When my friend, Christine, asked me what I was sewing at the guild sewing day, I told her a little white lie. I told her that I had worked on my sew together bag and that I had finally finished it. She asked me to send her a picture, which I "forgot" to do, until today, when I actually finished it!
The reason why I was not working on my Sew Together bag is because I was making one for Christine for her birthday. I took her out for a birthday lunch on Friday and gave her the bag, and then told her that mine was not finished yet... She was very surprised that I had made two of them! Here is Christine's bag:
I did some cross stitching several evenings this past week. The lupins are coming along nicely now!
Friday night, the northern lights were visible in our area, so we went for a late night drive down a dark country road to see them. We could see something faint but as soon as I looked through my phone camera, the pinks and greens were very clearly visible! It was a "wow" moment, for sure!
My husband and I went for a hike with the local hiking club one morning this past week. It was a gorgeous day and there were lots of wildflowers in bloom. This is cow parsley.
A dandelion seed head.
Jack in the Pulpit
Finn is glad to be back home with our daughter and has settled into the routine there.
He was an enthusiastic walker when they went to the pet store to get his food one day at lunchtime. He was not so happy to leave the pet store... They give him treats there.
The deutzia bush in our front garden is starting to bloom.
And, the clematis by our patio is starting to bloom too. I just love this time of year!
The Quilts for Survivors of Residential Schools group is collecting 12.5" blocks at Quilt Canada in Edmonton, Alberta in June. Members of the Oxford Guild have been asked to make blocks to give to this worthy cause. One of our members who will be attending Quilt Canada has agreed to take the blocks in her suitcase to Edmonton for us. The blocks are due at our June meeting. I dug into my bin of batik fabrics to made some blocks. I challenged myself to use two fabrics in each block and to make each block different from the others. I made six blocks this afternoon and hope to make more before the deadline. I have not run out of batik fabric yet...
I have another block cut out but not sewn yet and some more fabrics are paired up waiting to be cut and sewn into blocks. I'm aiming to make 20 blocks--enough for one quilt. The blocks will be sewn together at the QFS booth at Quilt Canada and they are hoping to get enough blocks (1000) to make 50 quilt tops. I'm hoping they far exceed their goal.
I will link up with Kathy's slow Sunday stitchers in the morning and Frederique's link up as well.
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers and those who take on this role in other's lives.
