Boobs for Everyone!

Reading a recent post at Krista's blog PoppyPrint, I've discovered how to make boobs! Look!

Check out this site if you want to make some too.   Love Mrs. Moen, and thanks to her for the photo above!

So many women lose their breasts to cancer, it's good to make a few to share. 

When life gives you scraps...

 

Of course you make a quilt. 

And what's quilt making without a four legged helper?  Apparently, quilt strips make a fabulous belly warmer.   Especially when they are flannel.










After I pried the pieces out from under him, this is the almost finished product:

 


Let me explain the scraps.  A lady in our community makes flannel boxers and pyjamas.  She has tons of off cuts, which were just being thrown away. Never one to miss an opportunity, my friend and fellow Fore Shore quilter Dianne grabbed all she could, knowing we could use them.  The quilts we make will be given to a several charities here in town.

I had to work with what I had, so the blocks were cut at 4 3/4" and the sashing at 2".  I fussy cut sashing squares to showcase the monkey faces.  I only have the two fabrics, and not sure how to finish it - a plain border?  More dots?   I did buy some other brown alphabet fabric, which you can see in the photo background above, but I think it's too busy for the front, and it's a different brown than the dots.  Damn that woman in the quilt store who told me it would work! It's the back for you, matey.    

I'll do my best to have it completed before Christmas....we'll see.

Just do it!
Rebecca

Lovely Little Pumpkin

Bad Blogger, no posts, so here's a quickie.

A great little fabric pumpkin.  More to come, but here's one for starters.

If you would like to see more pumpkins like this, check out the easy peasy tutorial at Pink Suede Shoe

Happy Hallowe'en!

The Boys

Isn't September just the best time of year?  It's cool in the morning (at 5:30 am, when my body INSISTS on waking), and then it morphs into a crisp afternoon - perfect for walking the boys along the river.

Speaking of the boys, about time for my favourite photo.  It's no surprise to my friends that the boys sleep in bed with us.  What might surprise them though, is that often they stay in bed well after S and I have risen.  Even MORE surprising is that S turns on the electric blanket to keep them warm, when they are sleeping by themselves.... (no, this isn't posed - this is real life baby).

As I posted previously, our relatives from Calgary came to visit our island in August.  What I didn't post was this amazing drawing from my niece.  Knowing our love of schnauzers, she found a picture on the net or in a book, and did a pencil sketch.  Amazing!  This is the same niece that wants to sew - she's clearly a crafty girl!

 

S has a conference in Calgary next week, so Friday we head east.  I hope to take lots of photos, and visit many quilt stores along the way.

Enjoy your week! 

Every Girl Needs a Posse

This post celebrates the women in my life. I think we women have it best. I don't have to go into a long explanation - you all know it. We share, we laugh, we commiserate, we're there for each other.

We can go to a quilt retreat and spend three days together, talking 24/7 and still come home as friends. If we get lost enroute to said retreat, we don't fight about which way to go, or whose GPS got us lost, it's just an opportunity to find a new place to shop!

I'm lucky enough to have several groups of women in my life - the Fore Shore Quilters, the Gathered Threads, who have recently welcomed me to their group, and my high school BFFs, who are amazingly still my friends after over 30 years.

Recently I've had a need for a new posse, and here they are - the Chemo Gals! I'm the one with the tubes in my arm. Surrounding me are Pam of Pam's Pages , Dianne and Krista of Poppyprint

All three ladies are very talented quilters, with seemingly endless energy. They all produce spectacular quilts and other crafty projects.

For a recent birthday - which shall go numberless this year - I was lucky enough to receive some amazing handmade gifts. From Krista, this amazing little zippy pouch. Notice the skulls. I L-O-V-E skulls. Krista's fabric selections are always amazing. Check out her blog if you haven't already.


From Dianne, I received this great thread catcher. Dianne always knows the best gifts to give. Though there are no skulls showing, there were a few tucked inside.


Cheers ladies!! Thanks for all you do!!

Positively yours, Rebecca Jane

Winter in August

Okay, perhaps it's a little warmer than that, but why oh why, when my first summer guests arrive must the temperature plummet to 13C and the torrential rains appear? Luckily, they are a hearty crew from Calgary (former west coasters) so a little rain was a good thing in their books.

I bought new beach towels for their arrival; who would have thought we would need them for drying after the beach, not for lying at the beach!

Regardless of the rain, which left the beach blissfully empty, the tide was out as far as I've ever seen it. On the rocks were hundreds of starfish, clumped on topped of each other by the hundreds. Unbelievable to see.



It truly is an amazing sight, especially if you are a dog from Calgary. That's our neph-dog
Roscoe in the spiffy bone collar, investigating star fish with Monkey. Oh, and S's shoes.

For an indication of the current weather situation - see below. Roscoe front and centre, with his dad and human siblings in the back. Okay, my brother-in-law, niece and nephew.


Having a lovely chat with my niece today (she's 13) I found out she's interested in sewing - YES - another convert!! I gave her my most important tips - change your sewing machine needle and rotary cutter blade often. Yeah, yeah, do as I say, not as I do.

As we were watching these photos after this walk, I also told her to look to nature for fabric colour combinations. She'll forget, she's 13, and I'm a crazy aunt, but maybe my words will come back to her sometime. Here's what inspired me:



Yes, it's cold and rainy, but who can't love mother nature.

Positively yours, Rebecca Jane

Embracing Bald

Today I am trying to visualize myself with no hair. Two weeks exactly after chemo my hair is starting to shed. Just a few to start, but it's getting more today. Even the wind is taking it away.
What's the big deal with hair anyhow - we start off bald, and many women have less and less hair as they age. I just did it early and hopefully temporarily.

I bought a wig, her name is Connie. I could only conjure up Connie Francis in my mind as a role model, but I wanted her to be more 'hip' and have a cool name. Then my friend Andrea introduced me to comic book Connie. She has blond hair and big red shoulder pads. I think she must be a super hero. She's my hero now, and who I can be.

I've called the hairdresser, so it's my decision when I lose it all, not the drugs calling the shots.

In the meantime, I am keeping busy with our upcoming quilt show, happening this Friday/Saturday at the Delbrook Rec Centre. I have 3 quilts in the show, all bound, none with sleeves (yet) and one that oooops I forgot to finish quilting. Guess what I am doing tonight.

If you have discovered my blog, please come to the show!

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