Farmer's Wife takes on Lillooet

This week my blocks # 25 & 26 hitch hiked their way to Lillooet.  To bad it was a windy blustery day, so the pictures didn't show the true beauty of the area.

Lillooet is about a two hour drive east of Kamloops.  It is surrounded by beautiful mountains, the Fraser river and wonderful grasslands.  Doug was there working and agreed to take the blocks along.  My first visit to Lillooet was for a BMX race with my oldest son about twenty years ago.  My favourite visit was to check out a very large collection of antique toy sewing machines.  You never quite know what you will find there!

Now for a little glimpse of what I'm working on.  Katja's was finally was able to order in the Uneven Nine-Patch ruler by the wonderful people at E-Z.  I've been playing with it and will show you what I've been up to as soon as it is finished.

It's Friday Already

Did you every have a week where time just gets away on you.  I woke up this morning and realized it's Friday already.  So what have I accomplished this week?

This cute little quilt belongs to Paulette.  It was one of her MANY samples for her Bits and Pieces Club she ran for years.  What I really love about this quilt is the funky feature fabric.

It has hearts on it as well as these wonderful wavy lines that I used for inspiration for quilting.

I carried the wavy lines into the sashing around the hearts and of course I had to quilt a heart in the hearts.  This was a really fun quilt to quilt!

This weeks Hex-A-Thon blocs luckily were finished a while ago so that they could make an appearance today.  I'll really try to not let next week get away from me and hopefully have a little more to show for my time.  Have a great weekend everyone!

ps  On my side bar check out Carla's Grace and Favour blog for a cut little quilt that I quilted for her.

Farmer's Wife Blocks 23 & 24

Country Farm and Country Path are hanging out with me this week.

For those of you that haven't guessed, this is the case that I sort my mail into at the Kamloops Delivery Centre.

This is prior to starting my day.

This is after I have sorted the mail to be delivered for the day.  My route has 655 calls so can be a bit of a challenge to get ready to go.  This particular day was fairly light, so I had time to play!

And here is my mail all organized ready to head out to the truck for delivery for the day. Getting to this point is the hardest part of my job.  Going on the street and delivering is the best part.  More to come........

And now for a cute little craft idea that I found here.  I had made a couple of these for friends before I decided it was a great idea for a craft at our Postie Quilting Day.  The pattern calls for a 9 inch triangle.  I made ours 11 1/2 inches so that they would be a little bigger.  I also included batting so they would have a little more body.

I put my friends to work, and these are what they created.  Too much fun!  No more excuses for threads left laying around the house.

Baby Girl Quilts

Last Friday I showed you a jelly roll of Meadow Friends by Deb Strain.  Well, I managed to make two baby girl quilts and I still have a little bit left over.

The first quilt is from the book "jelly babies."  This worked up really fast, so I had time to make the second quilt.

This quilt is from my own design, and is available at Katja's as a $2 donation sheet.

Now I'm definitely ready for the next grand baby!

Spring Is In The Air!

Sylvia's quilt reminds me of spring.  Bright and fresh.  This quilt was from a pattern I presented as a class to the local quilt guild.  Sylvia has done a wonderful job.

The quilting in the "flower" portion is the same as the sample I had made.  The overall small hearts was Sylvia's idea.  A great combination.

And of course, this weeks Hexagons.  I like the spring coloured block best!  Spring must be in the air!

Farmer's Wife Blocks 21 & 22

These week's blocks are Contrary Wife and Corn & Beans.  Corn & Beans is a little bit of a challenge with sooooooo many little pieces.

And where are my blocks hanging around today?

They are hanging around the Provincial Short Track Speed Skating Championships.  The races were held this weekend in Kamloops at the Macarthur Island Sports Centre.  A great facility with two ice rinks as well as curling rinks.

Most of the racers were children, however a few adult races were also held.  The oldest racer was 82.  Now how is that for keeping active when you retire?

A while back Linda sent me this picture to post of her blocks.  Better late than never!  The teddy bear was made by Sonja, and the rabbit was made by Katja.  Both were gifts to Linda's son, when he was much younger.  Alex is now off to university, but his treasures wait patiently for him at home.

A Friday "Ruby" Finish

Last Friday while having tea at Katja's Quilt Shoppe, I brought home a sampling of "Ruby" flannel.

This Friday I took back this quilt!

It is made from a pattern in the Quilts & More spring 2012 edition.  The pattern is fast and simple to make.  The quilt is so soft and cozy that it just might have to be mine when it comes home.

To quilt the flannel I used a simple ribbon pattern.  To quilt this design simply quilt a large over all meandering then quilt back 1/2" from the previous stitching, crossing over occasionally. There you have it, a ribbon.

Everyone at the Shoppe was busy.  Sharon was cutting out a cute child's quilt, Katja was buys helping a customer and Sonja was working on the appliqué border of her Reminiscence Quilt.

And what was I doing, well bringing home some more Moda fabric for a baby quilt.

Hopefully I'll have it done by next Friday to show you.