Routine Chaos

Twenty-one years ago when our son was born the professionals were quite insistent that we would have to keep to a strict routine as people with down syndrome had to have routine.  My thoughts at that time were we would just need to develop a new normalcy for the family as anyone with a new baby would.  We would also establish chaos as the routine in the household! Today, chaos is still the basic routine with adaptations made to accommodate each individual in the family.

Will was born a week before Thanksgiving, so he's always been my Thanksgiving baby.  This year due to an aging dog, we were unable to leave town for the usual family gathering.  We had a quick simple Thanksgiving dinner, but with all the trimmings.

The rest of the day I split between the sewing room and family room keeping the dog company.  This morning I finished the top to "Routine Chaos"

When I originally cut up my 3" scraps for "Cacophony" I also cut 2" squares from the smaller scraps.  Then I used the 2" scraps as leaders and enders while working on "Cacophony".  By the time I was finished with it, I had nearly finished with sewing the 4 x 4 blocks. I have to add that on occasion I just sat down and worked on the 2" squares when I had a few minutes.  Over the weeks, I toyed with ways to put the squares all together and decided that I liked the idea of the squares turned on point, but didn't want all of them.  I also thought about rows of diamonds and rows of squares, in the end I went with alternating the diamonds and squares. 

So, here is "Routine Chaos" a tribute to my Thanksgiving baby, beauty in the unexpected.