Finished!!

hanging!

It has to hang for at least over night. so, here it is, mosly finished. It just needs to hang before hemming, then it will be all finished!! 

Skirt making

I'm helping to test out a pattern that my friend is developing. It certainly isn't a beginner pattern, that's for sure. This picture (the only one taken today) was to ask a question about it (come to find out I was trying to attach the pieces upside down... oops!). 

Lego guy party

J wanted me to build a house for him, then the Lego guys had a party in there, complete with hats and cake. It was very cute :) 

Pattern matching

Much to J's chagrin, I've volunteered to test out a skirt pattern that a friend is developing for a magazine. I was having trouble with her pieces matching up, and unfortunately, pictures of troubleshooting were all that got taken today. This is pattern pieces matching up according to where they should match vs. where her grid lines show they should match up. 

Cherry Jam!

We spent the afternoon at my parents house so Drew could change out the spark plugs on the car, and so that I could make some cherry jam. Both turned out pretty darn good :) 

Gathering oppinions

I'm going to be making this into a blanket for J, and was trying to figure out the best way to quilt it to keep it together. The general opinion is to go around all of the major objects by hand. Glad I'm starting now, this could take a while. 

Rolling out dough

We were making pizza crusts, and sometimes Drew likes a really thin crust made with our noodle maker. So we tried it again today. J LOVED helping to roll out all the dough :) 

Rhubarb for freezing

Dinnertime BB-8

J discovered that if you eat part of one round cracker and put it over another, it makes a BB-8. He was so excited and begged me to take a picture.

Chalk drawings

For Amy Sue

Amy Sue asked for some pictures of mom and dad's plate and utensil picnic holder so she could think about making her own. So, I took a bunch of pictures of it. Those were the only pictures that got taken today. 

Budding artist :)

Some pictures drawn by J. He rarely draws, and so I was excited when he drew these, and actually told me what they were! :)

Valentine's day

Frog

For Christmas, I was given a kit to make this frog. I've been wanting to try something like this for a long time, but just never got around to it. Ever since I opened it, J has been begging me to try and make "toys?!" It ended up not being as easy as expected, but it was a lot of fun. 

Blocks

Ready for finish

not a rug

So.... This was supposed to end up as a woven rag rug. It didn't turn out that way. It's not the best picture of it, but it definitely turned out as a basket. At least I got some good experience, and know what I did wrong?

Project

J picked some paint off of our bathroom door one day while I was in the shower leaving him unattended (which is why I hate taking a shower without Drew home... but that's a conversation for a different day) and we discovered a beautiful wood door under 3 layers of paint. We decided to take off the paint and refinish it. It's turning out to be more of a project that originally thought, but we're excited to see how it turns out. 

Story time

J has had little interest in actually going in for story time (who wants to sit still and listen to stories at the library anyhow when there are so many other things to look at?!) but when he saw that this week's craft was a star wars hat, he immediately ran in and grabbed one for himself.