Kitty goes to the Playground

Earlier this week, I was taking pictures of my Schnitzel and Boo mini and the kitty was in the car so the kitty got to take photos in the playground also.

Be sure to observe all rules

Test out the awesome-ness of the slide

Take an imaginary trip 

Climb around on the jungle gym

Silly Kitty -- get out of that tree

Pick some flowers 

is this the snack bar?  

I'm hoping to name the kitty soon and am looking for your suggestions. 

Kitty pulls himself together for the TMQG meeting

My lesson in yarn gauge that has resulted in a larger Amineko kitty than anticipated has been coming together this last week as I am still on restricted use of my feet. (Kinda creepy view in my car the other day of the WIP). 

I finally was able to get an apt with my doctor regarding the swelling so I used this opportunity to work on the face -- I'm pretty happy with the embroidery work. 

Then I put the muzzle and ears on the body. How adorable, am I right? 

So right before the guild meeting I got my Amineko cat finished (except the eyes) and he was a big hit --

When I brought him back home after the meeting I let the kitties see him -- he received mixed reviews. 

One of the things that the story of the amineko illustrates is all the fun things that these kitties like to do so be sure to stay tuned for Kitty's first outing. 

It's been a Crazy Week

So apparently I forgot to post my finishes last week ---- OOPS. It was a crazy one at work along with my destash going on through instagram. So lots to update on today. 

First off the destash went pretty well -- enough to make a dent in that huge medical bill but I still have a huge pile of fabric remaining that I hope to get re-listed today. I'm thinking about going with the fabric destash group on Facebook this time and perhaps bundling at least my fat qtrs this time. A big thank you goes out to everyone for your support. 

I do have 4 finishes for the last 2 weeks 

this one is now whisking its way to it's new home and I hope it arrives quickly so I can put up the whole post about it. (3 yard of fabric used) 

The link up for the Triangle Quilt along is happening this week and i knew there was no way that I would be able to complete the quilting on the larger version -- mostly because the backing hadn't been made yet. So I whipped up a mini one from the leftover triangles, it's a baby size. (2 yards of stash)

Quilting on Scout is completed and I attached the binding to the front last night -- hope to get it turned soon. I have no idea what happened to the full frontal picture. (10 yards of stash in this project)

Quilting on Sound Garden is completed and now I need to finish the binding -- are we noting a trend in the "finishes" department. 

I couldn't stay focused last weekend so I also spent a great deal of time working on my string blocks. 

• first I tried the everything in a bin method -- that didn't work so well for my assistant 
• so I sorted everything out and tried working in color piles 
• 30 blocks later I was feeling pretty good about my string blocks again 

This weekend I have been working on getting backings made for 2 completed tops. The day at the Beach Jelly Roll Race 2 quit and my triangles galore quilt. I hope to be able to get these basted at some point this week unless I take the plunge and decide to learn to long arm quilt -- both would be excellent projects for learning a new skill but I'm still hesitant about long arming. 

I also made some franken batting out of my scraps that I hope to be able to easily use for charity or small projects that are coming up. I had various types of batting and lots of long skinnies so I didn't end up with as large of pieces as I had initially thought I would but making several at once did help clear out some that needed to go to the trash. I'm wondering if there is a size limit to franken batting from relatively small squares before it would become to choppy to use in larger items.

Being that I have been fighting the insurance company for the last month -- my fabric purchases have been kept fully in check. When I announced my destash posting last week I also committed myself to trying the purge for the rest of the year and I am still feeling pretty good about that choice. I will make a few exceptions -- like when there are quilt shows and also for Quilt Carolina in the Fall. 

Hope this post finds you all well and there is lots of happy quilting going on. 

Snow Kitties

My kitties love quilting. 

They have been a great deal of help during this snowy time in the south this past week. 

See they are making sure that projects are minded, held in place and I don't get lonely while quilting. 

Kahn and Nugget take quilt inspection very seriously. 

They ventured outside a little onto the roof overhang to make sure that the weather was still purrr-fect for quilting. 

Kahn says -- no thanks I will just look 

Hurley tried to have a Ralphie moment with the downspout. He loves the snow. 

Nugget was not a fan -- so much so that his neck disappeared.

And there is as always lots of this going on.