Then Came June in September and a Puff Quilt

The top is done. 

And I love it. 

This pattern is makes it so easy to make it look scrappy and it comes together quick!! 

I don’t have a back for this one. I thought I did but I don’t!! I am going to see what I can find tomorrow so I can finish this one!! 

Remember this one: 

Look at those cute puffs!! 



Why in the world did I think I could ever finish this one?? Good news, this is the next one I am going to work at. And by work at, I mean finish!! I’m sure it won’t take long as soon as I find a rhythm, right?? 

I didn’t realize I’m not done all the squares or rows yet! Just found a few in the bottom of the storage bag. This one could take a while. 

Happy Friday 

ME

Earrings

 Good morning ladies,

Here are two pairs of earrings I have made. One is a brick stitch around a pair of simple hoops and the other is loops on thread. The triple loops were definitely the easier of the two. I’m trying a couple different tutorials for a wide fringe but it’s making me crazy so it may have to wait until later. Keep up the creativity! Her

Then Came June

This should be called Then Came September!! 

Three squares done

9 more to go! 

I might even have something to put on the back of this one!! I may be able to get it done before I go to work on Thursday!! This could be wishful thinking!! 

This pattern is super simple once you figure out how the Suarez go together. I love the method used to make the flying geese squares. There’s no waste, it’s easy and very little trimming!! 

I’m off to bed! I need to get back into routine. 

Me

Jam Cupboard now Quilt Cupboard

We did some furniture moving a while ago and this cute jam cupboard was sitting empty.

Not any more!! 

Now that I am on a roll finishing quilts, I need somewhere to store them all and this little cupboard happens to be the perfect place. 

I was able to add one more quilt to the finished pile today. 

I started off quilting this one with circles but soon stopped because my machine and I don’t seem to be able to free motion quilt. I ended up with broken thread or the thread bunched up underneath. So there are some circles and squiggles on this one for quilting. 

The dark lines are pencil marks. At one point I was going to do some straight line quilting and had drawn lines on the quilt. They will wash off, right?!?!? 

You can hardly see the squiggles on the quilt in that picture but I can ensure you that they are there!! 

Here’s a few pictures of the circles. 

And the back … I love that material!! 

While on on the finishing train, I might as well keep going!! 

On to the next one! 

Happy Monday

ME

Next Up

I pulled out the Crazy Mom Quilts’ quilt top.

That is upside down - fyi

When she quilted her version she did little circles. I thought that I would give that a try. However, I don’t want to take forever to get it finished so instead of little circles, I’m going to do medium circles. Or circle like shapes!! 

I’m so excited to be using up this fabulous fabric for the back:

I can’t remember when or where I bought it but I love it. I’m going to wrap it around the front for binding. 

I should have this one done by early afternoon, that is, if I don’t get distracted by something else. 

Happy Sunday! 

Me

Vintage Lace

What does a teacher do when she realizes summer is over as of Thursday??! 

She works at finishing as many quilts as she can!! 

I started the Vintage Lace quilt in 2020!  Here’s the proof: 

One of the quilters that was in the test group pointed out I had an error! Imagine that!! 

Anyways, I fixed it and kept going. This one has sat on the shelf because I used the turquoise material to finish something else and had to order more. Just order more - sounds so easy! Let me tell you, it wasn’t!! It took a while to find enough to finish the front and for the back! I found some and finally got the top finished. 

Here’s the finished product: 

It was a little windy when I was trying to take a picture. 

Here’s my first picture!! 

I have to wait for my roll of batting to arrive before I can quilt this and put it in my bed. 

I may add a small 3 inch border before I quilt it. Not 100% sure yet!! 

Next project?? Maybe some paper piecing or maybe finish another quilt!! 

Happy Sunday! 

ME

Number 4 Done

August have been productive!! 

Not sure why I am surprised by this! 

Time is running out on summer. 

6 days left! 

I can’t find a post about this quilt top. It has always been that quilt that was out of my colour comfort zone but I do love it. I bought this light grey sheet thinking it would work for a different quilt back but it just wasn’t right for that other quilt. However, it looks great on this one. 

I quilted each row by stitching in the ditch and then putting an x across all of the teal/blue blocks only. 

Here’s what the back looked like: 

You may need to zoom in on that picture. 

Here are a couple close ups:

I should finish a t-shirt quilt from 2020 that I was asked to make now that I finally found enough material to finish it. It took me forever to find a quilt store with the material. 

I need to order another big roll of batting! I only have a little bit left of this one.  I wonder how many of them I have gone through?!?! My guess is 3 - 1 in Weyburn, 1 in our apartment and 1 here!! 

Anyways! 

Off to get something done! 

Me

More flowers

 Good afternoon ladies,

   I just wanted to share more flowers I have done. One is a rainbow pride for my secretary, whose daughter’s wife is a Métis youth advocate, and the next is inspired by the colours of the Ukrainian flag for my Great Aunty Gena who came for a visit from B. C. ( I couldn’t find the exact blue so I went with aqua). The third is for my friend Helen who got a permanent principal position this year finally, it’s her school’s colours. My new skill is edging with beads to finish. What’s up in your worlds?  Her

Beading flowers

 Good afternoon ladies,

Here are some new flowers. They are shown on Peter Parker, the spider plant Chase gave me, that is still alive! Her

New adventure -beading

  Hi there,

I decided to explore beading as a way of feeling more connected with my Métis ancestry. The ‘flower beadwork people’ loved to bead everything they could, their version of bling. So I watched a lot of you tube videos https://youtu.be/YAYbjY8EBbk . Then,I got some dollar store materials to try out the technique.

About the size of my hand
Feeling very over confident I headed to Fabricland for real supplies.  Let me tell you threading a teeny tiny flathead needle nearly did me in. I also didn’t have the right thread so I had to use one strand of embroidery floss. This was my first creation.

I’m now convinced I an do this so we head to the new bead store in Stoon for real thread and other supplies. This flower took 7 hours and then another hour to sew onto the backing.

This poppy also took around seven hours.

Guess how long?

So that’s the start of this adventure. I’m finding it very zen. I have a couple more to do backings on next.

Keep up the creativity!

Her

Table Cloth or Quilt??

I wanted a couple of blankets for outside when it starts to get chilly and I didn’t want to spend a lot of money. While shopping at Homesense, I found a couple outdoor table cloths that I really liked. I actually found 2 so I bought them both. 

I took the table cloth, folded it in half and put batting in the middle. 

I used some precise planning to quilt it 🤣🤣

I put the edge of the quilt up against the throat of the machine as the guide for the first row. 

Then I folded it over and used it as a guide. 

I repeated this a couple times. 

Not exactly straight but close enough. 

Hope I can keep this productivity up!! 

Me

Number 2 Done

This took me no time to get finished after doing the first one. I didn’t realize the 2 red colours didn’t match until I was quilting. One is more red red and the other is kind of an orange-ish red. I don’t think it’s enough to worry about. 

I used black thread to quilt this one. I think it made the quilting stand out more. 

I do love buffalo plaid and was glad to use this up to finish this quilt. 

I am going to keep working at finishing some quilts. This is the next one I am going to finish!! This one is not one of my normal blood colour quilts. I think the light grey back will be used for binding, too. 

2 for others, 1 for me!! 

Happy creating

ME