Sew and Hope...

That's what I did most of yesterday...

 on my Texas Star quilt....

And HOPE that no cows had any babies!!

How can the weather change so quickly!!

+5C on Sunday to -40C on Tuesday.

Yeeeesh!!

I stepped out the door and my winter gear instantly turned crispy!!

I dress for the occasion when I check cows every couple of hours and I STILL am froze!!

So I cleaned my house and headed up to my cozy sewing room 

To get this show on the road!!

I see Texas just up ahead!!

Keep warm,

Christa

Ps.

 Much thanks to Brenda King for the use of her Down in The Valley Book.

We plan to make great use of it tomorrow at quilting!!



Calving Season Has Begun

Yesterday was an incredible day to start calving...

at least till late afternoon before the snow hit.

The first two calves arrived just in time for Family Day in Canada!

(Well, in Ontario,Alberta and Saskatchewan)

After catching up from 2 Scrap Squad quilts,

 I was able to work on my own again.

Geese were flying off my table.

I am hoping for some more sightings of flying geese today.

Justin was over so he gave me a hand pulling papers off my 3rd SS quilt blocks.

Justin said 'Not on the blog!'

But if he can be heard(through hacking my blog)...

I think he can be seen!!

Happy Family Day and President's Day for the USA!!

Christa

More Retreat Treats

The cows are all home and the feeding has begun...

The preg testing was completed thanks to Dr. Hoium and Dr. Patel.

This is the less glamorous part of being a vet...

But someone has to do it!!

So let the quilting begin!!

We each received a present at retreat from the Heart and Hands Guild.

Great things come in small packages!!

I will have to make sure I get this done for next year.

My purchases at our vendor, Shirley's Sewing Room  from Moosomin,Saskatchewan...

were a couple of yards of StoneHenge and  a Christmas FQ pack.....

And this little treat!!

I stopped at Shirley's this summer to see if she had the Texas Star pattern.

She didn't then... but she does now!!!

I saw it on the back of a magazine a year ago and LOVED it!!

  It was karma and had to come home with me.

I am going to make it with Stone Chips Warm/Cool.

Then that little pole dancer, Bev from Sew and Sews in Carlyle stopped in for a minute.

She had a few extra kits of the project they did this weekend so I purchased one also.

Love the colors and prints in this runner.

So bring on the Christmas tunes, and the snow they are calling for today!!

I am ready!!

And this 'not-so-little-anymore' frontman, Duracell???

I opened the door to let him in and 5 little kittens blasted in right behind him!!

It was a set up...should have known...that's alot of tracks for one cat!

You can never trust a cute face!

Going to sew!!

Christa