Quilty, Color Inspiration and a Bit of Unexpected Free Time

I ended up with some unexpected free time today because the race this afternoon was canceled. As we were driving over to the park we noticed the beautiful but dangerous lightening and hail. I am faced with the choice of cleaning that pesty bathroom upstairs or maybe sneaking in a bit of sewing. I have not had a chance to do fun sewing for a while. I checked my blogs and found a wee bit of inspiration over at Simply Robin Blog. Here's some of her stuff from Flickr.


1. Untitled, 2. Quiltlet #3, 3. Quiltlet #2, 4. Quiltlet #7, 5. Quiltlet #9, 6. Quiltlet #10, 7. Quiltlet #11, 8. Quiltlet #13, 9. Quiltlet #14, 10. Quiltlet #15, 11. Quiltlet #6, 12. Quiltlet #5, 13. Quiltlet #4, 14. Quiltlet #17, 15. Quiltlet #16, 16. Quiltlet #19

You can also visit her new blog over at Robin Ferrier.

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Monday evening I had the pleasure of taking Ethan to his PreProm Dinner Etiquette Party that took place at the Boulder Country Club.

We arrived at 6:00 and I went in with Ethan in the hopes that I might be able to watch the class. However, we found that there was a greeting party and table assignments. I bid Ethan a good night and headed off to find somewhere to hang out for about three hours. I arrived just before the party was over and able to watch my boy in action. I was struck by how different the high school group was from Ellie's middle school group. They were clearly less sky and had a different, fun kind of energy.

The evening began with an elegant, simple salad. This was followed by a palette cleansing bit of sorbet that had been decorated with a bit of orange rind and a sprig mint and another of parsley. The kids at the table really enjoyed each other's company. Before the next course came they had a chance to get up and dance a little. The main course was a breaded chicken with a sauce on top of mashed potatoes, with a side of yellow and green peas. Ethan thought this was a wonderful dish, much more tasty than he had expected. There was more dancing, which was rounded out with a dessert of decorated fruit and custard tarts. Some of the students won prizes and everyone enjoyed more dancing. It was fun to see how energetically he dances. Many of the girls were wearing long gowns and had fancy hair dos. The other looked equally lovely. Ethan thought that his was the best table there. The organizers seemed to have done a wonderful job of planning the seating arrangements. With just one class to go, Ethan hopes that next week he will remember to ask some of the people for their phone numbers so they can continue the friendships they have begun.