New Year

  

I hope you all had a very pleasant and relaxing holiday with a few festivities.

May 2026 bring you good health and time to enjoy some needlework.

Baby quilts

Even though there is a new member of the family who is now nine months old, neither of these quilts is for her. I have other plans with a pattern and fabric set aside.

This was a top that had been hanging around for a while now.

It is now finished with a hanging sleeve and label. It will be in a quilt show in November. The pattern is from Swim, Bike, Quilt but I added a row at the top to make it longer and use up a few more charm square.

This is the other baby quilt that I completed. Both are hand quilted and both were made to use up some charm squares. This was a free pattern I found online that showed how you could use up a whole package of charms squares - all 42.

This one will also be in a quilt show in November but it needs a label still.

New wall hanging

I got tired of looking at my little wall hanging of a red bird sitting on a branch covered in snow and wanted something brighter and more in keeping with the summer season.

I think I started this little wall hanging in 2021 but it sat around waiting for me to decide to finish it. I found it just at the right time. It's machine quilted and now hangs in my hall. It was a free pattern I found somewhere on the internet and is 11 inches by 23 inches.

Busy

It seems it's been non-stop for a while now. My eldest daughter and her two boys are now back in B.C. I am planning on finishing up some smaller projects. One is a baby quilt that will be put on the frame. I also have some small cross stitch kits that need finishing.

Now that there is no school, I can make my pulla (Finnish coffee bread with cardamom) with nuts on top. During school time, I have to put sprinkles on top because my grandchildren have a couple of slices put in their lunches. Some children at school have nut allergies. Since there are 4 families that live close by, I have to make 4 loaves. I can't eat it since I have a gluten intolerance. White flour just gives me gas and sometimes, a tummy ache.

Happy Canada Day

We live in a part of the city where we get to watch a Canada Day parade every year. Afterwards, we usually walk up to the park where the parade ends and there are all kinds of activities for the children and tents set up for food and many other things. I used to get some plants in years past from the garden club or browse the books that the library was discarding. It was a fun day ending with fireworks later in the evening. We said they were celebrating my youngest daughter's birthday which is on the following day.

Enjoy the day wherever you live.