Field Day and Bordered Diamonds Updates

I finished up my Field Day quilt top, the pattern from the collection of Kaufman's Kona Color of the Year: Highlight.  I made it larger with borders and now I await backing fabric.  I could piece some together, but I opted to search out some wide backing instead.  I love the top!  For the color pop at the bottom, I used the Kona fabrics I won two years ago from the Row By Row.  It was perfect for this, and no using the same color twice.





Next, I am trying to figure out a border arrangement for the Bordered Diamonds top.  I am about 2" off, so I will need to do something intentional for the corners.  We'll see what I come up with.  I can't decide if I like the streak of lightning in the pink fabric, or using it along the edges.  I will likely make the other two sides (since the flying geese rows aren't sewn together yet) and then make the decision.  Right now I am sort of preferring the pink lightning down the center.




The binding will also be the pink fabric (if that makes a difference in which you prefer).

and then there's this....


I walked into the living room to grab my camera and found Gordon in one of his contortions. I'm surprised he hasn't totally tangled himself up :) His smile makes me laugh...

UFO Checking in....

February is a short month, and just yesterday I realized that I haven't been working on any UFO's.  I do have two bed-sized quilt sandwiches ready to go, but I am really not up to working on those.  I think I may pull a smaller wall quilt from the pile and get to work.  I will scroll through my list and choose--but I am sort of thinking about the chicken round robin.  It would make a good center for a larger quilt though.  Decisions.

I have been working more on my new project, Navajo Code Talkers, and at this point I have five more center parts left to do and then it will be sewing strips to finish.

What have I really wanted to do instead?  Gordon explains that well...



He is a puppy of leisure.

Major bedhead:


Such a good boy :)  Anyway.... I am ready to start seeing spring pop up!

Snowmageddon!

Ok, not really, but if you would have seen the traffic cams last night around the 11pm hour, you would have really thought it was the end of the world.  The interchange from 405 to I-5 in Lynnwood was a parking lot.  Glad I wasn't in it.  We did bundle up and head to Bothell United Methodist this morning for Scout Sunday, and a special presentation for three boys (including Daniel!) who completed their God and Family curriculum over the past year.  It was a nice service, but I do have my preference for our church home.

When we got home, Daniel dressed down and headed to a friend's house... Darrin put on his snow clothes and built a snowman.  I'm still trying to thaw out!  We haven't had a good snowfall in over a year, so we've missed it.  We did get one day of snow on the Friday before winter break started, but the kids didn't even get that day off.  At least the boys will get one day in the snow.








Look at that tooth!  It's not super loose, but it keeps moving.  His mouth seems to be growing quite a bit lately, so it has been strange seeing the baby teeth moving around.



Gordon in his own world.  He didn't like the snowballs that grew on his legs though.




Life is great!