Birthday Bot

Last night I put my 3-year-old-Jonah to bed and in the most dramatic fashion said good night to him forever. No more 3-year-old-Jonah, because today he turned 4!

He’s into robots and legos and transformers and all things buildable, so we’re having a robot party on Saturday. Last night I just needed to make him something and came up with this guy to fit with the whole robot theme.

I’m glad he turned out. Not bad for an hour or so of work on the spur of the moment. Jonah was sure excited about him this morning and Logan is very jealous.

He didn’t have a long list of friends to invite, so with his coaching I drew pictures for his invitations.

I’m still not 100% sure exactly what we will be doing at this robot party besides eating cake and ice cream. I still have tomorrow to figure it out!

Found a New Quilt Artist

I was browsing through Whip-Up. Kim has started posting about a different quilt artist each week. This week it was Lisa Call and I’m truly inspired.

She works in series, really exploring an idea thoroughly. Here are some from the Structures series:

Many are on a pretty small scale, which turned on a light bulb for me. I am always full of ideas, but they never come to fuition because of the daunting work and expense of making a bedsize quilt. There’s nothing wrong with making little things to hang on walls. Duh…

just what everyone needs

I think it really hit me this week that I really am not pregnant. There will be no baby this summer. For reals. I had my first period since my miscarriage. And then, during final savasana (relaxation) at yoga on Wednesday I just felt this wave of sadness. I would be feeling the baby move right now. I wouldn’t be able to lie on my back… Off and on I just feel sad.

Also, there has been a woman from church in the hospital, a funeral to cook a meal for, and a friend whose husband was in a really bad car accident while stationed in Honduras… just a lot happening this week.

But, that’s not what this post is supposed to be about. This is what it’s about:

My flannel wall!! Is that totally rad or what?! I can’t use enough exclaimation points!! It’s big enough to design a king size quilt!! How fun is that?!

Before I had the second piece of flannel stapled to the wall the kids had my buckets of fabric scraps (beautifully color coded I might add) empty and on the wall.

Brenna said, “This is like painting, but just with fabric.” She had a ball making her masterpiece, but had to enlist my help up there with the sun.

Here are my blockswap blocks so far:

I am LOVING this! The blocks on the bottom left look so fun together, but none of them is super-duper on its own, so I think I’ll keep them and make some more for a throw quilt and keep going with what I’ve been doing with those top 6 to give away. I love squash and robin’s egg blue! Yippy!

Also, Rebecca’s blocks all arrived in the mail yesterday. They are really lovely. Maggi’s got some under her belt, and so does April. Maritsa’s blocks are turning out cute too