After a terrible nighttime of slumber the nighttime before, non much happened yesterday. I left to larn my monthly pedicure, together with and therefore pretty much bagged the balance of my plans for the day. When I got home, I took a prissy long nap. Sadie idea napping was an fantabulous means to pass the day.
There was a picayune fourth dimension left at the halt of the solar daytime to complete off Clementine's pawtrait. I was able to detect the stuff I was looking for, together with complete adding the borders. Just hold off a moment, together with I'll present you lot a moving-picture present of the whole thing. This also shall pass.
There nosotros go. The background stuff is from the quilt dorsum for Wind inwards the Whiskers. The halt border is from to a greater extent than or less heaven stuff for the same quilt, together with the outer border, is the same border fabric. Those McKenna Ryan fabrics are expensive, together with therefore I'm glad to last able to piece of work them.
It ends upward at xv x 14.5 inches. Also, I cutting to a greater extent than or less strips for the binding. You tin run into them on the left side of the epitome below.
This is the stuff I'll piece of work for the back. I bring a fatty quarter of this pocket-size scale print.
Here's a close-up of what it is.
Smitty thinks this makes an fantabulous mat for taking tending of one's purrsonal hygiene.
So, the dorsum stuff is trimmed, but I'll laid it aside for a bit. I've spray-basted the quilt top to a combat of batting, together with today (if I bring time), I'll showtime top-stitching downwards the applique. I do this through the batting, but I'll larn out the quilt dorsum off for the fourth dimension being.
When the top-stitching is finished. I'll do to a greater extent than or less thread-painting to add together inwards details. I'll sew together inwards to a greater extent than or less lines for the whiskers, eyebrows, together with fuzziness for the fur. This is where it stands today.
In catio decorating news, nosotros ordered a wooden ladder for the kitties together with purchased a brusque board to create a catwalk for them. Since they're confined to the catio for the fourth dimension being, nosotros idea it powerfulness assist generate to a greater extent than or less interest. I've seen cats climb ladders many times, together with it seemed similar a means for them to larn to a greater extent than or less to a greater extent than exercise.
The chair is form of taking upward space, together with no 1 sits there, therefore we'll last removing that. We hoped they powerfulness last enticed to climb the ladder together with piece of work the catwalk. But did you lot genuinely mean value they would perform on command? No, of course of teaching not.
Also, they're highly suspicious of all of this. The side yesteryear side affair you lot know, 1 of them volition halt upward inwards a crate for a trip to the vet, together with therefore they're eyeing this ladder work organisation alongside swell suspicion. Looks similar the housekeeper needs to come upward out together with do to a greater extent than or less sweeping up. BTW, the cord in that place side yesteryear side to Sadie plugs inwards during the wintertime together with in that place is a heating pad within the picayune household they tin use.
When I looked out later, I idea I powerfulness detect somebody on the catwalk, but no. Nevertheless, it is odd to run into Sadie occupying what is unremarkably Smitty's throne.
It was a pretty sunrise this morning. We got over one-half an inch of pelting yesterday. We're expecting dry out weather condition today, but a picayune to a greater extent than pelting on Monday.
This morning time I bring to become to court. Yes, that's right. I've sinned. Our neighboring picayune town of Sherwood has to a greater extent than or less snazzy novel photo-radar speed traps laid up, together with who knew? Well, non me, because I got caught. I would never run a ruddy lite intentionally, but I'll acknowledge to driving faster than the speed limit...regularly...and therefore it's in all likelihood but desserts that I got caught. And I'll grant the town of Sherwood its due because it's caused me to piece of cake downwards inwards that department of highway that runs through their high-density-policing pocket-size town. Now, I laid my cruise command to avoid whatever hereafter entrapment. Hopefully, showing upward inwards courtroom volition larn me a reduced fine.
When that's over together with I've said my mea culpa, I bring to a greater extent than or less errands to run. Back home, I'm trying a duet of novel recipes. If there's even therefore fourth dimension left inwards the day, I'll larn dorsum to working on Clementine. Either way, I should bring her finished earlier the weekend is over.