There hasn't been a lot of stitching time this past week. Spring has finally arrived in Muskoka. Added to that, every year on earth day the municipalities here have free compost for those willing to go and shovel it for themselves. We had a new raised bed built last year that never got used since it needed to be filled. So that is what we have been doing since Wednesday. All of our raised beds are now full of wonderful compost and are ready to be planted. But, that has meant that there hasn't been time or energy ...
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Ihr Lieben,
in dieser Woche hatten wir einen besonderen Gast als Kursleiterin bei uns.
Montse Forcadell aus Spanien.
Es gab drei Kurse über je 2 Tage mit Montse.
Thema waren "El Tubo" und "Diamant".
Wie wunderbar, beide Themen. Es war eine wundervolle Zeit. Montse kommt im September wieder mit drei Kursen "El Tubo". Termine 2027 sind in Planung, dazu in Kürze mehr.
In unseren Kursen und Auszeiten gibt es immer das Rundrumverwöhnprogram.... eine Auszeit für euch vom Alltag.
Quilt Paint Create stash report for 4/26/2026.
It has been a busy month for hubby with appointments, etc. Still, a bit of work did get accomplished.
Meet Section B of my hexie quilt. Can't believe that all these hexies will be assembled into a section! These will be put on hold for a while and will be worked on later while sitting in our new gazebo and also for cottage trips.
Good morning, my friends. Saturday turned out to be another lovely day to get out and enjoy the weather. We had some errands to run in town, and we wanted to cross over the pedestrian bridge in Sherwood again. And we did a few other things not on the day's agenda. First...the bridge. We crossed it more mindfully this time. Mike, engineer and handyman that he is, was good company for this mindful excursion. He was appreciative of the materials and workmanship. So let's have another more mindful journey, shall we? Or don't. You don't ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. Saturday turned out to be another lovely day to get out and enjoy the weather. We had some errands to run in town, and we wanted to cross over the pedestrian bridge in Sherwood again. And we did a few other things not on the day's agenda. First...the bridge. We crossed it more mindfully this time. Mike, engineer and handyman that he is, was good company for this mindful excursion. He was appreciative of the materials and workmanship. So let's have another more mindful journey, shall we? Or don't. You don't ...
read moreWe again went from shorts to long pants, from the windows open to closed and the heat on. April.
I did work on a few scrappy projects this week, but I forgot to take any photos. Mostly, I was doing a bit of a clean-up and I just finished a bunch of partially sewn blocks and binding strips. I guess we will have to settle for some photos of some quilt tops donated by local volunteers.
What is it about warmer temperatures that make me want a table full of yellow? Is it the sunshine? Maybe. But whatever the cause, it made me smile to bring out the yellow dishes and chargers to create a fresh table for spring meals.
The salad plates are called Chloe and they came from Pier 1 some years ago. I do miss that store. They are on white stoneware dinner plates and yellow chargers.
Yellow napkins are gathered into yellow flower pot napkin rings.
The setting is completed with everyday flatware, individual salt and pepper shakers and a crystal water ...
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Work continues on K’s quilt. All the components are made, and I am sewing the top together.
I also basted the beach runner and REALLY want to start quilting it. I pulled some coordinating threads.
I hesitate to start quilting because I won’t want to stop until it’s done. The other quilt has a deadline. I sometimes struggle with finishing projects on time and don’t want to get in a crunch situation. My work days don’t always go as planned and evenings can be a bad time for sewing.
We ...
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Spring storm season continues. We were lucky Thursday night, all we got from the storms that spawned the tornadoes out west was heavy rain and a lot of lightening. We had some rain and a bit of thunder from the storms last night. All the tornado warnings were south of us. I will be glad when storm season dies down a bit.
The stormy weather hasn't affected my stitching time.
After driving from Norfolk last Sunday, I attended the welcome reception for Nicholas Ball’s retreaters prior to their week at Quilt Direct. They worked on their improv fish all week, ending up making them twice the normal size in their enthusiasm.
As well as making sure the retreaters were fed, watered and happy I had a customer quilt and lots of teaching. There was a day of 1:1 overlocker, another day of 1:1 Bernini Aurora and 770QE, a B990 zoom session, then my new Friday job.
My evenings were also busy – Nicholas came round for tea, we ...
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It's really hard to get a ...
read moreRay has been busy-busy. He’s here today to tell you about his recent finishes. He writes: Marci V. from ID sent me this amazing string quilt. I love the way she just stitched one string to the next and to the next until she had a block the size she needed. Then to give it …
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read moreThis morning, I couldn't go back to sleep, so was up at 7 am. I woke around 4 am and kept waking up every few minutes. So, gave up after a while.
I was enjoying the morning, by playing games when Patrick reminded me of the Zoom meeting with QOV state coordinator. Our President was also in the meeting. She talked about the changes and what to expect in the next year. I didn't realize it was her that became President of QOVF. She's with my old group in Olympia. She's also an attorney. So, we ...
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