A Labour of Love weekend

This weekend was the last long weekend of the summer here in Canada.  That also meant that it was also Kathy's annual stitchy weekend.

Friday night my hubby dropped me off at Beatrice's around 7pm.  After a little incident with the car hubby went on his way home, and Beatrice and I went on our way to Kathy's.  When we arrived, Beth and Lynn had also arrived at Kathy's.

We had a nice little chat and got some stitching done.  Beatrice and I then headed back to her place where I crashed for the weekend.

Beatrice and I headed out and arrived at aproximately 10am.  I got my little "nest" all set up for the day and started to stitch.  I didn't get ANY pics of the weekend other than my stitching.... still can't believe it!!  Soon the 5 of us were joined by Fran, Anne, Nan, Judy, Barb, and Angie.  (hopefully I didn't leave anyone out)  So we stitched, we ate lots of food, and I got lots of education about all things that come with aging :)  Anne from K&N also payed a visit later on Saturday.

Here is the quilt square for Nan as of Saturday morning

Sunday started pretty much the same way, but less Beatrice, who went to church with her Mom.  Both Beatrice and her mom arrived later.  Judy and Claire also joined us for some stitching.
Sunday night after everyone but Kathy, Beatrice and I had left, I had a little happy dance... Yes I finished my quilt square!

Nan's quilt square from Prairie Schooler



On monday Beatrice and I headed back over to Kathy's.  We had a great visit and I worked on my Cirque des carreux.  Beatrice headed out around 12:30 and then hubby picked me up around 2pm.

All in all it was a really great weekend.  Unfortunately Dani is going through a family issue at the moment, and couldn't join us.  Christin also stayed behind for moral support.  Rebecca had a wedding on Saturday and a family reunion on Sunday, so couldn't join us either.  I missed the 3 of them but hope to see them soon... especially Dani, since I really want to give her a big hug...

Hope you all have a great stitch filled week!

A frog, an open house, and a finish

While at Rebecca's a few weeks ago I realized that I had two different dye lots for Cirque des Carreux!  I contacted Ann at Knowlege and Needles.  She said she had 6 skeins of Carries Autumn Leaves and would put them aside for me.  If it was one type I would have to frog about 1/3 out of what I had done.  If it was the other, I might as well start over.  Was I ever happy to see that she had the right ones I needed!!  On sunday, I frogged while I listened to a lecture.

What was left of CdCx after the frogging.

(less the re-start in upper left corner)

The whole top portion was completely stitched

And here are the threads after I pulled them out

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Last Saturday (20th) I attended my third open house at Knowledge and Needles.  Read about my first and second times if you wish.  It is amazing the friendships I have created over the past 3 years... and it all started with opening that car door ;)

I forgot to take my SLR, but did get a couple of pictures.  I couldnt' decide what I wanted to work on, so I took out the JBW angel I started last week.  I am glad I decided on that since I was up and down most of the day.  I did do some shopping... some thread and some fabric.

Anne, Kathy, Christin, Dani

Chatting

Some of the beautiful work

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After most people had left, Dani and Christin were heading back with Kathy to her place.  Kathy invited me to come back with them and stitch some more if I wanted.  Of course I said yes!  While I was there, I had a.....

FINISH!!



It was a small finish, but still a finish in my books!!  Upon the finish Kathy handed me the finish pom-poms.  I had intended to take some cute pics of them, but later on in the night, Dani also had a finish on a RR she was working on.  I imediately handed them over to her.  Check out her blog later and she might post about them.  I wonder who will get these next??

JBW Angel

Not sure what I am going to do with it yet...

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I also realized it has been a while since I have posted my WIPS.  While not all of them are here, these are the main ones I am working on besides Cirque des carreux.

Letter "L" for another stitcher. She is going to make these into a quilt.

Magnificent wizard - aslo known as Blair's stupid dragon

Lots of colour changes, but getting there

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I also have made some new scissor fobs for birthday gifts this year. 

For Christin

For Dani

For Kathy

For Beatrice

I also made one for Rebecca after she informed me I should make one for her back in June.



 Well, that is about all I think for tonight.  Hopefully I can get back into posting more!  Hope you all have a great Friday and a even better weekend!



Totally Useless SAL + small update

I did manage to get a bit of stitching done on the weekend, but have not taken any pics yet.
Sunday I pulled Blair's dragon out again and am doing okay with it.  I also planned my contribution for Beatrice's RR.   Hopefully I will have some pics later this week.

My new course has started this week as well - Economics.  This course shouldn't require as much time as the last one since there are not any assignments, but there will still be a big exam in March.

Yesturday I noticed that Daffycat is taking over the TUSAL.  If you are interested in joining or learning more about it, check out this post.  Basically you keep an ORT container of some type and post a pic on the new moon.  Do it every one (13 this year) and you could win a prize.  I signed up last year through another blog, but only got the first few in :(  Hopefully I will do better with this, as I already see a few familiar faces that have signed up.

Hope everyone has a great week
Bonnie