SHOP OPEN AUGUST 18th

 Sundays and Mondays or by appointment. 

SHOP WORK

 Been working hard on my shop. Put a fresh coat of stain on it. Gardens all weeded and some inside repairs are being done. Will be opening up soon. I can't wait.

A BIRTHDAY FOR A SPECIAL GIRL

 Today is Kit's 15 birthday. Cuteness overload. Lots of treats today.

A DAY FOR QUILTING

 Good afternoon friends. I just finished quilting this huge gorgeous quilt today for a customer. It took me so long to do with edge to edge freehand feathers. It was on my frame for 2 weeks. I just loaded another one. Here is a picture of it, a great job Mary did piecing it.

GUEST BEDROOM RE-DO

Good afternoon friends. Just wanted to post a couple of pictures of our guest room makeover. New floors, new paint, new beds and new lovely quilts on those beds. I just love how this all turned out. It is so cozy. Spent lots of time over the winter doing this.

I can't believe it has been since last September since I posted. I'll have to smarten up :)

A DAMP RAINY DAY

Today is damp and rainy so I decided to decorate my kitchen table centre piece for fall. I grew the huge blue pumpkin and the rest I got from a local farmers market. Love how it turned out.

I also made some home made tomato soup with tomatoes that I picked fresh from the garden this morning. We had it for lunch and it was delicious.
I hope everyone is enjoying this holiday weekend.
Blessings
~Janet

 

GOODNESS FROM THE GARDEN

Happy Almost Fall!!
My garden has been so plentiful this year with lots of tomatoes and peppers so I have been making tomato sauce all week.
This roasting pan went into the oven and was roasted, then blended and put into jars for the winter. I made spaghetti sauce last night with some of the sauce and it was delicious!

White Pumpkins

 Good afternoon friends. Pretty hot and humid here today. We are expecting some rain later today and it is well needed. All the hay and straw is in the barn for this year.
I was out in my vegetable garden this morning weeding and spotted my first white pumpkin. So happy to see this. I love pumpkins and I love decorating with them.
I took this picture of it so you could see how big it is already. Have a great day everyone.
Blessings
~Janet

GARDEN SELFIE

Good morning. I can't believe how tall my sunflowers are this year. Way over my head.
I took a selfie in the garden this morning so you can see how huge they are. They are just starting to bloom. Love sunflowers.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

 

NEW SEWING ROOM

I have finished setting up my new sewing room. I love the way it turned out. A new floor, new paint, racking and bins for storage. A quaint space for me to do my sewing where I can leave things to finish later instead of having to pack up and set it up again. A great use for a room that was just used for storage previously. Lots of work, but well worth the effort.

Antique rocker in the corner displaying a primitive Santa and a Quilt

Sewing table for sewing machine and cutting mat.

Racking and storage bins.

Antique Trunk for storing fabric.

My new sign. I love this.

FLOOR FOR MY HUSBAND'S OFFICE

We just finished installing my husband's flooring in his office. It turned out amazing. We are so happy with the new look. 

The finished floor.

My Jeep loaded up.

SEWING ROOM

Last week I put 2 coats of paint on the walls and ripped up the old carpet. Today my husband and I put some new hardwood floors down. We started this morning at 9 and we joked about having it finished by noon and we did just that. And we even took a break. He put the flooring down and I did the sawing and fetching. I must have gone up and down the stairs about 50 times. Good job I had my knee brace on. I went to Lowes and got some quarter round and we thought we would get that on before we seized up. Tomorrow I'll paint the quarter round. Then I can move my shelving, table and ironing board in there. It will be so nice to have somewhere to leave my ironing board set up and my sewing machine. I just love the way it turned out. I did a lot of purging before I could do this. Lots of things went to Charity. Let someone else make use of something I no longer need or use. 

Starting to put the flooring down.

The finished floor.

THE GENERAL

Just finished quilting this quilt today. It is pieced with French General fabrics, so I have named the quilt "THE GENERAL" I quilted it with an all over free hand design of scattered feathers and swirls. I love how it turned out. Lots of texture in the quilting. Red is my favourite colour. I actually tea dyed all the fabrics to tone it down a bit and the effect was amazing. This is mine and I will treasure it. I have been pretty busy quilting customer quilts, but I snuck this one in just to get it done.

A TRUE STATEMENT

 

TOMATO HARVEST

Happy Sunday. Ready for roasting, tomatoes, onions and peppers. More sauce made for the freezer. I kept some out and made home made cream of tomato soup for lunch today. It was so good. I hope you all are enjoying this gorgeous day.

Blessings
~Janet

A SUNDAY POST

HORSE SHOW IN ALBERTA

I am home from Alberta. I left on Friday to go and judge a wonderful horse show. It was a big show and a great show with lots of gorgeous horses to judge. Long hours of judging. Saturday the show started at 8 am and finished at 11 pm. 15 hours of judging and I was so tired. Alberta is 2 hours behind us, so that was like 1 am Ontario time. I am in bed at 8 pm each night, so it was hard to stay alert until that time of night. Sunday was a 10 hour day so that was a little better. I am so glad to be home. I don't like flying and the flights were long.  4 hours each way and all the waiting time in airports, no thank you. I am just glad to be home. This is a picture of the futurity winner and the cheque and saddle that was given and the 4 judges.

CORIANDER AND MOOSE

Happy Sunday!! It sure has been a hot week here in Ontario and the flowers are flourishing. Cut some and put them in a Mason Jar in the kitchen. I love to do this. Took a picture of Coriander and Moose out in the pasture enjoying the morning.

HOW DOES MY GARDEN GROW

Good morning friends! A little bit of rain this morning, but that's ok. I can get a break from watering and hoeing today. My garden keeps me pretty busy, but I just love being out there early in the morning. Here are a few shots of my sunflowers. My broccoli is coming along too and I love cream of broccoli soup, so in a couple of weeks it will be ready to harvest some. I made carrot ginger soup the other day with carrots from the garden and it was so good. I love the month of August when the insect sounds change and the evenings get nice and cool and the windows can be opened at night. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Blessings

~Janet