My Creative Works

Dec 26th

Good morning!!! I'm staying put, achy sore night, so hopefully easier day!

The kids have been very good so I've given them each a bigger treat! Not a peep out of either while I'm having my breakfast. Hope that wasn't a mistake!

Well I thought I'd say thank you for the Queen of UFOs group's support and mention that I've competed around 21 various sized UFOs (quilted items) since 2021 and of those 6 were donated (many others previously but not noted in these excel sheets). I promise I will continue with this plan you've started as a group to reduce my list of 51 UFO's (not all as I've three boxes of UFO's to list yet) but may not post there if we're shutting down. I will one day get my list completed and add NEW projects as they arrive!!!

Dec 27th

It's going to be a QUIET restful day and hopefully less aches!!! At first Bubba was content near Dahli, who's snoring. Then up Bubba jumped into my lap (more bruises I'm sure) and moved upwards!!! I wonder if leather pants would protect me??? YEAH SURE!!!

Well Sylvia finished off, mostly by herself, that puzzle we were working on this month. Lovely.

Today I watched Christmas movies and now working on Jacqui's gifted hexies project (mucho larger than my usuals) while listening to the Canada Junior and now Jets hockey!  

They are very lazy today!!!

Dec 28th

Finally!!!! I found a way to get those gross feeds off my story lineup. Hold your finger on it and pops up option to mute it and I selected "until I choose to unmute". Will see if that works.

Okay I know I spoiled them at the start with access to my lap BUT now I want to stitch! Nope Bubba had enough of the couch and insisted he want to be here too! Is there anymore room in this chair? I'm cramped but not gonna try to get up till I need to or they leave, whichever first! 🙄

Juniors hockey and fireplace with piano music!!! What else could I ask for? Wine? Later maybe!

Okay those cuddles seem to have been axed! After their supper, they didn't want to go outside but 2 hours later I went out with them and wouldn't let them back in until completed. Well after a few minutes of dily dallying they both did so and hightailed it back into the house! Silly kids!  

Well I did give them each a treat right away BUT they're mad at me and now that I've put my sewing away they both refuse to join me!!! Hmmmm wonder how long this boycott will last? 😆🫨🤔

The next two days will be interesting with colder temps!!!

Dec 29th

I know I had a chuckle and I'm sure the guy knocking did too watching me try to get up from the recliner with this stitching box in my lap! Talk about fun controlling the pugs and answering the door!!! I NEVER get visitors and here twice this week!!! Anyways he even recognized my work similar to his Grandmother's! WOW!!!

Dec 30th

Well I thought I'd watch a Christmas movie before switching to the Juniors hockey while stitching. Good idea but kinda a wrong choice! Don't get me wrong it was lovely but the last half hour was a tear jerker and Bubba kept watching me! Poor sensitive guy!!! I think it was a Southern Family Christmas. Now to clear the sight so I don't go jabbing my fingers more!!!

So happy they are back to sharing!!! 🥰

Dec 31st

I'm so glad I got to visit with Eilene and Bruce this afternoon! Poor girl tripped over an opened lower drawer and broke her foot just before Christmas and hobbling in a lower leg/foot cast!!!  

So back with the dogs, still stitching and watching hockey. I only have Dahli sharing my chair and I think Bubba does not like the box or the laptop with hockey too close compared to the TV up high! I'll see if he joins me when I put the box away!

Jan 5th

Well it's been a very quiet entry into the New Year for me. Yesterday I ventured out for a couple hours of puzzle therapy at Sylvia's. Not sure about the succulents puzzle though! But we did book our girls week quilting escape, this time at Pineridge Point Cabin in St Malo. We're all looking forward to this closer location. Will see if it's a repeat or not.

Today Adele picked up my spirits with a much needed colour n cut! Thank you very much!

Then I did a couple errands before heading home, tired and achy!

Sept 1st

This kinda is my story some days!  Gotta keep moving!!!

Thank you Margreet for posting this!!! 🥰

I totally agree AND everyone's tastes are not the same, thank goodness. So I do as I like and sometimes ask for someone's preference of my choices if undecided, not new ideas. 😘

Sept 3rd

It's been a long time I participated in a Fringe Tatters swap and with back/sciatic issues acting up again I just about didn't make it. So today my Autumn maple leaf bookmark with Split Rings (failed on the SCRM start - switched to rings on a chain) is in the mail on it's way to Australia. The pattern is by Debbie Arnold found on Etsy, but my own tail design. I used Lizbeth, #136 Autumn Spice, size 20. Hope the delivery is faster than my tardiness in tatting it?

Sept 4th

Today I picked Sylvia up and the flowers on her walkway are beautiful. Today I joined the St Vital quilting group that Sylvia has attended over the summer months. She finally finished off her UFO from 2009 and I added borders to my chevron wall hanging and the HSTs NICU coverlet today. The coverlet needs HSTs in a zig zag effect before repeating those borders again. This group is basically a work on your own projects amongst friends, so hopefully I'll start finishing some of my mega years of UFOs?

