My Distraction During Games

A couple of weeks ago my niece Tasia and I went to the store and bought some fabric for a little quilt. Since Joel and Kaleb were playing games we decided we were going to do crafty stuff. We made some rock magnets with her name and flowers for her locker at school.

So now whenever Joel is playing games I work on my quilt. It is a nice distraction since I can't stand to just sit around and watch him play his fairy princess game.This is the first start of my quilt. I liked deciding what design goes where. Since it is my first pieced quilt it is just a small one. Maybe someday I will make a bigger one.




I have now finished the front part of the quilt. Here it is!

It is not perfect. I don't cut as straight as I would like and I don't really sew that straight...it must just take practice. I told Joel now I need to finish it but we don't have frame. So he is going to make one then he can play lots more games. In the meantime we got more fabric to make another little one while waiting for the frame. I think I will try and do the next one more precise.

The Shelf is done!!!!!!!

In the fall, we went to Burley on one of our many visits there we brought back the shadow box of all Joel's scout badges and scout stuff. So I found a place to hang it. Then we decided since we were putting it up and there was lots of space on the wall next to it we should hang up the eagle blanket his Mom made him. So I was going to see if I could find one to buy and Joel said he would make one. It has taken a couple of months but it is now done....and it looks amazing!!
Here it is with the eagle blanket!!





Here is an up close picture of the shelf. It matches the bookshelf that Joel made us. It has a nice big top that I can put pictures of Joel on. I love to have pictures around :) All I need is to find some pictures of him from when he was in scouts. I have two from when he was pretty young. I am hoping to get a couple more. So if anyone has one I would love to scan it and get a copy.

Here is a picture of the complete wall. Joel did a beautiful job. I love it!!