with friends today

http://patchplayquilting.com/play-for-free/jingle-bell-square/
http://bdieges.com/block-of-the-month/
http://erinrussek.typepad.com/one-piece-at-a-time/

Blocks from September to November , blocks to applique if you have the timeto make the commitment to applique. If you belong to a sewing group where you can only do hand work these blocks will set you up for months to come and months of pleasure.

An easy block from Susan ,Starwood Quilter, that comes with no instructions but you can no doubt figure it out.  This block is a 6 inch block, go from there.

 

Download now as a pdf pattern

 

Block is called Propellor and this one looks like a propellor. It is from Quilt Pro.

 

 

 

We had a nice day, lunch with Bob And Buzz. It is always a friendly time for us, with lots of laughs and stories. They had a car accident recently , a woman drove her car right into the side of their car. She was turning left on an green light and they were going straight through. She kept saying the light was green. Yes it was but that doesn't mean you can go when the traffic is going straight. She didn't get that. How did she get a licence I wonder. Buzz has some damage to her shoulder and has to go to therapy. So far it is still very sore. But Buzz is always happy and fun.

 

However Buzz I tried the thing you said to do about the Fonts and it did not show what you suggested. I am taking it to the store tomorrow regarding the strange happenings when I click on the magnifier. I'll tell you tomorrow if I get it fixed or get a new one.

Buzz is my guru when it comes to computers as all my family experts are in other cities.

 

We came home after that . As usual I had to take a nap but this one was short  and I read for a bit , finished the book . One more off the pile. LOL.

 

I actually wanted to look for a reader, don't know what they are called . I thought that maybe there would be something as it was supposed to be Black Friday here too but as I can't travel too far  I wasn't able to find one. I think I'll begin at Chapters the next time and see if they have one. Or more than one haha.

I think if I take a reader to Quebec I won't have to carry a suitcase full of books LOL. I can just download books to read. Or I can go to London Drugs to try and find one since I'll be taking my laptop there tomorrow.

I am beginning to realize that with my level of energy I can go out forpart of the day ot I can stayin and sew. It seems I can't manage both things. I need to talk to Ray about having a day or two a week to stay in and sew.

Or give it up altogether, No that won't happen.

 

I have called Rick every day and so far there have been many tests but no results. So we have to wait, nothing happens on the weekends anyway so next week maybe we will have some information. 

 

Now it is time for dogs LOL.

Precious little fellow isn't he?

 

I love this one since it has a special meaning for me as I had a young dog who once ate up one of a pair  of my best shoes. I was not amused!!! There I was with only one shoe that worked. Down the tube with both of them. Funny now, not then.

 

I found this place and I'm not leaving. Haha.

 

My Christmas quilt. I made it a few years ago and haul it out every Christmas. I am wondering where I put it last year or if I brought it out. That was my hospital year and who know what I did. I'll look for it tomorrow.  See the little Santas and then some blocks 6" that I made plus the squares. I love that quilt. Maybe this year I'll take a nicer picture.

Here is a nice little hanging or mat. This one is embroidered and then bordered, but you can applique or  piece something Christmasy for the centre of the quilt.

This is so funny....And the cats are so beautiful. They must be in a zoo don't you think. Of course am I stupid or something LOL.

 

KkkKatie beautiful Katie, an old sweet song and Katie is getting her hair done. I wonder  where she is going.

 

Lovely Chelsea with her saxophone and two band friends.

 

My Sam's and Adam's son of course was 37 today. We had a nice long talk. he is such a  wonderful man and Ray and I love him very much.

 

That's plenty for tonight.  Have a lovely evening.

Bon  Soir.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RRBlock

Too cute to spill coffee on:
http://www.quiltersworld.com/featured_pattern.php?action=results&poll_ident=97

A very adorable mug rug, it looks like a lot of work but the result is great


http://www.lecien.co.jp/en/hobby/patterns/index.html
Try this cutie.  And more!

http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BuckeyeBeautyBlock.html

Railroad Crossing is the name of this block and it can be found at quilterscache. I know a few railroad guys who might like this one.

