Wooohooo Popped my cherry!

Well quilt show Cherry that is!   We came, we saw, we sold, and smiled a lot!

It was an eye opening experience seeing how talented the Castlegar ladies are.   I say ladies because I did not see any men represented but I do know of a couple men who are fantastic quilters!

The local talent was impressive.  Their guild is only 40 strong but there were 100 or just over quilts on show!   

I have met both the ladies interviewed for that article.   Timmy Jean is a fantastic quilter!  She even snow dyes her fabrics! I asked how many month that meant she could dye in and she said at least 6!

Linda Cassidy has such a whimsical nature to her quilts that they seem to come alive! She uses Swarovski crystals, seed beads and anything else to just make it pop!

Both these ladies are so incredibly sweet and good natured and willing to help!

Since it became official this weekend that the shop is closing it makes me feel like I should have or could have done more to keep it afloat.   I know that is totally unrealistic so i will just have to get over it!  

I picked up these pack of yumminess over the weekend and  I really want to make something out of them..... couch blanket anybody??

So they are 5 inch squares and I have 84 of them I already have a backing and or border picked out.    But I am stumped on how to sew them together.  In color grouping? Pattern groupings or my logic stick them in a bag and reach in???


So tomorrow I get to rest... Thank you Boss Lady :)

Well It's only Tuesday but.....

Damm I need a weekend!  

The weekend was fab 2 photo shoots one was a family the other Meliscious' Sister with boyfriend and min pins in tow.   

Monday I found out I am soon to be unemployed.   I figured it would happen sooner or later but still in that grieving stage.    It's hard when you become so wrapped up in your job you forget who you really are.   So I think I will take sometime to really figure it out.   

Then today got a call no parent wants to get.    Not going to talk about it here or perhaps ever anywhere, needs to be dealt with and move on. 

But before that call my head has been in a funk.  I can only assume I will feel better soon.   I remember all the hope and promise the new space was going to offer, the hopes, dreams and ideas.   Really seems all for nought now.  Tonight would be a bottle of wine and a gauranteed to make me cry night, but not with 3 kids and work in the morning.   A lesser woman would have held 7-11 up for all their chocolate!

 On the upside I bought my first pair of jammies at Walmart in ever ( It means I have lost enough body mass that things will fit now!) 

The one thought holding me together is that I get to attend my very first Quilt Show this weekend!  Yes I am a Quilt Show Virgin, I would uusually stay behind and man the store but this year I will be flogging product!

Pinned it and made it!

Boss Lady whacked me late last year and said.... "see this I think you should make one."   Uh uh yup getting right on it.  Well I mean I did think about it..... And that's where it sat for quite some time.   I pulled up the pin last week and thought oh yeah... I can do that.


So here you are, my version:

 There is a sewing machine charm, a small flower button, a little sparkle, one orange button, a few turquoise buttons.......  things that I know meant something to her!   Of course my photography skills are not the best but my paper weight is pretty spectacular!

Fill in the Blank Friday!

It has been a hugely emotional week round here so glad for something fun!

1.  My first memory is    being 5 and having my mom tell me how they used to be worried because I din't talk as a toddler and now I won't shut up!

2.  My first love was  Cleo.  She was a black lab something from the SPCA.  It was the first time I ever felt that that dog needed me as much as I needed her.   I talked to her.  Cried at/on her told her all my pre-teen secrets! I cried more when she passed then when my Grandpa died. It was 2 days after my 14th birthday and the same day I got my first job (DQ) that was not berry picking. 

3.  My very first favorite color was  Pink . Being a child of the late 70's that was what you wore.   

4. The first time I really felt like a "grown-up" was when   I held She Who giggles for the first time!

5. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is  groan, look at the clock... curse because I overslept and then bolt for the bathroom. 

6. The first CD (cassette tape, record, etc...) I ever bought was   BoyzIIMen

7.  My first car was  a 1986 White Nissan Micra

Too many days

Looking at a grungy chair spurred me to re-cover it today.  I had no staple gun, hammer, or hi temp glue gun.   I think it looks great!

pretty snazzy if I do say so myself!

All the things I cannot talk about

There are so many struggles going on right now involving surveys, property lines, walls without permits, falling down fences, and RCMP, that I cannot talk about any of them. 


So instead I am going to talk about how wonderful my 12 year old daughter is!

Seriously,  there are times I wanna give her a swirly but she is becoming a simply lovely caring young lady!

  With the note that that shirt was not allowed out of the house and did not survive the night.

She puts others first, always looking for a way to right the wrongs (unless she is the cause of the wrongs).    She has a memory like an iron trap especially if it involves her not getting something
She is a real delight to have around and always willing and able to make me smile!

I love you she who giggles!

This is where I have been!

So instead of being a good blogger I started hanging round here.......   Bad bad me I know.    The only down side to the site is the pop ups but, there are only a couple per episode.   I have seen more movies and shows than ever before.  Perfect for the 40 degree heat we are having right now!

I watched Julie and Julia always wanted to see it never found the time I loved it!!!  What a great movie






    I love3 the variety I have been able to watch some good some bad and some intriguing. A great show is Oddities.....Truly oddball people!