Thursday, March 7, 2024

Bureaucracy


 I will try and not let this post melt down into a tirade, but I may not have been very welcoming when my machine quilting of the seahorse quilt was interrupted by Buddy announcing he is my new supervisor.  Since when does the cat who puts gashes in quilts gets to supervise and inspect the quilting process?


And why so I need two supervisors? Admittedly, this inspector has her paws carefully tucked in...pretending that "The Destroyer" isn't her middle name.


And given all these inspectors and supervisors, why am I just now seeing that two of the seahorses are made from the same fabric (see top left corner and bottom right corner in photo)?

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Orange You Happy to See Signs of Spring?


 And the winner of the March fabric giveaway is Sue Swank who said: Kitty is pointing to the orange.


Saturday, March 2, 2024

Criminal Investigation


Hopefully yesterday's photo display of Buddy proved conclusively that Buddy is the "gash in quilt" perpetrator.

And now you know who looks for the evidence. Unfortunately, Molly waits until I'm machine quilting to conduct her investigation.

Friday, March 1, 2024

March 1: Fabric Giveaway


 It's the first of the month and time for a fabric giveaway. Buddy, who would never put a gash in fabric or a quilt top, will be the eye candy while I explain the blah, blah, blah...


To participate in the giveaway, just leave a comment (and email address if you are a no-reply blogger) telling me what fabric you would like. Buddy suggests pink for those who feel between Valentine's and spring.


Or maybe you would like some naughty fabric that just needs a couple of swift kicks.


Or maybe you're ready for summer and want some bright hot colors. 


We reserve the right to disqualify anyone who requests brown. And unfortunately, due to the high cost of international shipping we are limiting the giveaway to the USA.


Thursday, February 29, 2024

Next Round


 Progress on the Tula Nova quilt has slowed to a crawl. The next shape is a compound star, five triangles around a pentagon. I couldn't resist making two of the stars using a different circus animal fabric (although they may just be animals at a birthday party where they were forced to wear jaunty hats). 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Bad Buddy

I am spending most of my time quilting the spools quilt...I used to call them microspools until I saw the work of folks who really do micro piecing. These finish at a relatively large 1.5 inches. And as I was quilting it I found a spool that had a Buddy gash. 

Happily, I found a hunk of the original fabric in the bin of brown scraps.

I extracted the gashed piece.

Then I stitched in the replacement piece by hand. Although it's fixed, Buddy is still in the dog house...where he will stay until his next bout of bad behavior. Then I will take him out of the dog house so I can put him in again.

And here's an early warning that the March fabric giveaway will be posted on March 1...where you can have a chance to win fabric without Buddy gashes.

 

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Hexies


 Here's a handful of hexies. For a layout, I am thinking of having black surrounded by white (and/or vice versa) with bright colors winding around. But color organization of the brights will help a lot. Keeping this in mind, I am keeping a eye out for white and black fabrics in my stash with animal images because I tend to overlook them.

I was asked about a lizard pattern and I thought alligator...a few days ago I remembered the chameleons. I never made a tutorial for this pattern, because despite varying opinions, I'm not crazy. I did show my cheat sheets for piecing the block here. The finished quilt is here.