1st mandala done...

My first ever mandala (courtesy of Ranae Merrill's fabulous technique!) is done! Now to figure out what to mount it on, border and quilt it.... And start planning another mandala!

Happy spring!

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Liz

Next projects

I have to gather up the pictures from the Christmas presents that were made and given, so that will take a bit of time.

What did I get for Christmas? Amon other things, TWO gift certificates for local quilt shops: Creative Sisters in Kitchener and Triangle Sewing in Guelph!!! Yippee!! The first one was disposed on this morning at creative sisters in their monthly Full Moon Frenzy sale with bone pre inventory sale...good deals all over the place.

The picture below was the outcome if that trip- I LOVE these colours! The colour consultant (also know as husband) assisted. This selection is for Log Cabin quilt for a girlfriend, who asked for burnt orange, earthy greens and browns, and blue the colour of Lake Huron. Good description to work with!!

I worked on the Mandala all day yesterday, and almost have all the sections sewn up, and then I need to join them together. Picture below of the last set of 8 that I'm working on.

So off to a busy start for this year! 4 quilts already planned between now and August, not counting figuring out what to do with the mandala, and of course other mandalas...not to mention the backlog of 3 baby quilts...

What's your adventure for today?

Blogathon Canada...and sneak peeks of future posts

Sew-Sisters of Toronto Ontario is hosting this great Canadian Quilt Blogathon.
Every day one or two bloggers representing different areas of Canada are posting about their work - and including links to quilt bloggers in that region!! Each guest blogger hosts a giveaway on their day. Have fun exploring!

Date	Location	Blogger	Blog
Sunday, November 18	ON	Michele	Quilting Gallery – ME
Monday, November 19	BC	Felicity	Felicity Quilts
Monday, November 19	BC	Cathy	Blueberry Patch
Tuesday, November 20	NS	Jeanette	STAMP * STITCH * CREATE
Tuesday, November 20	NB	Holly	Through My Window
Wednesday, November 21	AB	Shena	Apple Pie Patchwork
Wednesday, November 21	SK	Patti	Retired to Quilt
Thursday, November 22	QC	Marika	Live, Laugh, Love… Sew
Thursday, November 22	MB	Heather	Church Avenue Quilts
Friday, November 23	YT	Vivian	Quilting Under the Midnight Sun
Friday, November 23	YT	Janet	Caribou Crossing Chronicles
Saturday, November 24	ON	Cathi	Quilt Obsession
Saturday, November 24	ON	Cara	Cara Quilts
Saturday, November 24	ON	Kaye	Miss Print

What's coming up on my blog in the next while?
1. Final post on my sampler quilt, that I started in 2006 - 3 houses ago. I finished it earlier this year, and planning a blog on it soon. It's a traditional 6 block sampler, hand quilted. The handquilting really stands out in the photo below.

2. Mandala Mania! I started playing with Spirals from RaNae Merrill's book - Spiralmania. This summer, I found out that she has a new twist on Spirals - creating mandala's! This fits right in with my own spiritual and Reiki journey. Turns out she was coming to Ontario for whirlwind guild tour - I had a pick of three different guilds / workshops in the area. I decided to go to the workshop hosted by the Oxford Quilter's Guild - a two day workshop!! The piece below is missing 2 sections per "wedge" - 8 wedges in the mandala.  A whole lotta fun. and very small pieces. love the paper piecing!


















3. sneak peek at a gift I'm working on (more on it after I give it away). Carol at Creative Sisters in Kitchener gave me a big hand in matching a base colour to my prints, and figuring out the back. Right now I just have to bind it and wrap it!

What kind of adventures are you having?