Catch up

I am playing catch up here and using my I pad to create these blog entries.  I'm not sure that I like doing it this way, I had a pretty neat system set up on my PC but the PC was reformatted  and I couldn't do my pictures the same way so I started doing my entries on a Mac. Well bear with me, if anyone even reads my blog.  So I will try to get some pictures on here.

I had 2 big zucchinis left I my garden so I made loafs and muffins.  Some of the loafs had raisins and cocoanut, some had orange and cranberries and some had chocolate chips and dried cherries.

I cooked a couple of small pumpkins and made pumpkin butter.  It's tasty on an English muffin.

Making a leaf bowl

these are the items you need.

Silk leaves from the dollar store, mod pudge, balloon, foam brush, tray to put mod pudge in, pot to set balloon in.

Cover balloon with mod pudge and apply leaves, covering them with mod podge and layering more over them. Let it dry for at least 8 to10 hours.   It will shrivel up a bit but that adds to the charm.  When it's dry pop the balloon.  The balloon will come away easily.

Finished leaf bowl

Baby quilts

A little girl that hubby and I have known for about 18 years (since she was in kindergarten with our youngest son) had a little baby boy recently.  I made her a really cute and easy pinwheel quilt.  I chose bright colours because that is the kind of person she is.  Bright and sassy!

I've also finished a little pink quilt that I started last year.  I saw this technique of sewing 4 strips together and then cutting them apart and inserting a strip into it on the Quilt Show site.

Won a basket

Back in April, my hubby took me out to the Boundary Bay Quilt guild show in Ladner.  They had a great show, lots of talent.  My hubby met up with an old buddy who's wife was also a quilter so he had some one to talk to while I was wandering around the show.  They had a raffle quilt basket and I won it.  It contained fabric, patterns, books, thread, rulers and all sorts of other fun things.

Birds in the Air

This is my Birds in the Air quilt that is finally finished.  I won the 8 of the blocks in 2003 in a block raffle from an online quilt guild.  I sewed the other 8 blocks in 2004 and then finished up the borders in 2005.  I then put it away until 2013 when I finally finished it.  When I started making it I had a queen sized bed, which it would have fit nicely, but now I have a king sized, so it is living nicely at the bottom of the bed.

My recent quilting

I haven't posted for a long time.  Trying to get used to doing things on a Mac.  Much different than my PC. PC is easier

This was made as a Christmas present for my daughter Nicole.  She collects nutcrackers.

A placemat and coaster for my Auntie

A rug and rug mug for my secret pal at Tops

A 10 year old UFO that is finally finished.  The name of the block is Birds in the Air.

Here are some of my latest quilt creations.

Hubby and I going to the Christmas Party