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My husband had some training over the weekend so the kids and I went up to my parent's farm and spent Friday and Saturday night.<br />
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We went for a trail ride on the four wheelers on Saturday on some trails that I hadn't been on for over five years. The trees were beautiful. My parents' have a lot of yellow maples on their property, so there comes a point every autumn where the woods are paved with golden leaves.<br />
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I finished the socks for my nieces, now I think I'll start on another pair for my son.<br />
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We are moving out of our home at the end of October to a different house outside the city and a bit closer to family. Lots of changes around here!Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-58038539832988901942017-10-11T17:08:00.003-05:002017-10-11T17:32:38.269-05:00september socks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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September flew by in a blur. Perhaps it was because my husband and I were searching for a new home, so every night after he got home from work we were meeting our realtor. We had to bring both of the kiddos, so sometimes it was a very trying affair - for everyone involved.<br />
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After three purchase agreements and on offer that fell through we finally did find a house. We move at the end of this month.<br />
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This has put me into major cleaning and packing mode. It's nice that I'm on maternity leave, but I also imagined that I'd get more knitting done.<br />
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The finished socks above are for my niece. The ball of yarn next to them is for a pair of socks that I intend to knit for my oldest niece. We can't leave anyone out. The other project is the "Inspira Cowl" which is a free pattern on ravelry. That was a really fun knit!<br />
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I'm happy to be posting a blog again. I've learned a new way to manage my photos on my phone and transfer them to my computer in order to post them on my blog.<br />
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P.S. Joining Nicole of Frontier Dreams for her linkup :) :) :) Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-86660666191650218282017-08-30T12:07:00.000-05:002017-08-30T12:07:55.948-05:00made with love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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About two weeks before Cora was born I realized that I hadn't made her a baby blanket yet, so when I put my son down for a nap I spent some time cutting out enough squares to make one of the 5 square by 5 square baby quilts that I love so much. I pulled out my collection of Anna Maria Horner fabric that I'm also using for my <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/kits/dream-punk-quilt-kit/22448">Dream Punk quilt</a>.<br />
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So much fun!<br />
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The fabric with the flying bird print is a JoAnn purchase that I've been saving - just hoping that I would have another baby and that I could use the squares I saved to make it. I love the free spirit of the flying birds and the fresh blue color.<br />
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I didn't have enough of the magenta fabric to make a complete border, so I used two different fabrics for that. I love the scrappy feeling of this quilt. It just came together and I know the story of how it all worked out.<br />
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The pretty baby sweater is called <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/korrigan">Korrigan</a>. This one took a little bit longer to make than the quilt. I used hand painted yarn from Rivers Edge Fiber Arts. The colorway is Lilac. This pattern takes a fun twist on cables. It's knit from the top down, so you do the most difficult knitting at the start of the project, then the rest is stockinette. I have a feeling I will be making a few more of these for Cora as she grows. I just love this pattern.<br />
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Baby Cora.<br />
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It's hard to believe four weeks have gone by since her birth!<br />
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I will be on maternity leave through November and I'm looking forward to getting more of a handle on things so I can also spend some time knitting and crafting. Baby girl currently takes up a lot of my attention - as she should.<br />
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xoxo JillJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-58498210004079760542017-04-08T15:29:00.000-05:002017-04-10T07:36:53.150-05:00thank heavens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago we found out we are having a baby girl! I was totally stunned and excited because I thought for sure we were having another boy. Needless to say, knitting has entered a totally different level for me. I'll have more projects to share soon!</div>
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It's been a colorful week around here. I snapped those pictures of the sunset last night. The prettiest one we've had in a while.<br />
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I'm working on a new project called <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/inspira-cowl">Inspira Cowl.</a> It's a free download on Ravelry. I'm using an assortment of Lion Brand Amazing yarn. It shifts colors like Noro yarn, but it doesn't cost as much. I got each skein for around four dollars with a coupon at JoAnn Fabric. It's fun to start an inexpensive project and get good results. If you're on Ravelry there are a ton of projects using this yarn, so it's got a good track record. I made mittens with it last winter. They've gotten a bit knobby, but I still like them.<br />
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If I have extra yarn I'm going to make a hat for my son based on this same pattern. I think the hat pattern actually came before the cowl pattern.<br />
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Have a good rest of the week.<br />
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The weekend before Valentine's Day. My husband had to work so the little guy and I stayed home and played with our blocks - his were plastic, mine were cotton. :) :)<br />
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We made some valentines too!<br />
