it's done!

  

I can't believe it, but it is finally done.  I started working on it here almost exactly 6 months ago.  Finished it just in time for one of the hottest days of the year so far, oh well.

I want to quickly say thank you so much to Daria for answering all my silly questions and giving me great advice, thank you for holding my hand through this first quilt.  Also to my blog buddies Kirsten, Leslie, Bex and Oiyi for your encouragement.  And Melissa, who's great quilt for Sam (and the jumping on the bed shot) were my inspiration.  Okay, I will stop with the thank you's, but this really is a great, inspiring community and I just wanted to say thanks.

On to my Friday...B & I are going to try to do some Friday Adventures this summer before he heads off to Kindergarten.  Last Friday we headed out on the bus to the ferry dock in downtown Seattle where we took the 35 minute ferry to Bainbridge Island.

We started the morning with a cappuccino, muffin and a cookie from Blackbird Bakery.  

Then it was off to Churchmouse Yarns and Teas, wow - what a wonderful store.  So many nice projects, beautiful yarns and really helpful staff.  I picked out some yarn for a scarf for Royal and a few skeins of multicolored yarn for some hats.  There was so much more I wanted to buy, but am budgeting myself and can always go back.  

buttons galore!

Then it was off to the toy store (a thank you for stellar quiet sitting while Mommy shopped in the yarn store. After that we walked to the Kids Discovery Museum.  It was fun, small, but we had a good time (we were the only ones there).  They had a great exhibit on the Blue Man Group with lots of pipes and ways to make music.  "Those guys are scary looking!"

After lunch we took a quick trip by Esther's Fabrics where they had some nice stuff I hadn't seen, but again it is small, a cute store though!  After blowing so much at Churchmouse I just picked up a couple of fat quarters here.  Look forward to coming back.  Then we booked back to the ferry, managed to catch the 2pm one back to Seattle.

One of the biggest hits of the day, the water guns (shark and dolphin) - and his new red Croqs.  We had a great water fight in the backyard when we got home.  Gotta love summer!

Comments

[kirsten]

oh, kirsten...the quilt turned out beautiful. you should be proud. something B will cherish his whole life.
now you need to make one for your bed!
lovely friday. weather has been wonderful, hasn't it?!

[daria]

It looks so good! And it didn't fall apart in the wash! I especially like the jumping shot, where you can get a real sense of how patchy it looks (mean that in a good way). Bainbridge sounds fun, maybe we'll be able to tag along next time!

[Oiyi]

A wonderful looking quilt!

That store looks amazing. The buttons!!

[amandajean]

that quilt is awesome! I love the jumping on the bed shot, too. so sweet.