Saturday, February 21, 2015

Training the Next Generation

I had a wonderful Valentine's / Family Day (in Alberta it's a provincial holiday) weekend. I went to the 'farm', to spend the long weekend watching 3 of my grandchildren while my son and DIL went skiing at Marmot Basin in Jasper National Park.


I had a few planned activities, as we would be together for 3 days. But for the most part it was to also let them just play,  like making quilt forts in the living room. When I asked them what they were doing in there...their reply was they were waiting in their hunting box and watching their bear camera.



And a great sledding hill that their Dad made out of a few large round bales. It was a beautiful sunny day on Saturday with fresh snow, which made it perfect for the building of snowmen, for supersliders...and small dogs.




I  did a round of mending; my son's calving jacket, a little barrel racers' favorite shirt, and a teddy bear who was loosing his stuffing.



I brought along my bag of blue strings and scraps and it was my youngest (6 years old) who loved making string blocks. "We" made 24 while I was there.  I had brought the blue bag as I wanted to make a few more string blocks with their complimentary colour orange. I have a few ideas percolating about how they will be used, but I would still have a lot more to make...heck I have all year to work through a rainbow of colours over at SoScrappy and the RSC15.
The pink this week belongs to those tender soft cheeks of my youngest granddaughter.

To see what other quilted pink happiness is going on this week, head over to SoScrappy here.
Love and Hugs
Kathy

10 comments:

  1. So cute! I love that they are learning to quilt at such a young age. Our daughter learnt at 8 and at 24 has a lifelong skill. She is a fabulous quilter and loves sewing.

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  2. Great looking string blocks. You will have a great quilt.

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  3. How precious to spend time with the grandies like that. Mine live just a couple of blocks away, and although I see them heaps and wouldn't have it any other way, they are never here for sleepovers.

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  4. It looks like you had an awesome time at the "farm". String blocks are fun to make. Even more fun to make with little ones helping.

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  5. What fun you had with your grandchildren and managed some quilting too. Great accomplishment!

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  6. I love your pink for this week! Wish my granddaughters would sit still long enough for me to sew with them. Maybe later on... :- )

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  7. Your string blocks are great. Are you foundation piecing them. Looks like you had a lot of fun with the grandkids!

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  8. What a wonderful read! Thanks for sharing this special weekend with us! Looks like EVERYONE had so much fun! But, I particularly loved seeing your young granddaughter sewing with you! It brought back wonderful memories of me sewing with my grandmother!

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  9. String Blocks are my favorite things to do on snowy days! I'm heading upstairs to my sewing room right now to do some now. Happy Quilting.

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  10. I want to play on that sliding hill!Sounds like you had a great time with family.

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