Archive for January, 2021

A Quilt for Sweetums

January 15, 2021

He wanted a small quilt for napping in his recliner. He picked a Jim Shore cat BOM that had been sitting on a shelf for a while. It was supposed to have four more blocks, but they were boring. Plus, the twelve squares fit his chair nicely. I had two twin battings, some leftovers and a few yards left from a ten yard roll. None of the leftovers were big enough so I was going to cut some off the roll. Sweetums said, “why not make it a twin?” So I went stash diving and came up with plenty more JS cats.

Tony inspecting the quilt

The quilt is entirely machine made on my Sapphire. Nothing is done by hand. Hand work is for knitting.

The back
And here’s the top before the border.

You can see where the original quilt was on the back. I rather like it. Now I can get some mending accomplished and fix some of our face masks.

Crazy Cat Woman

January 4, 2021

She’s done it again. This time she stole the neighbors cat. They could hear their cat crying inside the house. CCW said it was her cat, Mr. Wiggles. Police and Animal Control were called. They found six dead cats besides Mr. Wiggles and the neighbors cat. Animal Control scanned the cat and returned it the the neighbors. CCW kept protesting, but who is going to believe someone with six dead cats in their house? Six dead cats! I wish I didn’t have such a vivant imagination. I think I have to puke!

I must get Tony chipped!!

Santa Hats and Christmas Gnome

January 3, 2021

My grandson wanted three Santa hats for figures that he had. He said they should be about three inches in diameter. He has his own place now and wanted to decorate for Christmas.

Santa Hats

Luckily, I had everything I needed. I did buy some tiny bells to put in the pompoms. Kevin was very happy with them. The little doll on the left is at least seventy years old. She is wearing a green velvet coat and hat that my grandmother made for her. It matched the hooded coat she made for me. The hood had a leopard print lining. I loved it. Nanny was the best! I always had plenty of doll clothes. She taught me how to sew and embroider. I miss her.

I also made a Christmas gnome. It’s an Alan Dart pattern. I put a pipe cleaner in the tip of the hat. It was easier than using hairspray to put in the kinks.