End of the Year

 Here's the progress so far on the rainbow log cabin. 

And not shown is the sewing room, where all the projects (except the log cabin) are organized and stored. Plus all the fabric is filed. The cats are very happy to have more room for their toys. The cats will be less happy when the sewing room slides back into chaos starting tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow...a new month (and year) will start with a fabric giveaway, so stop back if your year end fabric stash needs some new year renewal.

Yellow Log Cabin

 Making each log cabin block seemed to take forever until I figured out most of the time was spent figuring out which strip to use. So I sat down with the yellows and put them in bundles for each block. Much quicker. Of course, making the bundles also takes a while but much of the time lost is due to the cat infestation.

Hexies and Blue Log Cabin blocks

 I have a multitude of hexagons cut out and it always feels daunting when I start basting them...and then I fall into the rhythm of it and I wonder why I don't have more hand sewing projects. Especially because they are more compatible with nosy, disruptive felines.

I also started on blue log cabin blocks. 

I am also experimenting with writing this blog at various times of the day. First thing in the morning is definitely not a good time. If I turned on the sound for this blog, you would be asking what those horrendous background noises are and they are Molly calling for attention. 

Yellow

Here are the yellows for the yellow log cabin blocks. I cut more than I need, but who doesn't need extra one inch strips, said no one.  And oddly, at one inch strips, minions are minions. 

This means all of the colors have been cut: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

Orange You Glad the Log Cabin Returns?

 I've been sewing a lot lately, but nothing I can show. So I was very happy to make four new orange log cabin blocks. That still wasn't enough to complete the diagonal, so I added the red blocks. I like them mixed in together. In the original inspiration, one of the diagonals combined pink, orange and red.

In the post about plaid shirts, a no-reply comment mentioned collecting pumpkin-colored plaids. I was going to offer to send the shirt to her, but...no reply. In any case, I will be having the fabric giveaways again next year...starting Jan. 1 for the first one. And yes, requesting orange plaid is an option.

Goodwill

Today I visited the Goodwill Bins for the first time, which is a bit odd given its about a fifteen minute drive. But I only went because a friend told me she would protect me from myself and would make sure to put back anything that I took out of the bins. Unfortunately, she soon became too involved with a humungous ceramic chicken and I now have eight too many plaid shirts. That said, they are so much fun to take apart. The bright purple plaid is the inside panel for the dark purple shirt. 

The Princess Tragedy

About two years ago, I bought Molly a special princess tent I saw on the shopping channel called "Kitten Academy." The princess tent has a 14 inch by 14 inch base and also has magical properties.

Peasants that pass by the magical tent cannot see the princess hidden inside despite the transparency of the tulle. While Buddy often takes over Molly's favorite sleeping spots, Molly has enjoyed the privacy and security of her special abode for two years.

However, this morning a terrible ogre descended on the magical princess tent...

and the magical properties of the tent disappeared as the paparazzi surrounded the ogre, ridiculed him and ruined his enjoyment of his spoils.