There be kittens!

      Yes that is right.  Since I can't remember if I told you that I have new kittens so here are pictures of them.  They are still skittish so I can't get too close to them.  They still have blue eyes so that means they are probably younger than 8 weeks.  At first I thought I only had two orange fluffs but then today I saw a 3rd fluff and this time it was a darker fluff.

     So without further ago.  Here are the new fluffs.  Hopefully they will make it and be around for a bit.  Enjoy!

Rain rain and more rain

    Yeah, that about explains it all.  I am currently in between showers and thunderstorms but it should return this afternoon.  That means, in case you didn't catch it, I haven't done much of anything except take naps, watch for leaks (which I don't have any), and repeat.

   Nothing exciting.  The pollen count is high, even with rain, and my allergies are gong haywire.  So I am resting my eyes since they don't want to focus on anything.  I am also cooking some things and rearranging my pantry and semi rearranging the sewing room.  Dan and Zak spent Mother's Day at my place putting together the new shelving in the pantry and a couple of other little things.  Zak said I got to adopt him for the day.  Dan didn't seem to mind.  LOL.

   Then this morning, while I was washing dishes, I dopped the dish soap BEHIND the stove.  Sigh.  I can see that I am going to have to put the soap on the other side of the sink top so when it drops it can't go anywhere.  It seemed that I would NEVER get it out from behind the stove.  Of course I dropped it with the lid open so I didn't have a choice but to retrieve it before it al leaked out.  The worst art of that was I had to get on my knees and get a yard stick to try and get it to where I could reach it.  Sigh.  Eventually I got it out and even tough it seemed to take a LONG time, it really didn't.  It took longer figuring out how to get back up off the floor then it did to get the soap bottle.  That means that it is now time to put some ointment on my hands and knee s and relax a bit.  I hope you all have a great day.

Hello everybody!

  Sorry to have been silent for a bit but life has been busy.  Between not feeling good for a bit, allergies going into overdrive, and the holiday, I was wiped out.  Now I'm slowly getting back into my groove.   I have to try and get back on schedule with the diet and such.  My sugar levels are ok but the blood pressure is higher than it should be.  I will get it back down.  Just have to get back on track. 

   Easter was good.  Dan and I enjoyed the meal and it was fun watching him put pepper on everything since I was using the battery operated salt and pepper shaker/mill.  He left with leftovers and candy.  I even sent a little bag  of candy for his handyman Zak, but Dan kept most of it for him but made sure to let me know Zak did get a couple of pieces.  I know that he did because I was on the phone with Dan when Dan gave Zak the candy.  LOL.

  I have been crocheted pot holders.  It is good to have extra on hand, especially since I have worn out the other one I had.  I am using leftover yarn that I found.  It is a good way to use up leftover yarn.

  Today I finished my hummingbird wall hanging.  It is a little one but I like how it turned out.

   I found this chart online and thought I would share it  It is handy to have the various sizes.  It appears that I mostly make baby size quilts.  That's ok.

   That is about it for me to report this time. I know there was something else that I was going to report on but I guess I will have to add that next time.  LOL.  I hope everybody has a great night. 

The Day After!

 As you can see, or read from this post, I survived the storms.  After our SCA meeting, Shalom took me to JoAnne's and on the way home he drove past the different streets to see how they had gone down from yesterday.  Then he sent me some pix that he had taken so I thought I'd share.

     Now for the fun part,.  Here is what I bought.  

     I got four yards of most everything just to make it easier.  LOL.  The red fleece will probably be for me to cuddle up in on chilly days.  The black fleece I might try to make a cloak for the SCA.  The discounts were between 30 - 70%.  I was surprised how much fabric they still had.  It was fun to go through things  :)  

     That's it for this trip.  I haven't eaten anything since 10 a.m. so it is time to make a chef salad.  I hope you all have a great night.  Stay safe!

Surviving the first week of April

 I am sure that May will be a month of glorious flowers due to all the "showers" we have been having.  This is really just a quick post to say that I am safe in Arkansas.  The last week has been fun.  Every day has been, according to the weather reports,  a variety of rain intensities.  Mixed among them have been high winds and tornado watches and warnings.  Of course that also means power outages, leaks, and trying to find garbage cans or cat food bowls that blew around.  Yesterday our winds were around 90 MPH .  I am safe though.  The tornado touched down n Trumann but not on my street.  My front yard looked like a mini lake which the cats did NOT appreciate.  LOL.  

I hope everybody has a great day and remember to be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at you.  I'll write more later once I get the ambition to work on things again.  Love ya all.

