Buddy

Today Buddy accomplished more than I did. 

I did have a major "unaccomplishment." Following along with the post Thanksgiving interest in Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Challenge, I checked out the first part and then checked out of the challenge. I had hoped to use scraps but the first task uses hunks of fabric too large for my scrap bins. And since I haven't cleared up the remnants from the Gridlock quilt, I'm not going to dig out and cut from my regular stash.

So I'm going to join other spectators on the bench and cheer everyone else on. Meanwhile, I am continuing with another challenge of getting all my fabric put away by Sunday night. Or maybe the New Year?

Tip Top

 The seahorse quilt finally has a border. I. had to fiddle quite a bit with the corners. At first I thought I didn't care how the "diamonds" met in the corner, but then I decided that I wanted the diamonds along the border to end in the down position, so the corner diamond would be in the up position. Lots of unsewing...the unsewing/sewing ratio was definitely greater than two. 

And yes I was a bit sad to learn the crochet cat in yesterday's post is digital, not real. Just like all my quilts. (Just kidding!) But I am a bit mystified about how AI was used to make the image. Maybe that's the reason the cat has round pupils instead of cat eyes. In any case, I'm glad I don't have to learn crochet anymore.

But please, I will be very disappointed to find out that the stuffed embroidered cat in Encanto does not exist in real life as a model for the animation.

Expecting Guests?

 Finally a reason to learn how to crochet....

A Study in Contrast

 Here's Molly helping me not put the fourth and last border on the seahorse quilt top. Earlier in the day, I read about how Wanda at Exuberant Color "procrastinates" when sewing on borders. Obviously, procrastination is not her strong suit because Wanda did finish her quilt top. 

I suspect Wanda may not have taken time out of her day today to watch Foresty Forest climb a mountain or Dave of Dave's Craft Room make a temperature sensitive quilt.

Also, Wanda does not have cat help.

Aspirations Meet Reality

 

In my head this morning I envisioned getting all the "diamond" borders around the seahorse quilt. I also got the backing out under the illusion I would start layering the quilt. But this is squirrel season. And not in the "oh, let's start a brand new project" squirrel way...but in a  "I squirreled around and wasted the day," and now all I have to show for it is one border sewn on. That said, the outer border did fit, so I'm counting it as a win.

Note: Those are seahorse "ears" and not diamonds in the border.

A Handful of Hexies

 Sometimes it's nice to just settle into hand stitching some fabric hexies around the cardboard...even with Molly biting at the thread as I stitch. 

Checkerboards

 Today I made more checkerboard sections for the Gridlock quilt. When I put the blocks up on the wall, I noticed that I had too many low contrast sections. This does create more stripes in the quilt, but unfortunately the checkerboard sections don't hold up well. So these sections will give me more to play with.