Download now as a pdf pattern

 

 

Pinwheel Star by Quilt Pro. I had the CD earlier but it somehow got lost when I got my new computer. I used it a lot when I was president of my guild . I used to put a BOM on the website and in the Newsletter. When my term of office was over the new president took down the website I had worked so hard for and that was it. It did have a lovely article  from a UK magazine that was very appreciative of the website. It was fun while it lasted.

 

We had a nothing much day again today.  We went out at lunch time for a bite to eat and then to the bookstore where we bought some English books for our great granddaughter in Quebec who is going to English school. I think I told you before that they cannot get English books for children in that province , the language police forbid it. But we send some and this time we'll take Hayley Rose some Christmas books and some pop up books. I love children's books. Ray said to me today " I think you love the books more than the kids do." LOL.

 

The  Polar Express is a fabulous Christmas book.

The first time I read it was years ago when it was first published , it was wonderful then and it's wonderful now. I hope the kids will love it as much as I do.

We must have bought these a while ago and I just ran across them.

 

And these are the ones we bought today .

 

We also went to the grocery store for some lamb but it was so expensive , the piece I wanted was small and cost $32 , that is awful .

 

After walking around those big stores we went home for a rest and I had a long nap this time. Ray put supper together, salmon sandwich and Lipton's chicken noodle soup with an egg in it.

 

Adam and Lisa in Malibu for the weekend and longer as Adam has business to attend to next week. He says it is so lovely he would like to live there but it is so expensive.

 

 

Adam called today from there to talk about Richard. He told Rick that if he needed him he would come up from Louisiana and that he would come here and take me to Calgary. I am so happy that the band of brothers are hanging together on this. Jim is coming back from Louisiana and he too will go to the hospital to see Rick. Peter is coming back to Calgary from Ottawa tomorrow and will go to him as well. Rick told me not to come as he said there is nothing I can do but at some time I will go to Calgary to see him. He did tell me that he plans to come to home for Christmas, he should be out of the hospital by then.

This is an old quilt by Carol Doak. I love the silhouettes, they are lovely. She is so clever.

 

Oh my what could be cuter than this.  And Marg is down in the USA for Black Friday so she'll miss this one. Well maybe she won't LOL.

 

Hahaha what a chemist.

 

I love this one of Einstein. I always quote him and now I wonder if he actually said what I quote. LOL.

 

What do you have to say little guy? He is just so adorable.

 

Time to go ....

Have a great evening.

Buenos Tardes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday

We took Sam out for his birthday dinner tonight. We went to the Keg, it was good to see him and to have dinner with him too.

I think I caught him eating but that was the reason we were there LOL.

The restaurant is poorly lit but this is Ray and me.

We have had some bad news about Rick. You know he has had trouble with his leg collapsing on him. Today he was diagnosed with a neural muscular disease. They have not yet determined which one of those diseases he has but none of it is good. I am totally distraught about it and scared out of my mind and I am sure my darling boy is . Please pray for him.  There is no pain like the pain of a mother whose child is in danger. And no pain and fear like that of my child. I love him so much and pray that they discover that he has a minor one of these diseases .

I am moving on now to other things but wanted to let you know where we are at right now. I want to go to Calgary in the next few days if I can get a flight.

Nothing much in the way of sewing today but I did finish my little project at the class last night.

A Santa pouch/bag.

http://scrappy-n-happy.blogspot.ca/p/how-far-will-you-go-qal.html 

 A long list of scrappy blocks although only some of them are open to sew. I liked them though.

Yesterday morning at my sewing group I took a few photos.

Sharon's beautiful applique is perfect as usual. Great job Sharon!

 

Helen created this lovely table runner for her chuch auction . Some lucky person will get this one.

 

Betty made these applique blocks and I forget who put them together in this quilt. Nice quilt for Pumpkin Seeds.

 

I embroidered the two small poinsettia towels early in my embroidery career , if I can call it that. I didn't know tho add a sheer stabilizer to the top so the stitches wouldn't sink into the terry cloth . But the Winking Santa was done the right way and still looks good after numerous washings. He  is a mischievous little Santa.  They could be hanging a little straighter don't you think? But then my eyes are not very straight haha.

 

This little guy was being tied up when Pat and I approached the door to the mall. He was still there when we came out after half an hour or more which is when I too his picture. He looks cute in his little coat and was very patient when I took his photo. I hope his owner came back soon. He was lonely.

