300 hundred Post....

I am amazed at how many wonderful people I have connected with in the last three years since this blog was set up. The years have brought exciting times together and some wonderful support for the challenging times. I have often felt we were sewing together in the same studio with the quilt-along we had. I have enjoyed seeing your projects as well as meeting your families. I am especially grateful for the many tutorials that have been shared here in blogland and we cannot forget the delicious recipes.

I was fortunate enough to meet two wonderful bloggers in person.. I count this as the highlight of my blogging experience...

First, a wonderful Canadian designer and Nova Scotian Karen Neary... I happen to come upon her blog which had a post for one of her workshop at the Fibre Festival in Amherst. Diamond are a Girls Best Friend (Seen on the wall)
in 2009.

My sister, Simone and I signed up and drove the six hour drive to Amherst . We now make it an annual event. October 15/11 will soon be here :)

Next my friend Michelle...

We met when Gerald and I were on a bus tour to San Antonio Texas last year 2010... and enjoyed a beautiful dinner at TGIF in Little Rock Arkansas. Went shopping at Jo-Anne's and had a heartfelt talk which was so natural it felt we had been meeting every week.

And there is Kelly ...We never met in person but we skyped on Friday afternoons to sew together and shared wonderful life experiences.

The greatest honor I received was a quilt she designed and named itAcadienne in my honor.....

The honor was shared this summer when Kelly sent me the little quilt and patterns for the girls to use in La Guilde Acadienne de Clare. Merci! Kelly♥♥♥

Now to celebrate the event of my 300th post....

When a sales representative gave a gift of a fat quarter to the guild, Art Gallery by Cador Textiles, I decided to make this,

a Karen Neary design

Around the Table

Everything went well in making this project but at the very end of the machine quilting I found I had made a mistake. It was too late to correct it and I was not about to throw the piece away....

Now for the challenge I am extending to you.... can you tell me what the mistake is?

Visit Karen's website http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/sewkaren/patterns.htm to see the original pattern without the boo boo . Leave me a comment that you discovered the mistake and e-mail me your answer.
Do not give the answer in your comment post.
Your name will go in the hat for a draw and on September 27th.. my birthday. I will send the lucky winner a pattern of the Around the Table by Karen Neary.

Thank you for all your support et merci beaucoup♥♥♥

Even if we have not met face to face I feel we have a special bond and get excited to see your name when you leave a comment on my post. Quilters form a special bond and it is so great that it is felt internationally because of Blogland .

Let's move on to the next 300....

A birthday wish will be coming true...

Our oldest daughter, Yvelle's birthday is in November Ariane, Maman Yvelle, et Laurène

And all her décor is country .. so what better place to get gift ideas
than in this absolutely gorgeous book from

Chery Wall....

Here is the finished product....
Garden at the Cabin
It is my first from this book but it will definitely not be the last...
And once more Agnes did her magic At hand quilting.....Love it!

I made a few Christmas projects The Gift Mug Mats ...

And I continue to make thesestar blocks.

I have not counted how many I have .. I just want to use as much of the Jelly Roll and Charm packs I have open and then I will decide how to put them all together.

The next post is...... "Drum roll please"..my 300th ..

Wow! three hundred♥♥♥

I have a little challenge organized to celebrate this event with my blogger friends so stay tuned!

As we say in French...

A La Prochaine ( Till next time)

Hugs:)

This is the kind of week it has been.......

BUSY BUSY BUSY! As I had mentioned I had quite a few meetings scheduled this last week but they all got attended to and I did fit in some sewing....

Elaine came to sew on Friday and I think we chatted more than we sewed...

She is the Guild's secratary and so we discuss issues about the guild . We started the meetings again and 10 more people registered ...:) total 63 members

I did get a Little cushion made for the Guild..

An upholstery company from Toronto donated all kinds of fabric to the guild and I sewed the project as a sample of what we can do with it.

Elaine was busy and made this beautiful project...... Table topper, placemats

"Around The Table" by Karen Neary

and she made napkins to match. Beautiful... She made this for a friend she visited this summer in Boston.

You can purchase this pattern here and others she has designed..

For my weekly projects I did get all my stippling and quilting done

as well as my two star blocks...
Although the weather is not fall-like I feel that fall is in the air and with it comes the coziness of wood burning and long evenings. That motivates me to do some hand quilting.
So I have a little lap quilt ready in the hoop..
It took me all of last fall and winter to do one that size, so I imagine it will be my 2011/2012 quilting project.. I am a novice at handquilting but I enjoy it and want to learn the right way of doing it. There are amazing hand quilters in the guild and I do hope to get some pointers from them.

