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Canadian December, Christmas Patchwork Diamond Quilt Begun from Canadian Needle Nana

It's looking a lot like Christmas here and the kids got a snow day last Monday. We've broken a former record for how many hours straight it had been snowing -59. And it does feel like it has been snowing for days, just lightly but no sun. Our world is a post card like black and white winter one. Ned loves sniffing all the obvious tracks that now we can name as the usual visitors...squirrel, turkey, bird, fox, etc.

The trees in the front area of the house are huge. See 6ft 4in Tony with Ned?

I ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 1 hour, 17 minutes ago. under books , food , xmas by quiltmania

Quilting two........... from Exuberant Color

I knew it wouldn't take long to quilt a 39" square quilt so I started with this one.

Since it took such a short time I loaded the other flannel baby quilt which is 40" square after I unpinned the first one. I was able to use the same colors of thread top and bottom so that was a plus.

I got both of them trimmed and binding will be today, all by machine on both of these.

Yesterday morning I noticed my neighbor's kitty sitting on the tree stump just over the lot line. I know he ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week ago. under food , machine quilting , nature

Most Popular Thanksgiving Recipe, Christmas Coins, Free Pattern from Canadian Needle Nana

Playing nicely together at the feeder...

Somebody much younger than I am said recently she felt like each week is now just a couple of days. Time moving faster- I wonder, can it really. I know for sure there's no such thing as time heavy on our hands like the old folks would complain about back in the day. Is it because of all the gadgets we have, those to play with and those that make work easier, I wonder.

That last bit came to me this week as I mopped the floors using my Nellie which basically does ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under christmas coins , feelings , food , free patterns , wildlife

Three Meals-One Ham, Granny Stripe Afghan and Applique Needlebook from Canadian Needle Nana

Hello again, we are finishing off another busy week. I like to take care of maintenance things- for the car, the house and us, before winter sets in and weather and driving becomes an issue. We both were out of the house every day which seems to make the time fly by extra fast. It always feels good to have checkups behind us.

As a result of all that I didn't get in any daytime stitching, but my nights are still my stitching in front of the tv time.

A few more rows have been crocheted onto my Granny ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under appliqued needle book , crochet , feelings , food , recipes , youtube videos

Redwork, Christmas Coins Quilting, Videos from Canadian Needle Nana

For my American friends who are thinking about their Great American Thanksgiving...having a very long neck is very useful.

Speaking of which, I enjoy watching Becky at her Acre Homestead YouTube site. She cooks amazing and easy meals and her Thanksgiving videos, in particular, are wonderful. Here she is with her Mom preparing an incredible Thanksgiving feast.

Though a project kind of on the side, I've stitched another of Mom's Redwork blocks. This is the provincial flower of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Pitcher Plant. It grows in bogs or fens and the most interesting thing about it ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under birds , christmas , food , redwork , youtube videos

Travel from Becca's Crazy Projects

Last weekend we traveled to Morristown, NJ, to participate in Metatopia 2023. We played new games with new friends, attended seminars about machine learning systems and listened to the flesh and bone artists this technology aims to put out of business.

There was also so much food. We went to Pierogies House for dinner.

I walked in the nearby park.

We had more delicious food. The chicken sliders - with house-made chips - were a fun lunchtime treat from The Horseshoe Tavern.

And more walking in the park.

added by Becca 1 month ago. under 2023 , adventure , board games , food , game , gaming , travel

Six Things to Love from Canadian Needle Nana

Six Thursday Things to Love

Finding beauty in Mother Nature's autumn palette

Getting a Special Request

Recently I was asked by fabric and thread artist, Gwyned Trefethen, if she could use a photo of my Red Squirrel in her art work. Of course I was flattered and more than happy for her to do that. Check out her post HERE where she is bringing Red Squirrel to life with thread and fabric. Amazing!

I'm in awe of folks who can do these kind of art works. Like Mary Anne at Magpie's Mumblings with her beautiful landscape pictorial ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 1 month, 1 week ago. under food , omg , quilting , thrift shopping

Baking, pressing, searching....... from Exuberant Color

My treats for today and tomorrow

I like my sweets and want some in the freezer to pull out when I have a craving. I don't like to have the whole batch though so when there is someone to bake for, I bake the things that I want and hope the recipient will like them. I visited my granddaughter yesterday and took some of it to her. The little great-grandson is 2 weeks old now and he and his brother slept through my visit.

I pressed the Bear Paw quilt top and got it up on the design wall ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under food , quilts made with triangles , stash

It was an outside day............. from Exuberant Color

There haven't been too many perfect days to work outside in the last month. It was either close to 90 or in the 50s. Yesterday was perfect so I did over 3 hours of digging and planting and finally pulling weeds. Also I finished the mowing in the side and back yards.

I dug out 2 big Hostas in the front garden, ones that got too much sun and didn't look great for half of the summer. I pulled off a few sections from one of them and then planted the 2 big plants in pots for the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under food , nature

Canadian Thanksgiving Food, Easy Hexagon Table Runner from Canadian Needle Nana

Welcome to another post where I share more of the tiny bits that make up my days.

I was delighted to capture these two juvenile robins taking a bath...perhaps their very first, in our little pond. First week in October

It was our Canadian Thanksgiving on October 9 and we had the family here for the large meal. All my pots got used at some point in the process. I cooked a turkey, of course, and made mashed potatoes, oven baked sweet potato slices. buttered cabbage, mashed turnip with a little butter and brown sugar, and carrots. Standard Thanksgiving ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under birds , easy hexagon quilt , food , recipes

Thrift Store Quilt, Monthly Goals, October Plum Crisp from Canadian Needle Nana

I took this photo of Tony and Ned walking one of the 4 marvelous public walking trails within a few minutes of the house. This is the one where Beth walks Petey and Abbey. We wondered if Ned could smell them. Don't know about his legs, but his nose certainly got a workout!

