Whistler

We got back from a 5 day holiday at Whistler. Unfortunately, I kept forgetting to take my camera along when we walked through the village. People watching was the best but unfortunately I didn't get any photos of the street entertainment.

The weather was nice the first 2 days but not so nice the last 2. There was lots of rain and it was cold the last 2 days. The only picture I took was the one above. It was really nice to have a change of scenery though.

We still had a nice family time. The boys did lots of mountain biking and a bit of shopping. All of the kids did lots of swimming every day.

We stayed in a 2 bedroom townhouse. We were fairly crowded as there was 6 of us plus 1 of the kids friends and our 2 schnauzers. We had a lot of forced togetherness, which was great. At home we are always going in all sorts of directions and it was just nice to be together. We played some Cranium, lots of Dutch Blitz and Uno.

Fabulous Sunset at Green Lake

Since I didn't get too many pictures I thought I'd show you some of our pictures from last years holiday when we went to a friends cabin in the Cariboo Region of British Columbia (Green Lake or often referred to as 70 Mile House). This was approximately a 4 hour drive from our home.

The girls sitting on the dock having a quiet moment.

Kia loved being up at Green Lake but wouldn't go near the lake. She hates getting wet.

Jasper loves to be near dad and the kids who are swimming here at dusk; so, he's getting as close as he dares. He did actually jump in once but immediately regretted it and had to be rescued.

All in all we thank God for safe travel, no injuries while mountain biking, and wonderful scenery to enjoy while holidaying.

Catching Up Longarm Quilting for Clients

1 row of Butterfly Charm

I've been trying all week to catch up with my client quilts as I am planning to take the rest of July and all of August off. I may still be quilting my own tops or my daughter's (she is working on a special project with my cousins daughter - more to come on that later).

I quilted this quilt which was pieced by M.O. Last year, I ran a promotion during my first year of business. Anyone who brought me 5 quilts in my first year of business would get a sixth one free. This is M.O.'s free one. I used Flowing Feather pantograph as an overall texture design.


Sandra brought me two more quilts. An animal print Yellow Brick Road quilted with Carpet of Leaves and an Oriental Magic Tiles quilted with Butterfly Charm.

Animal Print/Yellow Brick Road

The following 2 pictures are of Sandra's stunning Oriental Magic Tiles Quilt

Canada Day - July 1st

On Wednesday we celebrated Canada's birthday. Abbotsford had a parade down our main street, South Fraserway, and fireworks at our Exhibition park. We watched the fireworks from our back patio as we live right near the park.

We went to the parade, our middle school (Mennonite Educational Institute) marching band was marching. Unfortunately, my daughter was in the last row on the opposite side of where I was sitting so I couldn't get a picture of her, but she was there!


It felt like the whole community was out. The sun was shining bright and the street was crowded with people. Some of the floats were pretty cool. I really liked this Safari one.


And lots of kids were riding their bikes in the parade.


There were quite a few car collectors driving there vintage cars too.

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All in all, a great day to celebrate Canada's birthday.

More Quilting on Old Red Barn Quilt-along for Mary on Lake Pulaski

If you've been following my blog you know I gave away free quilting service to Quilting Barbie on the Old Red Barn quilt-along as she was online when I made the offer for the first email from B.C.

Within seconds, I received a second email asking if I would quilt for her even though she was not from my area. I decided to do the quilting for 50% off providing all postage fees were also paid. Mary on Lake Pulaski took me up on this.

Isn't her quilt great? She used "Red Letter Day" by Lizzie House. She used the lime green with geese on the back. It's so cute with the little turquoise geese distributed at intervals all over the back. She also did some great piecing with her leftover strip ends. Great job Mary!


Head on over to Mary's blog to view her photos of her completed quilt with binding on. Also, if you click on Mary's picture of the back of her quilt you can see a large view which makes it appear the geese are floating on quilted waves. Mary picked Happy Times pantograph for the quilting design.

Thanks Mary, for choosing me for the quilting of your awesome quilt!

Free Quilting for Quilting Barbie

A few weeks ago while reading the discussion board in the Old Red Barn Co. Quilt-along Flckr Group I got a little caught up in the excitement of it all and offered free quilting services to the first person from British Columbia or Washington State that emailled me. Within a few minutes I had 2 emails seconds apart.

1 row done

I was taken up on my offer by Quilting Barbie. She made a fabulous quilt using many fabrics from the Flights of Fancy Line by Paula Prass. It really is better to give than receive. I've enjoyed seeing and hearing her excitement about winning free quilting service. You can read her thoughts here and here.

I received the quilt last Tuesday. We decided to use a pink and brown variegated cotton thread and the pantograph we chose is Fantasia. It turned out great. I finished quilting on Monday and the quilt was back in the mail to her yesterday (Tuesday).

Quilting Barbie pieced an awesome back for her quilt using the scraps that were left over from her strip sets.

I really enjoyed quilting this quilt for Quilting Barbie and hope to meet her when she travels through my area sometime this summer!

Quilting friends are the best!