Gold Comfort Cat

I would have completed this yesterday but my electric went out about 4:30 and didn't come back on until 7:00. Not sure why it went out. At least it came back in time for the Cubs game!

I was able to keep stitching for awhile but by 6:00, I just didn't have enough light anymore so I'll finish it up later today. My new house will have a back-up generator that will come on automatically should the power go out!



Susan asked me about my baking abilities in reference to my post yesterday. Yes, I can bake and actually enjoy baking. I love the way it makes the house smell! But we don't eat sugar except on a holiday or birthday so I don't keep baking stuff here. When the baking bee does get into my bonnet, I give whatever I bake to my neighbors. I love making cookies, esp. around holidays like Halloween and Christmas. Thank goodness my neighbors will eat all the sugar they can get!

Almost Done With Great Grandmother Block

It was a rainy dreary day here yesterday. I kind of felt like baking something but I don't have anything here to bake with and we wouldn't eat it anyway so I stitched. Whenever I get a bee in my bonnet to bake something, I give it to my neighbors. Anyway, this is almost done:



I'll add my little Kitty & Me kitty later today and then I'll sew up on my next sewing day.

When I finish that, I'll work up one more little Comfort Cat Doll to send to Pat:



These don't take me long at all. In fact, I'll probably complete this today. At least I think I will! I hand-painted some ribbons this morning. They're sitting on the countertop in the kitchen air drying. Hopefully, they'll be dry by the time I'm done working on my computer and then I can iron them.

Great Grandmother Block Update

I didn't find anything all that exciting at the flea market yesterday. All I bought was a few vintage rhinestone pins. It's ok though. The fun for me is walking around and looking at all that great junk! You honestly never know what you'll see at a flea market!

I did a lot of stitching over the weekend. I wanted to do some more things outside but the mosquito's here are terrible. I basically filled all the bird feeders and washed & refilled the hummingbird feeders and that was it.

So here's where I'm at on my mom's Christmas gift:



I expect to have loads of time later to work on this. My chores are done for the day and my laundry is all caught up so stop by tomorrow for another update.

And More Crazy Quilting.....

I finished up the Lady With Roses quilt yesterday:



I honestly don't know why my stuff never looks straight in my photos. It is a perfect rectangle! It just doesn't look that way.

When I finished that, I completed the stitching on the green comfort cat:



If I can get in a sewing day this week, I'll sew this up with the redwork comfort cat and get these off to Pat next weekend.

I also started the stitching on my mom's Christmas gift:



I might move that applique over a little bit. It's only pinned on at the moment. I'll get the seams covered first before I sew it down.

We're going to a flea market in the morning so you may not hear from me again until Monday. Hopefully, I'll have some cool stuff to share with you then!

Have a great weekend everyone!

More Crazy Quilting

I added my little cat to the Lady With Roses Quilt:



I also added a few gold star sequins around the little angel button. It looked a little plain to me. You know I like my glitter! Anyway, I'm going to do the finishing on this today so I can get it ready for shipping.

I also started stitching on little green comfort kitty doll:



I'm sure I'll complete this later today. Don't you just love that lime green glitter fabric at the top?!

I was thinking about what to stitch on when I finish up the cat doll and I realized that it's September! Yikes! I'd better start doing a few Christmas gifts! I pulled this piece which I sewed up back in July:



The girl in the photo is my great-grandmother. I think she was about 12 years old in this beautiful photograph! This of course, will be a gift for my mom. I gave the photo a bit of a plum tint in my graphic software before I printed it. I want this to have a very Victorian feel to it. Many of my CQ pieces are bright and colorful so it will be fun to do something again with a very antique look.