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Wrestling, Coastal Quilters, and my shirt

To say this weekend has been hectic but happy is an understatement! Friday afternoon was wrestling and guitar lessons for Joshua, and shopping for Eli’s party on Sunday and other assorted errands for me.

Saturday began with the monthly Coastal Quilters meeting. It was quiet and friendly, with Mary Pennoyer sharing her way of making 9-patches and checkerboard blocks and borders…great for scrappy quilts. Louisa Enright (on the right in the photo) shared this awesome quilt–a wedding gift!–which she designed in EQ5. Louisa is also a watercolorist, and you can see that she has learned about value (lights and darks), color progression and such. She shared her process from idea and basic colors from the bride and groom, to initial sketches and swatches, to finished (89 x 110 inches!) top! I’d like to end up on Louisa’s gift list!

A week or two ago (time flies, so I have no idea when it really was…) I made this shirt from flannel purchased at Maine-ly Sewing in Nobleboro (I’ve been leaving a fair bit of my teaching paychecks there!); it is yellow with white bunnies (with pink ears of course!), and I used a slightly darker yellow with little orange dots for the collar and hem trim (think binding, but not quite) on sleeves and main hem. I used the Nepali Blouse pattern from Folkwear; from my notes it appears I last made this top in 1986! It looks as though the sizing has changed. My pattern is sizes S-M-L, and they now sell it as XS to XL. The armscye (the opening for the sleeve) is cut very high, with a gusset, which means it is not suitable as a jacket because there isn’t enough room underneath for anything more than a cotton turtleneck or tank, but it also means you have lots of freedom of movement. I TOTALLY love the Folkwear patterns…

I left before the end of the meeting to head north to Joshua’s last regular-season wrestling meet at the Belfast, Maine, middle school There were two defaults (no one in his weight on the opposing teams). He lost the one match with an opponent, alas he made a mistake and just about ended up pinning himself to the mat (!!!!), but overall he is still something like 9-3. The team will head to Regionals on Saturday (with a 5:45 a.m. bus departure…UGH! That means one of us has to get up and get him there…the meet begins at 8, which also means we’ll need to be on the road by 7:30…ugh!). If he does well, we hope he’ll be able to go to States the following week. Here he is before he lost:

And finally, today, Sunday, we had Eli’s Birthday party. Imagine, six crazed 8 and 9 year old boys. Here is a preview, but since Eli doesn’t officially turn 9 until tomorrow, I’ll save more photos for tomorrow. And I must say, even though I’m STILL carrying extra pounds I put on during that pregnancy, I’m MUCH happier and more comfortable today than I was nine years ago!

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