New Comfort Doll Blog!

I went over to Pat's Gatherings blog to look for an Etsy link that Pat mentioned awhile back and found that Pat set up a new blog just for the Comfort Doll project. You can find the link here.

As you know, I so much enjoy making little CQ cat dolls for this project. I'm not sure why I enjoy it so much. Perhaps it's just knowing that I'm sending a bit of cheer to someone in need or maybe it's because they work up quickly and I get some much needed instant gratification from finishing something in a short amount of time. Or maybe it's just my love of cats! I honestly don't know why but whatever the reason, there are many more to come!

I hope you'll consider making one little doll to send to Pat for the Comfort Doll Project. It's really fun and it's just such a nice thing to do!

Vintage Quilt Block Advertisement

This is really more of an advertisement than a pattern but I thought if I had any sane quilters who read my blog, they might find some inspiration in these:









There isn't a date on here but I'll ballpark it around the 1930's.

Click on any of the images to go to my Flickr site where you can download the larger versions.

Enjoy!

A Bunch Of Finishes

I finished the stitching on the blue comfort cat:



I didn't get him completed in time to send to Pat with my current batch so he'll go out with the next batch.

And here's the 3 that I just sent off to Pat:



The Redwork Cat is my favorite! I may sew up a few more white ones to stitch in all one color. A Greenwork and Bluework cat would be pretty!

I mailed these on Saturday along with the 15 Pocket Babies that my mom made so Pat should be receiving her package either today or tomorrow.

And this pillow for my mom for Christmas is my final finish for the week:



I'm stitching on a gift that I can't share here at the moment but I still have a lot of antique patterns so I'll be posting those through out the week until I finish up my current project.

Fun Things!

Well, I have some fun things to share with you today! First, my blue comfort cat, which is started but I didn't complete yesterday:



I stitched on it until Scott came home and then we went out on the deck and talked while he grilled some chicken. I'm sure I'll finish it later today. I'll have to send this one to Pat with the next batch.

In the meantime however, there's no lack of Comfort Dolls here:



My mom made 15 of this little dolls which she calls "Pocket Babies" to send to Pat. They're beaded, they have lace and fancy yarns on them and ribbon flowers. Aren't sweet?!!! I believe she designed these herself. I'll be shipping these to Pat tomorrow along with my last 3 cats which I'll be sewing up today.

Finally, Robin sent me a photo of a Biscornu (pincushion) that she made using one of my patterns. I asked Robin for her permission to post the photo here because I thought my readers would enjoy seeing it:



Thank you very much Robin, for allowing me to share your stitched piece with my readers.

Here's the x stitch pattern in case anyone would like to stitch it:



Click on any of the images to go to my Flickr site where you can view the larger versions.

I'm to run my sewing machine. I want to sew up the comfort cats and I have a few blocks to sew up for Christmas gifts. It is mid-September now (where did Summer go?) so I'd better get things going!

One More Cat

I finished up the gold cat yesterday:



Lynne mentioned that she liked my pansies. I honestly had to laugh because although pansies were my intention, that's not what they look like to me! But thank you Lynne! I should have used 13mm ribbon instead of 7mm. Oh well, this is pretty regardless of my funky pansies!

I have a couple of more gifts that I plan on making for Christmas but I need to sew up the blocks which I'll do tomorrow. In the meantime, I thought I'd stitch up one more cat and then I'll have 4 of them to assemble tomorrow:



Provided my electric stays on, I can usually stitch one of these up in a few hours.