Current again....

How long does a project have to be in the planning stages before it has to come off the "current project" list? I made hundreds of these half square pieces years ago, never really caring for the lace fabric. You guessed it... 5" precut blocks from Daisy Kingdom. Fortunately, I never finished all of them. I bought the embroidered Sunbonnet alphabet girls on Ebay. I notice my sample is a little off center so may put a little tennis ball in to balance it. Anyway, I bought 2 sets and already have one top done with apple squares and red buttons. I saved this 2nd set for a later decision and finally realized I could use up some squares I had left over from my group "Created For a Better Tomorrow" (safe house). I had to do some unpinning but it worked out well as I can retrieve the blue squares w/cherries for something else.
I also bought the embroidered 12 months of snowmen which is really cute! I finished the top w/pinwheel fabric which may be overpowering but I love it anyway. Unfortunately, it would be great w/blue w/cherries also. I try not to undo work but sometimes can't stop myself. The next couple of weeks I will be working on cutting and hand work and, I even put my machine away so I will stick to it. (hopefully)

My grand daughter, Miranda, graduates from 8th grade and has been chosen to go to New York with a group of other honor roll students. She will be back by graduation. I found this gorgeous fabric of the NY skyline at night so I had no choice but to buy it. I probably didn't need to actually make a quilt since I used NY as the backing. She likes it this way so, as long as she likes it!

This is the grieving widow with her new companion. Beyonce is a year old short hair cavy but they are doing great together. Would have rather only had 1 but Zorra is doing much better (wasn't eating) and Beyonce needed a home so it works out.

This pattern was on the front of a magazine at the fabric store and it reached out to me. I knew I had the black cherry fabric but had forgotten that it was already partly cut in strips of 2.5" which is smaller than the pattern so I had to redo the measurements. I settled for not cutting the dark pieces in half. It will be good size..will run out of the red/white fabric first but have plenty of all the rest. The original pattern has a red stitching around the applique but I think I will do that on the machine and use it as part of the quilting. That way I can maybe finish it someday

My beloved Fuzzy has passed away after giving us almost 7 yrs of joy. That's ancient for a guinea pig (long haired Peruvian Silkie) but he was healthy and active up until just a week before his death. Being the drama queen that he was, he literally keeled over and died in my arms. It's hard to explain how anyone can be so attached to such a strange little animal but I loved him dearly. He purred and chuckled when he was happy, murmured a thank you when I gave him veggies or fruit, tugged on my shirt when he had to go potty and tattled on everyone else that held him. He leaves behind his wife Zorra (pix in earlier posting), Panda bear Buddy and his human family. His children Dorothy & Chester preceded him in death. I wrapped him in his little quilt and tucked in a large leaf of Romaine lettuce for his journey. R.I.P. Fuzzy. We'll miss you!

Let Sleeping Cats Lie

This is one I am currently working on. Let Sleeping Cats Lie pattern is wonderful but not easy. I have never thought grey & brown could go together but it does. Was quite surprised at the number of different scrap pieces I had that worked. I bought a few new ones but always like to use up pieces from my "hoard". I took a shortcut on the ears, tho. Tiny applique pieces would reduce the possibility of ever finishing what will be a good sized quilt...the mouse heads will be bad enough. I used pink fabric paint and embroidered around it.

Santa w/Lantern

I made several of these...details don't show up. Basically log cabin squares. That was before I finally figured out to cut out more than 1 at a time. I made a couple of mistakes on the one I gave my daughter-in-law and have asked her to borrow it back every Christmas so I can fix it but never happens.