Hexagon Quilt by Vicki

Vicki, one of the members of the Jonanco quilting group near Nanaimo made this hexagon quilt. It is hand pieced and hand quilted. She was inspired by the quilter, Albert Small, who made quilts with thousands of hexagons. See some examples of his work HERE. I saw Vicki's quilt when I was visiting there in May. She did a fantastic job, it's a real treasure.

Back From Vacation 2019

Now that I'm retired, my vacations keep getting longer. :) I haven't had a chance to sew, but I did some knitting and crocheting. There is a great book store in Whitehorse, called "Mac's Fireweed Books", I bought these two books from there. All I could do was drool over the table topper book because there isn't a sewing machine at the cabin. I started crocheting an afghan from a pattern in the other book. The ugly knitted blanket isn't finished yet, but I made a lot of progress. I'm looking forward to firing up the sewing machine again, it's been a long time without it. For some eye candy, I've included a photo of Emerald Lake, Yukon.

Another Donation Quilt By Linda H.

This is the second quilt that Linda recently donated to her quilting group. The pattern came from "The Big Book Of Scrap Quilts". The large size Flying Geese units work up quickly and make a nice design.

Donation Quilt

I recently finished this quilt which will be donated to Linda H's quilting group. They provide comfort quilts for places in Nanaimo: women's shelter, foster kids, etc. I didn't have enough of the paisley fabric for the back, so I added a wide grey stripe.

Retirement Gift

We had a retirement party for one of my long-time co-workers last night. One of her gifts was this pillow that I made for her. She used to wear the same uniform top on the last day of her work week. Another staff member had the same top which was sacrificed to make this pillow. I took some navy blue fabric to the local embroidery shop and got them to add the words "Forever Friday". I was trying to make the back of the pillow with a single piece of the butterfly print, but I made a cutting error. Quilters don't make mistakes, they create "variations", haha!

Visible Mending

I just finished a repair on the leg of fleece pants that I wear for camping. There was a hole caused by a spark from the campfire. I hate the thought of sending clothing away to the landfill. Fleece and polyester fibres probably take forever to break down. I've worn these fleece pants for 10 years, maybe I'll get another 10 out of them. :)

Donation Quilt By Linda H

Linda recently completed this quilt and donated it to her quilting group. They will make sure it goes to a worthy cause. The backing is cleverly pieced to get maximum use out of two fabrics from Linda's stash. If I remember right, Linda said the quilt top was made about 20 years ago. A well aged UFO finally completed. :)