3.17.2024

Bears Have Dark Toes

 I kept getting confused on which way the bear paws went in each corner,

but ‘bears have dark toes’ (toes point to the outer dark fabric) finally helped. It’s funny how little things cause such big headaches. The seam ripper got a real workout today . . .  ðŸ˜‚

3.16.2024

Bear Paws

miss the grands on the weekends, but I sure get a lot more done when they aren’t here.

Like making bear paws for the Alaska quilt kit. 


It took most of the day - I redid the math because I didn’t like their instructions, then triple checked it since quilt kit = limited fabric for do-overs. Plus it’s a kinda fiddly block with lots of pieces.


But that part is done and tomorrow I can move on to making borders (and more math). Hooray!


3.13.2024

Tattoo…Shirts??

Auntie Rachel sent the littles a box of goodies,

 that included white t-shirts 

and temporary tattoos of unicorns,

super hero’s 

and cool stuff approved by teens,

and said…

put the tattoos on the shirts!

Say, what??

So they cut (getting to use scissors is still a big thrill)

made artistic placements

then soaked the tats and care.ful.ly removed the paper.

Magic!

Jac had so much water on her shirt that it was literally dripping off.

I had to put it next to a floor heater, turned on high, to have a chance of getting it dry enough for her to wear tomorrow. 😂

Jac: “Take a picture of ME, Grandma!”

Apparently the tattoos will wash off in the laundry, but the littles don’t care.

“Get out of my picture, Donovan!”

They’re ready to do it all again!

 “Get

 out..”

 both giggle uncontrollably…



3.10.2024

Making A Start

Sat down with the first Wildflower block today

and couldn’t stop until I finished it. 

This is going to be so. much. fun. 

Drying out after it’s bath 

It looks so tiny once the pattern is washed away.  


3.09.2024

A Girl And Her Stick

 Wormy had disappeared (smart Wormy) and Donovan was with his mom,

so Jac entertained herself with a new stick and some imagination. 

And as we were leaving the park, announced, “This was the best day of my life.” 💕


3.07.2024

Our Pal, Wormy

 Jac and Donovan made a friend at the playground.

They took Wormy for rides,

(poor Wormy fell off that stick a bunch of times but was still wiggling around!)

built him (her?) a home (red arrow), 

found leaves for him to eat, 

Mismatched shoes are a big thing these days

and, before we left, covered him to, as Donovan said, “protect him from predators.”

Then came home and made Wormy art

and planned how they could make a garden for Wormy’s friends. 

A very successful day. 



3.04.2024

Baby, Baby

Those Tula squares from yesterday’s post kept calling my name, so Saturday I made this

after ripping it apart when the proportions didn’t look right the first time around. 

Not enough size contrast between top and bottom

Then Sunday I took the remaining squares - did I mention I had a lot left over from my niece’s quilt?? - and made this based on a picture (no pattern that I could find.)

I love how sweet it is, so I’m sure I’ll be making more. 

I knew I wanted borders, but not how wide to make them, so I let the fabric decide -

my 3/4’s of a yard yielded 8 strips at 3.5” wide, with only teeny thin scraps left behind. Perfect. 

Tula Blocks, 38x42”, and Tula Star, 38.5” square, will both go to my guild’s community projects (unless someone I know claims them?)


And I still have more of those &#$$& squares left! 😂