Beautiful Day for a Wedding

 

Canmore, Alberta....

 

a beautiful place to get married..... or do anything actually!!

 

With the Three Sister Mt Range in the background,

 



 

Gary&Terry Whitman walked their daughter, Tressa down the isle..

 

 

To marry her love, Matt

 

It was a great day to get married!!

 

Our room even had an amazing view...

 

the trees were showing off all their colors....

 

in every shade.....

 

While touring the town we saw this sign for a local quilt show....

 

Terry and I headed there on Saturday morning...

 

Cute banner....

 

but I think ours is outstanding in comparison

 

 

It was a very small show with only one vendor - Sugar Pine...

 

Star wedding ring...

 

 

 

 

Falling Leaves....

 

a Plaid rendition....

 

Old crazy quilt....

 

From 'Ladies Days' in 1904....

 

 

Log cabin...

 

 

 

Not sure what this was called but liked the end result...

 

I think this is the new 'Crazy Horse'!!!

 

The most exciting part of the show was the H.A.Kidd rep as she was enthusiastic about her new products!!

 

While touring Canmore, we came across this stand ...

 

 

It has all the tools you need to fix your bike and pump up your tire!!

 

What a great idea!!

 

We also made a quick stop over at Sugar Pine Quilt Store...

 

I loved this little mini log cabin which, to no surprise, was one of Terry's favorites also!!

 

That's what you get from years of hanging out together!!

 

A great representation of Alberta....

 

SugarPine had every kind of fabric you would want from Batiks to Asian fabric

 

These two caught my eye...

 

Then it was back to Calgary to visit with my sisters...

 

AND

 

a quick trip through IKEA to find a closet for the new entry!!!

 

Arnold would not say it was quick but I gave him the flash tour!

 

 

I think we have a winner!!

 

Christa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scrap squad Friday

It is Scrap Squad Friday!

So  click on over  to this link to see a great rendition of our fifth quilt, Star Search by Carolyn McCormick.

http://www.quiltmaker.com/articles/QM_Scrap_Squad

I haven't forgotten but I am in Canmore, Alberta for a wedding...just happens to be my long armer's daughters wedding!!

It is beautiful here AND as a bonus...it's the Canmore Quilt Show tomorrow!!

How lucky is that!

I promise to take lots of pictures!

Till Monday...Chillin' (literally) in The Rockies!

Christa 

A Full Weekend

A lot was accomplished this long weekend...

 

Great weather to haul some straw..

 

 

After Dawson and I fixed the truck..

 

This one is for Shelby and Bonnie!!

 

She is not that handy with tools though...

 

 

Justin went to a local auction and bought himself a Farmall H

 

He has been eyeing up these old tractors and this one runs really well!!

 

Arnold and I attended a friends wedding in Regina....

 

 

 

I thought this bridesmaid had a different dress only to realize those were permanent wings!!

 

 

Yikes!!!

 

There was a photo booth that we all had a lot of fun playing with.....

 

 

 

People kept sneaking in the photo...

 

As my kids said....

 

Alcohol may have been a contributing factor in the result of these photos...

 

 

 

 

 

Finally...just us!

 

I even found time to pull out a UFO to work on!!

 

Remember Lillypilly Tree??

 

I barely do!

 

 

 

 

I am going to double layer quilt this one so I am starting with the leaves...

 

 

 

 I managed to finish Scrap Squad #5!!

 (under the wire..again)

 

 

 

We finished our Thanksgiving weekend with a huge feast with all the kids and grandson.

 

I think I need a rest today!!

 

Christa

Happy Thanksgiving

It is a Thanksgiving in Canada

I hope there is some turkey in your day!

We are thankful to go spend some time with our kids and grandson today!

What are you thankful for?

Gobble...gobble..

Christa 

Thread Painting Class

 

 

When I picked Terry up, this spider web was our first inspiration of great threadwork!

 

 

Let the weekend begin!!

 

Our teacher was Monika Kinner-Whalen of My Sweet Prairie Blog

 

Our first task was to paint in some color on a print of your choice..

 

 

 

It's hard to see what was there and what was added but you get the idea...

 

 

 

Some chose flowers...

 

 

and roses..

 

 

 

 

Then the real work began....

 

My 'before' chickadee...

 

And 'AFTER'...

 

 not bad if I don't say so myself!!

 

 

 

 

 One lady made her bird into a peach love bird!!

 

 

The evening was 'spent' at Shirley's Sewing Room just for us!!

 

 

 

Thank goodness she was back ordered on this quilt

or

I most definitely would have gone home with it!!

 

This Storm at Sea took a ride in my basket for awhile till I came to my senses!

 

The next day was post card class.

 

Monika showed us some of what she had gotten in the mail...

 

These salvages were, of course...talking my language!!

 

This beautiful piece came by...

 

Recognize it anyone??

 

Like maybe.... Jaynie Himsl!!

 

It needed to be guarded as it was prized by many!!

 

It was one of Monika's favorite cards ever and I am honored to know Jaynie!!

 

Our 'theme' was thankfulness...

 

 and I love Fall, the sun, my house and quilting so with pieces.....

 

I came up with this...

 

 

 

Yes...It is a little rough around the edges!!

 

 

Our next theme was crazy quilt.......

 

 

Here are some of the great pieces from some of the other ladies...

 

 

 

Fall...

 

 

Heather Piermantier's GREAT grandbaby...

 

Pumpkins and soccer balls...

 

Monika's 'find in the box' and Helen's butterflies and flowers....

(Happy 54th anniversary, Helen)

 

Shirley's card...

 

Which we all signed and was given to Monika as a class momento!!

 

Sunflowers representing all the grandchildren for one lady...

 

 

 

 Monika and our line of cards...

 

 

 

I was lucky to be drawn to pick one of Monika's postcard

 

 

 

 

It was a great time and a kick-off to SEWING season!!

 

Thanks, Monika and Shirley... we had a great time!

 

Now to make a cake for my husband...

 

It's Arnold's Birthday today!!

(love yah)

 

Christa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Scrap Squad Friday...Quilt #5

October already!!

The days are getting shorter and colder...

The insulation was blown in yesterday...just in time for Winter!!

 

Another job I enjoyed...as someone else was doing the work!!

 

Now for eaves troughs!!

 

On the sewing front...

 

 

 

Our Project #5 is in the lastest Quiltmaker magazine

 

 

 

 

It is another pattern by Carolyn McCormick called Star Search

 

 

 

 

 

This week's Scrapper is Marti Dyer-Allison of 52 Quilts.com

 

This is Marti's Stars for Eric Quilt... 

 

 

Marti has a great post on the use of templates HERE.

 

I am off to Moosomin, Sk with a couple of girlfriends to take a class with Monika Kinner-Whalen who writes My Sweet Prairie Blog.

 

This class is hosted by Shirley's Sewing Room

 

It is a class on thread painting

 

and

 

I can't wait to spend some time stitching up a storm!!

 

Have a great weekend...

 

Christa