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https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/05/every-gnome-needs-home.html Canadian Abroad: Every Gnome Needs A Home And this gnome is going to a new home today. I'm meeting someone very special for the first time today. I am so excited. Susan canadian abroadeverygnomeneeds https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/04/not-one-to-be-left-out.html Canadian Abroad: Not One to be Left Out... ... I have hopped on the Siblings Together bandwagon. The response Lynne has got for her request to anyone who was willing to donate quil... canadian abroadto beoneleft https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/06/me-ambitious-uh-uh.html Canadian Abroad: Me Ambitious? Uh-Uh!! I have never been an ambitious person. I do not aspire to be superwoman. Some days I am happy just to be hanging onto my sanity. Today would... canadian abroadambitiousuh https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/02/sewing-0-3-books.html Canadian Abroad: Sewing 0 - 3 Books We are back from our sojourn 'up north'. A fabulous time was had by all, but the blog post title sums up what I accomplished in the stitchin... canadian abroadsewingbooks https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/12/deja-vous.html Canadian Abroad: Deja Vous? You might recall that I still had one Christmas make to finish before Christmas. Luckily for me it didn't need to be hand delivered until De... canadian abroaddejavous https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/03/ive-run-away-from-home.html Canadian Abroad: I've Run Away From Home The sickness bug has descended onto our house. Not being the sympathetic sort, I've run away from home to enjoy a good belly laugh and great... canadian abroadrun away https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/01/i-am-so-lucky.html Canadian Abroad: I Am So Lucky! The mini quilt from my partner in the #schnitzelandboominiquiltswap on IG arrived today. Let's just say I'm happy; very, very happy. Look at... canadian abroadlucky https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/01/for-love-of-solids.html Canadian Abroad: For the Love of Solids I've taken the plunge and put my name down for another swap - For the Love of Solids Round Two. I wasn't going to. There is a lot going on b... for the love ofcanadian abroadsolids https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/10/two-tah-das-in-two-weeks.html Canadian Abroad: Two Tah-Da's in Two Weeks! Seriously, it is like buses round here. You don't see a quilt finished for absolutely ages and then I finish two in two weeks. Just do not e... canadian abroadda stwotahweeks https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-have-i-learned-today.html Canadian Abroad: What Have I Learned Today? Today I learned that sitting and holding your eight year old's hand while she has a tooth pulled is a very unpleasant experience and one tha... canadian abroadlearnedtoday https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-remember-when-weekends-were-relaxing.html Canadian Abroad: I Remember When Weekends Were Relaxing I am not sure if weekends used to be more relaxing or if I just attained a much higher level of laziness back then - in those days before hu... i remember whencanadian abroadweekendsrelaxing https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/06/still-alive-here.html Canadian Abroad: Still Alive Here Just popping in to say hello. Life is ticking along here. It's been a busy old time filled with all sorts. You know, the usual, sorting out ... canadian abroadstill alive https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/01/favourite-thing-friday.html Canadian Abroad: Favourite Thing Friday This week has been an interesting one in that I have been on a bit of a downer missing some close friends, none of who live an easily access... canadian abroadfavouritethingfriday https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/02/where-did-all-my-sunshine-go.html Canadian Abroad: Where did all my sunshine go? There is one time of year in England when we here can gloat at those over there - Canada to be precise in my case - about the weather and th... canadian abroadmy sunshinego https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/11/im-back.html Canadian Abroad: I'm Back Apologies, half term happened. Family took over as it is known to do. We had a great time. My mum came down and we took the girls to London ... canadian abroadback https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/05/apparently-it-was-me.html Canadian Abroad: Apparently It Was Me! I've not been doing too much sewing the past few days, having lots of other stuff to get on with as life dictates at times. But I did start ... canadian abroadapparently https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/02/double-digits.html Canadian Abroad: Double Digits My eldest turned ten just over a week ago. This had been anticipated by her for about five or six years and, thankfully, turned out to be a ... canadian abroaddoubledigits https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/11/hohoho.html Canadian Abroad: HoHoHo? I did it! I made the first Christmas make