As I had made some progress on Butterfly Stars during the week last week, I got to play with apple cores this weekend. Row 2 is now complete and I’ve started Row 3. I love how they’re turning out — but wish we could get better pictures. This time of year is hopeless!! There’s never good enough light!
The back of the section where row 3 has started. It is so easy to press these like this and it makes the whole thing lie wonderfully flat.
I was very, very glad I was a quilter this weekend. In the middle of the night Friday night/Saturday morning, the power went out. It was a bitterly cold night and very windy and it got quite cool in here pretty quickly. I piled some quilts on top of the duvet and it was toasty warm. However, the cats were quite upset. Smudge’s eyes were the size of saucers and he couldn’t settle. Lester just paced.
Thankfully, the power outage only lasted about two and a half hours. I didn’t sleep until the power came back on. I was really quite stunned at how quickly it got very cold in here. I suppose facing north on a very windy night when the wind chill is around -25 had something to do with it.
Edited to add: There was nothing on the news about the power outage, no information on the power provider’s Web site — nothing to be found anywhere! So I have e-mailed the service provider to find out what happened.
Lester, getting a warmed-up tummy from the heat:
Smudge, in one of his poses. And they are poses — he knows he’s being photographed.
See? Same pose, same time, different angle for photograph. He has an eye open watching us to make sure we’re admiring/taking photos/whatever.
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I’m pressing my apple cores just like you are…I’m finding that I need to press each row as i do it..Yours is looking lovely..Julia ♥
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its coming along nicely. Your cats are just so funny…….why was the power out, I don’t remember that being on the news?Gill
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Your apple cores look great, especially with that occasional red thrown in.How awful about the power! Makes you wonder how people used to survive the winter, doesn’t it?
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Cute – the apple core looks hard to do… our ice storm has hit us!
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Love the apple cores – it looks gorgeous.OMG – I don’t believe there was nothing on the news about your power outtage! Boy oh boy, it sure was cold. I’m thankful that it didn’t last any longer.
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Cathi the apple cores look so good…so how wide is the quilt going to be?….The boys sure do know how to look comfy….thank goodness for the quilts, do hope you get a response from the power company.
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Love the apple cores, of course, of course! I can daydream of this being a big huge bed quilt. Yummy! Of course, I’m not doing the work. ;)Lester there getting warmed up, using his paw for just a light amout of leverage – hilarious. Smudge, you Ham-ster!
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I’ve been telling Hubby that someday my quilts will save the day! Now I know they will. Glad you have power and heat once again *s*
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Ooooh, apple cores! They are so cute but they look so hard to piece. I try to stay away from anything with curves that you have to do a little wrangling to put it together. That’s just beyond my expertise. The boys looks so snuggly and warm and cute!Aloha!
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