New quilt and graduation

 I have started a new quilt to give to a favorite student from the school where I had worked.  She was a dear and so much help throughout her high school  years. 

This is a quilt design from Coriander Quilts ( who is from Ohio, my home state). Here is one of the 20 blocks I will need to make.

Here it is surrounded by the lattice on three sides.  I have to make many, many of these.

Added will be a flower in each corner. 

I love these lucious fat quarters from the Springbrook line and each fabric will make one block. 

Such soft springy fabrics and a great assortment of prints!

Here is the pattern; I ordered the whole kit of fat quarters, pattern, background, border and binding. 

Last weekend was my daughter's college graduation from University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee with a degree in International Studies.  She had done 2 overseas trips and was studying Arabic. 

But now she will just hope to return to her marketing work. 

We are so proud of her as it has been many years since she has started to work full time,

Given her long haul Covid recovery and unemployment, it was a great way for her to take one semester and finish up. She took 6 courses and did very well. 

Here are the flamingos out to celebrate her day as we hosted a BBQ gathering for her friends. 

We did not attend the graduation as it was virtual. 

Here she is with the chocolate raspberry cake. Yum!

Another project: finished sewing 400 of these quarter square triangles or hour glass blocks. 

These are stacks of 10 and just need to be trimmed for the Temecula sew along. Made it on time. 

And I couldn't help but include a photo of my grands. We are counting down the days to see them again. And then after a vacation together, we will have them for 2 weeks. CAN'T WAIT!