Creative Every Day = Every Day Living

It's a short school-week here, so once Mr. David had spent his first day back home (Monday) doing homework, he hot-footed over to Seattle to ski with Dr. Brogan & his family during the following day off. Now he is in the thick of making up tests and assignments.

On Monday, I went fabric shopping. I spent Tuesday pinning quilts (CED). Just so you know, the process begins with the purchase of coordinating flannel and cotton. Then I wash all of the fabric, trim the loose ends and iron each piece. Then I cut the roll of batting into one-yard lengths. I lay out the two pieces of fabric, with batting in the middle, (like a sandwich). Then I pin the blanket-binding around the edges, squaring off each corner. When I have a good-sized batch ready, it's time to sew. I sew all the way around the binding, and tack each quilt about 5 times in the middle (to keep the batting from shifting around). Then I sew on a label that says, "Made with Tender Loving Care by Katie's quilters."

Yesterday, I cleaned house, cooked country-style ribs in the crock-pot & baked an apple-berry crisp (CED) for my in-laws, who joined us for dinner. They wanted to hear about David's trip and see his photos.

David has given me permission to post his photos here (in fact, he suggested it). He seemed to like sightseeing historical places more than he enjoyed the Model U.N. process. It appears that he has learned that he wouldn't want to run for political office one day (not that he thought he would); it just became clear that he found the process of parliamentary procedure a bit convoluted. I wish I could get him to guest-post here, as he has been very funny in telling stories from the trip. I will post his contributions soon.

Today's sunrise was amazing. I took photos (all of these are from this morning!) = CED:

I keep practicing the craft of writing. You can see that I may not be able to post every day, but I try to put some creativity into what I do, every day. A CED connection may not be obvious, but to me, nearly everything has creative potential, if you approach it with an open mind.

I want to make a shout-out here to Suz, who generously sent a gift card to Jo-Ann Fabrics: THANK YOU, SUZ! And to Mary Jo, who sent a box of supplies, along with a finished quilt: THANK YOU, MARY JO! And to Sandy, who made 5 quilts and sent them to me: THANK YOU, SANDY! And to my sister-in-law, Linda, who made 4 quilts and sent them to me: THANK YOU, LINDA! I will put all of this to use for the children who are patients at Seattle Children's Hospital.

If you know anyone who

would like to help,

owns a fabric store or website,

has a connection to a fabric manufacturer (or mass retailer),

sews,

has a stash of cotton fabric and doesn't know what to do with it,

is looking for a charity project,

community to join,

group to support in prayer or

in deed (or both!),

please direct them here, and to Katie's CB page (the link is on my sidebar). I would love to keep this momentum going, and let it "snowball," so that the entire hospital would always have a handmade blanket waiting for every patient. Wouldn't that be awesome? THANK YOU for ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE to support KATIE'S QUILTERS and the CHILDREN at SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL!