I started this Frankenbag back in November to be a gift for a co-worker that I hired back in 2013 and worked with ever since. She had taken a job with a large internationally known non-profit organization and was leaving mid November.
I had all the pieces stuck to my portable design wall since November. We had a time set aside for happy hour last evening so I decided to take advantage of our wet weather last weekend to finish it up.
I made this from my Frankenbag Tutorial.
Here are some close up photos of this bag.
I gave it to her yesterday and she loves it! She is a frequent traveler and thought it would be perfect for that purpose.
I was really happy with how it turned out. She loved the fabrics. Said they reminded her of a night sky!
Once I got all my diagonal black and white blocks up on the design wall I realized that I had quite a few blocks left over. So I decided to continue with my original plan with these blocks. So I finished them up to make an Algorithm quilt. Just the blocks would make a small quilt, so I ordered 1.5 yards of the strip fabric so I can add a substantial border to bring this up to a good size. I didn’t want to make more blocks.
Here’s all the bocks for reference.
I’ll do more tweaking of these blocks before I declare it ready for final assembly.
Rico and Bruno have continued to play raucously on a daily basis. I’m so happy to Rico adapting and realizing how much fun puppies are!
Here they are running out at the sheep coop on. Saturday. This is the first time they’ve run together like this. It’s a very common border collie activity and so much fun to see! Poor Rico finally gave in… against his will and better judgment.
A very special order arrived yesterday. Bruno is very excited because he LOOOOOOVES this!!!
It’s good in dog training to have high value treats that the dog loves more than other things. And now I can rest assured that I have stock on hand in case of puppy emergency.
Bruno is sprouting some ridiculously long legs! And his ears are trying to keep up! He will be in the awkward and goofy stage soon.
My knee is feeling so much better! I played pickleball this morning for the first time in 2.5 weeks. My knee isn’t back to normal yet but it held up quite well. I felt a little limited in my mobility and agility, but my shots were really good! It felt so good to be out here moving my body again.
I also took the boys for a walk this afternoon. I felt the urge to get out and take advantage of the dry weather.
Tomorrow morning is my last sheep herding lesson before lambing season begins. I’ll be spending some time with my trainer during lambing season. It will be nice to do it at my leisure rather than having to schedule time off! It’s very possible I’ll see lambs tomorrow morning!
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