summertime

it has begun and i'm finding it allot harder to find time to do any stamping or quilting! so if my postings start slowing down(i'll still try hard to post something every day-i just can't guarantee it will be craft related) i apologize in advance!

we are leaving for holidays on Friday. i've been trying to get 3 wallhangings quilted so i can work on the binding on the drive to the lake(i love doing it in the car) i got the buttonholing completed last night and should have time to quilt them tonight(fingers crossed!)

wordless wednesday

Hamels

love how this one turned out

quilted with Lorien's Florina pattern

quilt monday

this is the baby quilt i made for B. very rare for me, i kept the colors identical to the quilt pattern for this one. it was quilted with a meander on a regular sewing machine

Happy Canada Day

had a great day. local garden center was offering free train rides. than off to a local lake and zipped around in our boat(Jim said he had to *test* it for the year before we head out on holidays lol). had a picnic on the beach, boys played for hours-we just may not make the fireworks this year lol.

another birthday

B turned 7 today. he got to celebrate by going to his best friends birthday party. than we had a BBQ and cake and took the boys to see Ratatouille(very cute! we all loved it!)




his card from Auntie Erica; a shaker card and the card i made him. he saw me making it and told me how he wanted it lol. than he stamped the happy birthday-just missed getting all the *y* on

who doesn't love a sale?

Country Folk Quilting is having a fabric clearance right now. great prices and if you empty a bolt, you get your name entered into a draw to win $25 towards a class in the fall.

i've been twice now(and i'll probably go again!) and got these yummy fabrics

snack saturday

my favorite side dish with anything BBQ'd


2 zucchinis chopped
various red/yellow/orange peppers chopped-you want all the veggies done in chunks

grill on BBQ for roughly 8 minutes. you don't want them soggy
place in dish and lightly coat with Italian dressing and Parmesan cheese
toss together and enjoy