Visiting with Family and a Client Finish

Visiting with Family and a Client Finish

Last weekend my Mother and I spent the long weekend (Remembrance Day) in Port Moody BC visiting my sister and her family. We left last Thursday and it was a beautiful sunny day, a perfect day for a ride on BC Ferries. It was a great weekend with lots of visiting, some...

Creating a Soul Collage

Creating a Soul Collage

Yesterday I went to a workshop on how to create a soul collage. This is the first I had heard of this technique. Our session was facilitated by Laura Anderson who I found to be an excellent facilitator. I enjoyed the technique immensely and hope to participate in more...

Getting Back at it

Getting Back at it

Whew, it's been a week since I posted last. This is not great but in my defense I haven't been all that well. I mentioned in an earlier post that I had hurt my hip while lifting my sewing machine to take it to a workshop. Well, it turns out I actually tore the muscle...

Quilting Class and Moving Forward with my Life

Quilting Class and Moving Forward with my Life

Have I ever been lazy today! I should have been up and at it hours ago but here I am just puttering about. One of the reasons for this is a hurt my hip. I took a machine quilting class yesterday with Kathleen Quilts. On Thursday afternoon I took time out of my day to...

Back to Quilting

Back to Quilting

Quilting is finally getting done! It feels good to get back at the longarmĀ machine. I really needed to take that week or so off though. I think everyone sometimes needs to step back from things, regroup, and seriously think about why they are doing something. The...

Contemplating Downtime

Contemplating Downtime

Well, it's been a week since I last posted. Not a lot of quilting has been going on however I have spent a lot of time reevaluating things so I guess this will be another post about life. About a week ago an opportunity presented itself to me. The one thing I have...

Stepping up to Challenges

Stepping up to Challenges

So this week I took part in a challenge by my business coach Morna McEver Golletz. Morna created a Facebook page Creative Passion to Profit and then she posted one challenge question a day for 5 days to the group. The challenge was to post your answer to the group and...

Fantastic Customer Service

Fantastic Customer Service

As I have mentioned in a previous post my partner and I are getting ready for a craft sale coming up at the end of this month. In preparation for that we have both been busy creating. I found this tutorial on Shabby FabricsĀ for this cute boxed pouch. The only thing I...

Raffle Quilt and Dog Walks

Raffle Quilt and Dog Walks

Well, it looks like fall is here. The weather here in Victoria has been beautiful and sunny however the temperature is dipping down at night these days. I awoke early this morning to the smell of something burning, I couldn't for the life of me figure out where the...