 

Ray and I did not do much today except go to the pharmacy to take on a prescription and then to the mall where he took his new jeans to be shortened and go for a little walk.

I tried to call Peter and then Rick tonight but they were both away from the phone so I'll call them tomorrow.

 

Aaw now this is Cute.

 

Lover's knot in this fabric is just lovely. Are those cherries in the patterned fabric?

 

This is a dog with responsibilities. I wonder how he got this job!

 

Ah new animal friends, Koalas in a train , hugging each other. Haha.

 

Baby owls or owlets , all the same age but not all from the same nest. They are so adorable and the rope they are standing on appears to be stressed.

 

Good food for the  Thanksgiving table and I wish all my American family and friends a wonderful Thanksgiving Day

Now it is time for me to go , maybe to bed , maybe not.

 

Have a good evening.

God Aften.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

out tonight

Out tonight with Kathy to Tom's for a class on my embroidery machine. I actually learned something different- how to applique and to cut away the excess fabric with a pair of applique scissors. It was great and here I have been afraid to do applique. The scissors were Ginghers and they cut beautifully. I will buy a pair, I know they are expensive but as Ray tells me you get what you pay for. My embroidery machine is a bit off , it had to stitch an outline twice. The second time it was off the first outline. And there were a few other things too. I was not happy with my project , it is not really bad but I like really good LOL.
However I learned new things which is always a great thing. Refreshes the brain. Also it was fun being with the other ladies whom I have not seen for a long time. 
One dear woman made us all a cute little box and put two cookies in it. Very nice of her.
Thank you Kathy for getting me there and bringing me back home. You are a great friend.
I wanted to buy some white embroidery thread but they had sold out of it.
I went to my sewing this morning and so did a lot of other ladies. The room was full, we had a wonderful time. I embroidered on more butterfly, one to go then what do I do LOL, I have an idea of working on my UFOs , can you believe that ?
I did not go to my group , Pumpkin Seeds because I needed to be awake for tonight so I rested when I got home and then got out all my gear for the class.
I am too tired now to download the photos that I took today so will do it tomorrow. I might do it in the morning.
For now I am off to bed.
Have a great evening.

mats again

http://www.freespiritfabric.blogspot.com/2012/11/12-weeks-of-christmas-week-8.html

A very nice fabric bowl that looks fairly easy and I think I saw some simple coasters as well. Worth a look.

http://tipnut.com/scrap-happy-fabric-scrap-ideas-free-patterns/

  Four mug rugs for fast and easy sewing. These are from the site above where there are many quick gifts for you to make. I can't do these things though I would love to, my days are spent getting enough energy to keep up. Well at least today is like that. After going to the hairdresser and up to the mall for lunch and a walk I came home too pooped to pop. I have cancelled my afternoon sewing group tomorrow because I have a class at night with Kathy and I need to rest before we go out. You all know how long my Tuesdays can be if I go to all my special places in one day. A class on top of it is out , but this way I can get everything ready too.

Here is a little puzzle for you quilters and husbands of quilters.

 

Can you name 6 quilt blocks the feature food in the name. Or more if you can. 

We just finished dinner , had Mrs. Callendar's chicken pot pie, many calories I believe, creamed corn ,dill pickle and water. It all tasted good except for the pepper , I sprinkled on way too much and had an abominable sneezing fit LOL. Too much of a good thing is just TOO much!!

 

I love hearts and this one is so special with the ribbon roses and beautiful hand embroidery. I have made simple heart quilts for some of my great granddaughters in Quebec.

 

This is pink so I love it. I had a small pack of pink charm squares that a friend, Gail in Phoenix, had given me and it seemed appropriate for making a heart quilt. I will be visiting it when we go to Quebec LOL.

 

The Scarlet Tanager the most beautiful, perfect red I have ever seen. I have always wished we had such gorgeous birds on the west coast. There are so many beautiful birds on the east coast. We do have lovely birds here tot but they don't have the bright colours .