The End of March

    Can you believe it?  March is ending and April is right around the corner.  I have been keeping you up to date on what I have finished this month, but I managed to get one last project finished before April arrives.  I have finished the Merry Christmas banner.  It isn't what I envisioned when I started it, but it works and that is what is important.  I decided to turn it into a table topper.  Once I made that decision, I also discovered that I didn't have to quilt it since not every table topper is quilted.  So I ended it just as it was (after I added a border) and now it is finished. It is large enough that I could still hang it up if I wanted to.  I won't use it on the table when food is involved since it has a white background.  I can, however, use it on top of my dresser which will work out quite nicely.  This is not the best picture but I wanted to get it up and posted so I can say it is one more UFO that I finished,.

   Now it is time to contemplate what the UFO project will be for April as well as what new project I will work on.  Wish me luck.  :)

Spring is almost here ...

   And it is time to change up what is on my wall.  Obviously I put up Butterfly Trellis.  It just speaks to me of Spring which is officially here in two days.

This quilt just seems to say Spring/Summer to me.

   Of course with Spring right around the corner so I also hung up my Welcome quilt.  I always look forward to putting that one up.

That is about it for me to report.  It is time for me to make out my grocery list since Dan is coming tomorrow to take me to Walmart,  It is a HUGE list and it is not done yet.  I have to get Dan to narrow down some choices for Easter dinner.  Wish me luck with that.  :)

   I hope everybody has a great day.

It is all ready for binding now!

 I finally got all the buttons on.  Now it is time to think about the binding.  I think it is looking pretty good.

Welcome to March !

    As predicted,  time flew by and it is almost the middle of March already!  Where does the time go?  I have posted a little bit about what I have done so far this year so I thought I would let you know what I have done in March already.

   I am all caught up on my Blackwork PPSAL but won't post a picture today.  I will wait until I finish this upcoming weeks block and then post it.  I haven't worked on my secondary blackwork pieces since I am trying to catch up on some UFOs.  

   This month's UFO finish will be my butterfly quilt.  I hope to have it totally finished by the end of the month but if not, I will have it all done except for the binding.  I haven't found the right binding fabric yet.  The quilting was done by hand, and not very good, because I had a devil of  a time getting it all squared up and sandwiched together.  Finally I put it in time out for 12 hours and then I tried to do it by hand and that seemed to work.  It took forever for me to get it sandwiched so I didn't want to mess it up again so I just quilted it with big stitch hand quilting.  The next stumbling block came when I tried to stitch on buttons.  I have stitched buttons for almost forever, but it didn't work this time so, in order to retain my sanity, I am gluing them on.  That should work for quite awhile since it is only going to hung up for a limited time in a years space. Did I mention that I love my wooden butterfly buttons?

   The other thing that I worked on was stitching a block with Stick n Stitch.  If you haven't heard of it before, Missouri Star Quilt Company has some of it as well others on Etsy etc.  Basically it is a pattern that is put on dissolving material.  You press it onto your background fabric it is sticky on one side) and then you stitch it.  When done, you run it under running warm water and the unwanted background fabric dissolves.  Here is what my sample piece looks like.  There are pros and cons on it but I might buy some of the blank dissolvable paper and drawn my own designs on it.  I was thinking this might be good for doing my SCA garment necklines etc.  I'll see.  I will turn this practice piece into a small wall hanging or mug rug or something.  Before that I think I want to fill the center in with more French Knots.   

   That is about it on the quilting front.  I am waiting for the glue to finish drying on the trellis quilt before adding some more butterflies.  Until then I will look at what I am planning on cooking.

   My huge lunch was a ramen bowl.  It has sautéed onion, broccoli spicy chicken brother mixed with regular chicken brother and, of course, ramen noddle's.  Have you heard of spicy chicken brother?  I was given some in this month's pantry.  According to my taste buds, it is VRY spicy.  I will dilute it with regular chicken brother.  

   That should catch you up for this time.  St. Patty's day is right around the corner.  Are you ready?  It will be just another day for me but that is ok.  I will do some cooking and stitching that day.  :)

   I hope you have a wonderful day.

Last Finish for February 2025

 Whew!  I managed to finish up another project just in time to end February.

  I think I like it.  It is simple but colorful.  What do you think?

All Caught up on the Blackwork SAL

     Can you believe that I was 3 weeks behind on my Blackwork PPSAL?  Well two weeks behind and then this week so a total of 3 weeks.  Not any more though.  I am now all caught up on it.

     That felt good to get caught up on.  Now I have to do the binding on the cat on the wall and it will be done.  Hopefully I can get the binding done by the end of the month so I can keep up on my one small finish each month.

     I will have another finish by the end of the week since I only have to do the binding on it.  After I do that, I need to get back to working on Shalom's gambeson (quilted coat) repairs since he will need it next week.  I won't finish all the repair by then but I will have the major ones done and then after the SCA event he can return it to me to work on more.  I will be hand sewing down the binding around the armholes, neckline, the front and bottom.  This is one of the projects which expand the more I look at it.  LOL.  It is precious to him since the great friend who made it for him died two weeks after finishing it.  Anyway, it is time for me to try and get to bed.  I hop everybody has a great night and better tomorrow.

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