Last Quilt Club at Cloth Castle until September

Summer is here and that means Quilt Club is taking a break until September.  Here is some pictures of the crafty people that attend this Show and Share, whether it be quilters or knitters so enjoy.

My Grandson's Grade 12 Grad quilt is off to to be machine quilted so I'll post pictures when I get it back.  Have a quilty Wednesday and I hope it involves some sunshine.

My Hubby Saves Two Quilts

These are two quilts my husband rescued a couple of days ago.  We have an area by our recyclables in our condo building for stuff that is deemed "too good to chuck but don't want to keep anymore".   He knew I would fall in love with them even if I hadn't "birthed" them myself and that is just what happened.

They both had labels but were removed so I hope that whoever made them knows that I will love them just as much as if they were my own.

Quilting is therapy

My hubby's two Aunts were visiting us for the past 11 days and while they were here we had a chance to revisit some great scenic areas of lower Vancouver Island.
Visiting Cathedral Grove is breath taking for the size of trees we cherish here on our piece of paradise.

 Port Alberni is stunning but can be stinking hot in the summer but we picked a great day to be there for a picnic.

 Butchart Garden is a must.

 The Coombs Country market is know for it's Goats on the roof and they are just plain cute!

 One of the Aunts is an avid quilter so it was a great excuse to visit as many quilt shops as possible and she did her best to add to the local quilting economy. 

Now that they have left I can finally get back to quilting and with a clean house and laundry done I will be doing just that.  Enjoy your weekend and may it involve some quilting and stitching therapy.

Multitasking

Prepping for our trip back to Saskatchewan to visit family and for tax season!  This is called multitasking, while I eat my lunch I'm cutting Hexies with the Baby Go! for my hand project and reading my quilty blogs.  

This afternoon is the Embroidery Machine class at CC so time to pack up my new Husqvarna Ruby and go play.  

A FINISH

An empty plastic container and thread spools

 equals this

A 88" x 83" quilt top!

A Woolie Start

I have been working on a wool project and I'm starting to feel more comfortable with it.  Therefore I'm hoping this will one day

 look like this!

Last Saturday I spent, hold onto your hats, a whole whopping seven hours in Fabric Depot in Portland, Oregon while my hubby spent his second day at a West Coast Car Swap Meet.  When he said he was leaving me there for that length of time inside I was panicking thinking what will I do for that many hours even knowing it was a destination quilt shop.  But once I walked in the doors those Hallelujah  sounds in my head rang out.   I touched every piece (almost) of quilting fabric and let me tell you that was a whole lotta fondling.  The notion walls were abundant and the clearance area set my heart a flutter!  I could go on and on but I do know if I ever make it back to Fabric Depot I will never again worry about a seven hour shopping extravaganza.  So I'll show you a few things I bought and I don't have to worry about if the hubby know as he was right there when they rang up the bill as they have 20% off there already great prices and no state tax!  Booyah!  He has always supported this quilting adventure I'm on as I do his hobby.

 This is some Sulky thread I bought at Joann's in Longview, Washington for 40% off  (they do have state tax) and they had all the colors but you know how your mind goes blank when you are trying to remember what colors you need but after bringing them home I did not bad with them.

I hear the Bargello quilt calling my name and now that I'm almost through the third section I only have one more to go, then I have to add a border or two.  Hope you have a sweet weekend and by the way,  Washington and Oregon you are just beautiful states and we were treated with only the best hospitality, I know we'll visit you again.