What's been happening in my patch of the world...

  The latest, our daughter came for a 10-day stay with the twins.

On right FT and left DS.

They are indeed identical, but very different in expressions and personality.

13 months old now. Still not walking (premies), but one is getting 

around quite fast on his knees, and the other by butt scooting.

Here is our latest photo of our little SA.

 He is 7 weeks old now. Getting to be a little porker, as expected of course!! ;)

Older brother TJ is just a going concern all the time now!! 

Latest interest, climbing in and out of our dog kennels.

 He even figured out how to open and crawl into the rabbit cage at home 

when his mom wasn't in the room for 5 seconds. Little monkey!!!

I did my first ever Ikea trip. Had never been in the store before, 

but since we have one in Winnipeg now, woohoo!!! 

I bought a bunch of see through containers to reorganize my stash/projects/sewing room...

 Tis a slow process, but I am getting there...

 We had another wonderful small group quilt retreat for 5 days.

Still working on my D9-P for my bed.

 You can't rush these things....  ;)

Slow and steady...?... Sort of...

One of our gals even led us in creating snap bags! Cuties!!

I put my cell, small camera, and ipod in mine (just to see how secure it might hold), 

turned it upside down, and it held!! Given a shake or two and it fell out, 

but that is pretty good holding for that weight!!!

That be it from me for now!

Later Gaiter!!

Myra

 

As promised to a few friends here...

... a couple more baby photos...

Big boy TJ and his new baby brother SA.

 He is still showering him with kisses, and has to hold him a couple times a day. 

TJ's mommy said that he tried sharing a cracker with SA as he slept... lol...

Here I am! Grammy with her two B-boys...

Snow is finally all melted... Yahoo!!

Kisses for baby brother...

Introducing our little SA, getting some love from big brother TJ.

SA born on April 16th at 1:08 AM 

Weighed in at 8lbs 14oz

and 21+3/4 inches long

Mom and SA both doing well...

We'll be going for our first visit with SA tomorrow!!  :)

We are well blessed...

Myra

Back from Lake of the Ozarks...

 Stayed at my cousin's timeshare this past Spring Break, as we did last year, though the weather was very different... We had another wonderful stay with them there...

 Cousin's wife has taken to quilting the last couple years, so when the guys go golfing out there, we shop, cut, and stitch... My father can't believe we bring our sewing machines on holidays with us... Well...if the guys can bring their golf-clubs with us, why not bring sewing machines!?!

(Below - Left) Is the mag photo (Quick Quilts - March 2010 - Raspberry Cheesecake) 

that I really like, and (Right) is the fabrics I bought to give it a go...

(below) The big print I bought a couple years ago. The four fabrics on top I brought back 

from the Ozarks. Not the greatest matches, but close enough to work. 

 I plan to make my brother-in-law a quilt with these. He likes bright happy colors.
I've got a few ideas, but haven't really committed to a pattern as of yet...

I also bought fabrics to make things for our new grandchild that is due to join us any day now. 

Oh the anticipation...

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter with your families!!

Happy stitchings!

Myra

A New Toy...

I shouldn't even be getting more new toys, because I am still not 

fully "bonded" with my new camera yet!! LOL!! Yeesh!

We need this new toy to stay in touch, through email, with my adult chillens when
we are on the move down south... Especially since my middle DD's
baby #2 is due at the beginning of April!!!

Back to getting a baby quilt done for this coming Sunday.
The baptism of a friend's baby...

Myra

Back from another retreat...

 Had a wonderful time! A group of seven we were this time...

Good food, good company, many laughs...

For some reason I didn't take many photos, as I was busy stitching lots!!

On the left is friend LS' Lattes quilt. Love the fabrics!! On the right is my Hidden Spools. 

I had planned to add the borders also, but seemed to be missing the fabric for the inner 

border in my box of supplies for the weekend... shucks!!!

 I did however make good strides on my D9-P that I had shown in this post... at the bottom.

Showing our wonderful Manitoba snow. It was about 4 feet high on each side of the road!!!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend too!!

Happy stitching!

Myra

Borders are finally on!!! Yippeeeeee.....

On my Row Robin...

