A new Inklingo collection came out yesterday, which includes the shapes needed for Orange Peel, Alabama Beauty, Eiffel Tower, Improved 9-patch and others. Of course, I couldn’t resist. And decided to make an Improved 9-patch in green and red with some white — perhaps the start of a Christmas quilt? It finishes at 8″.

The curves are so gentle that it’s a breeze to stitch. The matching points make it an absolute joy. And it presses beautifully too.

Tuesday afternoon, the boys were very busy watching out the window. Very, very busy.

What were they watching? What seemed like a hundred grackles swooping about, pecking away at the lawn, sitting in the trees and one which, for a moment, was pecking at the window. I was beginning to think we were in the midst of a remake of Hitchcock’s The Birds!