A New Addition

Introducing...."Vicki"

Not that I was expecting it! But I have added a new addition to my .....sewing room!!!It was a guild meeting like any other till just about the end when someone said to a member "tell us about your machine". Innocent enough but what she said got my attention!
"This is my sister's machine that she wants to sell", not just any machine but a feather weight! Woohoo!!!
Checked it out, test drove it and bought it on the spot! Well the cheque is in the mail today! I googled the serial number and she was born Jan 1955 but looks brand new! I would have to say she was hardly used and I sewed on her today and she runs beautifully. Can't wait to spend some more time with her.I will have to look into getting some more bobbins and maybe a 1/4" foot.

Well this week of hunting season is over and it went by quite quickly although I did get lots of sewing done.I will post pics when the top is done. I was just excited to show off the new addition!!

It's Hunting Season!

That means two things around here: one my annual quilting retreat is over and two, I have a week of quiet sewing while DH is away hunting!

crostini appetizer

chocolate heaven on a  plate

So this past weekend we had our annual retreat at a new location and was it worth the change!! We had a chef not a cook but a great CHEF!!!These are just a sample of what it looked like when our food came to our table. Then all day we got to sew. Only minor complaint was the lighting could be better but we made due.Laughs, giggles and friends what else could you ask for!! Even got a few things sewn.

trout  

It is also a great week cause I get to start a new project. That's right the wedding quilt is finally finished.It just needs a final washing and I will wrap it up and have it ready for when the newly weds arrive at Christmas time.





I completed this small wall hanging  and all these blocks at the retreat.The blocks are what are on my design wall today too. Love it when I can get so much into one blog entry! The larger blocks are for a quilt for DH's aunt and the smaller four pink ones are a tissue box challenge. Use the colours from a tissue box and create the blocks that are given to us at guild and by June we will have 18- 6" finished blocks...I am thinking a baby quilt!! Sorry if things are a little out of sorts...wouldn't let me preview it and make it look pretty!

Not Just the Seasons are Changing

Oh my in pieces

Altogether,working and in new home

Well it has been a few weeks of changes in my world. Our daughter is in between apartments so we have moved all her worldly possessions into our living room for two weeks. This meant that my temporary sewing room had to return to the basement. That created a situation since my sewing room downstairs has become a dumping ground as of late. Also last week DH was on holidays and very busy doing things around the house. This is great except I felt guilty not being as productive so I completed a few furniture refinishing jobs that I have been putting off all summer,including a treadle sewing machine. So now not only do I have to clean out the sewing room but I have to make room for my newly refinished treadle machine too!!! YIKES

Oh how did it get so bad

AHHHH much better

So yesterday was the day. I headed downstairs determined to get at this mess. A mere 6 hours later I had the room cleaned up and the treadle machine found a new home in there too. Now all I wanted to do was sit down and sew but alas it was guild night and I had to make supper and get ready!

My Orca Bay

Now it is not like I haven't been busy too. I am to the binding stage on the wedding quilt and I have completed my Orca Bay mystery of Bonnie Hunter's. Along the way I have fitted in some knitting too. So today is a play day for me in my cleaned up sewing room. Hope you enjoy whatever you are doing today too!

Sunday already ....where did this week go

For sure the time is flying by and soon there will be snow on the ground. About 4 hours north of me they had snow this past Friday. So you know it is coming!!!

Hard to see the bones in the border

Well the baby quilt is done and will be on it way to its new home. But the little boy it is for decided to come early so he has to wait a few days for his quilt. It was a good machine quilting day....did all the quilting in one day. It was a little quilt but so many things could've gone wrong and they didn't...I love days like that!!!

Orca Bay Mystery from Bonnie Hunter

Today is another machine quilting day. This year one of the guilds I belong to is having its 30th anniversary. We decided last June that in September we would have a giant show and tell. Well I have nothing to show so yesterday I started to get my "Orca Bay" quilt put together. So today it is sandwiching it and pin basting it and starting to machine quilt it.I had a fat quarter of the backing (on the left) and thought it was perfect. So I went back to the store when she was having her spring sale and got yardage. That was last May 2012....yikes!!!Oh well better late then never! I am hoping for another good sewing day...let's all keep our fingers and toes crossed.Join Kathy and see what others are hand stitching today on slow stitching Sunday!!!

Slow Sunday

Dinos for a little boy

It is not just a slow stitching Sunday but a very slow lazy Sunday at my house. We celebrated DH birthday last night with friends and it turned into a late night. But I did get some things done today. This baby quilt, for a friend's grandson has to be finished this week. No pressure. I am planning on machine quilting it...wish me luck. Machine quilting is not my favorite thing to do but I am just stippling and maybe some free hand bones in the borders.



On the slow stitching front with Kathy at Kathy's Quilt's, I plan to relax after supper and continue the work on that wedding quilt.Now that my garden is almost empty, I  must buckle down and get it finished or else Christmas sewing season will be here and nothing will be finished. Looks like the week ahead will be a hand quilting week!!

Schools in....so it is Sewing Season

You didn't realize the season changed, did you?! First day of school for many moms means more time to sew. I am past that stage but September brings with it time. Time to quilt and sew as many jobs outside are just about over. I have a little bit of pickling left to do but giving the garden a chance to grow just a little longer. I am still working on a wedding quilt that has been put on the back burner and have started a baby quilt for a friend's grandbaby that will be born this month. I will post pic when the top is finished. I have even started on some Christmas gifts....not to early to begin!!!

I would like to send  my condolences and love out to a friend who lost her brother on the weekend. She is a fellow blogger and hosts slow stitching sunday at  Kathy's Quilts. If you have ever read her blog or joined in on one of her slow stitching days...send her a hug....I know she will appreciate it .
Have a great day...I am off shopping for the afternoon and to the vets! Psst don't tell my dog, she doesn't really like going there!!! lol

Tis the Season for Pickling and Fairs

Only the bottom two shelves had any pickles

So not much is happening on the quilting front. The cause is one trip to an open veggie market and now I am pickling. Three  batches of salsa, pickled dills, pickled dill green beans,beets, mustard cucumbers and ground up tomatoes for spaghetti sauce this winter. The pickle cupboard it looking fuller now but I am slowly running out of large bottles.  I opened my mouth and said yes of course I will take those extra beets that you don't want....what was I thinking!?!?! I enlisted the help of DH and my daughter who is home working every second week. Why shouldn't they help...they eat the pickles.My daughter thinks we are crazy to make salsa..you can buy it in the store she says!!!There just isn't anything like homemade! Even if the fair judges don't agree! What you don't see in the picture is the two boxes of Salsa tucked under that pingpong table. I think we will make it through the winter with these bottles!!!

Some of my fair entries

Yes it is fair weekend here this weekend. My pickles,relishes, jams didn't do so great but I did do well at the sewing,quilting end of the fair. Only a couple of things didn't get any ribbons. A lot of red 1st place and one of my entries, a collection of sewn things(with the orange card) will be going to Toronto in February to be displayed! Never been asked to do that before.

So after the busy week I have had, I am settling in to do some sewing and hand stitching today. Isn't this fabric fun. It is going to be the backing for my Easy Street. I used wine themed fabrics on the front and found this and thought it would be perfect. Also had enough to do the borders!!! Check out Kathy's Quilts and see what others are doing today!