A Bit of a Break

Joe and I had a wonderful time visiting Aberdeen Elizabeth and her brother and parents weekend before last. It felt so good to snuggle with someone that little. It was great to see Tom and Anastasia and to play with Nate.

And on the way home, we stopped and had a short but sweet visit with Andrew, Amy, and happy Eli.

I had every intention of blogging about these events. As well as Caroline's dance recital the week before the baby came.

But I didn't. Came home to all of the hectivity of this time of year at a school with some additional wrinkles atop. I've tried for a week to catch up. That hasn't happened. Which is kind of odd for me. So I'm thinking that I just might need a bit of a Blog Break.

First, though, I really must share my Degas photo.

Now, please don't go far away! I'll be back. As soon as things settle down.

I promise.



She's Here!

Aberdeen Elizabeth

May 10, 2012

Look What I Bought!

No, I didn't buy fabric. Really I didn't.

I bought this pattern! And it is going to make a great quilt. Or two. Or three. I could see this becoming my go-to quilt. Truly I could.

Well, no, I haven't made the quilt yet. For pete's sake, I just downloaded the pattern. And I've got a few other things going on.  But let me tell you some of the things that strike me about this pattern after perusing it:

. . . The delivery of the pdf was PDQ.
. . . The directions are clear.
. . . The illustrations are excellent.
. . . The cover picture is gorgeous.
. . . The designer provides alternate lay-outs.
. . . It would be easy to change the size of the quilt by increasing either the size of the block, the number of blocks, or both.

And, no, I have no affiliation with Kristy Daum (I never even heard of her until yesterday). Honestly I don't.

Could you see this made of batiks on white? On black? Could you see it made from left-over kid prints on cream? Could you see it totally and I mean totally scrappy? Could you see it a bazillion different ways?  I know you could. Because I can. And once you start thinking about it and picturing all that you could do with this pattern, you're going to just have to go here and get yourself a copy. Really you will.