Another step closer to a finish!

It's too big for my display wall even! Single bed size.. 67x89

Wondering which you think I should bind it with?

1.)  The border print? Which would be my choice...

2.)  Or the blue I used for the flange?

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!

Myra

Flange and Border on!

UFO "Very Green" done, and goes to my PhD pile now...

Feels great getting this quilt top done and off my UFO list.

On to putting the flange and borders onto my Row Robin UFO, 

and then get my D9-P blocks put together...

Supper bell calling...

Have a great weekend!

Myra

 

Very Green

A 4-Patch Posie I made last Spring... But since I haven't been blogging that
much this past year, you haven't seen it yet... Tis very green for sure!!!

Measures 40" x 48" right now...

This is the fabric it is cut from.

I just have to add a flange of red, and outer border to finish this quilt top.

Debating which red fabric to use right now.

Still working on my D9-Patches.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Myra

Row Robin, D9-Patch, Bits & Pieces...

 I've been doing a paper-pieced row to add to my Row Robin project, that 

I showed in the previous post. Odd size pieces, thus the paper-piecing.

 I added the new row to the others...

 Now I am pondering my borders, and debating if "my blue" is close enough 

to go with the blues that my friend's added in.

 Also showing a new book... I haven't really had a good sit with it yet, 

but a quick glance through it looked very promising.

While pondering my Row Robin borders today, I've been working on 

my D9-P project that I started a year or two ago.... I'm using up quite 

a few old fabric yardages and FQs, mostly small florals.

This afternoon I put some of the "bits & pieces" together that were too 

small to cut into charms for the 9-Patches that I start with. A bit more 

fussing, but I wanted to use it all up.

 Tonight I put more 9-Patches together...

  Halfway through getting all that done.

I just need another productive day of sewing, ironing, and cross cutting 

my 9-Patches, to be ready to play with all the blocks on my display wall...

Busy days coming up... Mom to physio, Mom's 73rd B-Day visit, BIL's 55th B-Day visit, 

Mom to X-rays/6-wk Doc appointment, etc, etc... Mom is doing really well with her 

new knee. Much better than her first experience with this 2 years ago..

Well, have a great weekend everyone!

Happy stitching!

Myra

iRobot - Poomba

Look what DH came home with yesterday!!

Time to read the instructions and charge the battery!

In the process of getting some of my PhDs done. First up is my Row Robin Project that I did with 9 other gals. You will note the changes I've made in some of my rows, as one did not measure properly, and the other I split in half, which I think looks great, and added another row of flying geese...

 Only one of us has fully finished their quilt. I have to make one more row to balance it out, and put the boarders on. So that is my thing to do over the next couple days.

Hope you are all keeping well!

Back to the sewing machine...

Myra

Photo issues with Blogger...?

Hello blogging friends!

I have a question for you, that I hope someone can answer. I have a private group blog with my quilting gals, and many of them cannot access the photos in their personal computer files. They click on the photo icon on the "new post" page, and everything comes up except the "choose files" option that would bring them to their own photos... Anyone know what that is about?

Would sure appreciate some feedback about this...

Thanks,

Myra

A quilt top finished...

Poor quality photo, but I set in a better photo of my fabrics in the corner.

DH will have a new quilt soon! 

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season, and that 

2013 has seen you all off on a good start so far...

Myra

Coming soon...

 Out with the old, and in with the new...

Going, going....almost gone...

(photo borrowed from cyberspace)

November Retreat

  Main Lodge - Camp Assiniboia, just outside Winnipeg

One side of the L-shaped workshop

You can see 2 vendor tables at the bottom of photo...

 Other side of L-shaped area

 4 round tables reserved for dining by the closed kitchen counters

 Some Sew, Show & Tell

 Happy stitching friends!

Myra

Got It!!

 My new camera!!! Finally!!

 Its nothing fancy... I wanted a smaller one this time. We will see how it goes...

I made our twins their Christmas stockings earlier in the month.

DD1 wanted something from the Nativity on them.

I delivered them to their Wisconsin farm this past weekend. 

A whirl-wind quick visit before Christmas. 

Only 10 hours driving, one way... LOL!!

