Every Day is Dad's Day...BECAUSE

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Father's Day, 2013, is very special this year for my brother and I.

In May, my phone rang and the number was my Dad's, I picked up and greeted him with 

a loving quip only to have a woman's grave voice telling me that he'd had a stroke that morning.

My heart went into my throat and my stomach did the elevator drop...

I received the same kind of phone call over 20 years ago when my Mom was 

admitted into the hospital with food poisoning and in less than 48 hours, was gone.

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Dad is home now and doing fantastic!

Huge THANK YOU to the staff at both the 

Calgary Foot Hills Hospital

and 

The Fanning Center.

He has lost some of the use of his left hand but he's working very hard to regain mobility

and has managed to go from a walker to a cane to some independent walking within his building.

Dad's spirits are bright and he's going to take up painting, something he's been wanting to try

but was too busy with his clock repairs, not a reality anymore with his hand.

My Dad, at 83, he's my hero!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, DAD!

I LOVE YOU.

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Friday's Paper Piecing Adventure

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I thought today I would show you what can happen when the fabric piece you use 

isn't large enough!

I'll wager that most of those that pp have had this occur

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can you see my faux pas? It was a little smaller when the block first went together,

I was so PO'd. However, I decided to take things in stride and not fix this but

instead have this block as a constant reminder to

"make sure my pieces of fabric are large enough to cover"

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The finished block :)

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Check out the other pp'ers hosted by Kristy @  Quiet Play

G.S. Overload, Perhaps?

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Not only did I surprise my Mr. (yep, that be 'im and our wee nipper)

but I walked away with 

an antique bed frame, complete

brand spankin' new light fixtures for the homestead

storage thingys that hang in the closet, also brand new

Danny wanted a vase

CJ snapped up fresh baked lemon squares

David, a little planter and cabbage seeds

and the icing on the cake...

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we're talking about some serious yardage on most of these!

The deep purple/roses below,  over 9 yards!!!!

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Isn't this retro fun flowery?

I have to go back and see if the rest sold or not,

if not then we're going to be dickerin'

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On a side note, never leave your Mr. to pick up said G.S. items. At least not alone.

Why, you may ask.

The skunk went and bought a mini Baja dirt bike for the boys.

Can't say as I blame him though,

he practically stole it!  :)

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HAPPY STITCHING AND G.S.ING

;D

Paper Piece Party

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It's Friday (actually Saturday) and that means it's time to link up another 

PAPER PIECED PROJECT

for Quiet Play and the Paper Piecing Party.

I stitched this bluebird offered by Liljabs

and made it into a pillow.

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It's Friday's Paper Piecing Link Up with Quiet Play

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It's Friday and that means it's time to link up

to QUIET PLAY'S PAPER PIECING PARTY !

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Last week I was in the midst of piecing together the 

TARDIS for the Dr. Who QAL with Whims and Fancies .

Well I managed to complete the block in record time (for me)

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From this...

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To this!

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Don't you love the way it's hurdling through the time space continuim?

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Just for good measure and since I was in the zone,

even though this is late,  

my 

And Sew On BoM!

I'm still having a problem with matching up some angles.

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Thank you Kristy for this fun opportunity to "play".

Pop on over to Quiet Play and see what the rest of the group is up to or better yet, join us!

Until next Friday (or sooner),

HAPPY STITCHING  :)

PAPER PIECING PARTY HAPPENING...YEAH

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Kristy @ Quiet Play

is having a party and you're all invited to join the fun!

It doesn't matter where your skill levels are in the world of

paper piecing (pp) for this party! We're all here to share our love of this

sewing technique.

Kristy is the Grand Mistress of pp designs!

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This is what I've been stitching away at, slowly, over the past couple of weeks.

The "TARDIS" block from Whims and Fancies  "Doctor Who QAL".

I know it doesn't look like much right now, but give me a few more nights like

this evening and I should have this block finished and on to the next in this wonderful series,

the "TIME LORD"!

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If you've been toying with the idea of pp, try it! You might just find out that you like it!

If you need more good reasons to try pp, check out Kristy's remarkable patterns

>>>HERE<<<<

I'm lovin' the "RETRO KITCHEN" patterns ;)

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HAPPY PAPER PIECING :)

Fabric & Gadgets

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I received my gorgeous giveaway win from

Michele @ Quilts from My Crayon Box today!

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This gadget is the Dritz Super Seamer. 

It should come in handy for marking 1/4" stitching lines when I hand quilt

and also for paper piecing. I love gadgets and tools :) you should see me in Home Depot!

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Now if I could just find 5 minutes to get to my machine without any more

"excitement" in my life.

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