A day into the wilderness...

With a lovely Fall day with 26* temps on Tuesday, we had to take advantage of it!! So out into the wilderness we went... On the Winnipeg River, in the Whiteshell Provincial Park...

We hadn't been there in a long time, and 

we were surprized at how low the 

water levels were... Wow!

Stopped for a couple hour sit/picnic/walk 

on a sandy beach...

We saw wolf tracks...

Big bear tracks...

Beside baby bear tracks...

We went on a steep up hill hike 

to look over the area...

Sun is going down, we best get down, 

and back into the boat...

Beautiful Fall time colors...

Gorgeous colors, and still waters...

Made it to the dock just as the sun went down...

 It was a lovely, fresh air kind of day... I had a great sleep that night! 8-)

Hope you are able to get out in these warm Fall days, before the weather turns icy...

Myra

Wednesday's Show & Tell...

This is Jr's quilt tops she put together from the June BOM blocks she won... She wins for first quilt made from their winnings this year... Good for you Jr!! 8-)

This is the back of her quilt...

This is Corina's! She has now joined our weekly gatherings...

You can see her photo of it on her Flickr page here...

I better get another finish done soon!!! These gals are putting me to shame! ;)

From Sunday's Day Retreat...

 September's BOM pattern that I need to get made this coming weekend...

These blocks are Ac's, and Vh's...

 Al's T-Shirt quilt top! Love the border fabric!!

 De's animal quilt top for her grandson...

 De's quilt top... A Marie Minaudier pattern..

 Dl's September "one quilt top a month" project...

 Jc's sheepish quilt tops, complete with a black sheep on the left hand side...

 Joanne's "Henrietta Whispers" quilt, done and bound! Way to go Joanne! 8-)

 Lw's wonderful greens...

 Lw's "Fabulous Fractures" by Brenda Esslinger...

 Ms' quilt top before borders...

 We had a wonderful day...

What was I working on? A PhD of mine that is still in the process of being hand-quilted...

 

 Oh My Goodness!!!!!   Pat Sloan got me hooked on a "another" card game!! Crazy Quilt Solitaire!  A nice change from the regular Solitaire and Spider Solitaire! 

Definitely a game to bookmark!! 8-)

What have the gals in your quilt groups been creating?

Happy stitching!

Myra

Sew, Show, and Tell...

Last week Wednesday I (once again) became a member of our provinces guild. Manitoba Prairie Quilters Guild. I think I took a 3-4 year break from it... 

This beauty is this year's raffle quilt...

 So now I have some show and tell from that evening to show you. 

These are the ones that really caught my eye!

 This one was done Stack & Whack method...

An Artistic Piece - This gal is always very creative! Check out her website.

Love this scrappy Double Wedding Ring with the black background!!

 Our city, after 15 years of being without, now has its hockey team back!! The city is crazy with excitement of its first game...
This is the old logo of the team. 

 Now they have created a new logo...

 

A fairly new blogger, Beth, is playing along on my Mystery Quilt-Along. Do take a minute to visit her blog... We all remember how please we were when people were visiting/commenting on our blogs when we first started blogging! Right! 8-)

Do I know you E.M.?

You left me a lovely congratulatory comment as "Anonymous", on the birth of TJ, but you are a "no-reply", so I can't email you a thank you...? I'm racking my brain to try to figure out if I know you, as I always tell my non-blogging friends to leave their initials for me!?!? I am stumped here! Hmmmm...?

Now, off to hopefully get some sewing done!!

Have a great day!

Myra

More of Gramma's brag...

I promise I will not be making overly to many Gramma brags on my blog! It is just that it is
all so new and exciting just now... lol! 8-)

I was gone for a few days... again!! 

Yup! At TJ's house... again!! I went to help prepare and pull off another family gathering...

Pretty much the whole family got together (sadly, minus Mr&Mrs.Farmer), this past Sunday to celebrate DD2's 25th birthday, DH's 50th, Mr&Mrs.Rose's 1st wedding anniversary, 

and DH and my 27th...  TJ was such a good baby throughout the whole day/evening, and everyone got to hold him for a bit... 8-)

This photo was taken this morning...

TJ's baby blue eyes are not blue any longer... Turning dark like his Daddy's side of the family...

...and here are the proud first time Great-Grandparents, my mom and dad...

 I was just tickled pink today, as TJ gave me 3 big smiles while I was talking to him this morning... DD2 insists it was gas... NOT!!

Back to my regular life tomorrow...

Back to doing some sewing and housework!

Happy stitching!

Myra

Mystery Quilt-Along Questions...

 I've had a couple of questions asked about the mystery, so thought I'd share...

Question 1 - Doreen asked if the 3 blocks that you were to create from the first step could be on-point? Nope! Not in this layout, but it can be made in any method you'd like. Paper-pieced, appliqued, whatever you wish?