 DD1 sent along a turtle outfit for our TJ. She knows how much our DD2 likes turtles...

TJ thought he looked great, and he does!! lol...

Well, we see how I've dropped the ball with posting twice a week... Sigh... 

Lets see if I can make it up. Tomorrow I will post some photos from our November Retreat...

Enjoy to season people!

Myra

The Newly Committed...

 ... Meaning that my friend K (Quilter Going Bananas) and I have committed to posting on our blogs twice a week till the new year, and possibly more in 2013... Haven't we K!?!  ;) 

We both seem to have fallen off the radar of keeping up with our blogging... Me more-so...

I just looked at my blog and realize that I only have 11 (now 12) posts up for 2012!!! Wow! That is terrible!! I seem to have lost some followers too. My fault for dropping the ball...

Now, having committed to posting more, I leave you with a couple of photos of our grand-baby-boys, and mention that they will have another little one to play with this coming April... 

Yup!! When it rains, it pours!!!

Our DD#2's TJ... Turned 1 in September.

Soon to have a sibling...

 Our DD#1's twins, F & D. Seven months old at months end.

I also leave a photo of what I was cutting up yesterday. 

Prep work for our quilt retreat next weekend...

I have a few things from this year to post about in the next couple of months...

I hope all is well with you and yours, and I am sorry I haven't kept my friends and family 

"in the know", nor been keeping up with everyone's blogs... 

Happy quilting!

Myra

Our twins...

 Just checking in...

Thought I would share a couple photos of our new grandson's.

Here I am holding them for the first time, 26 days old. Just out of NICU. 

Two days before bringing them home with DD1.

 I stayed with them for 2 weeks to help, and will be going down again sometime in July. 

DD1 has some wonderful friends coming out to help in the meantime...

Here is a more recent photo of our little guys that Great-Grandma took while visiting last week.

They are doing very well, and gaining weight steadily...

 Do you think they are identical, or fraternal?

I think fraternal, but time will tell...

Here are the quilts I made for the little ones. Frogs and Bugs.

DD1 picked out the fabrics and pattern...

And let us not forget our first grandson, TJ.

He is slowly walking holding one hand, but motors along quite well when holding two, 

and has 3 teeth now! Big boy is 9 months old...

Hope you are all doing well in your patches of the world...

Happy stitching!

Myra

Mr & Mrs Farmer's little family...

Our Grandbaby Boys...

 First let me say many thanks for all your comments of congrats! I so appreciate them! ;)

Sorry I haven't responded to them... A tad on the busy side in my patch of the world these days...

Thought I'd share some photos of our baby boys...

Here is TJ helping to spin lettuce dry...

7-months old

 He is a busy boy now that he is crawling and walking around furniture... 

Give him another couple months and he'll be walking on his own!!

This is baby FT, DD1's first born twin. The smaller of the two.

 Here is baby DS, twin #two...

Both babes have recently been out of their incubators, but still in NICU, and doing well, but not ready to come home yet. Hopefully in another couple weeks.

DD1 is already finding it exhausting, and that is with the nurse's help! 

I'll be going down south to help her when the three of them are ready to go home... I'm looking forward to that! I haven't seen the twins in person yet, but we are planning to set up Skype 

to see them... If I can figure it out... ;)

Well, I've got two baby quilts to finish binding, and some receiving blankets to make now. 

I will check in again soon... I hope! ;)

Happy stitching!

Myra

 

Our lives are ever changed and changing...

Hello blogging friends...

The author of the blog IS still alive and kicking...

Yup! Hanging in with all life throws us...

Just popping in to announce that this morning we became the proud grandparents to two more little boys... Which makes for 3 grandchildren now. Three boys...

F & D Farmer were born 6 weeks early, but are doing well. Both over 4 pounds...

Momma is tired but doing well, and Poppa is, I am sure, very happy...

This is my DD1 that moved to the USA, 12 hours away...

Still having "issues" with camera and photo program, thus no posts for a very long time... {I don't like doing posts without photos as you know}... and life seems to have a way of putting other priorities on us also...

I hope you are all doing well in your patches around the world...

Happy stitching!

Myra