The rainbow for the Sky Quilt is starting with greens. The first 3 greens are together now. Next come the yellows. This is wonderful fun– lots and lots of lovely continuous stitching. I’m using the diamonds from the Inklingo 6″ LeMoyne Star collection and have a feeling my rainbow is going to end up rather large. It will be the centre of the quilt with the 4 corners taken up by the various sun blocks (see below).
The other fabrics that will be added to the rainbow are shown in the order they will appear.
These are the four blocks that will be in the corners of the Sky Quilt. Some of the fabrics in the various sun blocks will also be in the rainbow.
While I was printing all sorts of shapes, I decided to print about 600 more of the .25″ hexagons. There are approximately 180 of the little hexagons in this tin now. To give you an idea of size, the tin measures around 3.75″ by 2.25″. I will be making hexagon diamonds with these and when there are enough will put together a doll’s quilt.
This is one of my favourite photos of Lester, perched on the loveseat.
I’ve told the story before about Smudge’s rather odd drinking habits. This picture tells the story. It was snapped just seconds after he had lifted his face out of the water bowl. If you click on it to see the large size photo, you will see he’s soaking wet. This is Smudge’s preferred way to drink water. Makes for rather a lot of paper towel mop-ups, but is endlessly entertaining.
One more day of rather cool temperatures and then we hit the warmth. The forecast is for temperatures in the mid 20’s Celsius on Friday and Saturday. I can’t wait!!
Quilt Obsession 
Looks like Smudge just came up for air after blowing bubbles, cats do some funny things sometimes.
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Oh Cathi I just love those yummy colors, you know I will stay tuned for future progress reports.Those hexagons are TINY!!! You will need a magnifying glass to sew them LOL.Lester looks so regal up there and Smudge….well he looks more like a drowned kitty LOL.Crispy
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I had to check your blog before shutting down for our trip and you made my morning. Smudge is a hoot, as we say, with water face. Can’t wait to see the progress on your Rainbow sky and the teeny tiny hexes!Whew!
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your rainbow is going to be wonderful! and those teeny tiny hexes? wow – you have more patience than i do! lol at smudge’s face…i had a huge tom cat named “strike” years ago…he thought he was a dog…he used to jump in the shower while i was taking one just long enuf to get wet – the cat loved water! ☺
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Lester looks like he’s contemplating which book to read, and Smudge looks like the kid brother that would rather stomp in puddles. LOL
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I love how your rainbow quilt is forming.My sister sent me some thread from Connecting Threads and I have already gone through 2 spools and only had it for a few months.Thanks for stopping by my blog…and I certainly enjoy yours.
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Smudge is so funny! I had a cat that preferred running water and would lap from the faucet. If there were no running water then he would only drink from his paw. He would dip his paw in the water bowl and then lick it off. Too funny.
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O.M.G. the picture of Smudge’s wet face is hysterical – the water is still jiggling from his dip, LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lester looks like the king surveying his domain, and Smudge looks like he’s quite enjoying life – what a pair of darlings!!Your blocks for the Sky Quilt are incredible – they look like colorful gorgeous big MUMS! (LOL my word verification word is GROPE! Naughty!)
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Smudges….such a silly cat! Loving the rainbow and all the tiny, tiny hexagons.
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you would think Smudge had been swimming!!Love the colours of the new quilt…….Gill in Canada
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What teeny tiny hexagons! Can’t wait to see these sewn up. I’m going to send you some nice spring weather. Hope it gets there by the weekend!
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Oh I can’t believe those tiny hexagons! Can’t wait to see them put together.Smudge’s “drinking problem” cracks me up. I wonder why he does that?
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Those are 1/4 inch hexagons? That is so small – I guess you really can’t get smaller than that can you!That is pretty funny to see Smudge soaked with water like that. I thought cats tried to avoid getting wet -LOLHave a great week in that warm weather – sounds so nice.
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Every time you start working with those crazy tiny pieces I have to sit down because I get light headed just thinking about it! I’m going to (in the nicest way possible) start calling you Crazy Cathi!
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Lester is amazing in this shot with the bookcase background. Wow. This is definitely a favorite.
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Cathi, this is going to be so beautiful! Can’t hardly wait to see the finished product!And I can’t believe the sizes of those hexagons! Incredible!
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