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I read a good book on Saturday: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28016509-the-girl-before">"The Girl Before"</a> by J.P. Delaney. <br />
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Hope your Valentine's day was sweet. <br />
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P.S. Linking up with Nicole at <a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/">Frontier Dreams!</a>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-80092155107881667772017-02-08T18:24:00.000-06:002017-02-08T18:24:57.693-06:00hockey boy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went out to the lake on Sunday to watch my husband and his buddies slip around on the ice playing boot hockey. Logan liked being pulled around on the sled and holding a hockey stick.<br />
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He's been really keen on putting his boots on in the house and tromping around. He can finally keep his balance and thinks he's a big boy.<br />
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Not sure if we're going to have a hockey kid here, but it sure is fun watching him grow up!<br />
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P.S. those are the sweet little hand spun mittens I knit him this fall. Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-38510761310773886762017-02-05T19:55:00.001-06:002017-02-05T19:55:15.733-06:00quilting weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last weekend I went up north for a quilting weekend with my sister. My mom watched our kids so that we could spend the day together with no interruptions - just a hot iron, beautiful fabric and some taco chips.<br />
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I'm working on a quilt that will be a gift for my sister-in-laws wedding this September. It's made from Anna Maria Horner's fabric - my first time working with her designs. I ordered the entire quilt kit from Craftsy - it's called Mod Corsage.<br />
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xo JillJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-15838597140365516452017-01-08T16:18:00.001-06:002017-01-08T16:18:15.492-06:00new year revival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have been knitting, baking and living away here. I've just not been posting a lot because first I lost the do-dad that transfers photos to my computer and then I lost the photo card to my my camera. Then I just got lazy, or was it tired chasing after a one year old? Both!<br />
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Logan turned one this past Thanksgiving day. It was a good day. He's walking and running now and saying "dada" and sometimes "mama."<br />
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Happy belated New Year to everyone!<br />
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We went out today to an apple orchard with my brother and his family. It was a beautiful October day. The blog has been quiet lately, but I've still been doing a lot of projects behind the scenes.<br />
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I just finished a baby blanket for my husband's cousin and made a cute pouch for my wallet and cell phone. I got the pattern for the pouch from the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Cotton-Making-Modern-Projects/dp/1940655153">Beyond Cotton</a>.<br />
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It's cooling down around here so we've been pulling out the wool sweaters. I wore my Bloomsbury sweater for the first time today - and baby wore his Sunnyside cardigan. I'm making another <a href="http://theknittingspace.com/linnie-knitted-baby-cardigan/">Linnie</a> sweater for my friend's first baby.<br />
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I hope you are all having a good fall.<br />
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:) :) Jill Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-41171856803372115762016-08-20T16:58:00.001-05:002016-08-20T16:58:06.653-05:00nap time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During his nap time I hurry to pick up whatever project is utmost on my mind. This morning it was my bloomsbury sweater and I finished a sleeve. Then after he woke up I took him upstairs and he played in his suitcase while I sewed together the four large blocks that make up my single girl quilt top.<br />
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We zipped around town after lunch, from Minneapolis to St. Paul to look at potential rental houses for my brother and his family when they move back to Minnesota this September. Fingers crossed that I might have found something in one of the historic neighborhoods of Minneapolis with a wood burning fireplace and a park across the street for their little one. Hope that all pans out. (And we find the gold nugget.) Is that where the phrase "pans out" comes from?<br />
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Let's go with that :) :)<br />
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It's nap time again, that's why I'm blogging. When he wakes up my arms and heart will be full with one energetic nine month old.<br />
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Hope you have a great weekend.<br />
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xo JillJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-90269026481730326302016-08-05T10:02:00.000-05:002016-08-06T14:58:59.965-05:00evening at the falls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All done!<br />
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As soon as I started sewing on the binding for this quilt it practically finished itself. I know I've said it before, but I love sewing on bindings. The quilt top is complete, basically all the loose ends are sewn in, but you get to spend the time finishing by hand this lovely collection of fabric that you've been machine sewing for months. I bet that machine sewing on bindings is pretty slick and quick, but I would miss those final moments that I get with my blankets before they are given away as gifts. <br />
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You can follow my project progress <a href="http://teachmetohope.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-good-egg.html">here</a>, <a href="http://teachmetohope.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-purple-flowers.html">here</a> and <a href="http://teachmetohope.blogspot.com/2016/05/chasing-sheep.html">here</a> :) :) :)<br />
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I think this project turned out a lot like I had planned, but with some pleasant surprises along the way. Now I will be returning to my single girl quilt top. It's time to get to work on that again. <br />
