Olaf PJs done!

Eeep, as you younger quilters say, but I just have to too.  These are so darn cute!

It's been a pretty hot summer out in Alberta, so I know these will be much appreciated to keep my darling grandson, Brady, whose 7th birthday is tomorrow, cool as a .... snowman while he sleeps.  :-)  He loves Olaf.  I have some fabric left over, think he'll get a pillow slip, but I'll have to get creative because there's not enough to make a simple pillow slip.  Oh darn, get creative!  ;-)  This is one of my goals for the third quarter of the FAL at On the Windy Side.  My entire list is here.  One down 4 to go!

In other kid-related news, if you haven't heard of brave, adorable little Zion, you need to read this link.  He got new hands and has made medical history.  What a child.  I just want to squish him!

This was on the sidewalk the other day when I was on my daily walk with Rocco:

I mean, come on!  This melted my heart.  Oh if only adults were as open-hearted and loving and non-judgmental as children...  What a message.  It made my day.  I'd love to meet the child who wrote it

Speaking of melting heart, (and ya it's finally southern Ontario summer humid heat and I'm loving it. Bring it!) Naala had a good itch, or three on her walk.  Happy Rottie puppy.

You'd never know this girl is 8 1/2 years old  :-)

The berries on these cedar trees made me stop and snap a photo. I love that pale turquoise against the cedar green!  This photo doesn't do them justice but you get the idea.  More inpsiration from Mother Nature for colour combinations...

A little later, in Lakeside Park, I spied this beauty of a fungus, at least 20", maybe more, in all directions.  This tree suffered the loss of a limb during a bad storm in Spring that saw several big old trees lose limbs or their lives.  It makes me so sad when that happens to these huge old sentinels, but, sigh, it is a part of life.

Linking up with Lorna at Let's Bee Social for even more inspiration!

Sandra's Soapbox

I'm on my soapbox today.  I know Christa has a regular "Christa's Soapbox" on her blog, a feature that I do enjoy reading.  I am not starting a regular thing, nor am I copying her, but a couple of things spurred me on to writing this post on a topic that has niggled at me for oh, probably years.


"Who do you make your quilts for?"  "What do you do with all your quilts?"  "Why do you make so many quilts?"

I've been asked these questions many times over the years.  And I often feel a twinge of guilt when I respond:

"For myself."

"Some I give away."

"I love to drape them over chairs, over a bed, hang them on a wall."

"I sleep under 2 or 3 in the summer months, and 4 or 5 when it's colder."

"I just do."  (make them)

" I love to play with fabric, love to sew, love to play with colour, try different patterns."

A lovely pile of some of my quilts!