St. Patrick's Day

What a great holiday!  Young Patrick gets kidnapped from England and taken to Ireland.  He eventually escapes and returns home.  Later in life he goes back to Ireland as a missionary!  Here's a cute Veggie Tales clip that tells Patrick's story...




In other semi-related news...
I got my sewing machine serviced this winter and am looking forward to making and creating with cloth and thread again.  It's been about 3 years since I've made anything (that would be when Reuben joined us).  It took 2 days to clear all the Legos and things that Peter had stashed on my sewing table. 

I found some St. Patrick's Day fabric and turned it into...

What does this face need?

A napkin!

By the by... The boys are King Nero, thus the crowns.

(Still in Ancient Rome in history.)

And I made a set of 6 for some cloth-napkin using friends here in town.

These napkins were practice for some more serious sewing I hope to do. 
I found a book on making skirts at the library.

 But I'll have to learn how to put a zipper in!

And I have a sweet pink and green quilt that needs to be finished.
Maybe if our next child is a girl I'll have more motivation to work on it.
Oh yeah!

And I have fabric designated to be made into a mei tai.

This is a mei tai - one I made for a friend.
It's a Baby Carrier commonly used in Asia that we like to use too.

 Nicole (my sis-in-law) is carrying a young Gigi on her front
and I've got a Reuben on my back.

See?

Fun fun.