July 14th

Where does the time go! Last Friday a Siamese cat wandered into my son's yard, he begged me to give it a home as he already has 3 cats. Reluctantly I picked it up, took it to the Humane Society for vaccination and brought him home. For the last 3 nights this cat has cried and meowed for something I am unable to provide, I think he wants to go outside. I have not had an inside only cat and I now live in a small condo. This cat is really too big for my condo, so I am not at all pleased with the arrangement and may not keep him. So I need to find him a home. He is a sweet and mellow cat, but he really interferes with my lifestyle! I might need to let him outside a little since it seems that's what he's used to.

Orange Crush

Since I mentioned my Orange Crush, thought I'd put a picture here! It is so so unlike me, but it grows on you (me) and I can say I like it. Not sure who will be the recipient although when I showed it to one son, he said he loved it!

Boxy Stars top ready to quilt

Here is my finished quilt top, I think it turned out pretty enough for a gift. It's smaller than I usually make, but will make a nice lap quilt and look pretty on the back of a chair or couch. I have 2 other quilts to quilt, my Orange Crush and my Quiltaholics Mystery, so this one is 3rd in line.

Boxy Stars squares and sashing

It seems like it's taken a long time to get this teeny quilt top together. And now that I took a picture I see there are two colors the same that are next to each other. I'll have to fix that! I still need to add a couple more borders. I don't know why the picture is rotated that way and I can't seem to fix it for better viewing!

It's been a busy 4th holiday, my son was involved in putting a new roof on his house, so I spent the better part of two days watching that. The boys were spared the usual hot weather as they had a cloud cover most of the time.

Then I also spent most of today doing some family history research for my daughter-in-law, it was fascinating all I found for her. I do get addicted to finding the puzzle pieces, so I had to finally turn off the computer and make myself sew! Maybe that's why I made that mistake above. I will fix it tonight

Boxy Star squares done

All 12 Boxy Star squares are finished, now I need to select the sashing. It's between a pale yellow and navy. I really liked them shoved together, but need to make it bigger than that! I was initially leaning towards the yellow, but looking at it from a distance maybe there is enough light contrast and it doesn't need more, so perhaps the dark would be better. This material is made entirely from strips I bought at a yard sale from a woman who no longer wants to quilt (imagine that!) She used to work at The Quilted Bear so her material is calico type. Always a good feeling to be able to make something with what you have on hand. And I still have a lot left over for other projects, maybe a string quilt top. That pale yellow is a sheet I pulled out of my linen closet! I think I'll just keep it with my soft cotton sheets that I use for quilt backs. I love using sheets...

July 1

July 1st, and I had to remember to look at the spreadsheet on the Quiltville site because I had said I'd do a Boxy Star quilt in July! So I pulled out some strips and put together the first square. This is lovely material that I bought at a yard sale from a woman who had so much material she was selling. I couldn't believe selling this pretty material because you didn't want to quilt anymore! Will I get to that point someday? I hope not.

Purple Mountain Majesty

I have finally finished this quilt top. It was not without lots mistakes which required lots of seam ripping. Now I'm thinking of how to quilt it, something fancy in the blank squares and maybe meandering on the rest. This quilt was a mystery

quilt from the Quiltaholics website. I love how the designs turn out, and I have made quite a few of the mysteries. I don't like those white squares that stand out, but I've decided it is too much trouble to switch them out!