This post by Kim with the picture of the kitties is too cute!! If you click on the “Animals” under the picture on Kim’s post, you will be taken to a site with many cute pictures, some with captions that are unbelievably funny. We were looking at them for a while and I was almost crying from laughing so hard.

I was the recipient of some fabrics, including the ones in this post, from a non-blogging friend. If you click on this photo to view the larger size, you will see that this fabric is textured — almost has an embossed feel to it. It’s cotton by Timeless Treasures but I’m at a bit of a loss as to what I can/should do with it. I’m thinking if I cut it it’s going to affect the cloth somehow. I think it would make a marvelous fabric for a plain alternate block in some quilt or another but am also wondering if this should just become a backing for a quilt and leave it at that.

Edited to add: After looking at this some more and reading some comments here and in e-mails, I have decided to not use this in any quilt, even as a backing.

Then there’s this which is definitely destined to be used for the Patchwork of the Crosses. There’s quite a bit of this so I’m thinking it may be my “neutral” for that quilt.

The baby quilt is getting very close to being ready to baste. Hopefully some pictures by the end of the week. I don’t think I’ve ever struggled so to finish something. It’s almost become a chore.

Smudge in one of his standard poses. With a bear, of course.


And Lester on the windowsill. Hopefully some birds and squirrels come back soon to the roof garden for him to watch.