Speaking of Abbey and Petey, here is a cute brief video Beth took of them. They are definitely lovable Labs.

This strange orange glowing dessert below is my Plum Crisp in the oven light. I'd bought a basket of small plums and they were bitter- ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 2 months ago. under easy hexagon quilt , food , ned , plus quilt , thrift shopping

Easy Hexagon Runner, Free Patterns, Redwork Stitching from Canadian Needle Nana

Yes, it is starting. I'm wearing gloves on my early morning walks these days. Staying cool but sunny which makes it wonderful fall weather. Here is a little roundup of tiny but wonderful things I enjoyed this week.

Baker Beth gave us these wonderful blueberry muffins and extra chocolatey cookies. A great treat!

I didn't share Robbie's back to school photo before but here he is now soon to be 10! He's tall for his age.

And he gave me this...worms he caught for my compost bin. I told him they will live a very ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 2 months, 1 week ago. under easy hexagon quilt , food , free patterns , redwork

Starbucks Treat, Teresa's Video, QAYG Autumn Tablerunner from Canadian Needle Nana

No sign of a groundhog in about a month now. Also my hummingbirds have disappeared. Yesterday, the geese flew overhead with their familiar wild honking. I never tire of watching their beautiful v's cross the sky.

LeAnna at Not Afraid of Color's new prompt has to do with our favourite spices. Recently I was here, a rare spot for me to be.

I ordered something completely new to me (well, everything in there is new to me really)...the Apple Crisp Oat Macchiato with cinnamon, a spice I like but just a little of. Anyway, it was delicious ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under food , quilting , shows to watch , youtube videos

Easy Hexagon Quilt Beginnings, Other Enjoyments from Canadian Needle Nana

While Tony had put in his order for beans on toast, sausage on the side, I really didn't know what I wanted. I'm the cook of course, so I could get myself the same or anything if it's here in the fridge/cupboard to be found. But nothing was appealing to me and staring into the fridge didn't help. Does that ever happen to you? In the end I made a large cup of tea and had a bowl of yogurt and fruit with a slice of marmalade sourdough toast. I know...a bit boring mainly ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 months ago. under books , easy hexagon quilt , food , ned , quilting

Autumn Blooms, Hand Quilting, Dogs in Our Pond from Canadian Needle Nana

Our summer is surely leading to autumn. Don't need the weather people to tell us...it is cool each morning and there is a certain slant to the light. The angle is different and the sunlight itself is glittery but like it is filtered through the trees first. And of course, it is darkening earlier in the evening..."closing in" as my grandparents would say. I love autumn too so it's all good.

The Ligularia, such a wonderful perennial, is blooming now in late summer. The very large deep yellow blooms open up as the rest of the ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 months, 1 week ago. under books , dogs , flowers , food , quilting

Hand Quilting, Flowers, Favourite Snack from Canadian Needle Nana

Walking through the garden this morning, I noted the beautiful Japanese Anemones were alive with bees. My header photo features just that. Someone before me loved these perennials as there are four healthy patches of them here.

Below is a weed, maybe Fireweed, not sure exactly what, but I do admire the intense pinks lining the pond path. This has tufted tops.

Here is a close up of Purple Loosestrife which is in a small meadow directly behind the house. It is invasive but has not spread here at all, just a few sprigs here and there each summer.

Early ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 months, 1 week ago. under flowers , food , quilting

Two More Thrift Finds, Redwork, Free Patterns from Canadian Needle Nana

Old and still beautiful Day Lily and very young Maple tree...

There's a reason cups of tea/coffee are often shown with a backdrop of a cozy quilt/stitching in hoop or/yarn and hook, etc. Our comforts for mind and body are important to us. I honestly don't know what I would do without mine. I also love reading about yours as I think you all know by now.

As you know I also love nothing better than a good poke about in a flea market/thrift store where I challenge myself to see what I can ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under flowers , food , free patterns , redwork , thrift shopping

Book Club Quilting, Quiltmania #156, Price Shock from Canadian Needle Nana

Early afternoon here and Tony has his tea and biscuit snack. I have to tell you about these biscuits that he likes so much. I was in a dollar store recently looking for dog throw balls and saw these biscuits...several shelves of all the different kinds. And they were a whole dollar cheaper than at the grocery store!

I don't know how this works...wouldn't the regular grocery store get them at the same wholesale price as a dollar store outlet? You know where I'll be buying these from now on!

Happy mail...my Quiltmania magazine ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under birds , books , flowers , food , quilting

Final layout for I Spy............ from Exuberant Color

The only thing I had to decide was where the red/orange/hot pink I Spy prints would be. I could have just sewn this together without a layout ahead of time but I didn't want those colors clumped together in one area.

Good news! My tomatoes are finally turning red. There are about 5 more that probably can be picked today.

Yesterday got up to 90 with a feel like temperature of 103 at 2 p.m. yesterday. Today is supposed to be a few degrees cooler but still high humidity and then back to mid to high ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under food , i spy , nature

Redwork Stitching, Marking Pencils,Gardening, Movies from Canadian Needle Nana

I shared a photo of the vines that grew so well in winter inside the house a while back. Here they are still alive and well outside all summer. I had put a few seeds in soil just to see what would happen knowing that, while I had no success growing pumpkins, I loved the leaves and these, whatever they are, look so pretty. A very tiny critter also loves them as there are little nibbles taken in some of them.

And the Marigolds are the ones I grew from seeds planted in my garage green house in May. I ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under flowers , food , gardening , movies , redwork , shopping

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