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Last night we went to a park next to our house - Minnehaha Falls. There were lots of people out and about. The weather was perfect, the falls were spectacular. Logan loved riding around and people watching. He's really teething right now, so as you can see - everything is a chew toy. <br />
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So many projects, so little time.<br />
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My little one is perfecting his crawling technique. He's gone from that comical back foot in the air downward thrust to gain forward momentum to a very practical army crawl that gets him just about everywhere he wants to go.<br />
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He's currently on strike from all of his "toys." He'd rather chew on the very durable (and dirty) rubber mat in front of the door, any cord protruding from an electronic device. No teeth yet, but he's sucking on his gums like a little old man with loose dentures.<br />
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Yesterday afternoon I wanted to get some quilting done, so I stuck him in a rolling suitcase near the bed as I completed the final spiral quilting segments on my scrappy trip around the world quilt. He loved it. He was playing with all of the zipper and tags.<br />
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(As I write this he's scooting towards the very hairy dog bed.)<br />
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Time to sign off folks. More to come!<br />
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:) :) Jill Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-52047072927685226292016-07-25T17:48:00.002-05:002016-07-25T17:52:14.797-05:00blueberry boy<br />
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The little guy and I spent Saturday night up at my parent's farm. We squeezed a lot into a twenty four hour period. The best part was the blueberries. My dad took us to a neighbor's blueberry patch where we could pick as many blueberries as we wanted for free.<br />
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I filled up two three gallon buckets.<br />
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It was a wonderful morning. It had rained the night before, but when we arrived the sun was shining and the raindrops were drying on the berries. I have never seen so many blueberries before - some of the bushes were just blue. They were pretty easy to pick. I got six gallons in about two and a half hours. We cleaned and froze most of them, but I put together a blueberry crisp last night and ate a whole row of it with a fork while it was still cooling in the pan.<br />
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What do you think of Logan's crawling technique? He swings the one foot up in the air like a counter pendulum and then digs in the toes on his opposite foot to gain forward momentum. I've got it on video. Super sweet. <br />
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My Bloomsbury sweater is knitting up fast. I hope I can keep up this pace. I've almost got the body complete and then I'll start on the sleeves.<br />
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Hope you all have a great week.<br />
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:) JillJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-68780835039424873102016-07-17T15:53:00.000-05:002016-07-17T15:53:11.086-05:00bloomsbury sweater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been a very busy and full week.<br />
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Last Sunday night Logan had a fever - probably because he's teething - but that meant that my husband and I had to keep him out of daycare for twenty-four hours past the time that the fever broke. We both ended up taking time off. My schedule got hit the hardest and to make up for it I had to go into the office today and work a full day.<br />
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I'm home now - yay!<br />
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Part of the time that I was home with the baby I was knitting on this Bloomsbury sweater that I just started. I have been admiring this sweater for a long long time and I finally cast on. It's been an addicting knit so far. The pattern is well written and the lace and cable repeats are easy to understand - even intuitive. I've been trying this on as I go, really crafting it to fit my body. So, I'm super excited to get it complete and wear it this fall when the weather cools down. This knit is a part of the 2016 sweater challenge that I'm doing with my cousin, <a href="http://knitsipclickrepeat.blogspot.com/">Ashley</a>. Basically, we challenged each other to knit one sweater for ourselves this year on top of everything else that we have going on in our lives. We got together for a weekend this spring and dyed the yarn for our prospective projects together. <br />
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Hopefully, we can each add one more hand-knit sweater to our wardrobes.<br />
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(Inspiration for my Bloomsbury sweater comes from Froebelina and GreenCamijo on Ravelry.)<br />
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:) :) Jill Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-27729095581016123112016-07-09T11:06:00.002-05:002016-07-12T07:32:49.851-05:00stripes + stars<br />
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events of July 2016 (so far)</div>
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Baby's teething - lots of drool</div>
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splashing in the lake </div>
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stars and stripes everywhere</div>
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sock yarn slipping off the knitting needles</div>
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crisscrossing the state in our car</div>
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trips to the farm to see grandma and grandpa - and the sheep!</div>
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a wild patch of raspberries</div>
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visits to the north woods to stay in a cabin</div>
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sitting around the campfire</div>
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looking at the stars</div>
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knitting before bed in the warm glow of a single lamp</div>
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making jar after jar of raspberry jam</div>
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(gallons of berries in the freezer)</div>
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weeding the garden and watching the zinnia blossoms grow</div>
