Student Blocks - Lesson 5

I have a couple of completed student blocks to share with you today.  These are from Lesson 5.  First is Maria's block:

This block is titled "The Bluebird Of Happiness".  I included a charted bluebird with this lesson.  Maria didn't have any waste canvas so she improvised and did her own beautiful bluebird!  Gorgeous!  All the elements are here including lovely mother of pearl buttons.  And look closely at Maria's lady bug!  From an issue of Pat Winter's Gathering magazine.

Next is the block that Cris did:

Absolutely stunning work!  You can see the charted bluebird that Cris used in the white patch.  Also, I see mother of pearl buttons and the beaded leaves as well as the detached chain flower.  All necessary elements are beautifully included in this beautiful block!

I'll post more photos as they come in.  In the meantime, I've started on Lesson 6 and expect to have everything ready to send to Jason by the end of the weekend.  As soon as it's ready, we'll get it uploaded.  I apologize for the delay but I'm still a bit out of sorts due to losing my Nightmare 2 weeks ago.  Has it been that long already?

I ran to Petsmart this morning to get Wrigley a little kitten collar.  I was so afraid of stepping on him since he's so little and usually under my feet.  Anyway, they had 3 black cats there up for adoption.  I told myself I wasn't going to look.  I was only going in for a collar.  But, the collar where by the kitty's.  One of those beauty's looked very much like Nightmare and I couldn't help myself.  I started crying.  Then I couldn't stop crying.  I gained enough composure to pay for my little collar and then sat in my car and cried for 10 minutes.

Anyway, Wrigley has a pretty little yellow collar now.  He hates it!  And the breakaway part works just fine.  He's pulled it off about 20 times now.

I took this photo of him the other day:

He blends right in with the Beanies, doesn't he?

PS - If you've never had a cat, we use Break away collars on them.  Since cats can jump and get into everything, if the collar gets caught on something, it pulls apart so they don't get hurt.

Crazy Quilt Christmas Ornaments

I finished up the Crazy Quilt Christmas Ornaments that I was working on:

I'm not working on anything at the moment but plan to start on Lesson 6 of my Crazy Quilt Class this week.

Embroidered Dog Pillows

I thought I'd share my Embroidered Dog Pillows with you today.  You may remember, before I lost Nightmare, that I was working on 2 of these.  Both are done now:

I think these are just too cute!

And speaking of too cute, here's today's photo of Wrigley:

He's the sweetest little kitten!  He was sitting on the windowsill.

I Know Mom! Sew What?

Thank You

Everyone, I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for all the wonderful messages you've sent to me regarding my loss of Nightmare.  It feels like having my arms ripped off my body.  But despite a lifelong heart condition, he lived a full life!  17 1/2 years.  He was my beautiful Bubbie (that was his nickname) and I miss him horribly but I couldn't expect anymore from him.  The kidney disease took over and there was nothing else I could do but let him go with the dignity that he deserved. 

Before Scott and I took him for his final visit to the vet, we got a photo of him with Wrigley.  I can't pull it off the camera yet, but I'm sure I'll be able to in another day or two.

Also, due to the loss of my Nightmare, there will be a little bit of a delay for the next installment of my Color & Composition Class.  I'll start working on that in another day or two.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.