August Projects

Well summer is over already! Where did it go?! So crazy 😝 

The heat wave did not last that long and now that it’s cooler it’s almost cold! Lol... forest fire is still burning in the Slocan Valley and folks have been on evacuation alert for over a week. The fire in Penticton is still going strong but at least folks are allowed back into their homes. This cooler weather will help. What a year! I am grateful that we are safe.

In the meantime I have been harvesting enough for meals and freezing some. Kale, berries, lavender, herbs, garlic scape pesto and this year I made basil pesto...oh yummmm!

Made my first ever fresh peach and cream cheese pie...looked awesome until I baked it and the peaches slid off! Lol...

But it tasted soooo good...

This turned out so beautifully. Love this pattern. Used my new scan and cut to cut out the angles. Used leftover angles on the back.

Table runner from the same book of patterns. Enough for now may have to make more next year!

September door..these are a great practice for stretching the mind. Used cork scraps on the door and the gnome hat

Made a few of these. Took me three tries to get the zipper right

Hotpads 😋

So this is how crazy we embroiderers are. Another sewalong and this is what we worked on!

July Projects

Summer has hit us with a vengeance. Temperatures are upwards to 40° C. I don’t remember it ever being this hot 🥵 ever. I keep reminding myself that this will only be for a few weeks and then it will be cold again....needless to say the work in the garden is at a minimum. We did manage to pick a bumper crop of raspberries and strawberries for the freezer. Bought 30 lbs blueberries at the fruit stand for the freezer.

179 fists of garlic. Some are not as large as last years...thinking maybe because of the wet start to the season.

Greenhouse is a bit of a jungle...I did manage to get in there on a cool day and trimmed quite a bit. We might even get a couple of tomatoes! There are squashes, cukes and zucchini’s at the other end. Gas trimmer is in the shop so no trimming for over a month here. I didn’t get more garden pics as the sun was too bright....and recently there are slithery things that have moved in and I’m NOT going there!

Because of COVID-19 staying close to home is really the only safe option...so I am keeping busy in my studio. 

Joette managed to come for a very brief visit and we managed to stitch out a few things for her to take back home 

These are donated blocks for quilts being made for flood victims in McBride

This is a block for her granddaughter 

....another bag in the future perhaps! We also did a few more wallet flaps too

...so I did this one for my art guild word of the month “antique” done with leftover thread clippings and tulle on top.

Made a gift....(will edit with name after it’s been gifted)

Made a little coin purse to match with leftover scraps

Managed to embroider on the ribbon too! Possibilities are endless!

Did make a quick trip through Kelowna to pick up a new toy and Penticton to gift Dominic with his graduation quilt.

So happy that he likes it! He has grown into a wonderful young man 😍

My new toy scans and cuts all kinds of things...my main purpose is to cut fabric for appliqués 



My first attempt...what a learning curve. Thankful for utube 

....and makes cards too!

This a very challenging technique for me...but it helped to cut with the scan and cut. But my mind still cannot wrap around the difference between right and left angles... I musta skipped that class...and the points...that’s a whole new ballgame

Happy Birthday sweet Vanessa I miss you 😘