass the camera over to Pat a the start!!!  So caught it on the way out!!!



Jan 5th

Ohhhh boy I had done it again!!! While at Monika and Jeff's to visit with Joan, Harold and Katsu, I TOTALLY forgot to get a picture of me with them and one of Katsu too! SHEESH!!! Sorry guys!!! And Monika, when over visiting either place, would you please get a picture with them and Katsu in their arms??? ❤️