Carli The Quilter

This year has been uplifting, heart felt, stressful and challenging. Moving causes change. And we all know that the only person who loves a change is a baby! When I made this baby quilt, I didn't know that sewing fabric strips together and cutting them into strings was called "Chinese Coins" or something like that. Quilting or not, we are constantly learning all the time. Playing with my fabric and threads are all I really need to be happy, but not healthy.  This post on Dec 31, 2017 is my New Year Eve reflection on 2017 and the last decade of my growth. Healthy lifestyle is just as important as what we play with to enjoy life.  I took the 2 week challenge of Low Carbs High Fat with Dietdoctor.com. I have started back to my routine of rising early, off to the pool and home again for breakfast. All, any of us can do is to go forward, not become stagnant.  Update on LCHF lifestyle change. I've lost 3.5 lbs and 7 inches on my waistline! I...

Let me tell you something funny. The bins and boxes of quilting supplies and fabric chunks of all kinds were going into the bins beginning in the summer and fall of 2015. I began culling the supplies I decided to pass on to others. On one of my trips into Smithers, I pulled up to the thrift shop back door unloading area and a helper came out. She took one look at me, turned around and closed the door.  I thought that was a little wierd reaction, but wasn't going to worry about it. I was far too busy to worry about a door closed in my face. I placed with my boxes onto the table at the back door and suddenly the woman reappeared with a few more ladies in tow.  She came out and explained to the other women 'This is the lady who made the centennial quilt' and 'look, she is giving more fabric away again!" She then went onto explain, that they started noticing an increase in their sales of fabric pieces and wondered if a quilter had died! We all had ...

Well, I picked a super huge bunch of fresh strawberries and wished I had time to quilt today, but that was just not on the list for today. But just had to share a photo of these lovely yummy deliciousness! Now, when I started getting ready to participate with Adrienne's Finish Along, I was slightly blown away with my progress so far!! Thank you Adrienne for your kind comments and enthusiasm for getting things finished! A slight side bar, here, I follow Adriennes blog and when I noticed her little "Finish Along" button, I was thinking "Ya, I can do that! It will help me stay motivated." But little did I realize that this "2015 Finish Along with Adrienne at On the Windy Side" actually had prizes and fun stuff like that going on. Well, I was shocked by that I think deep down, it made me want to show off and finish things for REAL! This was finished as of April 6, 2015 and it made many people smile a smile a mile wide. I was really tick...

I really love hexie projects and when they find there way to my hands from a garage sale I'm ecstatic.  Then I simply hand appliqued the antique hexie's onto a lime green background.  As you can see this is simple piecing, but I feeling frisky and it could be the cooler temperatures! My table is strewn with scraps and its coming together so well, that I'm waiting to show you more after its all done! Happy Quilting!

Spring is here!! I wanted you to see this cute bed sized quilt which I purchased from EBay several years ago, its kind of like Easter already. I'll actually take it outside and get a full size photo really soon, its awesome polyester fortrel crazy quilt. This is where I've been spending a bunch of time with patterns finally getting done. I have an interesting reuse project going on that is going to be a pattern this spring. You can see the snow we still have on the ground. My gloxinia is blooming again and I'm slowly making some progress on my summer campfire purple poncho that I wrote about a few weeks ago. And this is only photo I can share of a little table runner project that a friend of mine needing finishing. That's all for now, working on my CQA Spring block. That post is up next! All the best to you my faithful readers, and I've got something special coming up as I crest over the top to 100 followers!! This is real...