If you've heard the phrase "there are many ways to skin a cat" you would understand my horror when I opened up this box of cat skins. Then I remembered that Fabric.com had had a sale on Kaffe Fassett fabrics and I realized these had the potential to become cats, not the other way around.

Meanwhile, Tommy was pretty full of himself after reading an admirer's comment. In appreciation, Tommy would like to share the secret of his longevity: unconditional love.

The kind you get from your fur pillow.

This is Tommy in his younger years. He's going to turn 18 this week and suggested that we participate in Vicki W.'s giveaway to celebrate. Tommy wants to give away a kitten and has already ordered the bubble wrap and extra staples. I suggested that we cushion the kitten in fabric and then forget to include the kitten. I'm thinking of 18 fat quarters, and I took Tommy downstairs so I don't have to hear about what he's thinking. I've added the button for Vicki's giveaway and I'll be linking up with that later this month (June 28).

Yes, the yellow cranes continue to arrive.

In fact, there is now a baker's dozen of yellow cranes. So if a yellow cat shows up, a few cranes can disappear and they won't be missed. Meanwhile, my sewing room has a new accessory...a lizard. I caught it, but Tommy let him go again.

A few more yellow cranes have arrived. I'm expecting at least a dozen eventually. Tommy (my cat) just requested a ride upstairs to check on what I'm doing and to enjoy the upstairs buffet. Then he needed a ride back downstairs so he could get back to watching his soap opera or whatever it is that's taking place on the back deck at night.

Yellow! We have a new color for the month of June for the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge. So here's the first yellow crane of the new flock.

And here are two yellow cranes. I do have to clean up my sewing technique. I noticed that month to month the size of my blocks change. I thought I had used the wrong measurements when I compared the first yellow crane to a blue one...but it was only creative seams.

I finished all the blocks for the Ocean Waves quilt that I'm making as part of the HSTeria quilt along. I haven't yet figured out the final placement but I'm pretty sure this will be the final size. Each block is roughly 9 inches square.

Here's a close-up of the main block which is composed of four sets of four HSTs, that is 16 total HSTs.

These mini-quilts are each about the size of typing paper (8.5X11 inches). And did I really just call it typing paper? I am a bit astonished to see how many designs were made in 2011...nothing like a challenge to light a fire.

This is the chameleon quilt that Vicki W. mentioned in yesterday's comment.

And this one seems to be foreshadowing my current artistic direction. : )