I have to say, that as soon as I read the news, I went to their website and signed up for the Newsletter. I wanted to get the new Magazine from Through Our Hands as soon as it came out. And here it is … This is a new enterprise by Laura Kemshall and Annabel Rainbow. …
Explorations, investigations, trials and errors, mistakes made into something different … it’s all part of learning and doing, and for me, a part of what I like to do best. That is what I do when I am stuck … I need to be working on a piece, but I don’t know what direction I…
It’s Friday!  Yeah … quite an interesting week, I might say … I needed to think of a name for the small yellow quilt below with the crow. I found a name I liked, but I thoguht it would be more suited to the other piece of work I had finished. So I came up…
A few weeks ago I purchased a new book called “Corvus – A life with birds” by Esther Woolfson. It sounded interesting as it talks about her life with birds after her daughter rescued a fledgeling rook. I don’t know why I like crows and rooks and ravens so much, but I do. I find…
Happy New Year. We bid good-bye to 2013 and are on the second day of 2014. The year stretches in front of us like a blank canvas, full of possibilities. I hope everyone’s 2014 is a good one, with lots of inspiration, creative endeavours and happy moments. I was quite busy over the holidays; the…
Good morning, There is snow falling once again in Calgary, and the temperature has dropped to -12 from -4 in the past few hours. It is supposed to be -18 by the time we leave work today with a wind chill factor of -27. That’s to get us in the spirit! Most of the presents…
Hello everybody, I’ve been back from Houston for a week now and it is amazing how busy it is at the office after a week away, despite the fact that I did check email … good thing for Internet and an iPad. Market was good once again  I did two demos for Wonderfil Threads and…
A happy belated Thanksgiving to all of you. I had a very wonderful deconstructed turkey meal that my son Ale cooked for us on Saturday. I had a house full of guests, lovely turkey smells throughout the house … and although it ended up being a very expensive meal … it was well worth the…
Oh, where, where have all the days gone in between September 20th (my last blog) and today? It seems that it was yesterday that I blogged for the last time!. I cannot believe how fast this year is going … The past few weeks have been busy at work, and at home preparing for the…
Do you ever have one of those weeks where you wish you could have stayed in bed and not get out? well … this has been that for me. One really nightmarish week at work trying to juggle agendas, keeping everybody happy, managing travel … grumpy people … and no sleep for me. For some…
Mine was full of different things and good accomplishments. I am glad to say that I am slowly getting back on track and finishing pieces, continuing others and starting new ones. It is always so exciting when ideas are swirling around in your head and you find the time to actually do something about them. …
As you can see from my post yesterday, the technical difficulties have been fixed and now I can attach photos once again. Don’t ask me what was wrong, because I don’t know. I emailed Eric and he fixed it. I thank my lucky stars for Eric and his magic fingers! So, finally I can post…
Yes! I did go!!! So very exciting. The nicest thing was that I got together with two lovely friends. Lisa flew from Ontario and Nan from Frankfurt (well, sort of as she was already vacationing in the UK), so the three of us met at the NEC in Birmingham. Nan arrived first and met with…
Good morning, Hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was busy but good. I am enjoying my newly landscaped backyard. I will post some photos soon. I mowed the lawn yesterday and it didn’t take any time at all as I got rid of all the grass against the fence, and that made it easier. …
Good early morning from cloudy and rainy Calgary, Hope this finds everyone fine and enjoying the Summer months. It’s been busy here in Calgary … still recovering after the flooding, lots of work to be done. A few groups have been organized around town and surrounding areas to make and gather quilts to help those…