Mississauga Quilt Show

I had the opportunity to get out for a few hours yesterday and was able to visit the Mississauga Guilds quilt show, and it was wonderful. There were over 200 quilts in the show and they were fabulous!  Here are photos of some of my favorites

A version of "All About Bears"

Maxine's " A Little Bit More...About Bears"

Maxine's "Starlight Wishes"

Maxine's "Vintage Tiles Revisited"  Can you see the ribbons!!

Really liked the colors of this one

This quilt was stunning.  It won a 1st place ribbon for hand applique.

Bye for now.

Spring Is Here...

Today is officially the first day of Spring, and it is Mom's 93rd birthday!  We aren't able to have a family gathering to celebrate, as Mom isn't up to it, but we will have a little celebration later today, with cake and ice cream.

On the quilting front, I'm still working away on the applique borders for one of my new quilts, and have designed an applique border for another.  Hope to have some photos to show you soon.

Bye for now.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

A quick note to wish you all a happy St. Patrick's Day.  My late father was an irishman, born in Ballymena, Ireland, and I'm sure if he were living he would be celebrating.

Things are much the same here with Mom, but I am getting a lot of applique done.  I hope to be able to show you some photos soon.

Enjoy your day.  Bye for now.

Happy Valentines Day

 Just a quick note to wish you all a happy Valentine's Day, and to thank those of you who have been checking in on me periodically.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to reply to you individually.
Things are much the same here, Mom isn't doing very well, but we are managing.
 Bye for now.

Happy New Year

Just a quick note to wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year.

 To my friends who left me those wonderful messages on my last post, I'm sorry I haven't been able to reply to you all individually, but I want you to know how much your well wishes and prayers have meant to me. Thank you.

We had a bit of a scare over the Christmas, with Mom's oxygen machine.  The first incident happened in the early hours of Christmas morning when I woke to the sound of the machine's alarm.  For some reason the power had gone out, but luckily I keep 2 oxygen tanks on hand in case of such an emergency. I got Mom hooked up to the tank, and fortunately the power came back on a few hours later.
Two nights later, or very early in the morning, the alarm went again, only this time the power was alright, but the machine was broken!!  It was 1:00 a.m., we were having a snow storm, and I only had one tank left!
I called the emergency number for the oxygen supplier, but he wasn't able to come right away, something about a snow plow blocking his truck, but he would get here as soon as he could. I lowered Mom's oxygen a little so the tank would last a bit longer, and waited.  Fortunately, the new machine, and back-up tanks arrived at 8:00 a.m., just as the tank was on empty.  Mom slept through it all, but I have few new gray hairs!

 I haven't made any New Year's resolutions this year, as I usually fail miserably in keeping them, so all I can say is that I am going to try to finish up a few UFOs, and I have already started de-cluttering my sewing space. Oh, and maybe try to lose a few pounds along the way! lol

What about you? Have you made any resolutions?

Merry Christmas

Mom hasn't been very well these past few months, and life has been hectic, with not much time for quilting, but I didn't want to let the season go by without wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.

Bye for now.