January in Ontario

my pup & snow

 The snowy month of the year is staying true to its reputation. At my house yesterday it was -39! I stayed home warm and snug in the house cleaning. I have been cleaning and purging stuff with lots of encouragement from my sister. She braved the cold to walk the short distance to my house to help out. I forgot to take a before pic of my kitchen but will definitely take a couple shots after the renos are finished. Today I was in my sewing room clearing and cleaning. Moved everything and oh my the dust bunnies!! It doesn't matter how many times your vacuum or dust. I found many UFOs, projects I would like to do, some cross stitch projects I had forgotten about and lots of scraps!! Will show the after pic once everything is back in place...stay tuned!

before cleaning

next month's quilt project

pine burr

This week was guild meeting. I showed the quilt that we will be working on next month. I worked on it in September when I was in the Bruce peninsula with some friends. Pics were so perfect with Lake Huron as the backdrop. This quilt looks difficult but actually is pretty easy to construct and put together. At the meeting the group was given a kit of precut fabric for a block called pine burr. It was a challenge for most but I think everyone enjoyed trying something that they would normally not do.

I spent Friday with my friend Natalie and her long arm machine. The guild made blocks in the Fall and the blocks were sewn together to make charity quilts. We made 3 for charity and the fourth one is the one we were quilting on Friday. So I have yet to put binding on it.

One more thing that I have forgot to post about. My annual dump of spools that I have emptied over the year. Not so many this year due to the time I took away from sewing all summer. Hope that my little bucket will be much fuller next year.