Thrifty Finds!

Thrifty bedspread

While in Montreal I checked out my favourite kind of store, the thrift stores .  I COULD NOT leave this bedspread there…and it is in near perfect condition.  It matches my room and in the right colours! And it is comfy light for summer!  I feel like I am finally getting my house in order, some kind of style.  We are taking out all the carpeting and linoleum and are doing it in oak flooring and ceramic…pictures will be forthcoming.  A busy renovating summer.  BUT I have kept my sewing room intact because I need a place to stay creative and plus it is my summer afterall.  Revovations sure do break the routine!

Well, off to sew, sew, sew…I can’t show .

Inspiration!

When I was in Montreal I picked up a few books and I limited myself and got one craft book that I think is a MUST in every creative souls library…. “The Crafter’s Devotional….365 Days of Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Unlocking Your Creative Spirit.” It has so many crafty projects and is positively inspiring as well as useful!

When I got back from Montreal, my two favourite magazines were in my mailbox…“Country Woman” and “Cloth, Paper, Scissors.” Country Woman has free craft projects on its site and Cloth, Paper, Scissors….well….is my muse!

Inspiration

And here is another inspiration…my oldest son with 2 of his cats…

JL with his companions!

He has a third cat…anyone want the kitten?

Simple Woman’s Daybook, Monday, July 13th

Outside my window… Summer has once again hidden itself…it is rainy and sunny and rainy and sunny and unusually cold for the middle of July!  Are we mixing up Australia and Canada Sheilia?

I am thinking... about so many things…starting my sewing up again..making a surprise with this:

Sheila's paperbag goodies...

I am thankful for… being a teacher and having the chance to stay home and not being obligated to do much .

From the kitchen… not much is happening…no appetite!  Any suggestions?  Hmmm….grilled cheese?

I am wearing…  fake crocs and navy blue cotton track pants and red summery t-shirt and long sleeved navy blue sweater

I am creating… in my head! ….ready to tackle the above picture contents!

I am going… to go into town to mail a parcel and see if hubby needs a ride home.

I am reading… yes…I have gotten back onto the reading wagon, finished “Continuity Girl” then “The Shack” and now onto to some fast-food reading… Jonathan Kellerman’s Dr. Death….:)

I am hoping… that JL has the chance to do doubleshifts this week and that he is happy!

I am hearing… cbc radio, Shelagh Rogers

Around the house… is topsy turvy, no books to be found on any bookshelves and everything is being put into boxes so the floor renovations can  begin.

One of my favorite things… is reading my Globe and Mail on the week-ends..

A few plans for the rest of the week… are: a dentist appointment tomorrow, checking out the window types for the renovation, and sewing, sewing, sewing

The Simple Woman’s Daybook Monday Post

FOR June 29, 2009

Outside my window is summer, finally!

I am thinking that Michael Jackson was a great dancer!  I liked his earlier looks.
I am thankful for the time that I have to read my Globe & Mail.

From the kitchen comes my husband’s summer  barbeque suppers.

I am wearing my favourite blue Columbia skorts to be comfortable in the car trip to Montreal!

I am creating my paperbag swap partner’s project and hoping to pick up something to go with it from the big city of Montreal.

I am going crazy with worry about my son, who just broke up with his girlfriend.

I am reading many things…biography of Joyce Carol Oates, Continuity Girl by Leah McLaren…just to start.  Oh and Lisey’s Story by Stephen King (I can’t get into it and am getting ready to chuck it in)

I am hoping that my son gets through his heartache…..

I am hearing a ringing in my ears…too much thinking.

Around the house is all the baggage, waiting to be put into the car for the trip.

One of my favorite things…lately is playing Sudoku…I think that I need this much needed break from everything! And I just found out about Kenken and mathkudo…from a girl who hated math and was terrible at math.
A few plans for the rest of the week: I am heading off to Montreal today, for the next few days I will be helping my oldest son move into an apartment.  I am also going to be staying longer than planned due to his phone call last night to say that his girlfriend just broke up with him ….I will be able to do a little shopping, maybe a fabric store and for sure a bookstore.

I can’t get any pictures off my camera …I can’t find the driver CD …so, pictures are on hold for awhile.

