Happy Birthday Angel

We chose today as Angel's birthday we we found her and invited her to be a part of our family.  That was 16 years ago. She has been an only cat since Max left for the bridge.  She is very loving, but shy.  She stands by me on the bed or the couch and begs for pats and scratches.

We thought she might need female company after years of boys only.

I put out feelers for a bonded pair of siblings girls. When the response came, I didn't even ask about their heritage.  They would be ready on July 4th. 

Enter Coco and Yumyum on July 6th.

We changed their names a couple of times before we settled on the right ones.

They are part siamese.  Coco is the bigger one with the dark mask.   She weighs 3.9 pounds. 

Yumyum is very light with lavender highlights

She weighs 3 pounds.

They were born April 8, 2024.

I will post more soon.  I am sitting in thr hospital with my husband and doing this on my cell phone is not fun.

Sweet Kirby

Kirby is 12 and has had diabetes for several years. We boarded him over Thanksgiving at the vet so they could keep up his meds. We became aware on Wednesday that something was not right. Over the next two day it became clear that he was having problems seeing and walking. He went into our tiny bathroom and could not find his way out. He attempted to get on the bed and fell over, laying there trembling. He's not eating much but is drinking a lot. He is not grooming himself. He is at the beginning of kidney failure. Many of you have been here. You know what is coming . . Three new meds and fluids three times a week. He is blind. We can deal with the meds and fluids and not moving anything in the house. He is able to navigate the house for now. Max and Angel both knew something was wrong. They have smelled him and followed him around . At meal time, Max goes and gets him and basically leads him to the kitchen. Now it is in our hands. We failed giving fluids to Wizard and Mac. Do we want to attempt it again? Is it fair to him to leave him in the dark? Are we really improving his quality of life? What is best for him, not us? He will come home tonight so we can love on him and say goodbye ,. my sewing buddy

Bionic Gear Bag

So I have finally gathered my fabrics and supplies and am getting ready to put together my bionic Gear Bag

Working really hard to not be afraid of color.. trying not to be to matchy matchy

Schools OUT..

For Christmas I got a lovely new 790 plus Bernina.. and if you know Bernina they teach you a mastery class when you buy a machine..  Which is well just awesome.. seeing  Nan is all the way in Plano.. and my stitching and sewing education is really limited.

Really enjoyed the classes, and we did several projects to apply our knowledge..  Which made class even more entertaining.  Much like Nan, I did got the LOOK, for working ahead in class.. 

Color Outside the Lines

 I bought this pattern at a local quilt shop.    It is by Kelli Fannin.  I used a Jelly roll from RJR fabrics from my stash.  I started this January 1 and it was finished except for the quilting by the 5th.

 The pencil points were paper pieced.

The top row of 21 pencils are cut in different lengths with white added at the top of each point.

 On the bottom row of 21 pencils, the points are created with the color of the pencil that they will match up to on the top row. 

The pencils are sewn together side by side and the two rows are connected. 

 

I ordered this online for the backing.

  This stripe came from my stash for the binding. 

 Angel likes the colors!  In the background you can see where we are loading it on the frame.

 

The main quilt is all sewn

Hubby helped me get this weekend.. it’s chilly here and that presented its own challenges.. really happy to be making progress on this quilt!

Brambleberry Friends BOM

Years back when the quilting road was first shown to me, sewing was a hit or miss. Having sewn shorts in home ec, and sewed one leg shut and upside down,was deemed a sewing terror. Color me surprised upon marrying into a very talented family. Painting, hand embroidery, cross stitch, and that’s not just the gals.

Sophie

Nan looked me dead in the eye “Do you want to quilt?”  There was swelling music and dramatic swooning on my part. Bit of a drama mama here.  Y’all have seen a few of our sewing camp reviews.

Last year the smaller embroidery machine that has been my possession..nearly stopped my dream of sewing and machine embroidery.  

Finally after getting my new sewing machine for Christmas, finally finishing, the massive, stunning and lovely quilt. Brought after my first few lessons.