CCC Group BOM Project...

My November Block is done!!

Two weeks ahead of time yet!! Not like me at all... I knew it was going to be a hard one, so it would be best to get at it right away... Now it is out of the way "YAHOO" and I can focus on my row for our Row Robin Project that is due soon...

This block had seams galore!!! Too many in my mind, considering that this was supposed to be a BOM of simple blocks... I know many gals in my group will struggle with this block also...

I did lots of picking and resewing...

I did manage to achieve a 12+1/2" finish though...

Hard to do with so many seams...

I made duplicates of the first 2 blocks, and made a simpler November block for myself, though the 4 patch is quite striking in appearance, I wasn't about to battle another today... 8-)

Tomorrow I will show you some Show & Tell photos...

Happy stitchings!

Myra

CCC Group BOM Project...

This is October's BOM that my group is doing.

It is due tomorrow...

You can find September's block here...

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An observation... I have noticed, finally, that a lot of my posts are way too long... Lots of photos are fine, but I am getting too long winded, which takes too much time to prepare.
Also, I know for myself, I don't care to read posts that have too much to read, cause I don't have time for that, as I would imagine this to be for others... I am not a good "skim" reader...
So, I have been trying, but now I am challenging myself to always do short posts from now on...

This is the first one... Or was it too long?
Do you think I can do it?

Myra

PS: Just had to fit this in! Check out this post on Lizzie's blog. Amazing!

Retreat Photos...

Here are the gals that attended our Fall Retreat!
Where's Waldo Myra? 

Where's K from QGBs? I'll never tell! You will have to ask her... 8-)

On Saturday morning I was the first name pulled/called for a door prize!!! I rarely win anything!!! Woopee!!!
This is a great book!!! Love it! 8-)

Then, after lunch, the gals presented me with this yummy cake as a thank you for organizing the retreats... I enjoy doing this for them... and attending them myself of course!!!
This was our 7th retreat in 3 years!!! Wow! 

Thanks ladies! 8-)

Now for some of the projects worked on over the weekend...

These photos may not show very well due to cropping them from much bigger photos... I missed taking lots of photos at this retreat... I was so wrapped up in this new facility we tried out, that I was out of sorts for the most part...

This is our CCC's BOM November Block, that Gb handed out over the weekend...

... and here is her sample for us...

Lots of fussing in this one...

We are having such unseasonal weather here that is unbelievable!!! We should be dealing with snow and cold, and instead we are having wonderful jacket-less weather!!! It is suppose to reach 15*C tomorrow!!! Unreal!!! I'll take it!!! 8-)

Myra

Saturday Sampler Blocks & Quilt Retreat

There was a lot of room to spread out at the retreat, so I had the chance to lay out my Saturday Sampler blocks to photograph for those that have requested to see them all together. I had to figure out what arrangement I wanted anyway.

This is not the final layout though, just one of many photos of them... I have gotten a fair amount of sewing done on them this weekend, but forgot to take a photo of them before I cleared it all off the "display" floor... Duh...

This is where our retreat was this time...

Beautiful grounds, and a wonderful facility...

Main Lodge back behind the "slow" post...
Ya! I forgot to take a lot of "good" photos this weekend... 8-(

Everyone had a great time! 8-)

I came home from the retreat to find hubby preparing for a fish-fry (which somehow Ruby ended up with fishy cooking oil all over her head... Great! Time for a bath) dinner for some family members he invited.

Later we had a couple of mean games of Skip-Bo...
Fun stuff! Thanks DH!!! ;-)

More photos to come,,,

Myra

No more Saturday Sampler Blocks @ Six

My Sampler blocks, you've seen all 25 of them in a pile on the previous post ready to go to a quilt retreat this weekend. As you read this I am busy putting them together! "Hopefully" I will have the whole quilt top done to post about next week...

I leave you with a photo of my fur-girls, dressed and ready for a walk with DH yesterday... He suggested putting on their "jackets"... Getting too cold out there for them now, for the long walks...

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

I know I am!!! 8-)

Myra

Slow progress & getting it in gear!!!

 Finally getting my butt in gear and making some progress in the sewing room...

Made my binding yesterday...

 When I make binding for a large quilt I wrap it onto a ruler as I make it to avoid all the tangling...

 Then I slide it off the ruler and store as such till I am ready to use it...

 While I was at it I made binding for another quilt I hope to finish soon too... Hollyhocks wall-quilt!!

Today I made the label for Mr & Mrs Rose's quilt (about time), AND finally attached it and the binding to the quilt. I worked on the binding at my Country Rose group tonight...

When I got home this evening I realized that I am far from ready to go to the quilt retreat this coming weekend, so set to doing that by FINALLY squared up my 25 Saturday Sampler blocks, and getting the rest of my fabrics together to make the top... which should have been put together by now, but that is why I call myself a "sluggish quilter"...

 Here is some Show & Tell from this evenings gathering of the Country Rose ladies...

