Update...

So Calgary has weathered the storm, but there is a lot of cleanup to be done! I've been off of work for a week now (I work downtown, which has been closed until recently) and I've been up to all sorts of things! I volunteered with cleanup efforts and handing out food to volunteers for a couple of days, had my future brother-in-law and his fiancee staying over because they were evacuated from their building, been training for my marathon, and somehow I've fit time in for some sewing!

My latest obsession... hexagons!

These guys are tiny!

I'm working on a needle case kit, a design from Lynette Anderson. She visited Calgary about a month ago and I was lucky enough to take a class by her, and this is what we're supposed to make (link). She taught how to do the English paper piecing and some other nifty tricks dealing with applique. I've been slowly picking away at this project, this is a picture of the inside pocket, made up of more hexagons.

This is a picture of the front cover, almost done!

Right now, I'm starting/finishing the top of a quilt so I can donate it to Quilting for Calgary (link to Facebook group), who are collecting quilts to give out to people who have been affected by the floods. I picked up this kit this morning at Traditional Pastimes and I'm hoping to get it done in the next day or so!

Take care!

Not much to do... but craft

Hi,

There's been massive flooding in my hometown over the past couple of days, and subsequently everything near the river was evacuated. In a city of 1 million people, approx 75,000 were evacuated from their homes, the Downtown was evacuated (approx 300,000 people work there), and people are in a frenzy to stockpile supplies. If you'd like to read about it here's a good news link.

We were asked to stay home and stay off the roads, so I did!  I've been crafting away and finally took some pictures to share.

I organized some yarn into jars...

I finished a baby quilt, here's a preview of it because I haven't given it as a gift yet!

I also made another tag with some leftover binding and fabric from the quilt... Next time I'll be sure to iron the fabric at every step of the way, I noticed that the end result is a little wrinkly, even after ironing.

my sad attempt at free-motion quilting...

Finished a couple of baby hats

Baby Newsboy, made with leftover Patons Wool

Newborn baby hat, made with Mandarin Petit (Sandnes)

What's next? I'm about to work on a block-of-the-month that I haven't quite finished... I'll try to work on my birthday quilt (this project has been going on for 2 (or 3?) years and it's time to finish it... and I honestly have 10 or 15 other projects to keep me busy. Stay tuned, if I'm not working I'll probably be blogging!

Need to finish the top block

Birthday quilt, slowly coming together.

Thanks for reading!
~knittypie