With a Bow

Gabby has been doing some crochet, so I wanted to get her a set of hooks for her birthday.  And as I was looking through fabric for the little fabric book, I ran across some super Gabby fabric, so I turned it into an organizer for her new hooks and a set of scissors.

Lined up,

With a flap to keep everything in even if the set gets turned upside down.

The fun print

All tied up with a bow!  The ribbon is stitched in and the ends fused, so hopefully it will last a good, long time.

Friday Funny

So, I’ve been cheating.

I study all the things we’ve covered.  Then when I’m taking the test I can just look in my head for the answers and no one can tell.

Project

 I made a little fabric book for a little at church.

I used the idea from a book called Patchwork USA, but I can’t ever sew, cook, or teach exactly according to a plan, so I made the cover to look like the stained glass at my growing up church.

Red, Orange

Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo

Violet…Pink, White, Gray, Brown

And lots of fun textures—ribbon, rick rack, and lace scraps.

21

We got this gal home to celebrate for a bit!  Hoping she has a joyous year.

Filling that cake on up with candles!

 

13

Thirteen years

Of joy

With this silly goose

Freedom Rangeman

Nate began in Trail Life as a first grader in 2015.  He hadn’t been in very long before he was invited to a Freedom Rangeman Ceremony.  He decided then that he wanted to earn that too.

Over the years he took the steps to learn all he could.  Then once he reached middle school he began to earnestly  pursue all the steps—earning badges and service hours first, then seeking leadership opportunities.  As he continued, he sought out learning in minors with CPR & First Aid and Wilderness First Aid as well as ***.  He majored in Communication & Performance through keeping a blog of leather working blog and group piano lessons.

The culmination was a service project, leading other youth in replacing the flooring in our church.

We knew there was some rot by the sink.

He discovered there was more in front of the fridge.

The rotten floor was cut away and replaced.

Then new tile placed.

There were tight spaces to fit in.

And after it was discovered the adhesive the tile came with wasn’t strong enough, every tile was lifted, glued, and reset.  As newly glued tile looks like the originally laid tile, they were taped once complete to keep from continuously lifting the tiles to check.

Completed Project!

He had the honor of having his former Troop Master, a former Trail Master, and a former Trailman (also a Rangeman) come from his old troop all serve on his Board of Review along with our current Senior Ministry Liaison, Troop Treasurer, and an Area Pointman.

It was such an encouragement to have so many men who were willing to give their time and come to offer their wisdom.

Congratulations!

 

Get Away

We ran off for a day, stopping first at Patti’s

For flower pot bread.

Then a train museum

With an extensive library.

Saw the engine

And the flood wall in Paducah.

Then we visited ‘the’ Hancock Fabric Store

So many goodies!

We played glow in the dark mini golf.

The next morning we visited the quilt museum

From teeny tiny

To massive quilts

So many patterns

And colors

Creatively

And painstakingly pieced.

So much creativity.