Here are the afters

Everytime I have something figured out, they go and change it.  So here are the afters. Sheesh.

Sun Painting

In mid September I did some sun painting. You take Setacolour fabric paint and dilute it about 3 - 4 parts water to 1 part paint. You paint your fabric and then place various objects on it and leave it to dry in the sun. You get the outline image of your object. You can scrunch it, fold it, put epsom salt on it and you get wonderful effects. Here are my before and afters.

Thanksgiving

We sure missed Michael and Briar this Thanksgiving. It just wasn't the same. Michael and Briar both brought a sense of life and warmth to any occasion. However we did have a lovely lamb roast. I did Greek style potatoes with it and roasted carrots. We also had salads and buns and Pumpkin pie made by my mom. I hope Michael and Briar each send me some pictures soon so I can blog them.

baby quilt

I started this baby quilt over a year ago. When my friend saw it she said it looked like halloween. That was no good. So I put the blocks away figuring I would never use them. Now Nicole's friends are expecting a baby a couple of days before Halloween. This is a perfect quilt for that new baby.

Retreat 2009

Kathy, Susan, Denise, Kim, Bev, Me, Wanda
Sarah calling Bingo
Bev
Attentively listening to Wanda
Me with postcards
We could not have asked for a better weekend for the quilting retreat. It was sunny and hot all weekend with temperatures of about 30 - 32C. I had 20 ladies attend, and 4 first timers. We all had a great time. We had a couple of little workshops and demonstrations and we presented our friend Denise with a quilt with bras all over it as she has recently gone through a double mastectomy. Everybody loved the door prizes I chose and the goody bags with thread and scissors and tape measures etc. were well received. At the end of the retreat the ladies present me with a lovely hanging candle holder.

Toronto Bound

My dear youngest son Michael has decided to become a Torontonian. I hope he likes it there. I'm sure it will be a very exciting place for him, but I hope he will remember all the good things that Vancouver has to offer and will decide eventually that he is a B.C.er. We had a family dinner for him on Sunday to wish him a bon voyage. This is a picture of Jim, Mike and Mom

Wedding

Last Saturday was the wedding of the son of my best friend of 41 years Sandra. She has a beautiful house and wooded acreage and the wedding was held in her back yard. They had big white tents with strings of lights and japanese lanterns throughout for the reception. A creek runs through the back of the property with a footbridge over it and the ceremony was held there. At the part where the question "doe's anyone object" a voice came around the side of the house "now just hold on" It was Nearly Neil a Neil Diamond impersonator. He sang a verse of a song and then said he would be back later. The guests were cracking up. It had been an emotional ceremony up to then with the parents welcoming the bride and groom into their respective families and this was a needed comic relief. The ceremony was concluded and then after a little while we had a wonderful dinner of pasta's and salads made by Sandra and her helpers. After the speeches we had Nearly Neil back to sing for almost 2 hours and then danced the night away. It was so much fun.