More Wonder Wallets

I seem to be famous for making Wonder Wallets.  I have made some for Lynda and someone she knows has seen hers and asked me to make her some.  It was Lynda's birthday last week so I thought I would make her a new one.

Lynda likes roosters and I had some fabric that she had purchased a while ago.

The other 3 are for her friend.

Peggy

Busy, Busy Reunion and Graduation

I haven't blogged for awhile because sometimes life gets in the way.  I am working on a few quilts right now, one is a teddy bear quilt and the other is for my newest great niece, Cora.  I will post them when they are finished.

I went to my 50th Nursing Reunion the beginning of the month and had a wonderful time seeing all my old roommates.  When I was in training we lived in residence so we were all roommates.  We laughed together and cried together.  We celebrated successes and vowed to do better when we had a failure.  There were 75 of us that graduated and 44 showed up at the Alumni dinner where our 50 years was celebrated.

These are the lovely gals that were seated at my table.  We sure don't look like we graduated 50 years ago, we must have all entered nursing when we were 14 years old.  At least that would be nice to think that it was so. Everyone loved the Wonder Wallets that I had made and blogged about in a previous post.  I'm so glad I made them, it will be a nice keepsake for our 50th.

The group of 44

I spent a week in Toronto with my classmate Joanne and had a very relaxing time.  We went out for lunch with Pierina and Mila on Wednesday and then we went to visit Andra and the twins on Thursday and I gave her the quilts I had made for them.  We picked up pizza on the way to Oshawa so that we could grab a quick bite and then we went to watch Dylan play soccer.  The twins are only 4 1/2 so it was great fun to watch them run around chasing the ball and see Dylan trying to score.

One of my classmates and a real good friend, Bonnie, couldn't make it to the reunion because she had to be admitted to hospital.  She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at least 7 years ago and has been through chemo and radiation and is now suffering from blockages in her abdomen from the tumors that keep growing.  The best part was that Tom, Joanne's husband, drove us to Collingwood so that we could have a visit with her in the hospital.  It was so nice to see her.  She looked great but tired easily so we only spent an hour or so with her.  

As soon as I got back from Toronto it was graduation for my grand-daughter Breanne.  That was a full day affair with Mass in the morning at the Cathedral which was followed by a luncheon and then the ceremony at night at the Community Auditorium.

This past week I have been planting my flowers in between the cold weather and the rain drops.  Such fun.  The only thing that rain is good for is to spend the time indoors sewing so that is what I am going to do tomorrow so I can get these two quilts finished.

Peggy

Nursing Reunion

Every 5 years my nursing class holds a reunion.  I have been lucky enough to be able to attend the last 3 or 4 of them and this year is a very special one.  It was in 1964 that 75 nurses graduated from St Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Toronto Canada.  I was one of those nurses.  Fifty years is a long time.  I spent a number of years in the nursing profession and even taught student nurses for some of those years.  As my children were getting older, I decided that I should stay home and look after them.  I thought that they needed to have their mother at home even if they felt they were getting old enough to be on their own.  

We average about 40 classmates at these reunions which means about half of the class get together for 3 days of reminiscing and fun.  Since this is our 50th reunion the Alumni honour us with a Dinner on Friday night and then we will get together with our classmates on Saturday and Sunday at a Hotel downtown.

At the last reunion I made luggage tags for all those that attended and this year I made "Wonder Wallets" from Lazy Girl Designs.  I was going to make them in assorted colours but one of my friends suggested I try to find nurse fabric.  I found some in a small town on the north shore of Lake Superior called Beaver Bay.  I needed more so I ordered it on line from Loralie Designs.

I made 48 Wonder Wallets for my classmates.

I had some of the blue fabric left over so I made myself a few new luggage tags in honour of my 50th reunion.  

Two new luggage tags.

I also put one of the small business cards in each of the wallets as a remembrance of the occasion.

I will be leaving next Tuesday for Toronto, hopefully I will be able to blog and post a few pictures of all the fun and shenanigans.

Peggy