Paul's potholders ROCK!

Ta DA! Look at these amazing pot holders made by Paul from the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild! Aren't they AMAZING? I am yelling because I am just so thrilled with them!

Not only did Paul outdo himself with the pot holders, he also sent along COASTERS made with the same incredible material!




















The quilting on them was quite phenomenal! My Mother-in-law was with me when I opened my package and she lost her mind when she saw the pot holders and coasters! You should have heard the pair of us!














I'm from the prairies, how did Paul know? I love the wheat print! My Dad was a flour miller and he worked for the mill that made Sunny Boy Cereal. Have you heard of it? We have a retro Sunny Boy poster in our kitchen, so these will fit in quite nicely.

Can you believe how perfect they match my bowl set?

What can I say? I'm so tickled with my pot holders, the colours, the quilting  but especially by Paul's generosity. So I say to you Paul, Thank you, thank you so much! These are so appreciated!

Well, she also had her own snowmobile but that wouldn't have been as inviting on our front porch.

 

Yes, there is snow lying on the ground right now but I have been thinking about these photos from the summer. I'm not longing for the dog days of summer... I got a call from my Dad's wife yesterday and I knew as soon as I saw the name something was up.

This is an awesome bell! They just don't make them like this anymore. Since the bell on my bike broke, and this bike is only for show, I've relocated  the bell to my bike.

  
My Grandma, who is all set to celebrate her 90th birthday on the 14th of December, has taken a turn for the worse and is the hospital. She has been weaving in and out of my thoughts, which led me to these photo's I took this summer.

My Dad as a kid, slapped a Norton sticker on my Grandma's bike for her. I guess since my Grandpa had a real Norton motorbike it only made sense to my dad that Grandma should have one too!

   
This was my Grandma's bike and it sits lovingly on our front porch to greet people. It isn't fancy and I think it was my Grandpa that gave it the spiffy new paint-in-a-can spray job.














I wish I could say I knew my Grandma really well when I was growing up but I didn't. It wasn't from not being around her, it's just that my Grandpa had a very big personality which seemed to take up the room with his stories.

And my Favourite, the mud flap! My handy dandy Grandpa  made sure her bike had one!

 
My Grandma has always been kind of a mystery to me and I feel like this bike is a bit of a clue to who she was. She happily road behind my Grandpa on his motorbike starting in the 40's and well into the 80's but this was her bike and her bike alone.

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Sadly, I just found out before I posted this that my Grandma has passed away. I take comfort in imagining her and Grandpa driving off on their big old big motorbike for the ultimate road trip!

Tis the season of the craft fair!

Craft fair time is upon us, yet again. I've been busy in the studio building, playing and concocting all kinds of treats for an upcoming craft fair that I annually participate in, in North Vancouver. My friend Linda Sharp hosts this craft fair and it's always filled with inspiring people and great holiday finds!The craft fair is November 11th-13th (Friday, Saturday and Sunday).

"LIFE WILL SHOWER HAPPINESS UPON YOU"

Photo's by Raeanne Schachter (also known as Raeanne Fabulous, because she really is!)

I have been working on three kinds of pendants. You can see one style of pendant in the above pictures. All three styles feature fortunes embedded in resin. The above style is a cast silver bezel. The backs have lucky numbers hammered in the silver! Ooooh Aaaah!














I'm also doing a few different types of cards this year. I'm doing singles and packs of  regular cards but I'm also branching out into cards that have magnetic fortunes on them (that will be interchangeable with pendent  necklaces or your refrigerator ;). Ooooh Aaaah!




















And of course every year I do soap, which happens to be the perfect stocking stuffer!

Packed and all ready to go!

If you are interested in stopping by North Vancouver for the craft fair, send me an email and I will send you the address.

Or if you live near me and see something you like (or you want to see more stuff in person) and you don't think you'll make it out to North Vancouver, send me an email and we can arrange a private showing!

Thanks for stopping by!

...in bed?

My husband and I started collecting fortunes from fortune cookies years ago. Every time he reads a fortune he adds "...in bed" to the end of every saying. For example:

"YOU AND YOUR PARTNER WILL BE HAPPY IN YOUR LIFE TOGETHER"...in bed

or

"WEDNESDAY IS THE DAY TO MAKE YOUR MOVE"...in bed

You get the idea. 

Needless to say we have collected a great many fortunes and keep them all in a jar. For me, they have become an inspiration for an on going theme in my work, so it seemed only natural to make some fortune cookie quilts!

Off the Quilt! Sheesh!

Those little orange feet in the upper right corner look innocent enough don't they...

HEY! I'm working here! No respect, I tell ya! lol!

I'm getting close to finishing my Robert Kaufman Kona Challenge. This is part of one side. I just need to add another 45" of the purple navy to other side of the letters (on the side the cat is heading towards). The letters will be offset to the left side of the quilt, not straight down the centre.

I've got all the letters done for the back, (or front depending which side suits your fancy) I just need to decide how I'm going to arrange them, then sew them all together, sandwich, quilt and bind. That's all! Phew!

I have to admit, I'm pleased with how the letters came together. Pretty good for winging it, if I do say so myself!

Cheers, thanks for stopping by!

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I can't come to the blog right now, (I've been swallowed up by my scraps from the RK Kona Charm Pack Challenge!) Please leave a message and I'll blog you back (as soon as I've found my way out!)
Cheers!

Peek!

So, I finally took the plunge and cut my Charm Pack, from the Robert Kaufman Kona Challenge! The first cut was pretty hard but now the fabric is just a flyin! And I am having SO MUCH FUN! I just had to show off a little peek of what the blocks are starting to look like.Unfortunately, I won't have my full quilt done for next week's Fraser Valley Quilt Guild meeting but I will have my tops done! I say tops because I really don't know which will be the top of the quilt. I guess it will be reversible depending on our mood and the season. It's also going to be a biggun!

But shhhhh! My lips are sealed until next week, for the full reveal. Cheers!