I honestly don't know where to begin this post , I have been so busy this past while that blogging has taken a back seat and even visiting other blogs has been sporadic at best ,I am hoping that things have calmed down somewhat in my life now and I may be able to keep up just a tad better but don't quote me on that . Our son Rob is still in the province with the Musical Ride so until he leaves for home we will try our best to see him a few more times .He is presently at the other end of this fine province so much too far to travel but will be returning closer next week .
I had a really great visit with his daughters (our granddaughters ) and his wife for the three weeks they were here and we really miss them now , the house sure seems empty . I didn't have time to share the fun things we did together but they included going to the beach , baking including making bread , I did take a picture of that venture which I might share later on , they had a blast with that dough and the bread was great , we also did a little stitching , I taught them to make hexie flowers , they sure enjoyed that and went home with fabrics to make more :-0 I also taught the girls to make postcards which I will share now as I was so proud of them , they decided on their own what they wanted their cards to look like and for Alyssa it was a landscape which you can see on the left hand side of this photo , she chose the fabrics to make it look like a sunset and did all the stitching except the outer boarder which I completed for her, fantastic job I thought . Then Caitlin designed this great card with things she loves , first off she is a happy child so the happy face is appropriate , the heart is also appropriate as she is a very loving person , the music notes , well they both love music and are very talented in that area and the symbol in the right hand corner to show that she has some Chinese heritage , a definite original card and I was so proud of her for her creativity . I enjoyed this little teaching lesson probably more than they did , it was truly a dream come true for me to share my knowledge of sewing with them as well as their mother .I think we have some future quilters on hand :-)
Talking about landscapes i am thinking that I will do a little tutorial on making them , not that I am any expert but I will show how I go about the process and I have a little idea that I would like to share . Is there any interest in having a postcard swap , I would coordinate names and give you a partner to swap with , this will not officially take place until Sept. but I would like to know if there is any interest and in the mean time I will do that tutorial and it might just peak your interest , they re really fun and fast to make and can be anything your heart desires as Caitlin and Alyssa so easily have shown . Let me know if you are interested so I can make the necessary plans . Thanks and I guess I best get going for now .Enjoy your day , it is a wet one here , I think I am growing web feet ;-)
hugs Sheila
They are gorgeous dishes , a simple design called Stardust by Noritake but so lovely and the cup is so very nice to have tea in I have been enjoying it ever since it came home with me :-) . The best part is the lot you see here cost me just $ 5 ,not bad huh! Then I spotted these lovely Noritake plates in an everyday weight all different but again I loved them so just had to buy the plates as well as the sugar bowl , she charged me another $5 for these which I thought was fair . 
We also purchased a vintage camera , a lovely Canon movie camera from 1962 , I googled the model and found lots of interesting things about it and you can still buy film so we are going to try to find some and give it a go . I didn't take a picture of it just yet but promise to share later , I really doubt it was ever used . We had fun in that church and I wish we had been there much earlier as we arrived near closing time . Oh well I think I still scored real well . Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll be back with some photos of the quilt shows soon, my oldest son is home for two days so want to spend as much time as possible with him . Hugs Sheila
