July 1st, 2013...Wave your FLAG

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TO ALL CANUCK QUILTERS AND SEWISTS

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Stitchin' Britches

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I've been having some fun stitching up pj pants and shorts for the boys and myself

this past week.

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My youngest wasn't around when I took the pics,

these are full length pants made from Goosebumps fabric I happened upon at Value Village.

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All sewn from NEW LOOK 6441 (XS-XL) all in one envelope,

I love it.

My pjs are sewn from some of the 9 yards I picked a few weeks ago at a garage sale.

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Then next week's forecast came up on the computer and it ain't pretty folks.

30C + with extremely high humidity. Yuck!!

I can't stand the heat as it is, so this was not good news,

however it is a great reason to whip up a skirt.

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Garage sale fabric too!

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I haven't worn a skirt in ages, at least 15 years! 

I found this super easy idea at a small snippet ,

and since I didn't have a tank (going to the city next week, guess what I'm picking up)

and I couldn't find my elastic thread,

I improvised, cause we can do that!

I just made a casing and ran  2 ~ 3/8" elastics instead of the wide (need to add that to my list).

The sash covers the top band for now anyways.

I do believe I'm getting hooked on stitching up skirts and the Mr. approves.

Yay! Win/ Win :)

There are lots of easy to sew, no pattern needed skirts out there.

Here's another cute skirt and blog over at

googiemomma

If you like vintage you're going to love this .

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HAPPY STITCHING  :)

Oh Boy!

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Here we go again!

Thunder storms are coming in the distance.

This is our shop, the village's old curling rink

and a wonderful space for the Mr. to store clutter up with lots of man stuff!

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Must go batten down the hatches...again!

Hope the power stays up so I can get a little stitching time in ;)

I'm so Spoiled!

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Really, I am!

Like a puppy getting it's belly rubbed ;)

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Look at this gorgeousness that arrived today!

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I won the coin purse from   Pig Tales and Quilts

and just look at the surprises Thearica sent along too!!

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How did she know that this is one of my all time favourite colours!!!

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I just love my coin purse, Thearica wanted a tid bit of info from each entrant 

and then created our purses.

I just happen to love dogs and these retro pups are spot on!

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Orange, it just makes me smile :)

and I love Riley Blake.

This girl is a mind reader, how could she possibly have known?

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Thank you, Thearica! You made my day :)

The Time Draws Near

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 I've noticed that quite a few of you, 

have yet to click the

BLOGLOVIN' BUTTON in my sidebar.

I don't want to leave you behind, just give it a click and say

over there, it's great!

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HAPPY STITCHING  :)

Every Day is Dad's Day...BECAUSE

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Father's Day, 2013, is very special this year for my brother and I.

In May, my phone rang and the number was my Dad's, I picked up and greeted him with 

a loving quip only to have a woman's grave voice telling me that he'd had a stroke that morning.

My heart went into my throat and my stomach did the elevator drop...

I received the same kind of phone call over 20 years ago when my Mom was 

admitted into the hospital with food poisoning and in less than 48 hours, was gone.

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Dad is home now and doing fantastic!

Huge THANK YOU to the staff at both the 

Calgary Foot Hills Hospital

and 

The Fanning Center.

He has lost some of the use of his left hand but he's working very hard to regain mobility

and has managed to go from a walker to a cane to some independent walking within his building.

Dad's spirits are bright and he's going to take up painting, something he's been wanting to try

but was too busy with his clock repairs, not a reality anymore with his hand.

My Dad, at 83, he's my hero!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAD!

I LOVE YOU.

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Friday's Paper Piecing Adventure

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I thought today I would show you what can happen when the fabric piece you use 

isn't large enough!

I'll wager that most of those that pp have had this occur

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can you see my faux pas? It was a little smaller when the block first went together,

I was so PO'd. However, I decided to take things in stride and not fix this but

instead have this block as a constant reminder to

"make sure my pieces of fabric are large enough to cover"

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The finished block :)

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Check out the other pp'ers hosted by Kristy @  Quiet Play

G.S. Overload, Perhaps?

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Not only did I surprise my Mr. (yep, that be 'im and our wee nipper)

but I walked away with 

an antique bed frame, complete

brand spankin' new light fixtures for the homestead

storage thingys that hang in the closet, also brand new

Danny wanted a vase

CJ snapped up fresh baked lemon squares

David, a little planter and cabbage seeds

and the icing on the cake...

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we're talking about some serious yardage on most of these!

The deep purple/roses below,  over 9 yards!!!!

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Isn't this retro fun flowery?

I have to go back and see if the rest sold or not,

if not then we're going to be dickerin'

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On a side note, never leave your Mr. to pick up said G.S. items. At least not alone.

Why, you may ask.

The skunk went and bought a mini Baja dirt bike for the boys.

Can't say as I blame him though,

he practically stole it!  :)

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HAPPY STITCHING AND G.S.ING

;D

Paper Piece Party

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It's Friday (actually Saturday) and that means it's time to link up another 

PAPER PIECED PROJECT

for Quiet Play and the Paper Piecing Party.

I stitched this bluebird offered by Liljabs

and made it into a pillow.

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