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chasing the barking dog </div>
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piles of paperwork and forms </div>
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completing homestudy #3</div>
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laughing with baby at his goofy dad </div>
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drinking cider and grilling in the backyard </div>
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thankful for all of our blessings</div>
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:) Jill<br />
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P.S. Joining <a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/">Nicole</a> at Frontier Dreams! </div>
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Last weekend and for most of the week we went and stayed at a cabin up in the north woods with my husband's large extended family. I started to knit a new pair of socks on the drive up. Now that we're home the colors in the socks remind me of the orange campfires and the crisp blue skies above the north woods.<br />
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Logan's starting to rock on all fours for longer periods of time. The determined look in his eyes tells me he won't be staying put where I put him for much longer. My baby is growing so fast! I cheer him on, while part of me feels sad that we're leaving behind his plump baby limbs, frizzy hair and joyous raspberries. His timing is perfect!<br />
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We are always moving forward though - into the great, unknown, big kid future. <br />
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Life is streaking by. It's already the end of June. We're making plans to go up North near the Canadian border to go camping with my husband's family. We'll see aunts and uncles and cousins that he hasn't seen for years. I'm busy making lists and trying to figure out what to pack - figuring out what not to pack is probably the most crucial part.<br />
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I've almost got the quilting done on my scrappy trip around the world quilt. I'm trying to stay disciplined here, because I cannot wait to start working on my single girl quilt again, but I want to finish one before I start the other. So far I'm doing good. I'll have to take some knitting camping, because a quilt is too big and I don't want it to smell like campfire smoke. <br />
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Hope June is treating you well!<br />
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"Hope is one of the most important virtues that can be instilled in
our soul. Many people think that hope has to do with the future, when in
reality it has to do with the past. We develop hope as we experience
pain transformed into comfort. When this happens enough, we begin to
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Busy mornings and afternoons run into jamb-packed evenings spent with baby and husband. The kitchen sink is overflowing with pots and pans and weeds are peeking up beneath the straw in the garden - but all is well!</div>
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Strawberries are appearing too, and tiny bean sprouts that the bunnies like to nibble on. Ten percent of all my garden plants either get trampled by the dog as she gallops for her frisbee or munched on by rabbits in the wee morning hours. That's a pretty good harvest. </div>
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The peonies have blown, but they were gorgeous and fragrant for a stretch of ten days as May turned into June. Pretty rings of colorful fabric are appearing on bed in my studio. Now I need to find a backing and pick out the binding for this little quilt. </div>
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I started a new little sweater made from my mom's yarn. The pattern is: <a href="http://thebrownstitch.com/projects/little-coffee-bean-baby-cardigan/">Little Coffee Bean</a>, so far it's an easy and fun knit. The aqua stripes really pop. </div>
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I read this quote on hope earlier this week and it really struck me. It's so very true. </div>
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xo Jill</div>
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Another blessed weekend around here. We really don't do much. We sleep in, drink coffee, sit out on the back porch and contemplate the garden. We try to come up with a game plan. We scrap the game plan and do what makes us feel happy.<br />
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The baby laughs. He cries. He takes a nap. We take a nap. The grill gets pulled out. We find something to eat between the freezer and the fridge. It feels like a miracle, because we really need to go food shopping, but somehow we pull off (what feels like in our opinion) a gourmet meal.<br />
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The moon rises the sun sets. We take a walk at twilight, pushing the baby in the stroller. The dog prances along beside us. She barks at little dogs but keeps her nose down when a big dog strolls past.<br />
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In the in between moments I tiptoe up to my attic studio and madly cut out fabric shapes. Sew them together. I'm not much for perfection these days, just production and it feels so good to sew two pretty fabrics together and watch their patterns collide and interact.<br />
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The baby squawks from his crib and I cock an ear. It's a one in four chance he'll go back to sleep. The odds are in his favor. I set down my scissors and ramble down the stairs. Baby is awake. The dog wants her frisbee thrown. The neighbors are out digging in their yard. The baby is smiling at my husband. My husband smiles at me. <br />
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Simple things. Miraculous things. Our family.<br />
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Hope you are feeling the blessings too.<br />
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xo Jill<br />
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P.S. Joining Nicole at Frontier Dreams for Keep Calm and Keep Crafting. Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-33609833170290892472016-05-20T07:25:00.001-05:002016-05-20T17:31:20.457-05:00strolling<br />
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Things I'm grateful for:<br />
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<li>Strolls with Dad and baby.</li>
<li>All of the flowers that are popping up at the edges of the sidewalk.</li>
<li>Sunny afternoons and long, lazy evenings.</li>
<li>Crockpot recipes and coffee to go. </li>
