Had a great weekend last week. Did some walking around Fort Langley, BC, some antique shopping.  Got myself a great tea pot (silver) with a spout cover.  I never saw anything like that before.  I also got some plates with a space to put a cut (8 of them) so I can use them with my upcoming book club meeting in November.  Want to make a great impression.

But I also did some quick sewing and tried to get my stash down a little, so my room would be a bit cleaner.  Here's some of the things I got done.

Finished coloring a row by row from 2015.

A canvas bag to hold my acrylic paints.  Fabric was precut by IKEA.

I made two soup pots for my mother.  

Need to make a lot more to make my mother happy.

Don't you just love the colours.

And this weekend I did a lot of cutting,

9 soup bowls, 4 placemats, and two row by rows.

Seems perfect for this weekend, to do some sewing.  

Another one buys the dusk!!!!

OK, I'm already completed my OMG for the month!!!  Why?  Because I was so excited about it, and the quilting was wonderful, leaves and blades of grass.  Look at it closely...  See the grass?

You can see it a bit more here.   To the right are leaves, to the left bottom, grass.  These pictures don't do it justice, but it's hard to get the right pictures.

Here's the final effect....

The squares really add to the effect....  So I'm done and I'm going to hook up to

So pleased that one more is done and completed... On to the next....

OMG for October

With my back out for the past two weeks, I find I can't sit for long, but my chair in my sewing room (only wood) seems to not hurt my back where my couch does....  Go figure???....

So I have been doing some sewing and some painting (can't show the painting - it's a Christmas gift), and it's been coming along in 1/2 hour stints with an hour break in between or even some napping.  So I think I can do it, can make a goal happen.  Here's what my monthly goal looked like at the start of October.  It's my own design, from a painting I did about forth months ago.  A lot of white space there.  The quilt is about five feet by four feet (or approximately).  So  here's the list of things to do for this one:

• stitch on all the black.
• attach some 2 1/2 inch squares around one corner to make it more balance.
• quilt all that white space.
• Bind
• Put up in the bedroom.

I'm looking to do it for my bedroom, to cut down on the echo in my loft.  The other side above the kitchen is a modern design left from the previous owner in black and white.  So I think the two will really work well together.  I'm very happy with the thought of the two of them together.  See below for a picture of the artwork in the kitchen.  What do you think?  Give me a reply.  

Linking up with Elm Street Quilting for the One Monthly Goal