Humboldt Strong

We are a hockey-LOVING family.

So, when the Humboldt junior hockey team, Broncos, had a tragic, fatal bus accident a month ago, we were devastated for the families and communities affected in Canada.

I follow a lot of quilters on Instagram, and several are from different areas in Canada.

There were posts about a collection of quilts made with a certain pattern, in the Broncos colors--green, yellow, black, white.

The pattern provided didn't click with me, so I came up with the same pattern Maggie and I used back in November, I think, when there was a church shooting in Texas.  

These hearts are classic, and I love how the colors I wouldn't normally put together, go together so well on it!

Pattern is from Cluck Cluck Sew, HERE.  

Quilt top and back were machine-pieced by me, and quilted by Sindy Vieting.

I love how cheery and hopefully comforting this turned out!

Now, I just need to figure out if there's a less expensive way to get it to an affected family without needing to pay $50 for shipping.  It'll all work out, right?  :)

My Biggest Baby

Daniel was the perfect first baby.

He came a month early, but was just big enough and full-term enough to not need any interventions.

I'm so glad we got to celebrate Daniel's birth today!

One of Daniel's favorite colors is carnation pink, and we happened to have some pink streamers.  White too.

I asked Daniel what he wanted for dinner and he told me "that one mexican pizza we had from someone that one time."

Hahahaha!

A wonderful friend brought dinner to us years ago, just because.

It was this great pizza, an incredible brownie pan, and yummy Spanish rice.

We loved it so much, we asked Pilar for the recipe.

We only make it once or twice a year, but the kids love it when it's made.

Playing on the patio before everyone got there.

I took a picture of Lilly's Danny for Anthony's communication device.

He pronounced Danny like Annie, so we need to work on that.

Andy made Daniel's cake, and both he and Maggie decorated it.

Maggie used Fruit Loops to make an earth for Earth Day, which is today, which is Daniel's birthday.

Victory!

There was a LOT of smoke.

Hard to see, but this is Daniel on the big tree trunk.

Putting the new Tetris puzzle together.

I guess it was easier than I thought.

Anthony was burying his Hot Wheels in the planter, then driving them out.

I texted this to his teacher and she said they had planted seeds in planters on Friday.

He was having so much fun.

The completed Tetris puzzle.

Izzy, our faithful, ornery cat.

She is old, unhealthy now, and VERY thin.  The local vet wouldn't prescribe more medication for her hyperthyroidism without another expensive blood test first.

But, Izzy fought the medicine the first couple months she had it anyway.  :(

So, tomorrow will be a sad day.

Lilly came over to take a selfie with Daniel and Anthony had to climb into the middle of it.

Earth Day Quilting

So, I finished the pink one today and realized that I should post these two quilts today, since it's Earth Day.

Both of these quilts were made from scrap half square triangles from these quilts here.

The scraps were all wonky sizes and not uniform.

For the past several months, whenever I'd be waiting for Anthony at therapy or while we were at other appointments, I traced a template on the scraps, and trimmed them.

I had no idea what I'd use them for, and hoped I'd find a good pattern to use.

Anthony's water therapist is having a girl next month, and I thought of those scraps since I trimmed so many while at the pool. (btw, the pink is a bright raspberry color.  My phone is not so great)

I searched online and found this pattern here.

The gray quilt is for a friend's son, who is a couple months old.  He's darling, and will hopefully love to cuddle up with the quilt as he grows.  :)

I had plenty of coordinating fabric to do the back of each with just one piece, but I thought it was more fun to patch together some flannel.

A Few Specials

I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as LDS or Mormons.

Children are taught in the Primary organization.

We had two AMAZING Primary leaders move out of our congregation recently, and so I had the children help me make a quilt for each one.

Each star's center has the names of the children in each class.

This idea came to mind after the class auction quilt I made for Anthony's school.

We love and miss the ladies who received the quilts, and wish them well in their new homes.  :)