The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighbourhood.

Saturday 23 March 2013

Spring Flurry

Today is filled with packing, excitment and I'd be lying if I didn't add a little anxiety.

Excitment - Spring break has officially begun. Report cards and parent/teacher intervews are behind us. The progress reports showed us the kids are working hard. The teachers were complimentary and expressed interest in helping our kids be successful. I admit, we have yet to go visit the high school teachers, but that's OK. Perhaps one day...

Packing - Amy has been packing and looking forward to a school trip. The grade 7 & 8's are taking the opportunity to travel with EF Tours to the East. They are going to Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa. They are going for a week - the first week of spring break. I am anticipating a lot of sleeping for the second week.

At the same time, Kari and I are also packing. I decided to take the opportunity to drive to La Crete for the week. It has probably been about 3 years since I travelled north to visit my family. We will stay for about a week as well.

Anxiety - My daughter is heading across the country on her own. She will be with the tour group and a few great teachers, but still, my daughter is going across Canada on her own. - Sigh - this will give her an oportunity to practice independance. So happy for her, but a little anxious.

Not to mention taking a 12 hour drive in the winter time... I haven't done that since college days. I know the route, and so I know there is nothing much between Manning and High Level. Here's to hoping I stay on the road and all the tires remain round. Doesn't help that Wind Mobile does not have a tower in the marshes of northern Albera.

Here's to hoping we at least see a moose...

Meanwhile, we are leaving all the boys behind. They can fend for themselves - sounds like they are really looking forward to the week. I think they plan to live on steak, eggs, pizza and nachos. I hope they remember the dog...

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Purely Nine

This one is called Purely Nine, as the basis of the quilt pattern is a simple nine patch. I took the original inspiration and choose my own set of blues and browns with a bit of white accent.

Loved how this came together. When I first got started I cut out 8 of the 12 block pieces. Then proceeded to sew together 6 of them. At that time I had spent roughly1.5 hours working on the quilt. The next day I cut the remaining 4 blocks and and sewed the other 6. After that came the sashing, the corner stones, placing the blocks, assembly and borders. All together I'd roughly guess the quilt top took about 6 hours to put together.

Not bad for a large twin sized quilt top - big enough to fit my son (which means its pretty big).

What I'm most proud of? The fact that when I fold the top in half, I have no wonky alignment issues. Everything is straight and even!  A proud moment for a quilter... :)



The pattern was a freebie from BOMquilts.com. Check it out if you want to try it yourself.

http://www.bomquilts.com/proddetail.php?prod=BOM2011&cat=7

Jungle Fun

And one more... Welcome baby Oliver!


Winnie the Pooh in green and blue...


Another one created for a well loved baby boy... Welcome Gavin!