On Belay!

Yay, a WIP Wednesday post actually accomplished before 9pm Wednesday night! Things around here have been pretty busy -- this week was focused on my oldest son's birthday party. I am notorious for leaving the planning of these things to the last minute, but even so, this year we were fortunate enough to be able to book a rock climbing party at a local community centre. It turned out to be lots of fun for the kids, and relatively stress-free for me, so win-win :)

Here's the birthday boy, at the top of the wall.

And the siblings:

Everybody had a great time. For the goody bags, I stitched up some little backpacks based on this simple drawstring backpack tutorial.

We filled them with rock candy, pop rocks, "rock star" pencils, caribiner clips, trail mix ... see the theme? I tried to make the backpacks out of the stash: I already had the Ikea fabric, but I did end up buying the toggle clips to cinch the top of the bag closed, and the nylon ribbon for the straps, all in all though, not that much money, and there were only nine kids (and three of them were mine!) so it was pretty reasonable, and they got something that might have a bit of useful life beyond the party. Do you usually give out goody bags at birthday parties? It doesn't even seem to be a choice anymore - it is entirely expected around these parts.

Other than that, I have been plugging away at T-Hex. See? Last week:

This week:

This is approximately 1/4 of the finished size - I think this width is good for a throw quilt, and then the length will be about four times this. I plan to add a neutral border, maybe a grey, to make it a tiny bit larger.

I'm linking up with WIP Wednesday, and the Lets Get Acquainted Monday Linkup and I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone has been working in this week!

The Lets Get Acquainted blog hop is hopping into its last few weeks, here are the recent and upcoming blog posts:

Oct 2

Martha from Weekend Doings

Melissa from Sew Bittersweet Designs

Oct 4

Catherine from My Life in Binding

Patricia from Quilting Lines

Oct 9

Amy from Sew Incredibly Crazy

Foster from Foster Reviews It

Oct 11

Chrissie from madebyChrissieD

Marit from Sew, love, live

Oct 16

Vicki from Quilting Lodge Blog

Liz from Dandelion Daydreams

Oct 18

Melissa from issa.ino: handmade

Julie from The Crafty Quilter

Oct 23

Tracey from The Peony Teacup

Megan from City Stitches

Oct 25

Kerstin from Sunset Sewing

Jenniffier from Jenniffier's Sometimes Creative Life

Oct 30

Shena from Apple Pie Patchwork

Janice from better off thread

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