I am STILL working on this quilt. I thought maybe she'd be done by St Patricks Day, however circumstances beyond my control decreed that wasn't happening. Then I thought maybe by MY birthday, but that's tomorrow, so unless I get a wiggle on it.... So I'm a wiggling.
I have at least 14 other projects that I am (not) working on today :)
It is a lugubrious day and perfect for sewing!
Today is my day off and I am blessedly snowed in! Blessed because Friday I actually shopped for groceries! I don't cook very often so I don't always have stuff to cook in the house. But a friend invited me to go the other night and I did. I am working on a yummy beef stew for lunch!
I am also blessed because my assistant made it into work so I didn't have to go in. (I live a few blocks away and can walk if need be)
I am also blessed because I get to sew today.
I have been working on the Kitty in the Garden quilt for a dear friend who would love to have a cat but travels alot. I started this way back in 2009 or 10. I work on it feverishly and then it gets put away. The last time I worked on it was last February. I wanted to get it finished for our quilt show at the nursing home. It went to the show as a flimsy. I decided to add more borders and put it away again. Until January 2015. I added a border using the scraps from the stepping stones blocks- I made hst blocks from the corners before trimming them. I also did a piano key variation from the other scraps. (my friend and her hubby play the piano so I thought it was fitting) I am now in the midst of quilting it. I am attempting to fmq kitties and paw prints here and there.
This year's quilt show is the 26th and this quilt WILL be finished by then! My friend's birthday is at the beginning of March so it will be perfect timing.
Monday, I decided to look for something in the craft room, aka "i don't know where to put this, let's throw it in here room" and got side tracked.
"I can't clean my craft room because I get distracted by all the cool stuff I find"
One of the "cool finds “ was a zip lock baggie of HSTs. These are for one of my first quilt attempts. The quilt was for my sister's first or second Christmas after her wedding. She's been married for over 10 years now. I remember being so happy that the quilt to was going to be ready to wrap by Christmas. I knew the whole quilt wasn't going to be finished but the top was coming along nicely and then.... (insert dramatic music) if you look closely at the pictures you will see that these lovely half - square triangle squares are stitched wrong sides together. EVERY ONE OF THEM! I didn't even notice until I had cut 14 of the little boogers apart. My friends and I had a girls night that evening, watching a movie and they helped pick some of the offending squares apart but these were still waiting. For Christmas I gave Lou the book that had the pattern with one finished block inside and a note. And that was as far as this quilt ever got.
I started picking the squares apart and have only a few left. Who knows? Maybe she will get a quilt for her anniversary this year! :-)