Sept 11th

I barely got up early enough to have breakfast, get ready and haul my sewing stuff out the door by 9:20 am. First off was an iced coffee for me, then picked up Sylvia (power failure since around 1am - surprised she was ready to go) before heading over to Meadowood for a day of quilting! Sylvia worked on various UFOs, 3 or 4 table runners quilted ready for binding. Me, I sewed up my previously cut pieces for male placemats for Meals on Wheels! After the first sewed up, I changed things a bit and like the 12x16" plans much better, not sure about the red side borders.

UPDATE: I removed the top n bottom black borders and changed to red! Yes much better!!! Ohhhhh and I sewed up 5 placemat tops tonight.

Sept 12th

Quilting, especially with family n friends seems to be my happy place lately!!!

This morning was tough but I shook it off to enjoy lunch with Norma, celebrating her one year anniversary on moving back to Winnipeg (actually the 14th) at the Lemon Tree Cafe. Lovely appetizers we shared but too full for a heavy dessert, will be back another day for tea and dessert. Norma had the lemon tea and I had the Chai latte iced and both were awesome!  

Then a couple errands before home for a short nap, I was zonked. Then I cut out a couple pieced backs for the 5 placemats from the other day plus three more fronts and backs for more ACQ placemats. I was trying to make a dent in my large bag of Canada fabrics but not so!!!!! But some are reduced to pieces, might just move them to the scraps bin!

Sept 13th

Ohhhh for sure Autumn is on the way!!! Hopefully a couple weeks to enjoy the turning colours and cooler weather before Winter descends on us!

WTH!!! I left the Crew about 8:30ish near Birds Hill East Gate and soon was in the middle of weekday rush hour traffic turning onto Garven Road, maybe from Pineridge Hollow. Then as nearing Prineridge Golf Course again inundated with more traffic merging from that road onto Garven, and I say not safely. It was bumper to bumper into the city with at least three cop cars with vehicles pulled over. SHEESH!!! Then Archibald n Provencher there's another cop car, huge truck n trailer with a badly smashed front end on a fair sized car. CRAZY NIGHT OUT I'm saying!!! Home safe and sound and no speeding!!!

Sept 18th

What a slow achy start today but it continued to improve to an oakie dokie day topped off with a hot fudge sundae! A nice quilty day working on my Meals on Wheels placemats and showing Janet N my wall hanging from her donated triangles. A lunch visit with Dianne U before returning to my sewing. Today Sylvia was busy and I had others help me with setup and take down. On the way home I was WOW'd by the colours along the Red River so detoured to BDI for some pictures, but the sun hid behind clouds so not as initially dramatic!

Sept 21st

So AWESOME hockey is back!!!

GO JETS GO!!!

Congratulations Blue Jays on the first step!!!

Now Good Luck towards the Championship!!!

April 15th

Yeah!!! A sewing day with the girls at Sylvia's! Two with machines and two handwork!

Here's a few more pics from today. Sylvia just about finished two table runners today but us three didn't finish our projects! 

Then off to Poké Mono for supper. YUMMY!!! I'm stuffed and tired plus a little sore, so relaxing feet up!

April 16th

Ohhh BOY!!! Wonder when I'll achieve a 3km walk in the future never mind these so wonderful longer walks we used to do!!!!! 

At least I'm getting out and enjoyed a 1.5km walk, after picking up Edna and strolled amongst the geese on the Sturgeon Creek Pathway.

April 17th

Nifty for my "chicken crazy" family and friends!!!!!

How true! But they probably have a few replacements!!!

My rental rant!!!!

Obviously other tenants don't use rinse agents in the apartmeent's washing machine!!! I time my cycles and after 55 minutes Quick Wash cycle, I'm ready to switch to the dryer of everyday tees, pjs etc are sopping wet, rinse agent still in holder, so cycle stopped on wash somewhere. So switched from Quick Wash to Normal and after the 1.25 hours cycle it was finished properly. The bulky cycle with jeans worked also. The last Normal cycle of dress tees did not work so took a chair into the laundry room and reset again on Delicate and yes it went through all cycles. But by this time (3 washes took 5.5 hours) it was 10:30 (no laundry use after 9pm) so took items and hung them up in my apartment. I'm not happy.  

I've reported this twice since Christmas and was told it was fixed! Well obviously not!!! Guess my other washes worked in between as I always arrived as the final spin cycle was ending and machine shut off, unlocking!

April 19th

Today was a so-so morning so I picked up Edna for a Sturgeon Creek Pathway walk. I love this trail as it has lots of benches close together allowing for a comfortable walk for me with 5 stops and we went further too. The periodic buildup of pain in the hip was not as severe and released with rest stops. We saw this animal in the Creek, muskrat or beaver, couldn't see its tail or teeth. Lots of chewed trees along here with pussy willows bursting out too. Then this pair of Canada Geese who stayed put on the Pathway, so I carefully moved over giving them space.

Afterwards we went to Wendy's for their yummy and fast Taco Salad lunch, Edna was impressed and took some of her's home for supper!

When dropping Edna off I gave her the diamond quilt backing that I pieced together, matching the diamonds too!

GO JETS GO!!!!! ✈️✈️✈️

I got my new whiteout tee on too!

Damn I was too late to catch the beginning of the Jets fly over from my windows! Heard the ROARRRRR!!!!

Dang it's hard to watch with fans in white too!!!

April 20th