Thursday, December 29, 2011

Hi, well yes I do know that it has been quite a long time since I posted.
We had a wonderful Christmas. Kelsey, Sean, Mandy and Kevin all came for dinner.
It was supposed to be a Chinese food fiest, however, since Ken does all the cooking, he decided on beef dip. For dessert we made one of those chocolate wafer log, with whipped cream. It has been a while since I made that dessert so it was fun, actually, truth be told, I just bought the wafers, Mandy did all the work.
After dinner we went downstairs, played loud music and pretended we were rock stars.
Alot of lip sincing and dancing. What a blast!
Christmas Day I invited myself to my sister Terri's for dinner, WOW! it was wonderful, moist juicy turkey, sweet potato, mashed potato............there was more but I just cannot remember. For dessert, Terri made tow pies! Apple and Pumpkin, I had to have a small slice of each with ice cream AND whipping cream. OMG I can still taste it now if I think hard enough. My niece Jocelyn was there with her husband Clint and kids Owen and Camryn. A very good time was had by all.
Great Christmas.............Oh, Ken got me a Pandora gift certificate, I can go shopping!!! Yahoooo! Also he got me a new flat screen TV for my sewing room. Oh boy I love that. I will try to find some pictures for you. Especially the rock star photo's LOL

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

On my way home.......


On my way home,



I pass a wonderful place,





I never know what I might see.






The scene changes with the seasons.











This wonderful day I saw polka dot mushrooms. Little people with homes is stumps.










Beautifully painted birdhouses and and bird baths.











The beautiful lady who owns the home tells me that all her theme decorations take up quite a chunk of her house.















Butterlys and gnomes, mushrooms and frogs



















It is all so beautiful, just when you think you have seen it all, there is more to see.

I will be keeping an eye on this wonderful place. I can't wait to see what Christmas brings.

















Thursday, July 21, 2011

It's almost time for the reveal of the new Pfaff Creative Sensation sewing and embroidery machine. Here's a little sneak peak for you. The machine will be shown worldwide on August 22nd......http://www.pfaff.com/mediafiles/creative_sensation/pre_launch/index_us.html

Okay so I know I promised wedding pics, still trying to sort them out and get them from the various people with cameras. Hang tight!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

kelsey and sean wedding

so it sure has been a while since i posted Life sure does get in the way of things. The shop is busy, I am doing very good............life is good i will post wedding pics soon.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Hoop Sisters Goose Tracks

We have just wrapped up our Hoop Sisters Goose Tracks quilt. An entire quilt made one block at a time in the hoop. Wow, if you have not tried Hoopsisters, you owe it to yourself to sign up for one...........it is so much fun an addictive.


Here are a few layout pictures of the quilts produced in my class.




















































Wednesday, May 11, 2011







Here are some of the quilts we got to see and photograph at the Simon Haskins two day workshop that Anni and I took


















Anni and I took a two day class with Simon Haskins. Just for extra fun we booked into the event hotel for a sleepover. Below is Simon and to the upper right is the Fabricadabra Quilt that I am in the process of making and will be offering in the shop as a class. To the left is a beautiful evening bag made entirely of embroidery stitches. I had so much fun and if you have not taken a class with Simon.............treat yourself! He is just a blast to spend the day with. Here are some more fabulous quilts from the day. They were all spread out on the floor around the room. Wonderful to see all the quilts that we see in the Jenny Haskins magazines in person.
I have lots more pictures to share but it's bedtime for me so keep an eye out for more pictures in the next few days.





































































































Tuesday, March 8, 2011

It'a all about me me me!!

Okay so after months, no actually years of getting my Dad's estate all sorted out................note to self, leave a will.
Anyhoo we all ended up with a decent chunk of cash. So we started with paying our debts, then we each got some treats! I decided to beautify the two places I spend the most time in.
So.............I started with my sewing room and bought Sylvia modules to form a big U. Sewing machine on one side and serger on the other plus and extra add on called the quilters table. I ordered inserts for the drawers to hold a ton of thread spools. The whole thing is due any day so right now I am sorting and purging in my sewing room to make room to get the new stuff in and then my bff, Anni and I will get in there and, for the first time in 50 years of sewing, organize me. I am so excited, I have never had a Professional looking sewing room, I will, of course put pics up when I get settled in.
In the meantime you can go see what I got on the site, just look for the most deluxe arrangements you can get and that's it!
http://www.sylviadesign.com/index.php If you see anything you like, I can get it for you.

Next to the bedroom! I had a king size bed but it took up the whole room so I got a queen size memory foam bed............Heavenly! Then I got a set of bamboo bed sheets............wow, those are amazing. Pricey but still I highly recommend them. Then I got a feather duvet and a beautiful duvet cover.....................OMG I cannot wait to go to bed. Actually I am in bed now!

Next on the go is Retreats, one is sneaking up very quickly. A week from tomorrow.
Intrigued? Go see..http://www.pocosewingandvacuum.ca/retreat.html

Okee doke, that's it for now. Time to sleep in my comfy beautiful bed.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Okay, so it has been a while...........

Hi Everyone,
As promised I will be giving you the rest of my trip to Toronto. After spending a wonderful day of bead shopping and clothing shopping with Dariel, my eldest sister.
It was time for her to head on home.
That morning Dariel headed home and Terri and I headed for downtown Toronto to the Royal York Hotel.
After we checked into our beautiful room we took a stroll around the lobby, stopped for the best apple martini I have ever had and then went in search for a Pandora's jewelry shop. Turns out we were standing right above one!


These ladies were absolutely awesome. We had such a blast choosing bracelets and beads for everyone for Christmas, including ourselves. Both my sister and I are now addicted to Pandora! From there we wandered along "The Path" which is an underground tunnel system linking to all the downtown streets, buses and subways. It is amazing and completed filled with shops. We wandered and shopped and had a wonderful day.

That same evening my sister had purchased tickets to a Broadway play for my birthday!
We went to see Pricilla Queen of the Desert. Oh my goodness what fun that was, so colorfull and the costumes were amazing.














One of my favorite sites in Toronto, and there are so many, is this bridge in downtown Cambridge. It seems the townspeople did not like the look of the bridge and decided to get together and change it. So.............they covered it in knitting! I did not get to see it as at the time I was at the bridge, it was just ugly cement. But you can search it out on the net The bridge benefits the arts and the homeless.
http://www.examiner.com/knitting-in-providence/knitted-canadien-bridge-benefits-homeless-and-the-arts-knit-cambridge-update-pictures




Well that's all for now.............stay tuned!