 

Oh sweet dog a little girl. The dog is true to his friend for the extent of his life.  We have a dog on this floor who barks every time we go past her door but I believe that she is lonely and we are having a conversation , I talk to her and she answers or the other way round. I like having her as a neighbour. We met in the hall the other day, it was good.

 

These are kind of nice and could double as a mat for just a cup of coffee . They are not a mug rug to my mind because they are too small for more than a cup. No cookies LOL That may be another good thing.

 

Amazing Hyacinth Macaws the largest of all the Macaws at 36 inches. They are totally a neon blue except for the yellow smile around the lower part of the beak. Hyacinth beaks are the strongest  af all parrots exerting tremendous power at 1500 pounds of pressure per square inch.  So don't let your fingers stray near their beaks if you run across one. I see the birds of the rain forest like this one love to bathe every day and wonder if parrots that pull their feathers do so because in captivity they don't often have that opportunity. Maybe bird owners should take them into the shower for their bath.

Some of you may be wondering why there have been no pictures of my little great granddaughters . That is because there have not been any that I have received lately. So girls send me some more. I feel a drought coming on.Haha Meg posted a photo on Facebook without my saying anything. So here she is Charlotte , my special Charlotte.

And bright yellow rubber boots. Looks like she has been somewhere in a field. She has such a sweet face.

Anyway  time to go .

Have a wonderful evening.

Mirembrema

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7:00

A bit late but not too bad. I have spent some time trying to make a comment to a friend and those hokey words you have to write to"prove you are not a robot" does not understand itself LOL So I just had to dump my comment.

We had to go to the store where Ray bought my new printer because we could not get anywhere with it. The salesman did give us some instructions on how to get it to go. We came home and set to work. nothing would work . Ray had to put a cable in the back of the computer and in the back of the printer. I ran the CD with the instructions and we got so far but still could not manage to make it print. We kept putting the paper in and got now where. I thought of what I had told you before about Einstein saying if you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome, that is the definition of insanity haha.  I then looked at the printer in a different way. What if we put the paper here in the back says I. Lo and behold it worked and I was able to print the pieces I wanted to embroider today.
By now it was 4:00. I thought  4:00 is not that bad I can still do a bit of embroidery. And I did 2 small pieces 4"x4" before it was time to eat supper. I was not able to get more than that done , maybe tomorrow. 

He was fun to do.

 

This one is not as nice as I thought it would be, maybe red thread would help. I may just put it in the round file.

 

Centennial Quilt Block



The pattern for this Centennial quilt block is free on-line at: http://www.mccallsquilting.com/patterns/details.html?idx=7970

 Susan's block for today, Starwood Quilter.

http://terriesandelin.blogspot.com/2011/04/mug-rugs-to-go.html

 

More cute mug rugs. this site made me laugh, it is called bits and pieces, close to my blogspot name. These little mug rugs would make a nice little Christmas gift for a friend. They are addictive. LOL.

 

I did the washing today and I'm telling you this because I don't want you to think I do nothing around here LOL. However Ray made the bed and washed out my night jug. He is very sore from when the elevator was out and he carried up the new printer . We took the old one back to the store to be recycled. London Drugs is a good corporate citizen. If you buy from them they will recycle your old item if you want them to. 

  Picture time.

Sweet picture of love between animals mother love and baby love.  You say it is just instinct but I say no it is love. I know you will say it doen't last  ,the foal grows up and leaves and the mother moves on. Isn't that life, my sons grew up and left home too but love remains.

There is always one who is out of step LOL, or in this case out of place.

 

Somewhere  in Europe. This ia a pretty picture of winter. Aren't the gates graceful?

 

No you are a big nuisance haha.

 

She has  a handful here, but the cats are adorable the ape not so much.

 

Turtles on a log, we have a pond here close by in Central Park , many turtles live there and the are very sociall. They love to get together and sun themsleves on a log. They are reptiles so are cold blooded and have no way to warm themselves so sittting in the sun is it. I love to go there and watch them. They  are abandoned by owners who bought them as pets and they grew up. Not as nice, an adult turtle can be vicious when aggravated.

For the astronomers in the group this is a nice departure from animals .

 

Back to animals, this little frog is hanging by a thread. Well a tiny arm. I love this frog.

 

Time flies and I am done.

Have a great evening folks.

Buona Sera.