<li>Friday mornings with the weekend to look forward to.</li>
<li>The look on my little one's face as he discovers new things.</li>
<li>A big tilled garden with lots of dirt, and lots of seeds to plant. </li>
<li>The start of a new quilt. I have my first quilt block complete for my "Single Girl" quilt by Denyse Schmidt. I love it! Especially the little owl print. Love their little owl feet. </li>
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Happy Friday, everyone!<br />
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xo Jill<br />
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P.S. Joining Amanda for Finish it up Friday - this Single Girl quilt block was a long time coming. I'm glad I'm finally started. Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-52291241880753616162016-05-15T09:16:00.000-05:002016-05-15T09:16:13.806-05:00chasing sheep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some images from the end of the week and the weekend. We packed up and went up to the farm on Saturday for a big family gathering to celebrate family being home from out of state and also an upcoming wedding for a cousin. So my parent's house was overflowing with good food, little cousins and bridal shower paraphernalia.<br />
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The sun was finally out so I pulled out my most recent finished quilt top and asked my sister to snap some photos. We ended up in the front yard under the big trees. I always get a kick out of my quilt pictures. Big quilt - little legs and feet. A quilt monster.<br />
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It's only Sunday morning and we're back in the city. I'm hoping if the weather stays mild to get a lot of yard work done today. With the birth of our little guy last November and me being really pregnant all fall we didn't get our leaves racked as usual, so the yard is really suffering. Luckily we have a small lot, so it usually takes a weekend of hard work from my husband and myself to get the place looking nice.<br />
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I have some flowers waiting to be put in the ground and a lot of seeds, so I'm excited.<br />
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Cheers everyone!<br />
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Life has been galloping along around here. Mother's Day weekend passed in a flash of warm baby hugs, drool-filled smiles, sugary frosting, flowers, rhubarb bed raiding and family.<br />
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I sat down last Friday night and just cried when I realized what the weekend held in store - that I would be blessed enough to celebrate Mother's Day - what a huge miracle! My husband was away on Friday and Saturday night, so I woke up Sunday morning to Logan's chubby checks and his peaceful sleeping face.<br />
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To all of you who are Mother's I want to wish you a happy belated Mother's Day and to all of you who are still only mothers in your hearts, waiting for your little ones, I pray God gives you strength and hope, and that you are holding your babies close soon. If only I could have known on some of my darkest days of infertility how Logan's bright smiles and my husband's happy face would make me feel.<br />
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Words can't describe.<br />
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My crafting life is still weaving itself together behind the scenes. I finished my scrappy trip around the world quilt top on Sunday afternoon and then sewed together the back. Logan was rolling around on my fabric piecing above. <br />
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I also started to knit a small baby cap for a coworkers wife who was due at the end of May, but then she had the baby on Sunday night and the cap is still unfinished. I think I may have run out of steam there, but I will pick it up again for the next baby the stork brings.<br />
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My sister gave me her Single Girl quilt pattern. I want to try my hand at piecing together a few blocks. Maybe I can pull enough together for a small lap quilt. We'll see! (I got some new fabric.)<br />
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Friday tomorrow! Keep going, everyone!<br />
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xo JillJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12488538404787873110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6711867249516823734.post-48430879036376998502016-04-30T14:16:00.001-05:002016-04-30T14:16:13.686-05:00skinny jeans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hurrah! I'm so happy that I've managed to squeeze one more blog post in before April is behind us. I can't believe how fast the pages on the calendar are turning. This week was another marathon. I managed to pick up another cold virus over the weekend and by Tuesday I was way under the weather. Life and work did not stop, however. I finally caved and went to the doctor on Friday, because I'm nursing I was hesitant to take anything that would put a dent in my stuffy head and sinuses, but my doctor helped me find something that I could take to knock out some of my symptoms. Funny thing - I thought I might have an ear infection, but that wasn't the case.<br />
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On to the weekend. We (the baby and I - we let Daddy sleep in) woke up with the early birds and made a batch of muffins and puttered around the house, sorting through baby clothes that he's grown out of. It's funny how our little guy only wore some outfits once or twice. Those new born outfits are so tiny!<br />
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Both baby and I squeezed into our skinny jeans last weekend. Nursing and my active work schedule have helped me drop the baby weight and I'm back in my favorite pair of blue jeans - it took five months!<br />
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On the crafty side of things I've been playing with the blocks from my scrappy trip around the world quilt and I think I've settled on a layout. I ended up sewing together a new panel last Sunday afternoon.<br />
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I also started to sew together some quilt blocks based on the quilt that Logan was laying on in my previous blog post. I've always loved that quilt that my sister made - out of the dozens it's one of my favorites. I'll just keep making squares as I have the scraps and someday soon I'll have a quilt.<br />
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That's my plan :)<br />
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Have a great weekend!<br />
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