Whimsy Finished!

So excited I'm ahead of schedule for this quilt!

March: choosing pattern and fabrics, ordering pattern and ruler

 

 

CHECK!

 

April: cutting fabrics according to pattern, piecing arcs

 

 

 

CHECK!

 

May: piecing blocks and sewing finished blocks together

 

 

 

 

CHECK!

 

June: find backing material and quilt

 

 

0.5 CHECK!

 

Here is the chosen backing fabric.  One of my all time favorite, soft, silky smooth vintage sheets.  Hoarded for a long time now and just waiting for the perfect purpose.

The bride-to-be has seen it, petted it and approved!

 

I finished up the top on Friday and we had a chance to take pictures before Rebecca drove home to stay before the wedding.  She made a short trip up here for Chris's graduation (more about that later), but we won't see her again until she and Jon get their first apartment keys and start moving things in.

 

 

This has been such a fun top to put together! 

Patterns usually scare me to death!  I'm so afraid I will make a mistake and ruin all the lovely

 (and expensive) fabric I've chosen for a quilt.

Using the ruler, this one was a breeze!

I will be making another one, only larger I think, for hubsmuffin and me.

 

The first weekend in May, we were proud to attend Jon and Rebecca's university graduation.

 

 

This weekend, we were honored to personally hand Chris, as his father and mother,  his high school diploma!

 

 

We made the carefully considered decision to bring him home to educate at the end of his sixth grade year from a small, private, Christian school.

It was one of the best things we've ever done!

We loved it so much, we brought youngest brother, Ben, home to educate 7-12th grade also.

Educating our children in the home has given us some incredible opportunities and unique experiences (our co-op helped put a science experiment into space on the last shuttle mission!) we wouldn't have had at our old school.  Friends who have become family. 

Our oldest, Jon (who graduated from the Christian school) is hoping to talk Rebecca into homeschooling when it comes time for them to think about this.

I think that is an awesome testament to how much we have been blessed to be able to do this and the impact it makes on families and communities they live in.

 

I leave you this week with a thankful and full-to-bursting heart!  Thanks for letting me share here and for all the happy encouragement and inspiration I get from reading your comments and blogs!

 

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