Sunday Funny

How is it the end of November already?

Today is the Grey Cup, the end of the Canadian football season.  Good thing I didn't have this agreement!

I mentioned in the last post that we had received a dumping of snow this last week.  I thought I'd share a picture.

My deck, complete with the furniture I never got under cover before the snow came.

Have a happy Sunday!

Maureen

Friday Finish

I almost didn't have any finishes this week.  I've been sick, and didn't even have the energy to pick up my knitting needles.

Today was my day off.  I had hoped that I would feel well enough to go out and get some errands done.  That didn't happen.  We received several centimetres of snow, and I just didn't feel up to fighting the snow and fighting the crowds out to do some Black Friday shopping.

I decided in the afternoon that I wanted to do some sewing.  So, I pulled out the Mickey Mouse fabric I bought a few weeks ago, and made a new project bag.

Quilting the fabric prior to making the bag takes more time than making the bag itself does.  From start to finish, this bag took about two hours to do.

And the inside

I didn't make a zipper pull for it yet.  I've ordered some charms off Etsy, and I'm waiting for them to arrive.  I did make one pull though.

I have other pouches that still need pulls, so it will get used.

Linking to TGIFF

Maureen

Sunday Funny

Anyone with a cat can relate to this one!

I swear, Katie could be at the other end of the house, but the minute the fabric hit the floor there she was on top of it!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Maureen

Friday Finishes

Thank you to everyone who came here from the Blogathon, and to those who commented.  I haven't had a chance to reply yet, but I will!

I had a couple of finishes this week.  The first one you've seen part of.  It's the bag I finished on Wednesday, and made my first zipper pull for.

I also finished the second sock from my fourth/fourteen sock goal.

I came close to having the stripes match exactly, but that was totally by accident.  The colours are darker than they appear in this picture.

We had a chinook blow through yesterday, and the temperature went above 0 degrees Celsius.  Most of our snow disappeared, and it rained last evening.  I haven't been out yet today, but I'm hoping that it isn't too icy on the roads.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend

Maureen

WIP Wednesday

If you're here from the Blogathon, welcome!  I hope you enjoy your visit!

Like my profile says, I'm a quilter, a knitter, and a spinner.  Lately, knitting socks and making bags have become a bit of an obsession for me.  I'm still quilting a bit, but very slowly.  I am getting the urge to make some applique Christmas wall hangings after seeing the awesome one my friend Val made (hi Val!)

I set some crafting goals for myself for 2014.  The first one was to knit 14 pairs of socks in 2014.  I'm working on my 13th pair; this is actually the fourth pair I started but I didn't start the second sock until this month.

It's almost finished!  I started the decreases for the toe today, so I'll probably finish it tomorrow.

My second goal this year was to finish the strippy quilt I started a couple of years ago.

It's stalled out for now.  I still need to sew strips together, but just can't seem to find the motivation to do it.  I'd like to start something else, but this keeps staring at me to finish!  Somehow I don't think I'll meet this goal.

My third goal this year was to put together my Cricket Loom and actually weave something.  Hasn't happened yet, but the year isn't over!

I've been making little bags lately.  I was working on this one earlier.

I finished it, and decided to try adding a charm for the zipper pull.  I had picked up some clasps, jump rings and charms at Michaels last week, and put one together for the bag.

Then I went back to a finished bag and added this one.

I really like the way they look, so I'm going to make another trip to Michaels to get more charms.

This post turned out to be longer than I thought!  If you made it this far YAY!  I hope you enjoyed it!
Please feel free to comment, I love reading them!

Linked to the Needle and Thread Network WIP Wednesday.

Maureen

Blogathon Canada is on!

See that button to the right?  That button will link you to lots of lovely Canadian blogs!

Sew Sisters Quilt Shop in Toronto is sponsoring Blogathon Canada this week.  Each day will feature bloggers from each province.  I believe today is British Columbia.  Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be featured on Wednesday.  There will be prizes to be won!  Go, check it out!

And just so there is a picture, here's my 11th pair of socks.  They're made from Lorna's Laces Solemate yarn.  The colourway is called "Christmas at Downton".

I finished them in early September but finally took a picture of them today!

Maureen

And One More Thing...

After I posted, I came across this article.  I couldn't wait to share it.  Enjoy!

18 Important Life Lessons

Maureen