In early September, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the arrival of Lord Selkirk's settlers to the Red River Valley in 1812. The Manitoba Living History Society took part in the "Arrival Ceremony" to reenact the events that took place on that day. It was very interesting and the current Lord Selkirk himself came for the week of festivities. While I was there, I did manage to finish one of the two moccasins I'm making for Big D now that mine are done.
The Sunday following the arrival ceremony, there was a church service with Lord Selkirk at the first Cathedral built after the settlers arrived. My mom, JM and I went to the service, mom in her modern clothes and us in our costumes. A few others from our group showed up which was really neat.
Lord Selkirk is on the far right
Mom and I have been doing a lot more together now that she has graduated from university. Our current project is a block a month quilt. Some of her friends and their daughters are working on it too. It's $24 to start and provided you finish and turn in your block each month, you don't have to pay again. I won't be able to turn in my block this time because JM and I will be away in the states for a rendez-vous in Indiana. If you miss, it's $5 to get your next pattern and material. I'm not worried about having to pay this one time. Mom did a test block as she hasn't done any quilting in quite a while and triangles can be tricky any time. I followed suit and did a test block. I have my actual block cut out, marked, pinned and ready to go. Hopefully I will be able to sew it up quick tonight between cleaning, laundry and baking. Tomorrow is going to be a VERY busy day at work with the iPhone 5 launch.
Mom's test block
Mom's block from her fabric she chose for the actual quilt
My test block
Other than that, things have been fairly quiet. Big D likes his new job, I love mine, bit of sewing here and there and time with Big D and my family. Only 14 days until JM and I leave for our trip which should be an awesome time! There will be lots of pictures from that. Big D can't get the time off work and isn't too ken on being in costume, but he has given me a loooong list of items to bring back from the states! :D
