Putting these Winding Ways blocks together is such fun. They press beautifully, following the pressing directions in the Winding Ways Design Book, and thanks to those pressing directions lie lovely and flat.
The back after pressing and snipping off the dog ears:
And a real close-up of the centre of the back. If you look, you can see that the middle is pressed open. Before doing that, though, I used the tiniest stitches I could manage and actually stitched the seam twice with thread that matched the fabric. It’s pressing like this that makes the block lie really flat, without a bump in the middle. It takes seconds, and makes a huge difference.
I’ve been inundated with work this week, rather unexpectedly, and haven’t really been responding to comments. I have deadlines to meet today, but then am taking a 3-day weekend. I love reading your comments and will respond, if not today, sometime on Friday.
Lester continues to improve. Here he is Wednesday afternoon:
Smudge licking the yogourt off the spoon — but keep scrolling down as there’s a surprise.
We finally got a video of Smudge drinking. If you turn your speakers up, you can hear the water dripping off his fur back into the water bowl. He likes to get his paw into the dry food and throw a few of those around and then he heads to the water bowl and — well, you can see for yourself:
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The winding ways block looks just fabulous!! But I have to say the highlight of this post is definitely the cats. First, I am glad that Lester is getting back to normal. Seeing Smudge lick the yogurt off the spoon just reminds me so much of my Pavi. Pavi gets so excited when he sees me taking yogurt out of the refrigerator. But seeing Smudge drink looks more like she would like to swim.
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I've made a note to come back to view the video, darn dial up LOL.Crispy
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Smudge wants to swim? I don't know he really does love his water doesn't he! Love it! Thank you…
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Love your work. I may end up doing some hand sewing yet. The video is soooo cute!!ttfn 🙂 Yuki
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What a gorgeous block – such lovely handwork! I didn't realize Lester was ill – poor sweetie – I hope he continues to improve! Smudge's video is a hoot – what a funny boy!! Zoomer picks up dry food from his dish with his mouth and throws it around – he makes a real mess 😀 Cats just plain out ROCK 🙂
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Beautiful…the backs of your blocks look as wonderful as the front!
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What a riot! He actually lies down when he's drinking. I've never seen a cat take so much water at once. He love it.Oh, and I almost forgot…nice block, Cathi. (wink)
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Holy Water! Batman that was so worth the wait!!! Hilarious. I swear that'll go viral. 🙂
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That block is SUPERB. Wow!
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Cathi…Oh my goodness what a priceless treat those photos/video are!…Lester looks like just a love and Smudge, well, what are you gonna do???…:) Never have seen a cat drink/swim like that!…we have licking of the spoon therapy over here too!…made our day!…your blocks are wonderful and i'm really getting up the courage to try this myself..God Bless you Annie
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Your block is lovely, but OMG Smudge is hysterical! Does he really stick his face in the water like that? I thought mine were silly dipping their paws in and licking the water off. And I had one who used to smack the bowl to make the water move and then he would drink it.
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Smudge is a very funny kitty! Let's hope all this fame doesn't go to his head. Your Winding Ways block looks great, what size blocks are you making?
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Lester: glad he is getting better.Smudge: damnest thing I have ever seen!Kim
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Cathi, that intersection in the center just blows my mind! Amazing!!!
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I love Smudges drinking! I must send my sister over for a look.
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What a great video of Smudge!! He is so funny!!! I've had cats that like to dip their paws in water to drink but never their fur and chin like Smudge. Edgar Poe likes to knock the bowl around so it makes a mess. Silly cats!
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That Smudge is a riot at the water bowl! LOL Gets his drink and face washed at the same time.
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