Monkey Wreath

 A slight departure from the original Stonefield pattern...instead of an appliqué floral motif, I inset a circle with a monkey blowing a horn. I did stack the leaf shapes although I did have a few ounces of regret about half way around the circle.

I also made a fourth butterfly after Buddy asked for his toys back. And I know that statement is ridiculous because Buddy just takes whatever he wants for a toy and runs off with it. 

Here's Buddy asking me to forgive him for being relentlessly naughty. Again, that statement is ridiculous because Buddy thinks he's misunderstood, not naughty and Buddy has never used the word relentlessly in his life. 

And here's a photo of my cat.

Buddy's Butterfly

After Molly was so helpful in choosing fabrics for the third butterfly, I asked Buddy to design one. My biggest objection to his block is that one of the mice was very wet. Also, there were supposed to be 4 treats, one in each corner. Buddy said they were too distracting and took the focus away from the butterfly. Of course the treats weren't visually distracting, it was the smell and taste that got the better of him. 

Butterfly Three

 Here is the third (out of four) butterfly for the Stonefield quilt. Molly designed this butterfly.

She named it Parakeet Massacre. 

Butterfly Too

 I made a second butterfly (two more to go). I made it out of hot psychedelic colors but realized that the colors were too bright for the quilt. So I took it outside into the Portland drizzle, and now I think it will blend in.

A Penguin

Molly was in my lap again, purring and kneading, and she said she is very attached. So a confession. But for whom is she an attaché? I went back to reading Mick Herron's collection of Slow Horses novellas Standing By the Wall. But today I was more careful and saved some time for sewing...although I may not have been paying enough attention because some how or another I made a new Dear Jane Alternate Universe block instead of a Stonefield butterfly (drunk or otherwise). 

Dear Jane Alternate Universe blocks are 5 inches unfinished.

Deception

Yesterday she was the postal inspector, and now suddenly she inspects laps. Admittedly Molly spends a lot of time in my lap, but this time under some slight interrogation, she turned coy.  Her cover as an inspector is blown, and I am certain that she has me under surveillance, but for whom?

Meanwhile, I did manage to make one of the four butterfly blocks for the Stonefields quilt by Susan Smith. I tend to sew with my nose too close to the work, so I didn't see that the butterfly's body had taken a drastic tilt until I was finished. I may fix it one day, but not today.

Postal Supervisor

To help develop the layout of the postage stamp blocks on the design wall, I sorted them by the color of the dominant corner color. I was pretty happy with how it was going until the Postal Inspector showed up. I'm not sure whether the Postal Inspector didn't like my methodology or how I stacked the blocks, but don't expect delivery by Christmas.