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Meet NINA ...or What Was I Thinking? from caledonia quilter

Coco the rescue from Niagara Dog Rescue in the back. Nina the rescue from Hamilton-Burlington SPCA in the front. Two dogs who don't exactly like to wear Santa hats, lol.

added by helen-mary 4 months ago. under book , christmas , coco , donation quilt , family , nina , rescue dog , stash , ufo

A Winter Quilt & A Donation from caledonia quilter

This is a beautiful quilt made from a panel. As you know, Winter Is Coming.

I love this gal's work. She cut up the panel, did some math, made lots of patchwork, then put it all together.

Even the back is lovely.

Back in the spring my friend and I were horrified about what was happening in Ukraine, and we decided to put our stashes together and make a quilt for donation.

Here's the final product.

A closeup of the quilting - sunflowers.

I also made some placemats to go with the quilt.

I'm pleased to say that ...

added by helen-mary 1 year, 3 months ago. under christmas , coco , cooking , donation , donation quilt , family , garden , guild , guild program , kale , longarm quilting , recipe

A Quick Catch-up from caledonia quilter

Where I'm going tonight. Might come home with a new t-shirt!

I made a couple of pear & raspberry galettes to thank the ladies who gifted me with the fruit.

Coco trying to coerce a treat (?) out of one of the trainers at doggy daycare.

What I did to her AFTER daycare.

added by helen-mary 1 year, 6 months ago. under beach girls , coco , cooking , music , retreat

Two Modern Quilts & .... from caledonia quilter

These were two beauties that both wanted the pantograph Modern Curves.

That's such a striking quilting design and it shows up really well on solid fabrics.

And, HEY! I MADE A QUILT! This was for a young man who's gone off to university.

Here are the strips of geese. My original intention was to use a border print as sashing between the rows, but I didn't like the look, so I opted to stick with the solid black. These are 4" x 8" geese made using the Quilt In A Day ruler. Definitely one of my favorite ...

added by helen-mary 1 year, 7 months ago. under coco , cooking , marriage , modern quilt , quilting , quilts

COCO does a blog post from caledonia quilter

Friday. My favorite day of the week! Mommy takes me for a drive so I can go play with my fourpaw fur-friends.

OK, now that I've burned off some steam it's Break Time!

Meh. Don't like that pool. More space in this one.

Self-explanatory?

added by helen-mary 1 year, 8 months ago. under coco , dog

August 6, 2022

New Collection of UFO's in 2022 from caledonia quilter

I'm sitting on the back patio, 8:30 on Friday evening. Current temp is 24c with a feels like 30c. Saturday and Sunday are both forecast to be 30c with a feels like 40c. Given a choice between this heat or late January temps of -20c I will take this. In the wilting heat of the day I'll stay inside and do whatever is on my necessary list but as it cools down a bit in the late afternoon I'm back outside. I'm blaming this love of summer for my new little crop of UFO's ...

added by helen-mary 1 year, 8 months ago. under coco , garlic , guild , guild program , ufo

June 4, 2022

Two Pretties from May, and life-in-general from caledonia quilter

Here's a gorgeous, soft & gentle quilt made by Margaret (of the Kawartha Margarets

added by helen-mary 1 year, 10 months ago. under asparagus , coco , cooking , garden , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , recipe , scrappy

May 8, 2022

Two More "Same But Different", Movie, Book, Dog from caledonia quilter

Here are two more quilts of the same pattern, but different colour choices.

The pink quilt got a fun back too - made with a floral panel.

Whenever I go to a quilt show I hang around the aisles where they've hung all the quilts that were made at a workshop, so you can see the "same but different" quilts. I've learned a lot about colour by paying close attention to how other people make use of their fabrics.

MOVIE:

I watched West Side Story and did not enjoy it. It was depressing.

BOOK:

I finished reading The Diamond ...

added by helen-mary 1 year, 11 months ago. under beach girls , book , coco , dog , longarm quilting , movie , quilt , quilting , recipe

April 23, 2022

Same but Different, Coco updates, More UFO's from caledonia quilter

I love seeing the same quilt made two different ways. These are customer quilts, but this pattern is definitely on my "to-do" list.

Example #1 - dark geese with light background.

Example #2 - light geese with dark background.

COCO UPDATES

She's still terrified of DH. I keep reminding both of us that we should expect to have 14 years with her, so calm down. If it takes a year for her to get comfortable, then so be it.
We go out in the backyard in the afternoons now. She kinda plays but not for very long. She HAS barked at ...

added by helen-mary 2 years ago. under book , coco , dog , donation quilt , longarm quilting , quilt , quilting , scrappy , ufo

March 17, 2022

A Day In The Life (or five weeks worth of days) from caledonia quilter

I'm reading Her Turn by Katherine Ashenburg. It's a good book, and I noticed that each chapter represents a week. Since I haven't posted in quite a while I thought I'd borrow that format.

Feb 6 - 12

I started the week by giving myself another covid haircut. I was due for a proper cut at the beginning of January, but it's not like anyone cares what I look like. 37 years married...if you get my drift. Most of the time DH is happy if he notices that my shoes are still in the closet ...

added by helenmaryhubert 2 years, 1 month ago. under beach girls , birthday , coco , guild , guild program , house , marriage , quilt , red hats , winterruption

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