If you want to do the daybook post, head on over to  Peggy Hostetler’s site,  chreator of the Simple Woman’s Daybook site.

Raffle quilt…

This is a quilt that our guild is raffing off:

Tickets are $2.00 …It is verra nice.

20 OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS!

20 Of My Favorite Things (from The Simple Woman)

1. Colour – Blue, Blue, Blue and soft yellow
2. Dessert – Apple Crisp
3. Smell- Lilacs
4. Flower- Daisies
5. Animal-cat/dog
6. Month-July
7. Beverage-Tea…hot tea! (not “tisane”)
8. Pair of shoes-Teva moccasins
9. Snack-Dare Real Fruit Gummies…..the purple bag and the red bag!
10. Song- In the Dark by Tiesto & Music by David Usher
11. Book – I have few on the go: Biography of Joyce Carol Oates, Continuity Girl by Leah McLaren
12. Fruit-Apple
13. Hairstyle-French braid when I had long hair which I am striving for at the moment.
14. Piece of clothing- my spandex/polyester long sleeved shirts
15. Store to clothes shop-Any Sports store!
16. Season-Autumn
17. Hobby-Lots! But quilting and embroidery and sewing and….
18. Thing to collect – Tea paraphanlia and books and little rocks (that have some meaning)
19. Movie- Bridges of Madison County
20. Restaurant- Cambios (vegetarian)

I figure that I gotta get back to posting.  I will start taking pictures too!

A Giveaway!

Nothing like a giveaway, especially from such a talented designer, to get me to fight computer virus’ and post.

Helen from Hugs from Helen is holding a giveaway for a pattern for “Twas the night before Christmas” quilt. Here is what itlooks like:

Now I have run over and put my name in for the draw!  Isn’t it just beautiful?

Update!

I’m having trouble with my computer.  I have tried to upload these pictures…here’s hoping:

Quilt for MIL's 80th birthday

Happy Sister’s Day!

???? you may be asking yourself?

Well, my sister and I have been celebrating our own Sister’s Day since…hmmm…at least 12 years, if not more!  We hadn’t realized that there was a real Sister’s Day in August (according to Hallmark) so we created our own, to share and get us through the long winter! Not that my sister ever needs an occasion to spoil me…she does indeed spoil me.  Here is what she sent me:

Thank you, thank you, thank you!  .  Now the quilt material!  The cards have “Queen of Quilts” written on them!  I have never seen that material and after my sister opens her gift from me, I will tell her my plans for a piece of that beautiful fabric!  (It is going into the washing machine TODAY so I can use it!).  And look at the socks:

She is the best knitter!  I’ve often sent her these balls of wool for socks, but never expected to receive a pair!  Now I am going to try them out…TODAY!  I am going to go for a run and  I think that they may just be the perfect sock for running….75% wool/25% nylon!  Thanks Jude! And I will probably open the nuts up and the plaque has already found a home!  Thanks, thanks thanks.  NOW, yours will probably arrive tomorrow, so I hope that you will OPEN it when it is in your hands….

So, if you have a sister, wish her a happy day!

Hope you have a great day J…even if you are working …

And before I go off and run and sew and correct, here is my jellyroll:

Long time no here :(…

The only excuse that I have is work…sheesh…..just too much of it sometimes!

I had my guild meeting last Monday and that is always a creative high.  Here is the end result of the quilt that I helped make.  We made it for an upcoming draw for a community group (Overeater’s anonymous…that is translated from French….it is  a group for people with eating disorders).  Anyhow, it will be raffled off sometime in the future.  Since I volunteered to make it I received the pattern, so yet another dream project to add to my list!  Isn’t it beautiful?

I’m not a very good photographer in public places; always afraid of bothering someone.

Here is another shot:

I love my quilt guild.  It’s a nice group of women (60) and there is so much sharing.  I only signed up for one workshop and  it is not really for a quilt per se.  It is for a technique, working with the hexagon.  The goal is to make a quilt using a jelly roll.  I’ll show my jelly roll in my next post….Does anyone know what a 60degree ruler is?  That’s what I need before the 18th of April. We also have two drop-in quilt days, one at the end of March and then at the end of April.

I think that I will go and photograph the jellyroll.  I will be back.