Goodbye King George.

His name was George, he ruled so we thought of him as King George. Yesterday he came home late, had a snuggle with his wee black friend on a favourite chair, then jumped down fell over and was gone.

  He raised a dog and two kittens, and had several two leggers love him very much.
  He was a sweet cat.  We are going to miss  you Georgie.

George from the house of Orange, raised this wee black lad.

They insisted on being together, even when the fit was tight, as long as it was  near the
cat lady, who hangs out near fabric.

His favourite place....any soft spot in the sunshine....although as a red head he
did poorly  with a lot of sun.

Bye bye sweet cat....may your sweet essence remain with us a long time.

gudrun

Year is rolling to a Finish

I have been diligently working on a collection of projects started these many years ago. 

This little unit was a round robin.  I wasn't particularly keen on the end robins so I removed them down to only one round other then the original round. That was done a long time ago with the thought that I would add to it, but that hasn't happened. Finished it is not, cuz I think it needs a little more bling then just the metallic thread  & cloth. But I may change my mind  :)

This was a workshop, also several years ago,  I fuzzy cut all the cats............a big waste of time as the squares were all sewn and then cut to get the bordered nesting pinwheels.  I quilted it with three large cat silhouettes, and a quote in the middle " The Cat is Back"  and one mouse silhouette...easily mistaken for a rat.

  It's done and it is a great little doll blanket, for a sweet little doll I rescued.

Speaking of cats we have found new homes for three of Lulu's kittens

                                                                                                                                     

 One black male named Ranger will continue to hang here.  One of my children mentioned that anything more then four pets was verging on 'madness'.....whew just made it under the madness wire.

Happy Thursday keep smiling, because as you know the Christmas thing happens any way.

gudrun

SURE FOOTED GEORGE

It's a good thing George is a cat, because the railing on this upper deck is not to code, it's only
about 2 feet high.  I am not sure what I would do with this upper deck if we had youngsters living here.
gudrun

"Recycle" The story of Trish's Quilt

This quilt is called "Recycle".  It is going home to the maker's

son.  Son works in our neighbourhood's solid waste management arena  (where is this

going?) Well, the symbols for this industry are green and circular, the quilt was made

with mostly scraps. It is a happy quilt, all those lovely bits of fabric. It sure made this long armed quilter happy as she recognized so many fabrics and  hung out in the memories 

that belong with them for a few hours.

Spirals and a small circle, and a small swirly thing along the

edges.  The edges were serged, and there was a generous seam allowance for points. 

Every quilt has its challenges, true here too. This one is large, lots of piecing, bias edges.

 Translates into a  heavy quilt and  some wonk to the edges. Having quilted many quilts I say

fore warned makes life a bit easier.

As I got closer to the end (even though I was careful with "the wax off wax on")

I knew there would be stretch as I got to the end of the quilt.

To tug on a quilt, or moosh it around too much (there is a lot of stretch in fabric)

 is to give myself a big head ache. (Gently, gently always gently. )  


It looks like a lot of fullness, not really though, carefully as  George watches, I pin down the edge easing in the fullness, watching that the pattern lines are straight.

 

Sew...go back to the top for  another look at the finish  ...turned out great.  Trish's idea of the spirals was a great finish to this happy quilt.

Happy Sunday,

gudrun

ps the picture was the correct orientation on the desk top, don't know how

to fix it, don't strain your neck muscles looking   :)

New York Beauty

Check out this lovely little quilt. Wahoo wild and wonderful oranges and brown. The right now kinda colours!





Of course George came outside to help me photograph this lovely...the wind was up and the photographer is an amateur.


It's a small piece 46 x 68 and is not rectangular...as you can see.

What all ya 'all think?  Love to hear from you.  Leave a comment.

Gudrun

New Home for George

Our home has a new four legged furry member. George arrived 2 weeks ago today from Vancouver, B. C.  He was reeking havoc in his other home with the elderly cats there and I offered to adopt him.  I am fond of cats. Our long time cat friend, Willa, passed away this past winter.  I miss our furry friend. Always thought orange a great colour for a cat. Also wanted my 2 legged friend to come visit me. I got a whole lot of what I wanted just by offering a home to George. 

Oh yes, apparently George is a quilt tester.
Happy Hallowe'en folks!
Gudrun