September 4, 2023

Since I usually send Regan and Thekla some variation of the same card I knew there would be nothing in my pre-made card bin. Shortly before it was time to start looking for a card I found a photo of this card in one of my Facebook groups. Someone provided the name for the block and I was able to find the pattern. By the time I went back to the post someone else had already added the link to the pattern.

Being paper pieced I thought it would be a quick and easy make. It’s been too long since I did any paper piecing and it was more difficult than I expected. A few days after making the cards I found another cute pattern that was paper pieced so I bought it just so I could improve my skills!

I’ve been going through old photos and found so many pictures of Dad, Regan and Thekla in the days when they celebrated their birthdays together.

August 30, 2023

I have had to dig deep to associate this card in any way to Ron, but here goes!

Maybe someday Ron will take one of his old cars and drive from Colorado to the Midwest!

July 26, 2023

Vicki and I have been friends for almost fifty years. I don’t recall how we first met but it was in Yellowknife. She and her family moved around the country a lot and we lost touch for a few years. She’s in Calgary now and I’m so pleased that we get a good in-person visit every now and again.

I used some of my favourite fabrics for her card. I made a full quilt (for Elizabeth) out of those floral fabrics.

July 17th and 24th, 2023

I’m delaying this posting in order to celebrate both Stacia’s and Deloise’s birthday together.

Embroidery isn’t one of my favourite things to do so when I have a card done with embroidery it goes to someone special. I call Stacia and Deloise the Quilting Goddesses. 

Look what I found for the backing of their cards. Does it remind you of Greek goddesses, even with the heads and torsos cut off?

Several years ago I gave them each of them a different version of the Quilting Goddesses.