A new duffel bag for my daughter.

I love when my daughters ask me to make things for them.

Last week, my eldest asked if I could make her a new swimming bag. 

I made both my girls duffel bags for swimming about three years ago.  This is the one I made my eldest - when it was brand new.

Since she swims almost every day, this bag has had a lot of use and now looks very well worn.

So - only to happy to oblige, I got out my fabric for her to choose what she wanted and whipped up this new one for her!

2 Handles

Plus a shoulder strap

The inside is fully waterproof fabric, important for soggy towels and togs! Plus there's one zipped pocket too.

The duffel bags are made using my free 

Personalised Duffel Bag Pattern

The pattern covers 4 sizes as shown in the picture above.

The swimming bag I made for my daughter was a slightly different size - the measurements for that can be found here.

I also have over 100 other free sewing tutorials available for all levels of sewing ability and to make all kinds of different things.

You can browse them all here.

I shall be linking this post to many of the fabulous linky parties whose pretty buttons and direct links can be found on my linky party page.

Weel 27 (Mon-Tues)

Monday, February 29th, 2016-
Tuesday, March 1st, 2016

STANDARDS:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1
  Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  Student Friendly Translation: I can use the text in a story to support my analysis of the story and to draw inferences.
  Puedo utilizar el texto en una historia para apoyar mi análisis de la historia y para sacar conclusiones .

OBJECTIVE:

Students will be able to...

• Understand sensory and imagery used in Hatchet Chapter 4 
• Entender sensorial y las imágenes utilizados en Hatchet Capítulo 4

DO NOW: (5-10 minutes)

Daily Dose of Grammar

Using sensory detail and the 5 senses, describe your favorite food. 

Things Needed for Today:

• ELA Notebook
• Pencil & Eraser

Please come in quietly, sit at your assigned seat, take out appropriate supplies, write in agenda, place homework and all other old assignments on your desk. Then begin working on your Do Now with the date on top. 

• Whole Group:
1. Collect Homework/Stamp Agendas
2. Review Do Now
3. Go Over Agenda & Explain Homework
4. Chapter 6 Pop Quiz 
5. Correct Pop Quiz/Vocabulary
6. Chapter 6 Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions:

1. Brian chose to locate his shelter close to the lake. Explain his reasoning.
2. Brian was so used to the ready availability of food that he was not prepared to seek it in the wilderness. What did he finally do?
3. Whom did Brian blame for his predicament? Evaluate his thinking.

Independent Station

1. Achieve3000

• STEP 1:
• Achieve3000   https://www.teenbiz3000.com/index
• Readings: Two Brother Give Back
1. Plug in your headphones
2. Log in to teenbiz3000.com in a NEW TAB
(Username= ZScaler WITHOUT @alliance.lan password = ZScaler password)
3. Complete the Before Reading Poll
4. Read & Listen to the VOCABULARY
5. Read the ARTICLE. (You MUST listen to the article as you read!)
6. After each paragraph, STOP and fill in at least 1 sentence in the SUMMARIZE box.
7. When you do the ACTIVITY, refer back to the article for answers by opening it in a new tab.
8. Write the title and your 1st-try score on your self-monitoring scoresheet.
9. Complete the After Reading Poll
10. On the Thought Question, click on "Include in Your Answer" so you can score a 3 or above.
*** RECORD YOUR 1st TRY SCORE ON YOUR ACHIEVE 3000 TRACKER***

STEP 2:

•  Just Cross The Finished Line?
• Write HW in agenda and leave it out for Ms. Trang to be stamped
• Complete HW below
• Free Rice www.freerice.com
• Complete any Achieve 3000 articles that you need to finish completing
• Read your Stop, Drop, and Read Book 

1st DIRECT STATION: 

• Recap Ch.5 & 6
• Sensory Worksheet continued
• Vocabulary

• 2nd DIRECT STATION:

• Recap Ch. 5 & 6
• Sensory Worksheet continued
• Vocabulary

• Daily Writing Prompts (DWP)
• 5 FULL sentences (spelling & grammar counts!) 
• Title it 
• February 29 (Only Periods 1, 3, 5)
Today is Leap year and February 29 only happens every 4 year. Write about somethings special you plan to do that you will remember for the next 4 years.

• March 1 (Only Periods 2,6)
      Today is peanut butter loving day. Chunky or smooth? With or without jelly? How do you  like your peanut butter, if you like it at all? In a few sentences, describe the experience of eating peanut butter without an accompanying drink. If you have never tasted peanut butter, then instead describe the experience of eating saltines without the benefit of a drink.

• Chapter 5 & 6 Vocabulary (Test on Wednesday!) 

