Baby socks.

Enjoying all the beautiful flowers that surround us. Nature is just filled with so much inspiration.

Kate kindly made a pair of baby socks for my great nephew, it arrived in the mail today. It is wool, so it will stay in the ziplock bag. Wool and me are not friends, so I will admire it from the outside of the bag. It will be going to Levi very soon. These baby socks are amazing.

Also in the parcel was this funky fabric, a hat for hubby. It is truly Canadian, with geese and they are super cute with the flippers and swimming goggles!

The dinosaur quilt has a start will be working on it a bit again today. Trying to get the machine quilting done before the heat of summer starts. Working on smaller pieces with applique and embroidery is a lot easier in the summer.

Children’s quilts.

Making kids quilts are always fun, because all the rules gets tossed aside and we can get as creative as we want to, or just keep it as simple. With the arrival of all the great nephews and nieces, a new generation has commenced and a new chapter.

First dinosaur quilt for the eldest of all the new little ones.

Next up for the youngest one a Deer.

An otter family and a pond. Peter Rabbit quilt was unfortunately lost by the mail, this will be the replacement quilt.

More unicorns and lots of them, they seem to be very popular. Playing with panels, is a wonderful way to create picture quilts for kids.

Unicorns and fairy tales.

This panel is filled with lots of colours, so quilting it is requiring some creative solutions. I had a roll of sulky variegated thread which has been used in the high colour changing areas at the bottom of the panel.

The picture shows some vines, wisteria maybe that is hanging down from the arch? Sometimes it helps to start with an element to highlight and go from there.

The mane or hair has all these swirls and curls, so those were followed and highlighted as well.

The straight lines on the dress and the crystal clusters was quilted in straight lines too.

The quilting is fairly dense, before basting and quilting the top measured 55 x 65 inches. After the quilting, before washing it is now 53 x 64 inches. Next up is the binding, it is cut out and needs to made and added to the quilt. Will be doing that with the rainy weather today, it has been raining here yesterday as well.

Pink for May.

It is a happy colour and just adds a skip to our steps. Springcleaning is almost complete, just three more things to do on the list. The sewing room got a good clean and sorting out, some background neutral fabrics for Ancient Stars yellow blocks have been found too. Will be cutting those out to add to April 2024 RSC.

A pieced unicorn quilt top. This is for another little Great Niece, unicorns is very popular. Nine great nephews and nieces for now.

Finding the way pink blocks all done.

Pink progress.

Pink blocks are done. May is now all caught up for the RSC24 colour challenge.

Binding for a new baby quilt.

It has otters, frogs, lily pads and some ducks on it.

The border stripe fabric will be used to make it larger for a baby quilt.

On our walk we saw this tiny bunny on the path, with the warmer weather we are now seeing some bunnies.

Pink and a bit more.

This month has been filled with the unexpected. Springtime is always a time of ups and downs, strangely enough it is how nature works too. The tug and pull of the end of winter with cold weather and spring pulling to start the birth of a new season. Ringing in the new season with warmer weather, which includes all four seasons in a day. All of this to start the growth which is much needed and required.

Pink blocks from last year, this years stack below has not been sewn yet. They are now pulled and put next to the sewing machine. These will be getting done this weekend.

A little bit of work happened on the birthday quilts. The lightbox came out and tracing happened for the applique.

Stems was placed and tacked into position.

We went away for a few days, we needed to do that as a family. Nature for us is very healing and helps to restore calm for us.

A time to say goodbye.

We recently had to say goodbye to our beloved kitty, Marble(s). It came very suddenly and we were not prepared or ready to let her go, she was quite the character. She came with a lot of issues and was a rescue, most people were not prepared to take those on. We did and for many years we had the pleasure and the priviledge to discover the most amazing and special cat a family could wish or dream for. She crossed over the rainbow and left a void behind, the size of a crater. Our hearts are broken and we miss her dearly, this tiny little ball of fur held us all in her little paw. The house is not the same without her, she is even missed by all the backyard friends, they include chipmunks, squirrels,birds. She never tried to catch them, instead she talked to them and would guard the bird feeders. She would pretend to be a plant in the raised veggie boxes to observe them and keep the squirrels inline. They are confused and keep on looking for her. Milo, my friends dog and her became best buddies and he lost his little friend. Her impact on the world has a ripple effect beyond just our family...rest in peace little one, we love you!