October!

I'm so excited for the month of October!


Things that are going to be happening:
1.) Visiting my brother and his family in Nova Scotia (tickets are being looked at right now while we wait for the boys' passports to arrive in the next couple of weeks) We are hoping to be there for my niece's 7th birthday and thanksgiving in Canada :) I'll get to show my kids what a "real autumn" should look like.

Photo taken from Google Images

2.) Nike Women's Half Marathon. I'm beyond thrilled for this race, I seriously can't even tell you.

3.) Going to the musical "Jersey Boys" with my mom. We just bought our tickets! And no, it's not about the cast of the MTV show... It's music I grew up with and I'm really excited to go see my first musical.

October is going to be magical!

Why I'm an Idiot....

Why I'm an idiot...

Let's see, I was invited to a birthday party on Wednesday. The party was tonight, Saturday. Not being sure what to get my friend for her birthday, I decided to make a quilt. That's right. A quilt. 'Cause they're so quick and easy to make.


So I spent the rest of Wednesday questioning my decision, and Thursday afternoon started cutting fabric. I had a giant (free!) stash of fabric in patriotic colours. I was adamant to make something without a pattern, I wanted it to be my own design.


Needless to say, I haven't gotten much sleep over the last two days, but it got done. 

I wanted to keep the quilting light, so the blue area is done in a square spiral, and the stripes  each have two rows of a vine pattern.

I'm so happy with the way it turned out! And I found out that if you're really dedicated, and willing to loose sleep, you can finish a quilt in about 48 hours. It's also got me thinking that I should get on to making a Canadian flag quilt, too! But first I have about five or six other projects that need finishing.