WIP Preview

Perfect HST units every time.

Just snip the dog ears and these are ready to sew into blocks.

Please come back tomorrow for all the details

on this wonderful quiltalong!

:-) 

Back to POTC Stitching

I am back to slow stitching my POTC blocks!

I took a break this summer to garden and vacation, play with my new baby kitty 

 and just enjoy the great outdoors. 

I only completed a few blocks. 

I need to take photos and count how many I have done. 

This is the block I am working on now which is one I laid out from 

fabric in my stash at the beginning of summer.

It is slow going as I am only working on this block when my machine is not whirling away.

I have sew many projects I want to sew.

Maestro is sew very helpful ... ;)

This little baby kitty follows me around and constantly cuddles up 

like I am her new momma kitty.

So cute!

when sewing feels new again

new method

new quilty helper

perfect triangles everytime

new method + cute quilty kitty + perfect triangles  = one happy quilter

More piccies coming soon!

:-)

Sneak Peak!

These fabulous fabrics are 

"On the Wing" by Abi Hall for

Moda Fabrics

and have been in waiting in my stash for the "right" project to come along.

I am sew happy to say that project arrived this month!

Master Quilty Kitty Katniss

has approved this fabric selection!

Time to sew!

Apprentice Quilty Kitty Maestro 

has a lot to learn.

These little kitty feet were trying to catch the fabric going under 

my presser foot.  

Sew I had to take a break from sewing.

Baby kitty has gone to take a nap.

Time to sew!

I am loving this WIP!

Right now it is as hush hush as mama's machine 

when it is time for baby quilty kitty to take her nap.

Looking forward to sharing more photos soon!

:-) 

July Surprises

July has brought many surprises,

like this wonderful "Vintage Chic"

Fat Quarter Shop Sew Sampler Box

and ...

 ... this little shadow ...

Now who can this be? 

As you know,

My Butterfly

crossed the rainbow bridge in March.

Not a day goes by I do not think of her.

We have all have been very sad.

Although I will always miss her,

it was time to find a new kitty to love.

So my hubby and I went to the 

Salem Animal Rescue League

in nearby Salem, NH,

where there were many pretty kitties to play with ... 

and this little cutie,

just three months old,

who conducted her way right into my hubby's arms

and our hearts.

We could not leave without this baby kitty.

Meet The Maestro!

Maestro is dressed to the nines in a black tuxedo and white cravat.

Maestro settled in right away in her new home

and is very busy 

learning to be a quilty kitty.

Maestro is a natural when it comes to 

inspection and testing.

How does The Katniss feel about her new buddy?

Katniss is very purry and happy and playful again.

Maestro is very cuddly and her

favorite place to sleep is curled up against my arm

in the same spot that Butterfly always slept for so many years.

It is a little uncanny how many expressions, mannerisms, habits and haunts
that were always Butterfly's own
that Maestro has adopted.

I know Butterfly is smiling.

So am I.

:-)