Vacationing 2009

The 'Little J' Quilt

Here is the quilt I made for my friend's baby. Derek says it will blind the poor thing. I like it. The colors are modern and bright!

Curling up with a good book

There is nothing better than curling up with a really good book. Something that wraps you up and takes you away into another world. A story that keeps you up late at night because even though your eyes are tired and you know you should turn off the light and go to bed... you-can't-stop-turning-the-pages. Recently a friend lent me the book 'The book of Negroes' by Lawrence Hill. This is exactly the book I had been craving. Something to whisk me away to another world. I've started keeping a list of 'must read books' that I will share with my kids someday. A list of books I hope they'll read when they are older. This one is going on the list.

Sometimes when real life is shit, reading a good book helps (thanks Tamawa).

Creative Sewing

I am loving my new hobby. Mostly I spend my time surfing on etsy.com looking for beautiful fabrics and imaging the beautiful things I can make.

My next project might be this quilt which I absolutely adore:
http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2009/06/how-to-make-scrappy-hedgerow-blocks.html

Quilting is relaxing and it feels so good to make something from nothing. It is creative and fun. The idea of giving handmade gifts feels good too.

The Elodie Quilt

Here is a quilt I made for a little girl I know's b-day. It was so much fun to make!

The print fabrics are from the Heather Ross 'Mendocino' line. the blue squares are from fabric I already had on hand.

Sewing

I've been taking a basic sewing class at a local shop near our home. Loving it! It is so much fun to learn a new skill. We made a tot bag in the class which turned out pretty nice. My next project will be a quilt for a special friend's baby.

I bought the material here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5757671&section_id=5637909

Etsy is my new favourite website. So many beautiful handmade things. My new favourite shop is here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5064563

and of course the fabric shop up above... so many projects in my head, so little time and energy!

Ian's going to be two!

It's been.... a LONG while. Time flies when you are busy, busy, busy (so friggin' busy). I can't believe Ian is going to two in a few short weeks. Every day that goes by it seems he loses his 'babyness'. Learning new words, counting, singing songs, correctly distinguishing between a pooh and a fart (those are the moments it makes the craziness all worth while). I don't suppose anyone reads this thing anymore (hi Tamara) but I just wanted to say 'hey' and we're all doing well... except for the business and craziness, but you know, it's all good!

Happy Birthday Coco-bear!