Question 2 - Sandie asked if this mystery would work as a 2 colored quilt? Hmmm...? I'm not very good with the 2 color thing, so Sand suggested I look at my fabrics in gray scale, to see if you'd need light, medium and Dark... Well, I've put photos on here for Sandie to decide, and maybe comment her thoughts here for the rest of us... I'm not making that decision for anyone... LOL! 8-)

My fabrics in color...

 In gray scale...

 My 4-patches from Step 2
arranged like this "Just For This Photo..."

 ...and in gray scale...

 Unveiling my 3 blocks for this Mystery Project...

 ...and in gray scale...

 And there you have it!!
Click on photos for a better look-see... 8-)

Thoughts?

Myra

Mystery Quilt-Along Step 2...

Well, I've managed to figure out how to get my instructions up in PDF files, so that will be helpful to you for printing!! 

Yahoo!! 

You can't imagine how excited I am about learning how to do that!!! LOL! 8-)

Thanks to those that tried out my trial PDF of Step 1, and gave me feedback!!! 8-)

You will find the instructions for Step 2 coming up soon, with a link to the instructions in PDF form at the bottom of the page...

It is not too late to join in on the mystery fun! 

Happy Stitching!!

Myra

PS: I'm home from "Gramma" duty/help for a few days, but will be gone again soon for a while. Hopefully I will get some caught up with blog hopping/commenting before then!!

My PDF Trial...

 A favor to ask! 

Could someone go to my CCC Mystery Quilt-Along page and open my trial 

"Step 1" PDF file that I put there? 

 Do let me know if it opens properly, 

and if you can print it OK? 

If I did it right and it works, 

then I can put up "Step 2" tomorrow...

Thanks!

Myra

PDF Files...???

Can anyone give me a heads up on how to get a PDF file onto my blog/Mystery Quilt-Along page? I tried a few times, but it isn't working for me...? Maybe direct me somehow? Please?

Myra

Big News... Finally!!

I've been away from home for a week now, 

without access to the internet!
I sent out 180 texts from my cell phone,
and received 141... Wow!!

Talk about being patient with waiting to
get online to share my news!!!

Home now for a couple nights, and then back to DD2's new home and little family I will go. So, there will be more time between posts here...

With parental permission to post a photo,
I introduce you to TJ, our first grandchild.

Baby Boy!
Born at 4:30am on Sept 2nd, 2011. 
He's 21 inches long, and weighed 7 lbs - 13.5 ozs. 
What a precious gift to us all... :)

Photo of the happy little family...
Taken 6 hours after TJ was born...

TJ is a good little baby... 
Eat, Sleep, so far, so good! 8-)

Last Wednesday Mr & Mrs Rose spent 2 hours sleeping in their new home, their first night there, and DD2's water broke. 
Seems TJ couldn't wait to join them... 

 Lots to do for them to be totally settled in yet... 
All in good time! 8-)

Must catch up on 70 emails in my inbox now...

Hope you are all well, and wishing all the kiddies a great first week in school! 8-)

Myra

Turtles ready...

Turtle pieces in place on baby quilt... 

 Machine applique to go! 

They will be much more defined then...

DD2's new baby sheets, towels, clothes, baby clothes, etc, plus DD1's wonderful thrift store baby clothes finds ($5 a bag full x 2) are all washed and ready for our angel. Sorted into boy's and girl's boxes. All ready to be used...

Mr&Mrs.Rose's new house (previous post) is apparently in place, and tomorrow we help clean and move everything in... I hope they have a few days to enjoy it before they are joined by baby...

Hope you are having a great week!

Myra

Another Baby Quilt Top...

I made a quilt top a while ago for my first grandchild, thinking it was to be neutral, for girl or boy, but found it to suit a baby girl more. So, I decided to make another quilt top more suited to a baby boy. That is what I've been working on here and there this last while since we've been home from our time away... Only thing I have to do yet is add a turtle applique...

Once baby makes its way into the world I will complete the appropriate quilt... 8-)

Our Mrs Rose (DD2) is looking wonderful, and feeling great! Can you believe she hasn't gained a pound!!

These two are busy bees right now, and we are all hoping baby can wait another week... Read "why" above my posts...

Their house did come today...

 It will be put in place tomorrow...

I put a poll on my right sidebar to see how many are interested in taking part in my Mystery Quilt-Along... 

(As if I need to be doing this MQA with
everything else going on around here!!! 
Like I need a hole in my head too!!! LOL!)
Anyway, I sure would appreciate seeing what 

the results might be on the poll... 8-)

It has been well over a week since I've posted, and much longer since I've caught up on visiting all those special bloggers that I follow, as well as those that leave comments on my posts... Once this crazy time that we've been experiencing is over, and I don't feel so overwhelmed, my blogging practices will resurface I am sure...

Till then, take care and 

happy stitching friends! 8-)

Myra