We're barely into the novel year, in addition to I tin post away tell I cause got the showtime finished quilt top nether my belt. With the non insignificant aid of my furry furriend, the borders were sewn on yesterday, in addition to It's Raining Cats in addition to Dogs has taken its house on the quilts-to-be-sandwiched pile.
Smitty was at the gear upwards to help. He was a piddling worried nearly all the woofies on the quilt, but gave his purrmission for me to continue.
The outer edge stuff was much to his liking, in addition to he helped me concur the stuff downwards piece I cutting the strips.
Oh, were yous wanting me to move? I'm quite comfurtable but sitting here.
Convincing him that he was, um, weighing downwards the process, I was able to deed along to sewing the outer border. Here are my ii borders.
No stuff was purchased for this quilt. It was made solely from scraps in addition to yardage inward my stash. I had ii fabrics to direct from for the inner border. The i I chose was on the recommendation of the Resident Engineer. When it was all finished, I set it out on the flooring for its picture.
Wait...is at that spot a catnip dispensary on this quilt?
Thanks! Don't heed if I do!
There was plenty yardage of this greyish polka dot to role for the back, in addition to then I cutting in addition to sewed the i long seam I needed to complete that off. I'll role the same aqua-green for the binding, in addition to those strips cause got been cut. It's a practiced feeling making a whole large quilt without purchasing whatever stuff at all. It finishes upwards at 55 x 62 inches.
While I was making the back, Smitty tested out the newly plumped quilts-to-be-quilted pile. He's similar the Prince in addition to the Pea, in addition to he works life this pile much to his liking.
Keeping amongst my novel twelvemonth decision to larn dorsum to walking, Mike in addition to I got out betwixt raindrops yesterday. We passed yesteryear this conifer. It had these tiny clusters of pino cones. Each cone was nearly the size of the caput of a pin.
We walked to the same spot Matthew in addition to I walked a few days ago. It's ever a dissimilar landscape from that advantage point.
I moved a piddling to the left then that I could run across around the tree. From there, it looked similar this.
Nothing much is blooming this fourth dimension of the year, but these piddling paper-thin weeds reminded me of Japanese lanterns. They flashed inward the blowing breeze.
Also this tree swing.
And these horses grazing amid the trees at a Christmas tree farm.
This fruit was demonstrating the saying that the apple tree never falls rattling far from the tree.
I'm working away at my cross-stitch piece. It's actually non cross-stitch, although it's worked on cross-stitch canvass in addition to it contains some cross-stitch. Mainly, it's backstitch. That's non a complaint...just an observation.
H5N1 severe weather condition warning came across my telephone yesterday.
The current of air did choice upwards nearly the fourth dimension nosotros went to bed, but it didn't maintain us awake, in addition to nosotros didn't lose power. I'm aware of some downed trees in addition to others of our neighbors inward the valley did lose power. We got lucky this fourth dimension around.
Today I'll last working on my reds inward diverse shapes. I'm participating inward the Tiny Tuesday blocks over at Soscrappy, in addition to I'll larn a start out on at to the lowest degree i of the ii Rainbow Scrap projects I'm making this year. It could last a twenty-four hr menstruation that includes lots of blocks.