1. Amphibious
2. Asset
3. Blister
4. Device
5. Diminish
6. Frantic
7. Glacial
8. Interlaced
9. Jumble
10. Ledge
11. Pitiful
12. Pulverize
13. Twinge
14. Viciously 

• REMINDER: 

Pennies for Patients

Star Student: 15 lucky students will be selected for Thinking & Acting Responsibly and be awarded with a Free Dress band! 

Monday Motivation...

Enjoy every moment...

They go by too fast!!

Saturday I was at home, sitting on reserve, diligently doing my homework when scheduling called. A six-day trip.  It was time to fly!  So... my work week is a deadhead to Minneapolis yesterday (photo on arrival), followed by a flight to Honolulu today with a 48-hour layover. Then I will fly back to Minneapolis and catch the first flight home to Seattle. Everyone should have a job this wonderful.  For now, I'm trying to get my homework complete so I can print and edit poolside.

For now... 

Enjoy the journey! 

XOX Karlene 

And remember to read... 

Flight For Control

Flight For Safety and

Flight For Survival!

Flight To Success Be the Captain of Your Life

I Am Awesome, The ABCs of being me!  

A Round Tuit 299

Hello and welcome to another week at Creating my way to Success.
It was our wedding anniversary yesterday so we celebrated with a nice long trail run in the morning, an afternoon at a local swimming hole with our girls - and a bottle of bubbly in the evening! Such a lovely day.

Time to see what everyone else has been up to this past week!

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Welcome to this week's linky party. A place where you can link up your posts and creations, and be inspired by others.

Tuits are very hard to come by, especially the round ones. For years people have been saying, "I'll do it as soon as I get a round tuit". Well now you can have one of your very own, and all those jobs that have needed doing will finally get done!

<center><a href="http://jembellish.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20Round%20Tuit"><img border="”0”" src="http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac329/jembellish/Blog%20buttons/ARoundTuit.jpg" /></a><center></center></center>   Here's my favourites from last week's party: First of all, these brilliant Crochet Puzzle Balls from Creative Chaos Art.

Next, how to make these gorgeous 
Ribbon Weaved Pillow-Cushions from Creative Khadija.

Finally, this pretty 
Scrap Fabric Lily Plate and Bowl from Behind the Seams Sewing.

For those featured, feel free to grab a 'featured on' button here.

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Now it's your turn:

Link up your own projects - old or new - no rules - just share your creativity and inspiration!

I'd love if you grabbed the button - then you can have your very own Round Tuit!

And of course we all love visitors and comments so do visit some of the other links!

By linking up here you're giving me permission to use photos from your post in features here on my blog.

I will feature my favourites on this post next week.

Spicy Vegetable Bread

Here's another savoury recipe that is great for a lunch box snack.

Ingredients

115 g (4 oz) wholemeal plain flour

115 g (4 oz) plain flour

1.5 tsp baking powder

0.25 tsp salt

60 g (2 oz) butter

115 g (4 oz) grated zucchini

90 g (3 oz) grated carrot

1 tblsp chopped fresh rosemary

70 g (2.5 oz) grated Parmesan

1 egg

3 tblsp mayonnaise

3 tblsp Worcestershire sauce

1 tblsp sesame seeds

Preheat oven to 190 C (375F), Gas No 5.

Mix flours, baking power and salt together and rub in the butter.

Add zucchini, carrot, rosemary and 3/4 of parmesan.

Beat together the egg, mayonnaise and Worcestershire sauce.

Pour into the dry ingredients. Mix well.

Spoon into a greased and lined 1 kg (2 lb) loaf tin. Smooth the surface level.

Sprinkle with remaining parmesan and sesame seeds.

Bake for 40-45 minutes, bread should be still moist.

Best served warm.

This bread is so tasty - crisp on the outside and soft and moist on the inside!

If you liked this recipe, see what other recipes I have shared here.

I shall be linking this post to many of the fabulous linky parties whose pretty buttons and direct links can be found on my linky party page.

Saturday Spotlight - Margartas and St Patrick's Day ideas

Happy Saturday!

It's time for some fabulous features from this week's linky party.

First of all there were some great ideas for  Margaritas this week!

Classic Party Margaritas from A Dish of Daily Life, Classic Margarita on the Rocks from Ramblings of a Bad Domestic Goddess, Blood Orange Jalapeno Margarita from Unusually Lovely and Margarita Dip with Salted Pretzels from Take Two Tapas.

And plenty of inspiration for the upcoming St Patrick's Day celebrations.

Cute Shamrock Magnet from Plastic Canvas Designs, St Patrick's Day Shadow Box from Oh My Creative!, Felt Leprechaun Craft from Growing up Gabel and St Patrick's Day Floats from Home Cooking Memories.

I hope you enjoyed this week's features and that you have a wonderful weekend!