Happy Valentine's/family day weekend

Along with Valentine's day here in Ontario we have a provincial holiday (family day) so that means a long weekend for some of us! Our daughter is home for a visit and I am hoping for nice weather when she leaves tomorrow to go home again. This winter you just never know what it is going to do.

BEFORE

I have been very busy but not in the sewing room...in the kitchen. We have started my birthday present which is a reno of my kitchen. We have moved  and rearranged all the cabinets and wow what a difference. Even though it doesn't look it, there are big differences in layout and where certain cupboards are.Now there has to be some cabinets built(as you can see by some of the holes and some fans and flooring bought.It is a slow process but I am okay with that.

AFTER so far

almost half done

 I have been hand quilting a small project. You can see the start of it here. I thought it would take a  long time to complete but it is going along quite quickly.
So today after shoveling the driveway and doing some cleanup around the house. I am sitting down to enjoy some hand stitching time with Kathy and all her followers on slow stitching Sunday! Relax and enjoy your weekend!

Hello February!!

Hope everyone is keeping warm where ever you are, as I know some of you have seen snow that you are not use to!! Happy winter!!

south western Ontario

I am thankful my DH has a tractor with a snowblower or else I am not sure where I would be putting the snow. Although we don't have as much as some places.Where my daughter lives, the snowbanks are higher than large trucks, it is just amazing!!
So when the shovelling is done I have been spending a lot of time in the sewing room. I am trying to get UFO done. I have some that are 12-14 years old.Not that old but I would like to clear some of the older ones out to make room for newer UFO!!

50" square

We had a workshop at guild this month using a technique of Ricky Tims. I showed a start of that star here. Funny thing about this technique, I found a magazine with his design in it and mark the page as something I would like to do. That was in  2002!! Guess I can take that off my bucket list! Also is it just me or do men quilters use and waste a lot of fabric. This is the pile of crumbs that I have leftover. I was able to get some 2" squares and  pieces for two lemoyne star blocks. I intend to make some of Bonnie Hunter's crumb blocks to use up the pieces.Well the top is done and I would like to sandwich it and it will be part of another challenge our guild is having for the Olympics. We are to bring in something we are going to work on during the 2 weeks and bring it to the next meeting to see how we have done. There will be medals, gold, silver and bronze for the competitors.

leftovers...yikes

Never idle hands, I have knitting on the go, a quilt to bind
and a block to applique for Monday night guild! Luckily, there is curling on this weekend.That will give me lots of time to stitch away on whatever I choose!