for 2014. I am so chuffed with myself it is ridiculous. Not that it was a huge item or anything, b... canadian abroadhohoho https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-white-is-white-is-white.html Canadian Abroad: A White Is A White Is A White? All whites are not created equal. I discovered that this weekend. But let me make this clear that this is not a criticism of the white fabr... canadian abroadwhite https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/05/not-so-graceful-after-all.html Canadian Abroad: Not So Graceful After All In my minds eye, I know how I want to age. Gracefully and unconcerned with the ravages of time. So I decided that I would apply this logic t... canadian abroadgraceful https://mrsssewandsow.blogspot.com/2011/08/gift-for-canadian-abroad-and-foq.html mrs sew & sow: A gift for Canadian Abroad and the FoQ! I made a little present for Susan as we were both going to the Festival of Quilts on the same day. A souvenir if you like! What do I kno... a giftcanadian abroadand themrssew https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/01/one-wee-extra-done.html Canadian Abroad: One Wee Extra - Done I'm feeling quite productive these days. I've a couple of things done, or started, but shall eke them out one by one on here as it looks lik... canadian abroadoneweeextra https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/01/minecraft.html Canadian Abroad: Minecraft... ... Either you've never heard of it or you have a Mincraft obsessed child in your house. In the case of this house it is Emily. And she has ... canadian abroadminecraft https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/02/returned-from-our-half-term-holiday.html Canadian Abroad: Returned from our Half Term Holiday Well the girls and I have returned home today from Newcastle and a stay with my mum and stepdad. We go two or three times a year and always ... canadian abroadfrom ourhalf termreturnedholiday https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/03/oh-what-feeling.html Canadian Abroad: Oh What a Feeling... ... I'm dancing on the ceiling! If any one of the following things that happened today I would be thrilled beyond words. But to have so ma... canadian abroadohfeeling https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/12/weather-outside-is-frightful.html Canadian Abroad: The Weather Outside is Frightful... ... the aromas inside delightful. Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain. It is definitely feeling like Christmas here now for me. First cl... canadian abroadthe weatheroutsidefrightful https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/03/plans-what-plans.html Canadian Abroad: Plans! What Plans? It's Sunday. I know I said that I would go to the garden centre today, but (I repeat) it's Sunday. I lost focus and relaxed, and then none o... canadian abroadplans https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/07/pips-pinwheels-done.html Canadian Abroad: Pips Pinwheels - Done! Oh, items on my 'to do' list are being checked off faster than ever in my life before. This is great. If I get everything done and out the w... canadian abroadpipspinwheelsdone https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-days.html Canadian Abroad: Happy Days In all my blabbering on about Sunday that I did yesterday I failed - unbelievably - to tell you that I bought a tiny amount of fabric. I had... canadian abroadhappydays https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/04/while-i-was-away.html Canadian Abroad: While I Was Away... ... I told you I had packed some epp for me to get on with. I asked you all to guess how much I would get done. Do you realise how unrealist... canadian abroadaway https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/01/coherent-speach-not-possible.html Canadian Abroad: Coherent Speach Not Possible I am tired. So, so tired. But I guess you could count the birthday weekend a success so far - other than the overtired sisters repeatedly fa... canadian abroadcoherentspeachpossible https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-waiting-game.html Canadian Abroad: The Waiting Game The courier company had a five hour window to pick up the quilt today. Five hours! Though they were supposed to aim for 10am. Fat chance. Ob... canadian abroadthe waitinggame https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/05/having-rethink.html Canadian Abroad: Having A Rethink I have spent quite a lot of time on thinking about my mini quilt for the Brit Swap today. And eventually I came to the conclusion that I wou... canadian abroadrethink https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/10/today-was-all-about-food.html Canadian Abroad: Today Was All About The Food I spent the whole day in the kitchen today. Making food, and then more food, and then prepping some more. Because this weekend is a Brit Bee... canadian abroadall abouttodayfood https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-all-about-people.html Canadian Abroad: It's All About The People I think we all firmly established a long time ago that quilting people are the best. Spending a weekend hanging out with your quilting frien... canadian abroadall aboutpeople