Yesterday's finishes

This is Suzi and her quilt. These are the practice blocks from last year when I was trying out improv blocks. Just a bunch of scraps but they look nice and bright for Suzi. I only had the binding left to do. Don't know why I never finished it. I found it in the bottom drawer of my sewing desk and decided to finish it up.

I also put together this month's Schnibble Tagalong.

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I'm still struggling with the square in a square block. The pattern called for them to be 5" unfinished but if I did that, I would have lost lots of points. I ended up squaring them at 6.5". The other 9 patches were already 5" so they needed some borders to bring them up to size. I actually like the way it turned out.

Have You Seen?

I Have A Notion is having a month of give a-ways. They are giving away some very fun items each day from March 15th - April 15th 2010 ending at 10 PM CMT . You can post a comment on any day but you do need to answer the question they ask. Easy Peasy. Just no comments like "add me please". They also have a I I Have A Notion store.  You can find some very nice free patterns over at their store too. There's a couple I have my eye on.

The Dome Has Arrived!

I love this picture of Robbie.

Robbie's Dome showed up Friday afternoon around 3pm. It took the 4 of us about 3 hours to get it all put together. I say the 4 of us but I really didn't do anything but read the directions and tell them what they were doing wrong. I think that is my official job when it comes to putting things together. Rob and the kids just do not like to read the directions. What's worse is this dome did not come with directions! I think it is so crazy. In order to get the directions we had to call their customer service center and request the directions to be sent to my email. For what we spent, you would think they could include the directions. Plus, what if it came on Saturday and they were closed. We would be out of luck until Monday. I hope this isn't a trend.

Both Robbie and I had pictured it bigger in our heads but it's fine. He has been climbing all over it. He really likes to hang upside down.  Suzi is a bit scared of it but she is getting used to it. She's funny because she will only go in through one of the triangle sections. She only leaves through a different section straight across from the "entrance". It's like she thinks there is a front door and a back door. Silly Suzi.

Happy Birthday!

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Today Robbie turns 11. We've always told him he looks like a monkey, so this graphic is perfect for him :)

He is patiently (not) waiting for his birthday present to arrive. Unfortunately, FedExpress says it won't arrive until tomorrow :(

 We ordered him the Lifetime Geometric Dome Climber Play Center from Amazon. It is 6 feet tall and 10 feet wide. It will definitely stand out in the back yard lol. Robbie being the monkey that he is loves to climb and hang from things. We had to cut down our climbing trees because the previous owners planted them under the power lines and they grew right into them. The other ones fell down several years ago during Hurricane Charlie.