Pattye Duffner's Blog

Happy Birthday Braeden!

Braeden turned 5 today and for the 3^rd year in a row he did not want to change to the next age…  Last year on his birthday it was a sore subject to say he was turning 4 and this year he is feeling the same way.  He wants to not turn 5!  This just makes me smile, this is so Braeden.  I tell him that is fine he can be any age he wants.  No one is making him grow up.  I am glad he has his very own opinion on what he wants… 

 

His birthday party was a blast.  The book theme went as planned.  The only issues were that I had a house full of sick kids the week before and I was not up for any last minute planning so I am glad I had done what I had before.  I turned target t-shirts into "brown bear brown bear" iron on shirts.  Party hats were made out of old books.  The food was all the food in the book "Very Hungry Caterpillar".  Read books.  Made bookmarks.  We played musical chairs, hot potato, pin the hat on the cat, and had a piñata…  I found these book bags and the decorations that I did not make from Highsmith, a library resource on-line.   Breaden loved it and so did I.  Happy birthday baby Braeden, I love you.   

 

Leprechaun Trap

For 1^st grade at our school the kids have to come up with a leprechaun trap… the teacher makes it so much fun for them on this day.  Here is what Quinn cam up with.  Lucky Charms always trap leprechaun’s right?

 

Pink Friday

 

With all of the state budgets our district is in jeopardy of loosing some teachers either to pink slips or transfers.  We love our school and cannot say enough about the teachers that make the everyday learning fun!  With all of the state budgets our district is in jeopardy of loosing some teachers either to pink slips or transfers on Friday. Teachers and parents rally in pink to protest job cuts. Jerry and I quickly made these shirts for the kids out of scraps of fabric…. They say “Save The Teachers”.  You can read a great article about it here…

8 Months Old

Rick Rack

I am excited to share with you a new adventure I am doing…  VirtueRadioNetwork.com's on-demand sewing shows RICK RACK.  We are taping new shows every two weeks with easy, sharing simple sewing solutions, tips and projects for the busy woman who loves to sew.  Full instructions and step-by-step are on the web site… This week’s episode is about making a reversible ½ apron.  I even have the instructions on there if you want to make one for your little one.  Get your sewing machines out and come play with me! 

Scrappy Quilt

  This scrappy quilt was defiantly one anyone can do in one day…  I used the extra charm squares (5” x 5”) from baby Davis’ quilt and added some 5” x 14” rectangles to make this pattern.  Being random with whatever scraps I had.  After finishing the center panel I did the border with 3 “ strip of blue and the final border was with anything I had cut into 5” wide.  I backed it with a cream piece and hand sewed on the scattered alphabets.  Ella had a big hand in this quilt; I have officially decided she is ready to join me with the Binky Patrol!  If you do not know what the Binky Patrol is please check it out…