This is Gk"s place-mats (awaiting binding) to go with newly painted walls in her kitchen... Very cheery! 8-)

 This is Jb's Christmas place-mats. Tonight she was working the binding...
You'll be all set for the festivities J! 8-)

 This is Jb's table topper ready for quilting...
Great colors for Fall!

Pc was binding a big quilt that I've shown before here, and Cd was looking through magazines and entertaining us with conversation as she lost her project bags somewhere between home and the gathering... 

Hey! It happens!! lol!

Sewing related photo & writeup on Lego a Day blog...

Cute! Click on link...

 Dora, "Mom, Ruby won't come out to play."

Ruby, "You know why I don't want to come out!"

 Dora, "Ruby come out to play!"

Ruby, "Nope! You just want to jump me!"

Dora, "Then I'm coming under there to get you!"

Dora has never ever crawled under that chair!!!
(yes there is dog hair on the floor! Pugs shed LOTS!)
8-)

Take care!

Myra

Quilting Bloggers Site & small Request...

I was visiting the Quilting Bloggers site today, and was surprized at how much it has grown since my last visit, long ago...

I was also surprized to see that there are only 10 Manitoba quilters that have listed their blogs here... I know, or have met, several of these wonderful quilters.

Are there that few quilters that are blogging in Manitoba? Or, are they not interested in putting their blog out there to share with other fellow Manitobans, Canadians, and the World?

If you are unfamiliar with this site, click on this, "Quilting Bloggers", it will take you to the site. Do check it out my friends! Lots of wonderful, friendly quilt-bloggers out there! If you scroll down, you will find all the different Countries Bloggers, then all the USA Bloggers, and finally the Canadian bloggers...

Request for a quilt friend that moved to Alberta...

Jm, a friend of mine, that moved to...?... I believe it is Red Deer, with her young family back in June. Jm is an enthusiastic quilter of about 3 years now. She has emailed our group here, expressing that she misses sharing and having fun with us, and that she would like to find a quilt group in her area. If any of you lovely quilters out there can direct her or invite her to possibly check out or/and join a group/guild (big or small), please, after a short comment (for Jm to read the possibilities for her out there), email me a contact person and I will pass the info on to her...

Thanks friends... 8-)

Myra

PS: Something else of interest to check out...

Saturday Sampler @ Six... Block 25

This was a scheduled post...

Block 25 - Grandmother's Fan
Last Block on this project!

You can view the first 17 blocks here...

Hopefully I can show you the finished quilt top within the next 3 weeks... Hopefully... 8-)
Other things to be completed before hand, and I will be working on this BOM at a retreat weekend next week...

First snow came last night...

The fur-girls were too chicken to step out... brrrr.... 8-)

A Spring/Summer bird-nest revealed, high in the tree...

Tidied up my sewing/computer room today, so that I at least have some cleared off work surfaces...

That's better!

Can't iron, and things are accumulating on the floor...

That will work... 8-)

Sorry I haven't done much blog visiting, been catching up around here, but I have managed a few blog visits today... 8-)
Hope you are all having a great weekend!
Happy stitchings!

Myra

Halloween Warning... email I received...

Halloween warning...

Happy Halloween!! 8-)

Myra

My Time Away...

I went to Thunderbay to visit friend H and her family for an extended weekend (Thursday till Tuesday). This furry girl was part of the welcoming committee.

Her name is Beauty. They think she is part Giant Schnauzer and Shepard...

What a big sweetie she is... 8-)

In this photo, 2 deer that were right across the street from H's house, in town...

Second deer in the background...

First visit to a quilt shop for H and her daughter J, and my first visit to this shop...

It was a lovely little shop...

This is the pattern of calendar quilts that H bought...

Click on the link to see the package. You can view the 12 quilts there...

H also bought fabrics to make December's wall-quilt, and J bought fabrics (Fabricland) to make April's wall-quilt... This is their very first experience in quilting...

These beauties will each measure 20"x 28" finished... H and J were quite excited with their progress... 8-)

Here is my Batik purchase. I thought it a good choice to make DS a quilt in the near future... 8-)

I just have to find a brown to match for an outside border... Thinking Disappearing 9-Patch pattern...

I couldn't pass up these 2 wall-quilt hangers. There were others that I could have bought also, but one can only buy so much at a time...

Patterns here I couldn't pass up... for future projects... you know... lol! 8-)

I had seen the dress/bloomer made up on Julie's blog a while back and thought it adorable, so I was some pleased finding it... 8-)

J and I went to Fabricland where she bought her fabrics for her April wall-quilt, and at $1.99 a FQ, I had to get my share too... A nice variety of colors...

A Wally-mart purchase of new magazines...

I had a wonderful stay with H! Excellent meals H!! Thanks a bunch, and good luck to you and J with the rest of those awesome projects!!!

We are experiencing some rotten weather up here right now. Rainy, cold, and very, very windy. They say the snow may be coming later tonight... NOOOOOoooooo...... Not ready for that!!!

I've managed to take a quick peek at some of my friendly bloggers posts, and am awestruck of what I've seen picture-wise!!! I will pop back for a read and comment tomorrow as I am mostly doing catchup with DH today... 8-)

Hope you are all having a great week!

Myra