It's been raining difficult non-stop since yesterday. The forecast was for 3 inches of pelting over 2 days. Yikes. It's skilful to alive on a hill. It was a skilful 24-hour interval for sewing yesterday, together with that's pretty much the destination of what was accomplished. First, I tidied upwardly my floss bobbins amongst my starting fourth dimension on the latest of the Friendship's Garden blocks.
Yesterday I was only using upwardly the bits of leftover floss. This morning, I'll instruct going on it inward earnest amongst whole lengths of floss.
There was a piffling fighting of housekeeping wedged into the infinite betwixt manus together with machine sewing. Back inward the sewing room, I continued on making the background quilt for the Alley Cats Quilt Guild, starting amongst the 3 strips on the left together with correct sides.
Then I finished off amongst 3 borders all around.
Now it's gear upwardly for the appliqued cats, hearts, together with stars. I spent to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension sorting through my push tin looking for buttons appropriate for the cats' eyes. Here's how the quilt volition look. The icon below is from the encompass of the pattern. Each tuxedo truthful cat likewise has a piffling neckband together with a nose. These cats convey noses inward diverse shades of red.
I selected to a greater extent than or less pinkish for mine since everyone knows that to a greater extent than or less kitties convey pinkish noses.
Yesterday's post service contained a mystery package. I live on tracked downwardly the sender to my friend Debi from high schoolhouse who lives inward southern California. The metropolis on the supply address gave her away, although I did convey to intend close who I knew nonetheless living there. Debi sent a beautiful truthful cat panel. The icon below doesn't create jurist to the beautiful colors inward this panel. There are to a greater extent than or less aureate metallic element accents.
Also, to a greater extent than or less nighttime chocolate bounding main common salt caramels. Yum! I exclusively ate 2 together with and then wished for more. These volition live hence skilful amongst my afternoon loving cup of espresso.
Thank you, Debi, my honey friend. Who knew we'd always instruct hence sometime when nosotros were inward high school? I certain didn't.
And since this piffling truthful cat has been making herself scarce inward the Clubhouse during all this rain, I figured you lot would live Jonesing for a painting exhibit of Miss Sadie. When I left her to come upwardly upstairs to write this post, she looked similar this. Pretty darned cozy for a truthful cat who used to alive outdoors...with a litter of kittens. I'm hence happy she has a furever abode now.
I'm hoping to instruct a starting fourth dimension on the Alley Cat appliques today, but it's going to live a busy day. I'm heading out early on (for me) to run a distich of errands earlier getting my pilus permed. And you know I loathe getting my pilus permed, but I love the perm. It's the exclusively affair that gives my fine demand pilus to a greater extent than or less life. It'll live good later noon yesteryear the fourth dimension I instruct home, hence I'm non certain how much I tin move instruct accomplished inward the fourth dimension left inward the day. We shall see, won't we? Fortunately, I convey to a greater extent than or less leftovers to warm upwardly for dinner, together with that volition salve me to a greater extent than or less time.
What are the balance of you lot doing on this one-week-before-Christmas Tuesday?