https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/06/ Canadian Abroad: June 2015 canadian abroadjune https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/02/northern-lights.html Canadian Abroad: Northern Light(s) I got out my F8th Lakes bundle a couple of nights ago and had a play. The colours are so iridescent and it is so hard to capture that on my ... canadian abroadnorthern light https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-day-that-was.html Canadian Abroad: The Day That Was Yesterday was a gloriously good day. It's hard to beat friends, fabric and quilt viewing for a fab day, after all. Mostly it was about the f... canadian abroadthe day https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/04/i-am-hooked-on-epp.html Canadian Abroad: I Am Hooked On EPP My brain seems to think in epp these days. I see shapes and think, 'I could do a pattern like that with epp.' I am kind of epp obsessed. I a... canadian abroadhookedepp https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-egg-hunt-fundraiser.html Canadian Abroad: Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser I mentioned an Easter Egg hunt in a post the other day. It is happening on Monday as I said due to the fact that the children have a very, v... easter egg huntcanadian abroadfundraiser https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/12/bloggers-choice-fat-quarter-bundle.html Canadian Abroad: Blogger's Choice Fat Quarter Bundle Contest There is a new contest in the blogging world of quilting, over at Quokka Quilts . And it is a fun one. It involves browsing through fabrics ... fat quarter bundlecanadian abroadbloggerchoicecontest https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/05/another-cushion.html Canadian Abroad: Another Cushion I made a cushion, but all I can show you for now is this. All these things I love in this little peak. My favourite fabric. Plus a kerc... canadian abroadanothercushion https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/09/bee-block-catch-up.html Canadian Abroad: Bee Block Catch-Up The roller coaster ride of computer useage continues. My computer has died for the third time. I am fed up. I can't put it more simply than ... canadian abroadbee blockcatch https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-one-that-made-me-smile.html Canadian Abroad: The One That Made Me Smile Despite the speed that I am churning out Christmas presents right now, sometimes something I make really catches my fancy. Yesterday I start... canadian abroadthe onemade mesmile https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-missing-whimsy.html Canadian Abroad: The Missing Whimsy A little while ago I did bee blocks for Rhonda in the Modern Stitching Bee. I haven't posted them yet. For two reasons. One - we all know I ... canadian abroadthe missingwhimsy https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/08/for-love-of-perle.html Canadian Abroad: For the Love of Perle Hello and welcome, if you are here visiting from the Let's Get Aquainted Blog Hop that Beth of Plum and June has organised then I do hope ... for the love ofcanadian abroadperle https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/01/small-accomplishments.html Canadian Abroad: Small Accomplishments Making things is sometimes the easy bit for me. Posting them to people seems to be much more difficult. Today I buckled down and spent the w... canadian abroadsmallaccomplishments https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-hst-glut-is-further-reduced.html Canadian Abroad: The HST Glut Is Further Reduced I looked at my sewing space today and my eyes landed on yet more HSTs that were a bi-product from projects long since finished. Today I tack... canadian abroadhstglutreduced https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/02/basted-and-quilting-plan-in-place.html Canadian Abroad: Basted and Quilting Plan In Place I found a spare bit of fabric for the back of my little Oakshott quilt. The quilt only measures 30" x 40" so it is destined to be a wall han... canadian abroadbastedquiltingplanplace https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-holidays-have-officially-begun.html Canadian Abroad: The Holidays Have Officially Begun Finally, both girls are finished with school for the summer. And I no longer have children of primary school age. Emily established a family... canadian abroadthe holidaysofficiallybegun https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-next-step.html Canadian Abroad: The Next Step More socialising of the warring duo today. It worked wonders to have three additional girls here. They played Olympics outside for ages. I d... canadian abroadthe nextstep https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/06/a-new-love.html Canadian Abroad: A New Love Just in case I don't have enough obsessions to do with sewing in my life yet, I have a added a new one today. You know those handy dandy s... canadian abroadnewlove https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/08/you-would-think.html Canadian Abroad: You Would Think... ... that after a very relaxing two week holiday I would be chomping at the bit to get back to the sewing. Well I am, but I am not allowing ... canadian abroadwouldthink https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/08/kiss.html Canadian Abroad: K.I.S.S. After yesterday's fiasco , I thought I would stick to the K eep I t S imple R ule today. Going for the better safe than sorry option. That d... canadian abroadk https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/02/and-winners-are.html Canadian Abroad: And The Winners Are... ... as follows. First out the hat (aka Mr. RNG) was - And comment number 112 was - Wendy, I will send an email to get your ... canadian abroadand thewinners https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/06/finally-something-i-can-show-you.html Canadian Abroad: Finally, Something I Can Show You! I am happy to announce that I got the binding sewn on the quilt I have been finishing and you will see no more of it until it has done a le... canadian abroadfinallysomethingshow https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/01/whimsey.html Canadian Abroad: Whimsey Helen had requested that I make a pouch for one of her friend's who was celebrating her birthday today. I dug around in the stash looking fo... canadian abroadwhimsey https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/10/nothing-like-good-service.html Canadian Abroad: Nothing Like Good Service I've been busy lately. Time has been filled with real life money earning stuff that I don't talk about here on the blog. Mostly because it i... canadian abroadnothinglikegoodservice https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/03/making-it-up-as-i-go-along.html Canadian Abroad: Making It Up As I Go Along I didn't think I was going to get much done today. This morning got sucked up by the humdrum and the necessary. By the time I got back to th... making it upcanadian abroadgoalong https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/02/time-is-in-short-supply.html Canadian Abroad: Time Is In Short Supply I've got the projects stacking up here, and all I need is a little time to get them done. I was out the house all day today. Nothing like sp... canadian abroadis intimeshortsupply https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/06/where-would-you-rather-be.html Canadian Abroad: Where Would You Rather Be? At your machine quilting circles 1.5" apart, going round and round and round? Or eating an ice lolly and discovering that the totally c... would you rathercanadian abroad https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/12/good-news.html Canadian Abroad: Good News Cinderella shall go to the ball Angel Gabriel shall be in the play. I took Emily back to the doctor first thing this morning and she agreed... canadian abroadgoodnews https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-small-part.html Canadian Abroad: A Small Part... ... of a bigger project. I was really thrilled to be asked to participate in making some blocks for a Christmas quilt for Fat Quarterly la... canadian abroadsmallpart https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/03/miss-march.html Canadian Abroad: Miss March March snuck up on me. Ever since Flickr and I stopped talking I sort of lost track of where I sat within the fabulous Stitch Tease Bee. I ha... canadian abroadmissmarch https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/05/moving-forward-at-snails-pace.html Canadian Abroad: Moving Forward At A Snail's Pace I don't have a lot to report on the crafting front. Saturday is not a day that lends itself to creating much. That's okay. I am lucky to get... canadian abroadmoving forwardsnailpace https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-weekend-part-i.html Canadian Abroad: The Weekend - Part I Where to start, other than to say that the weekend was absolutely fabulous. Fabulous food. Fabulous weather. Fabulous classes. But most of a... canadian abroadthe weekendpart https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/09/listen-to-sound-of-silence.html Canadian Abroad: Listen to the Sound of Silence Bliss! Absolute bliss, I tell you. Have I done a lot today. Nope! Do I care? Not one iota. Because I have done not much of anything in silen... the sound ofcanadian abroadlisten tosilence https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/06/pinwheel-progress.html Canadian Abroad: Pinwheel Progress Just your typical day at home here. Do the laundry, hang it all out, bring it all in when rain threatens. Watch it rain for five minutes and... canadian abroadpinwheelprogress https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/01/destash-results.html Canadian Abroad: Destash Results Through the letter box today landed three out of five of the parcels I am expecting from the results of my quick fire buying technique in th... canadian abroaddestashresults https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/08/deconstruction-sewing.html Canadian Abroad: Deconstruction Sewing I have realised lately that I sound just like a mother. The fact that I am a mother probably helps, but the things coming out of my mouth m... canadian abroaddeconstructionsewing https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/07/sewing-challenge-if-different-kind.html Canadian Abroad: A Sewing Challenge of a Different Kind I took