A Look Back on 2023

It seems that I have been very inconsistent with my blog in the last month. For that I apologize to my regular followers. I hope to do better in 2024. Here is a quick review of my highlights in 2023.

January to March 2023

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Going to the AGO
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Fun in the Snow in January
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Going to the Opera with my good friend Linda
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Attending the Kent Monkman Show for the second time
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Indoor bowling
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Balmy February weather…no snow
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Helping with the installation of the Legacy Show at WAAC
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Working in my sketchbook
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Starting work for my solo show in May
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Attending College Royal in Guelph
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In the barns at the University of Guelph
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Attending the Quilting Show at the Neilson Park Creative Centre
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To be continued…..

I Guess I Didn’t Win

….but just being able to admire all the beautiful work made me a winner

What am I talking about? Well a week ago I went to Neilson Park Creative Centre in Etobicoke (close to where I live) to take in the annual quilting show. At one end of the hall there was a table of prizes consisting of quilted items that had been donated by the members of the quilters’ guild. I purchased 10 tickets and chose where I wanted my tickets to go. Seeing that I haven’t received a phone call I can only assume that none of my tickets were pulled. Oh well, it doesn’t matter because I went there to see the beautiful hand and machine quilted blankets, coverlets, table runners and wall hangings. Here are a few selections that I managed to photograph.

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Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge – March 25, 2018

….thanks to Cee for hosting the Odd Ball Challenge

I loved this unusual little ballet dancer in the middle of the quilting show I attended on Friday. I think she qualified for the show because she was made with leftover quilting threads.

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Square Within a Square

….thanks to Becky B for hosting March Square

Yesterday I went to a Quilting show at the Neilson Park Creative Centre. I could easily finish off this challenge with nothing but quilting squares but I’ll try to be more creative than that.

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