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#108.

4.17.12

Chips & Salsa at Qdoba...yum!

#109.
4.18.12
My small group leader brought homemade chocolate chip banana bread for us :)

#110.
4.19.12
I finished my project (the quilt!) and got the rest of my stickers. The chart is super full now!

#111.
4.20.12
The young adults group I've been going to went to play Whirly Ball tonight. So fun!

#112.
4.21.12
Today was Lauren's bridal shower...I finally passed off the quilt

#113.
4.22.12
I got out and played with my new camera today :)

#114.
4.23.12
My grandma gave me a recipe for white chicken chili. It was delicious!

#115.
4.24.12
Beautiful cherry blossoms outside my window.

Wedding Quilt

As most of you know at this point, I have been working on a quilt for my best friend and her fiance. I got the idea to make a quilt in early January. I got out some graph paper, drew a pattern, bought some fabric, cut out some squares, and a few months later, I had a quilt! 

I should mention that this quilt was a surprise and it was so hard to keep it from Lauren and Nick for such a long time! The quilt took me 87 hours over the course of 3 and a half months. Would I do it again? Yes! I will be taking a break this summer, but I plan on making a quilt for myself sometime in the future.

I should give a shout out to my dear friend who helped me troubleshoot along the way. You helped me so much with this quilt, I could not have completed it without you. Thank you so much for all of your time and help!

Here is the quilt as it progressed from paper to Lauren's bridal shower gift...

The (not original) pattern. I had to rework it a few times, but this is the final pattern I used

I got to know these guys a little too well during this project. Many pricked fingers...

The fabrics I chose

First photo of the quilt

It's growing!

At this point, I had to move the couch to the side of the living room just to spread the quilt out on the ground. It is huge! (big enough for a king size bed!)

This (and the next photo) are what Carrie and I like to call the "square game." It's when we would work together to decide what squares should go where. It was actually more difficult than you might think. We had to make sure that the same fabrics were never too close to each other.

Pinning pieces together

The front is complete!

Working on the quilting part of it

A few details

 Finished the binding! I hand sewed around the back of the quilt (yes, it took a while)

It is complete!

A little personal touch on the back

 Wrapped up and ready to go. 

She loved it! 

Lauren and Nick spread the quilt out on his bed and sent me this photo. I love it! It's so cool to see it on the bed after working on it so long.

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Wow, it's been a long time since I uploaded photos!

#96.

4.5.12

Lauren and I went to Ladies Night at Chopstix. I had a rough day at work today and my supervisor told me to go buy a drink. The red one is mine. Jolly Rancher...it's my favorite!

#97.

4.6.12

Dan and I love going to Gas Works park and looking at Seattle at night. I didn't have my camera so it's just a blurry ipod picture, but it was a beautiful night. It's fun to watch the sailboats that are out cruising at night. There was a huge full moon on this night too!

#98.

4.7.12

Dan and I had planned on going kayaking today. It just happened to be one of the nicest days of the year so far!

#99.

4.8.12

Happy Easter! I made lemon blueberry cakes for dessert.

#100

4.9.12

Today was my first official sandal day of the year.

#101.

4.10.12

Bath & Body Works was having a sale. This one smells like sunscreen. I love the smell of sunscreen...it reminds me of summer!

#102.

4.11.12

I was granted permission to have a pet fish in my office! Here is McKinley. He doesn't stay still long enough for me to get a good picture of him. It's a lot of fun having him on my desk!

#103

4.12.12

We were asked to bring flowers to plant at work today. This is what I brought.

#104.

4.13.12

Value Village night! I always love looking through the trinket aisles and seeing what funny things people donate. The sky was beautiful tonight too!

#105.

4.14.12

MEET OLIVER!!!! I bought a new camera today!!! Being that I've been without my Nikon D60 for 3 months now, I am SO excited to have this! It's a Nikon D3100. In addition to taking photos, this little guy shoots HD video. (and yes, I named my camera. the last one was named Trevor haha)

#106.

4.15.12

As I've mentioned a few times, I've been working on a big project for the past 3 months. Carrie promised me that when I finished it, we'd share this bottle of champagne she's had in the fridge. I finished on Sunday and we popped it open! The "project" will be on my next round of photo of the day. Stay tuned...

#107.

4.16.12

Girls game night! I am usually really good at Scattergories...I met my match tonight. Laura, I will beat you one day!

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#92.

4/1/12

Watched this movie today.

#93.

4/2/12

Girls game night...we had the most random finger-food dinner. Crackers, cheese, meat, veggies, fish crackers, pizza rolls, bbq chicken, blueberry muffins, and potstickers...random combo, but we loved it! Haha

#94.

4/3/12

I received this gift last night, but just opened it and saw how cute it was today! The box on the left is handmade and hand stamped inside. The flower is hand made as well. Thanks Laura!

#95.

4/4/12

I went to a Life Group (small group Bible study) tonight. I met with 6 other girls at this Starbucks. Look how sunny it was!

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#85.

3/25/12

I love this movie! Watching it over and over never gets old.

#86.

3/26/12

I ordered this book on Amazon and got it in the mail today. I read it in less than 72 hours...couldn't put it down. It's a hard book to read but really good at the same time. It's an amazing story of how Jaycee has forgiven the man who stole her life and how she is working toward a "normal" life with her girls now. If you want to borrow it, let me know!

#87.

3/27/12

I've been going to a young adult group at Canyon Hills Community Church the last few weeks. The theme tonight was hard questions (HQ). It was a great night!

#88.

3/28/12

Today was the day to celebrate first quarter birthdays at work. Yay for cake!

#89.

3/29/12

Marina and I have an ongoing tic tac toe game at work. She is Xs and it's her turn to go. She is going to win no matter what at this point...dang.

#90.

3/30/12

Dan met my parents tonight and we all played catch phrase for a while. This game is becoming a favorite in our house!

#91.

3/31/12

Stacy and Daniel invited Dan and me to come play at their house with their new Kinnect. It was my first time playing with a Kinnect.....very fun!!!

March is over! I've been successful at this for 3 months...only 9 more to go. 25% done.