I’ve had the fabrics printed and cut out for a few weeks and have been periodically picking up one or two pieces to stitch whenever I’ve needed my curved piecing fix. There will be 4 of these blocks that I need in total. The first one is done and I absolutely love the effect! The pattern for this is in an old issue of Australian Patchwork & Quilting. I’m going to amend the setting a bit but absolutely love the block design.
I’ve written before about the kitties and their toy basket. About 5 minutes before this picture was taken, all the toys were in the basket. Lester came along and, with one big swipe of his paw, had about 6 or 7 of those toys out on the floor. Smudge came along and took over. He played for a moment but then was guarding the toys from his brother.
Lester took a break and will, now that I’ve put them all back in the basket, get them out again. We were watching them and, at one point, the two of them were trying to get their favourites out at the same time. That resulted in a few minutes of paw waving play fight and then Lester wandered off for a snooze.
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Unique basket block. Loved the story of the toys and the kitty photos to go along with the fun. Those two are great fun.
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pretty block, oh I see a lot of potential with this blockvery fun.and oh my what a life these kitties have!!!!!
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Wow great block. I’ve seen many different uses of drunkard’s path blocks but never as a basket…too cute!!Those kitties just crack me up.Crispy
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That makes a lacy (lacey?) looking basket. How neat!Those kitties sure like their toys. We never had an inside cat so I had never seen a cat play with toys until I visited my daughter and her ragdoll cat. He was a riot!
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A scalloped basket! How unique! I don’t think I ever would have seen that, Cathi. What vision you have!
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I love baskets. That is so different and so beautiful!
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Cutest baskets ever!
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Wow! I have never seen curved blocks pieced into a basket like this. I really like it! It is so different.
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love the block, it looks hard.
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That is a most unusual block and use of the drunkard’s path blocks. I do love it and am anxious to see how you are going to modify it. The kitties sound like a lot of fun to watch.
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What a fun design! I'd never would have come up with anything like this…AUS P&Q is a great magazine, isn't it?Oh, and such sweet kittie love…
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Cathi,I have never seen a basket block done like that – what a lovely twist! Great job!!!
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The cat stories are always funny. I had Miss Orange in this weekend to play with. She’s very tame when inside and lets everyone pet and hold her. She’s a patient one even if she started out so wild. I love that basket! It is so darling!
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Getting caught up on my blog visit… so many to do!!! What a great basket idea Cathi! I would have never thought to try something like it! Looks good! 😎
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