Happy Family Day!

Today in Alberta and a few other provinces in Canada, we are celebrating Family Day, a day that was established to give parents a paid day off work to spend with their children. Alberta's first Family Day was celebrated in 1990 and Alberta was the only province in Canada to have a statutory holiday in February until Saskatchewan, next door, began observing it in 2007. 

Alberta's premier in 1990, Don Getty, said it was important for all Albertans to take time for their families and that this holiday would emphasize the importance of family values. A nice idea but a vast number of Albertans still work on Family Day (although they are paid time and a half!) and you can make any day 'family day' by spending time together as a family.

Now on to some photos of my 'quilting family' - we don't need a special day to get together, any day we are together is a special day!

I missed our last get together in January but thankfully BJ took some great photos!

This is the start of a quilt Carmen is making for a raffle - love the colours!

And behind that beautiful block is Faye 2 - looks great Faye!

This is a blue and white quilt Carole is working on - can't wait to see it put together.

This intriguing photo is from Myrtle's workstation - I wonder what it's going to be!

Jane is working on the same quilt block as Carole - duelling quilts, very pretty!

This is Judy's little stitchery - love the message "Never enough fabric"! Adorable!

This is the completed Mystery Quilt that BJ made after Christmas at Earthly Goods - they always have a Mystery Quilt workshop and BJ has had great fun there and now she has another beautiful quilt!

I think those are Carole's legs and therefore that must be Carole's quilt - very nice!

 

That's all for now, stay warm!

Bev