Best wishes go out to all the students and the teachers who have returned to school today

Amy ( grand-daughter)... Last year of University in Social WorkYvelle (1st daughter and teacher) Ariane ( Grand-daughter) Miss Émilie ( Grand-daughter)

Laurène (Grand-daughter)and Liette 2nd daughter and teacher)
And Monique DIL and Teacher)

NO I did not make a mistake ...... Miss Emilie is in pre-school..... already .. Can you imagine?

Happy Sewing ..

From August 1969 to August 2011

August 23 1969The scene of a beautiful wedding.. the day was perfect as it was 42 years later.

I love the blueberry season and one of the first dessert I made in my own kitchen for my new husband back in '69 was a

Blueberry Pudding.. a very old recipe from my Grandmother's cookbook

Brown Sugar sauce:

1 cup Brown Sugar packed

1/4 cup All-Purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups water

1 tsp.vanilla

Mix sugar, flour, and salt together well in med. sized saucepan.

Stir in water and vanilla. Heat stirring, until it boils and thickens.

Makes 2½ cups. Serve over Blueberry Pudding

Blueberry Pudding;

3/4 cups granulated sugar

2 tbsp butter 2 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

1½ cups flour

1 tsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

½ cup milk

1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

Put sugar and butter in mixing bowl. Add 1 egg at a time and beat well. Stir in vanilla.

Add flour, baking powder and salt alternately with milk. Add blueberries that have been dusted with 1 tbsp. flour. Spread in greased 9x9 inch pan. Bake in 350º oven for 30 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Serve with Brown Sugar Sauce.

Yummy! The difference with this dessert in comparison to the one 42 years ago is that Gerald could enjoy it. The one I made "back when"... the sauce had burnt a bit and it had that strong burnt taste but Gerald did not say anything ... and ate it anyway! It was only when I tasted it I realized it was burnt! He said he did not want to hurt my feelings .....ahhhh! newly weds:)

Our niece, Gerald's brother's daughter and our Godchild.. Catherine is going away to a hockey school in Cornwall Onterio Canada. She is only 15 but she is an inspiring hockey player and this will be the determining factor as to which University she will be going to if she wants to pursue in hockey.

Remember this... my Jelly Roll Quilt? Well I gave it to Cath before she left... so she can enjoy the comfort of a warm quilt when she comes into her room after being on the ice ..

Wow! a week goes by so fast... I finished my blocks

I made my table runner Wrapping Presents

I finished the placemats #7 and 8

and .. the " This and That" Cinnamon Twist

This week is a busy week at work, meetings in the evenings and the Guild reconvenes.but I hope to do some Stippling on my friend's bed runner. Remember, Elaine, and her fear of free motion? I offered to do it for her...

Happy Sewing and hopefully Irene will not hit us tomorrow as predicted.

Birthday Girl......Check list and More...

Miss Émilie 3 years old already♥♥ A perfect hostess at her party :) and an excited one!

Sunny asked me if I do get my weekly projects done. If they are all cut and prepared for assembling they usually get done, but if I just make a mental note I end up letting it slip into my UFO basket .

For the Quilt Block Sampler

Block #4 is done and

block #5 is ready and on this week's agenda

My Garden Party Star blocks are done.. and I have two more cut for this week

My "Warm Memories" "This and That" table topper " Holly Daze"... On the list this week~ the binding

#7 of 12 place mat all stippled and ready for the binding this week..And #8 of 12 ready for the stippling ~

I was able to do an extra table topper..

Another "This and That" called "Cinnamon Twist... " On this week's agenda ~~ More Stippling ....

I did stipple my friend Elaine's pillow top.

She is registered in Karen's class, but for now the fear of free motion quilting is still very real... knowing how she feels I offered to do it for her. This is a gift for her daughter Andrea ( a very special girl) and La Guilde Acadienne's number one supporter♥

And last but not least I decided to put this Christmas piece, "Wrapping Presents" on my list.

it will be a table topper of sorts... table runner? table topper? Not sure yet... It will be a "Show and Tell" at the Guild when we reconvene and an idea for a future workshop.

So this is this week's agenda... Have a good week and happy sewing♥♥

Back on a routine and schedules

I mentioned how it is great to have a routine again and I find it particularly exciting to plan new sewing projects.

As my previous routing went, every Sunday I go to my sewing room and decide on what projects I plan to work on during the week.

If I have enough time that day I prepare all the projects and then I get to sew when I have a few minutes on my hand.

So last Sunday I prepared the projects for this week ..


#1 Stippling of another place mat from the Mystery BOM from Fat Quarters.


#2 ... my star blocks in the Garden Party

I make two in the same fabric

#3 .. A This and That table topper
In the "Warm Memories" by Kansas Troubles.

and #4 I decided to go back to the quilt "Sampler"

and I am making it in the "Pumpkin Pie" by Buggy Barn for Henry Glass.

So that is what I had planned and tomorrow is another Sunday...