I LOVE OUR PEONIES

I love these peonies almost as much as I love our roses.  They are so big and fluffy and what a pretty colour.  We have lots of passersby stopping to look at how lovely they are.

Our Fun Free Motion Embroidery Class

What fun our little quilting group has.  We call ourselves the Nine Patchers ... don't know why because there are more than 9 of us ... anyway ... Nadine very kindly offered to teach us free motion embroidery on Wednesday and it really was a lot of fun!

Nadine was so patient and helpful ... good thing as we have the "odd" person in our group that needs a little more help than others!!!! LOL

This is the free motion flower that Nadine was attempting to teach us!

Thanks so much again, Nadine!  You're da bomb! ;-)

What a lovely smile, Carolyn!

NADINE ... Our Teacher Extroadinaire!!  Such patience!! LOL

There is always one in a crowd (Leslie in red top)  who didn't come prepared!  After scrounging the fabric,   stabilizer, thread and pattern, there is only one thing left to borrow ... a needle!!!  Not sure if Doe is impressed or not!! LOL  

OK ... the hole on that needle IS pretty small !!!

Photo of most of us ... Pam is still trying the find the hole on the needle and Leslie is still scrounging!

Someone else who didn't come with the right supplies .... Kathie, Kathie!

Look at the concentration on Doe's face!  She even yelled at me when I tried to ask a question!! LOL

Leslie's happy ... why wouldn't she be ... she is all set to go after borrowing all the supplies for our class! LOL

Pam needing help ... not sure if she found the hole in the needle or what!

What a happy student you are, Kathie!

I don't even wanna repeat what she was yelling!

She got everyone's attention though! LOL

Love it!

Happy Birthday Darling Emma

The time goes by so quickly!  I can't believe you are 9 years old already!  What a lovely, sweet young girl you are, honey and you have a heart of gold!

We are so happy we spent your special day celebrating with you! ;-)

Ahhhhh... the joy of being grandparents!

Sisters ... how they love each other!

Beautiful !!!!

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Did We Really Go to Cabo?????

It seems so long ago, when in actual fact it was only 2 weeks ago that we arrived back home freom beautiful Cabo.  The weather "dipped" to 84 degrees one day, but the rest of the time it was sunny and hot and ranged between 90-94 degrees with no humidity!  What a wonderful climate!

We stayed in the Riu Santa Fe in Cabo San Lucas and had an amazing oceanview suite!

A wonderful holiday with a wonderful man!

View from our suite

Mexican Day

Keeping in touch with the folks back home!

One of the many swimming pools

The colour ... everywhere beautiful flowers!

So clean!

What a beautiful resort!

One of the lobbys

Look at the beach and that gorgeous water!

The Arc and Lover's Beach

My Next BIG Project

Isn't she a beauty?

Not only is this a gorgeous quilt - designed by Kathy Nakajima of Toyko and featured as part of Quilters Newsletter magazine as their cover collection - but it has a very special meaning for me.

It has been made by my very dear friend Maria.  She calls it her "Tomorrow Quilt."  Maria was the recipient of a kidney transplant many years ago and each year she makes a large quilt to say "thanks" even though efforts to find the donor have proved fruitless!  This was her quilt this year.  Maria entered this beautiful masterpiece into our Langley Quilters' Guild Quilt Show in May and won not only Best bed size quilt in the show but ran away in votes for Viewer's Choice!!!!  All the flowers were hand appliqued!

I have been lucky enough to find the pattern (2007), I have my fabric all bought and my foundation patterns have been copied!

Thank you my dear Maria for being such an inspiration to me!

YEA!

A message our little Emma left for me on the board while she was here (love the spelling!)

Emma is our family's up and coming quilter extroadinaire!  Only 9 years old and she has already made several quilts and sews like a pro!

God willing, I will be alive when the day comes to see her sitting next to me at our guild gatherings!  How wonderful would that be - and how proud would this Nana feel! ;-)

This Says it All !!

Our Grandson is Growing Up!

Our grandson went to his first dance on Friday ... WOW ... am I really that old????

Is it me just being a proud Nana ... but isn't he a dead ringer for Justin Bieber?  He sings like him too ... he has the voice of an angel !  Nana and Poppa are mighty proud of our young man! ;-)

New Kitty Toy

Being indoor cats, our kitties are always on the lookout for new and interesting things to get into around the house.

This was a simple tunnel I made for them a couple of days ago.  They are always chasing each other through it.  It is as much fun to watch them as it is for them playing in it! ;-)