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Good morning, my friends. Sheesh...what an exhausting day we had yesterday. We had a lot of errands to run in the morning in addition to doing our grocery shopping. We got our beloved Egg McMuffins first...mainly to take the sting out of the whole morning's mission. From there, we headed to the recycling depot, then the pharmacy, then the feed store, then the grocery store, then the gas station, then another grocery store (because, weirdly, our regular store doesn't sell canned crab), and finally...the liquor store. I swear the liquor store was always a part ...

Good morning, my friends. Sheesh...what an exhausting day we had yesterday. We had a lot of errands to run in the morning in addition to doing our grocery shopping. We got our beloved Egg McMuffins first...mainly to take the sting out of the whole morning's mission. From there, we headed to the recycling depot, then the pharmacy, then the feed store, then the grocery store, then the gas station, then another grocery store (because, weirdly, our regular store doesn't sell canned crab), and finally...the liquor store. I swear the liquor store was always a part ...

 OMG!!!!!!! When I read the first line of Daphne's comment, I was going to say - I used to work at the Main Office of BMO in Old Montreal. The number of days I had lunch in the park across the street, right in front of Notre-Dame Basilica. But seriously? There is a plaque in the BMO Museum about the Pauline Vanier Scholarship! I did not know that, and I hope Daphne got a picture. That was ME!!!!!! I should tell you that story someday. I have photos at home -- it was a really big to-do. And it was a ...

Before you read the next paragraph I want to explain the 'breakpoint position' is the fabric that touches the outside edge at the center of all 4 sides.  In other words, it is the fabric that makes the largest diamond shape in the quilt.

Second, you don't have to decide what fabric is going to be in the center of the quilt at this time.  You will be able to audition a lot (or all) of the fabrics after you have unpicked a full sequence of loops.

I have previously posted photos for what is described in the first ...

Progress slowed down in the sewing room this month, but that's to be expected with outdoor projects and the fire burning close by on our mountain filling the days. However, I was able to move some things forward before the fire started on the 14th.This month I managed to get Old Dirt Road into a top. The full blocks were made last month and I made the 20 half blocks this month. When I was

It’s been a bit since I’ve given you a doctor update. About 6 weeks ago, my right shoulder started acting up. I immediately thought, it’s doing what it did last year. UGH. I stuck it out, hoping it might be okay because in the past, if I babied it, I could get it to settle …

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 I've been working on two different lots of secret sewing recently, and I'm pleased to say that one lot has now been gifted.  You may remember that I like to donate to Grandparents Raising Grandchildren.  The co-ordinator, Fleur, is bringing up three grandchildren herself, one girl and two boys, and when I asked, she told me that the children didn't have their own quilts.  Oh dear, I thought, so I mentioned to her some months ago that I would like to make them one each.  Finally, I finished the last one, this was delayed with my South ...

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 This morning Patrick went golfing. It was nice to have part of the morning to myself. I even got a walk in with 7 laps. it felt good to walk, since I haven't been very good about going out every day.

Patrick got home and he worked in the yard. Then after he showered, we headed to Safeway to get a few things for when my daughter gets here tomorrow. I bought a salad for myself, and Patrick decided he wanted shrimp for supper. I put the chicken in the oven to go with my salad when Patrick asked ...

A few facts before I go into the next step of the tutorial.

Don't cut off selvages before you make the stratas.  The first clean-up cut from the strata tube will trim them off....and you may need 1/8" of the selvage area to get the number of loops you need from a strata tube.

I don't pre-wash regular printed cotton fabrics so I will get more loops per tube than those of you who prewash.

Batiks don't have the wide unusable selvages so you can always get more loops from a batik tube.

You are ...

I already told you about Friday and Saturday here at the house. Now, here’s a recap of Sunday and Monday. I didn’t take many pictures. I was too busy enjoying the day. Sunday morning started with a cheesecake party. Yep. We had cheesecake for breakfast. On Saturday, Rick had made it. Oh my word…Delicious!! If/when …

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