Thursday, 26 July 2012
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Picks from the Garden and a Pink Baby Quilt
Yesterday, I picked a few beets and made some lovely looking beet pickles. I don't think I've made them before, so I hope they taste alright! I do love how the golden beets look up next to the red beets! Very jewel toned colours!
Just a peek at the 9-patch baby quilt top that is ready for quilting. The borders were not going to have 4-patches in the corners - I just cut the borders without thinking and cut 2 sides too short. So this is Plan B!
That's all for today!
--Ann
Freshly picked beets! |
Pickled beets ready for the pantry |
That's all for today!
--Ann
Wednesday, 18 July 2012
WIP Wednesday - July 18
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Attaching the binding |
Jack's quilt |
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Greenlee's quilt |
Both quilts plus pillow shams awaiting bindings |
Piecefully yours,
--Ann
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Monday, 16 July 2012
Back to the Sewing Machine!
Well, it looks like my holiday is over and it's back to the sweat shop sewing room again! I have a custom quilt order that is just about finished and I should be able to show the 2 twin quilts, complete with pillow shams, to you later this week if the weather cooperates for a photo shoot.
And here's a sneak peek at what's on my design wall today - it felt a little weird to be working on Christmas quilts, but once the pieces were cut out, I couldn't wait to get them sewn together. I will be quilting these with some gold metallic thread and hopefully, the thread won't give me as much trouble as last time as I've gathered a few tips in the meantime!
My granddaughters were here for a visit last week and they were so
awesome! We painted rocks, played at the park and just hung out. It was
so great to have them stay!
Until next time!
--Ann
And here's a sneak peek at what's on my design wall today - it felt a little weird to be working on Christmas quilts, but once the pieces were cut out, I couldn't wait to get them sewn together. I will be quilting these with some gold metallic thread and hopefully, the thread won't give me as much trouble as last time as I've gathered a few tips in the meantime!
Christmas Table Runner |
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Painting rocks? Or legs? |
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Just hanging out, like the monkeys! |
--Ann
Saturday, 7 July 2012
YaHaTinda - Part Three
The elk mamas and babies |
The elk bachelor pad |
Looking west - the trail just a little left of middle is where we rode the day earlier |
Hope you enjoyed your virtual horse back trip to YaHaTinda!
--Ann
Friday, 6 July 2012
YaHaTinda Horse Trip - Part Two
Forget-me-nots |
Cinquefoil (sp?) |
Shooting Star |
My niece's kids wrestling with their dad |
To be continued. . .
--Ann
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
WIP Wednesday - July 4
YaHaTinda Horse Trip - Part One
We've been away! I've missed all of you and wish I could have taken you with me, but since I can't bring you here, I'll bring my holiday to you! We have the privilege of living close to some of most beautiful scenery on earth and one of my favourite ways to enjoy it is off the back of a horse. So when we pack up the trailer, we also load up a couple horses, some bales of hay and head to the hills.
The Ya Ha Tinda area is a great area, not only for horse back riding, but hiking, hunting and fishing. The Red Deer River runs through the valley as does Big Horn Creek and there are plenty of trails to ride and hike. It is private property owned and managed by Parks Canada as a federal government owned working horse ranch. Horses are wintered and trained here to
be used as working horses for patrolling and protecting Canada's Western
National Parks.
Many of the areas we rode are through burnt out forest as a controlled burn got out of control and fire swept through the area 3 years ago and nearly made it to the ranch buildings. I was looking for a picture of me on the back of a horse, but I guess if I want that to happen, I'll need to give up the camera to someone else!
To be continued. . .
--Ann
My trusty experienced steed Jake (18 yr old Percheron/Quarter Horse cross) |
My hubby's ride Sugar (4 yr old rookie Quarter Horse cross) |
Loved riding through the trees! |
To be continued. . .
--Ann
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