the girls into town today because we have decided to sew something, for them. They each picked a pattern and then some fabric to make... canadian abroadsewing challengedifferentkind https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/09/an-abberviated-recap-of-past-few-days.html Canadian Abroad: An Abberviated Recap of the Past Few Days It has been busy round here. More so than usual. To give you an idea here is what I have been up to over the past three days. Thursday I d... canadian abroadof therecappastdays https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/08/ Canadian Abroad: August 2015 canadian abroadaugust https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/07/headless-chicken-flies-coop.html Canadian Abroad: Headless Chicken Flies the Coop Well, for better or for worse, I am on my way to London. I'll be back in time for the Y6 Leavers Disco on Sunday. Monday will be set aside f... canadian abroadheadless chickenfliescoop https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/05/where-excitement-and-fear-collide.html Canadian Abroad: Where Excitement and Fear Collide Oh, okay, maybe the post title is a little over the top. But something quite exciting - for me - is happening today. I am going to meet one ... canadian abroadexcitementfearcollide https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/10/today.html Canadian Abroad: Today... ... both my girls went to school. For the full day. Today... felt a little bit like normal again. Today... I hoovered for about two hour... canadian abroadtoday https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2011/02/tangled-wires.html Canadian Abroad: Tangled Wires I am taking the girls to Grandma and Grandpa's for the rest of the week and leaving John in blissful quiet. How packing has changed over the... canadian abroadtangledwires https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2013/06/signing-my-name.html Canadian Abroad: Signing My Name For once I am actually remembering to make a label and put my name on something that I have made. This might be a first. So I sat and stitch... canadian abroadsigningname https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/02/i-made-something.html Canadian Abroad: I Made Something! And I can show you. And it is completed before it's deadline of tomorrow, when the recipient shall receive it for her birthday. One cushion,... canadian abroadmadesomething https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/11/my-favourite-make-of-2015.html Canadian Abroad: My Favourite Make Of 2015 We all have quilts that we fall in love with a bit more than others. And this here is most favourite that I have made this year. It just is.... canadian abroadmy favouritemake https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/06/bad-news-first.html Canadian Abroad: The Bad News First... Well, our campsite outside Windermere was 6" under water last night. Lovely! The good news? We weren't there! We packed the car, went and ... the bad newscanadian abroadfirst https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2015/02/nice-stuff.html Canadian Abroad: Nice Stuff While I was away post arrived. Lovely pretty post of the best kind. First up was a wonderfully huge open wide pouch from my best friend, us... canadian abroadnicestuff https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/01/what-i-did-today.html Canadian Abroad: What I Did Today This is what 137 hexies look like. Susan what i didcanadian abroadtoday https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-fun-than-barrel-of-monkeys.html Canadian Abroad: More Fun Than a Barrel of Monkeys I've had an unintentionally busy day today. Not busy in an exhausting way but in a way that kept me away from my sewing. But I did get my HS... canadian abroadmore funbarrelmonkeys https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/01/laughter-is-best-medicine.html Canadian Abroad: Laughter is the Best Medicine Or Chocolate! Or ice cream. How about ice cream and chocolate together, with laughter served as a side dish? Now that would be the best medi... canadian abroadthe bestlaughtermedicine https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2012/05/some-days.html Canadian Abroad: Some Days... ... my brain works better than other days. Susan canadian abroaddays https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/12/i-have-barely.html Canadian Abroad: I Have Barely... ... been on the computer for more than ten or twenty minutes a day for just about forever. This includes replying to emails. (Sorry!) ... r... canadian abroadbarely https://canadianabroad-susan.blogspot.com/2014/05/sunrisesunset.html Canadian Abroad: Sunrise/Sunset The Bloggers Quilt Festival is well under way now, and there are some amazing quilts to be seen. Seeing as how you can enter two quilts... canadian abroadsunrisesunset https://www.yorku.ca/laps/huma/publication/canadian-missionaries-indigenous-peoples-representing-religion-at-home-and-abroad/ Canadian Missionaries Indigenous Peoples: Representing Religion at Home and Abroad - Department of... home and abroadindigenous peoples https://confessedtravelholic.com/ Confessed Travelholic | A Canadian Abroad confessedtravelholiccanadianabroad