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Just got home tonight from here:
After a lot of this:
Some of this:
Too much of this:
And not nearly enough of this:
So let me find my bearings and get control of this laundry pile (yikes) and I'll be back with some of this:
Deal?
ps- I'm a pretty crummy blogger when things get crazy, but I usually keep up with Instagram. Feel free to follow me there if you'd like. @croskelley
ps x2- Thanks. A lot. You know, for all this. :-)
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Sometimes being a mom is wonderful, rewarding, and makes my heart happy.
Sometimes being a mom is really, really hard. Today was one of those days.
Now that the older boys are in school it's just me and this little man. He is such a sweet boy, and has a good heart, but dang it, this almost 2 year old kid is stubborn. He knows exactly what he wants, and doesn't have any words to say it. And some days we struggle through the entire day. Like today.
He got up way too early and threw his breakfast on the floor. And then his lunch. And yep, his dinner. He took about a 45 minute nap and woke up screaming. After two hours of tantrums at baseball tonight, I got his screaming little body out of the tub, fought to get his pajamas on, and put him in bed with his favorite quilt. Then I closed the door and took a deep breath.
Sometimes when being a mom is really hard I look around at all the other moms and wonder how they do it all so well. I wonder if their child opens a granola bar just to squish it into the rug. Or why their child isn't laying in the dirt throwing a fit. Or if they are ready to pull all their hair out at any point in the day. Because I am.
Today I didn't come here to talk about quilting or to show any pretty pictures, I just wanted to say that sometimes being a mom is really hard for me. Also, my house is a disaster and my baby boy's dinner is still on the floor. If tomorrow you have a day like I had today, I just wanted you to know that.
And that I love this boy and his brothers more than anything in the world. I'm so thankful to be their mom. Even on a day like today.
We'll try again tomorrow.
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(Yeah, this photo has nothing to do with the post. Except its made of marmalade! pattern here)
Well, thank you! Thanks everyone for playing along and entering in the giveaway. There were 1423 entries, if you can believe that. Crazy! And of course thank you to Moda who provided the bundle. Love that Moda.
Using my same super scientific menthod, I randomly (promise!) picked Lindsay W. who said "my favorite color, this week, is orange! seems to go with everything these days. thanks for the giveaway... wish me luck!."
Congratulations Lindsay! You are the lucky owner of a Marmalade fat quarter bundle. Just email me at camille (at) thimbleblossoms (dot) com with your info and I'll get that right out to you.
If you entered any of the other Moda blog hop giveaways, make sure you stop by all of them to see if you've won.
As for me, I have a friend visiting who flew in just to come sew with me for a few days. Such a treat! We'll be sewing for the next 48 hours straight. And eating. And laughing. Can't wait.
Happy weekend!
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I know you are dying for a Farmer's Wife update. ;-)
Really though, I am getting so close! Just 17 more left, and I have 7 of those cut out and ready to sew. In fact, I'm going to leave this pile of fabric here until I'm done to motivate me to get it done!
I'm really happy with this round of blocks, (using this method because that's what works for me) and had a lovely time putting them together.
40- Friendship block (the yellow one)
38- Four Winds
47- Homemaker
45- Grape basket
24- Country Path
39- Friendship
Quick question for you, if you were making this quilt, would you set the blocks on point (diagonal) or in rows? I'm torn...
(on point- this morning)
(in rows- one afternoon last month when the lighting was much better :-)
Thoughts?
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Hello there! Thanks for stopping by. I know you have a lot of hopping to do, so I'll keep this short and sweet.
If you are new here, I'm Camille Roskelley, mom to 3 wild boys, connoisseur of Cafe Rio, designer of Thimble Blossoms patterns and half of Bonnie and Camille.
The Moda blog hop this year is all about hometowns. Although I don't live there now, my hometown will always, always be Rigby, Idaho. It's just... home.
In case you are confusing Idaho with Iowa (it happens, believe it or not!) Rigby is in southeastern Idaho, about an hour or so south of Yellowstone National Park. It is a wonderful little town, and was an absolutely perfect place to grow up. I went to Rigby High School, as did my parents, grandparents, and most of my 75 (!) first cousins.
A few of my favorite places:
This is Main Street. Yep, it pretty much always looks just like this. Except the nine months out of the year when it is snowing, that is. I love driving into town when we visit because it looks almost exactly the same as it did when I was a little girl. Although we did get new lamp posts. That was pretty exciting. My mom took pictures and sent them to me. (Thanks mom :-)
I grew up on Bambinos, which are really, extra delicious deep fried pizza pockets. In fact, I actually worked here in high school making Bambinos. (Well, it was a different location then. It's a whole big Bambino thing). I don't think we've ever visited Rigby and not made multiple Bambino trips.
And of course, the Sno Shack. My very favorite high school job, I worked here during the summers with the Porter family and loved every minute. And every sno cone. Tigers Blood and Pina Colada. Heaven. My teeth are still paying for it.
What is your town famous for? Aside from Bambinos? Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of the television. "Easy on, easy off!"
What brought you to this town? My great grandparents, I think? We tend not to leave town. I probably shouldn't have married a city boy. ;-)
me and that city boy- almost 10 years ago.
Does anyone know what you do for a living? Umm, I don't know. Aside from the fabric ladies at Abbotts, probably not. I know a lot of people here think I go to craft fairs. Which is... kinda close, I guess?
And last but not least, a little treat for you. Courtesy of Moda (thank you Moda!) who was so kind to send a beautiful fat quarter bundle of Marmalade for one of you. All you have to do is tell me which of my patterns is your favorite and your very favorite color to be entered to win. Easy.
(Sorry about the photo not being of a fat quarter bundle- it is 1:51 AM and a new photo probably isn't happening tonight!)
Oh, and if you have your eye on a pattern or two, they are 25% off for one week with code MODA25.
Anything else I was supposed to talk about? Have you ever been to Rigby? Eaten a Bambino? I would give my right arm for a classic right about now. Mmmm....
Happy hopping!
Edited to add: I knew I forgot something! Make sure to visit the other Moda designers posting today, Jan, and Julie then Anne, Kate and Deb tomorrow!
Note to self: Don't blog at 2 in the morning.
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So last week I got these little hooligans back in school and I've been sewing.
Really, a lot. What have I been sewing?
Baby quilts.
Like this one, for a nephew who is coming soon,
(Jellybean, babyfied)
Then a few more for some really sweet friends, most of which are going to be having babies any day now, so their quilts are still a secret.
And also a few I didn't get pictures of before I gave them away. Darn it.
I've quilted all of them, and have been trying my hardest to channel Angela Walters. Do you have her book? It's fantastic. (So is she.) You'll love it. Get it.
I've sewn eight baby quilts in the past month alone.
That's a lot of baby quilts.
(instagrammed- @croskelley)
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But when you get to see a sweet brand new baby all wrapped up in it, all that hard work is totally worth it.
(instagrammed)
Mostly I just hope that if I give someone a baby quilt they'll let me hold their new baby a lot. Tricky huh.
And guess what? It works. :-)
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