Category Archives: Maudie’s Musings
Maudie is still here, and as crabby as ever!
Holy crap, it has been a very long long time since my last post. So much has happened that quilting and designing has sorta taken a back seat for a good long while. Luckily, my attitude has remained upbeat. We … Continue reading
Crabby Goes to Another Quilt Show
Holy crap! It has been some time since I made my last post. I must have been busy! Or perhaps too crabby… Had a fabulous time at the local quilt show this past weekend. Our booth received tons of positive … Continue reading
Crabby Cleaned Up!!
Holy lawnbags! What a difference now that the front yard has been tidied up – of course it helped a lot that a big windstorm blew most of the leaves from our front yard into the neighbour’s. We still have … Continue reading
Crabby needs Yard Bags
Holy leafylawn! There’s a pile of red and gold goodness lying aaaaaalll over my yard. I’ve included some pics of the last of the radiant reds, and the state of my front lawn – the back is even worse. We … Continue reading
Crabby takes a Breather
Well holy freakin tired! I can now rest for a minute! It’s been ages since I posted here – not that I didn’t have anything to say, but I was busy in the sewing room making samples for Quilt Market. … Continue reading
Crabby at the Quilt Show
Holy heatwave! Here I am panting in my booth at the Richard’s Landing Quilt show, in this stinkin hot weather. Luckily, I had a fan under the table that was able to keep the Office Boy and myself a little … Continue reading
Crabby goes to Market
Holy tinyquiltshow! Did I learn a lot this weekend! First thing I learned is that my display skills need to improve. Colour! I need colour! And lots more samples….guess I’d better get busy in the sewing studio. Second thing I … Continue reading
Crabby cuts up
Holy papercut, what a lot of work! This weekend I will be going to a small local quilt show as a vendor for the very first time! I am so nervous… the Office Boy and I have been working like … Continue reading
Crabby has a Fit
Well holy caRap! I needed to send one tiny stinkin’ letter to a town 50 miles from here. Thanks to the postal strike my only option to get it there pdq was Purolator.I can’t believe what they charge to deliver … Continue reading
About Crabby
Crabby Maudie is the alter ego of me . . . fledgling pattern designer Joan Davis of Maudie’s Cottage. I live in a Northern Ontario town of approx 75,000 souls, and love it here.