Placemats for Meals on Wheels, Sunflowers, Ottawa and a Field Trip

The members of the Oxford Quilter's Guild are making placemats for Meals on Wheels recipients for Christmas so each member of the guild has been asked to make 4-5 placemats.  I decided to get mine done early. So far, I have one done and three in progress. This first one was made with some charm squares that were in my stash. 

This one still needs to be quilted. 

I have had this tool fabric in my stash for a while and I'm sure someone will like it!

I used more of the lighthouse fabric on the back of this nautical themed placemat. 

The last two are quilted now and the binding is on--tomorrow's job is to do the hand stitching. 

Finn was woken from his nap to model my daughter's finished Ottawa cross stitch picture. 

I worked on the darker coloured sunflower this week.  I should be able to get it done this coming week during slow stitching time. 

My husband took me on a field trip to a surprise destination this week.  He had heard that there were quilts at the Lambton Heritage Museum and thought I might like to see them.  Besides the guild quilts, there were some antique quilts on display as well. 

The museum was recently renovated with new displays installed, highlighting various aspects of life in Lambton County over the years. 

One of the displays was about the Campbell Family.   The plough in the picture below was originally purchased by my husband's 3x great grandfather in Wardsville, 30 km from the farm where he lived.  Archie was very strong and carried the plough home, walking those 30 km. 

There was a picture from a Campbell family reunion that took place in Lambton County in the early 1980's.  My husband is a descendent of the original Campbell settlers so he was at that picnic.  I took a close look at the people in the picture and found my husband!  He's wearing a blue golf shirt.  I don't think he was expecting to find a picture of himself at the museum!

While out for a walk one morning this past week, I noticed the sun shining on this spider's web. 

 

We have had rain off and on all day today.  Tonight, we were out for a walk and noticed these interesting clouds with the sun shining from behind them.  

I will try to add a few more Newfoundland pictures to my next post.  I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning.