The binding is Finally done on my Aunt Anne's Buddy Blanket.....the last peice of the puzzle is the label. I hope to Finish this quilt and drop it off to her before her 75th birthday, mid August.
Here is my "Surprised" Aunt Anne with her quilt celebrating 75 years of kindness!
The picture in the center is her holding me when I was a baby!




Tomorrow going to the Feed store and meeting up with Eleanor Pastic.
We'll talk Quilts and have a bargain breakfast ($4)
We are Both anxious to start a new project and be inspired on even More ARTSY quilts....wish we lived closer. Even though we are only 1 hour away, it uses up the entire day.
When we lived in Toronto, we'd get together for an afternoon and quilt.
It took 10 minutes to get to Eleanor's place.
Still it will be Wonderful to meet for lunch and talk QUILTS!
I'm Missing our weekly quilt fests Big time!

quilting

All 14 Hearts with the nieces & nephews names have been sewn on my Aunt Anne's quilt! All I need to do now, is the Binding & a Label. I hope to have this done by next wk, but of course the renos are cutting into my quilting time. I LUV that I didn't have to buy any fabric for this quilt. They are not my colors, but match my Aunt's top in a recent photograph - let's hope it is her Favorite shirt!

Renovations

I Can't wait.....the painting is done in the Sunroom, & we picked up the Pine flooring today. Tomorrow will lay the floor, then we need to sand & stain, & then put 4 coats of Urethane....by the end of next wk we will be able to move the furniture in & finally enjoy the renovated room. Yippeeee

Decided to post a pic of my First quilt made for AWESOME AUSTIN.
 He is my niece's son and a Special little man. All the blocks were different.
I was trying to make each of them, a subject he enjoyed.
 I believe this was for his 5th Birthday.
They use their quilts for cuddling into when they are watching Movies on the weekend.
 Nice when someone actually USES the quilt!



This is the Xmas wall hanging I made for AWESOME AUSTIN.
The white fabric has a sparkle to it, which reminds me of snowflakes.

Almost finished quilting the HEARTS on my Aunt Anne's quilt. I had to put my sis & my Heart together on 1 block, because there were more neices & nephews than I realized. ( It's what happens when you don't see your relatives for decades )
* I am actually happy with how the quilt is turning out....I used up fabric from my stash & did Not buy a Single thing - Nothing! It was the closest fabric I could find to match the Top Aunt Anne was wearing in her latest picture.
* I'm a bit worried about the photo transfer. I will definetly have to test it Before I give it to her. Her 75th Birthday is in a month, Plenty of time to finish it.

ewwww - been SEW busy haven't had a chance to blog. The renovations are coming along slowly. The Heat wave has lasted much longer than expected. We have been busy @ work around 7am....& can work until 1 or 2 o'clock. Then it's just unbearable, sew we get really slowww. Today I hope to paint outside. Not sure how much I can do before I run inside like a girl - LOL

It is 8:30"A.M." & currently with the humidex, it is 36 degrees. When you are doing drywall & building....it's Way too hot to work.The house is a Total BOMB!!!! There is drywall mess everywhere. Kari has the 3 rooms under contruction, & drywall was done in all 3 rooms. I Can't imagine the mess once we sand - eeeek!

The dogz have stayed inside alot. When outside, they hide under the deck. Can't say I blame them. We have been visiting the pool Often....& we get out once the mosquitos come out. Well back to "cooking, cleaning" & then some painting!