The very first POTC block I made and what is probably my favourite block was up next for framing with the cream hexagons and squares. The camera had trouble with the one of the purples in the block. The long hexagons that appear to be a blue purple are much more purple than they appear.

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Enough of the blocks are framed now that I think we can get a somewhat decent shot of all the blocks laid out and an idea of how the quilt will look. There’s still lots of work to be done, but I’d love to get an idea of placement now and maybe start putting the rows together as I frame them. I’m starting to think about how this will be quilted but haven’t come up with any good ideas yet.

Smudge completely relaxed. He makes me laugh out loud when his paws are like that.

Lester hanging out on the sofa as well.

Now that I know the purple squares are going to work with all these blocks, it’s time to start adding them to the blocks that have a lot of purple in them already. Adding the cream long hexagons around each block takes longer than the squares so over the next few evenings I’m going to be getting more of the cream hexagons ready to add.

The back:

No wonderful pictures from Mr. Quilt Obsession’s day on Tuesday. It rained and rained. The wind was unbelievable Tuesday afternoon. It’s only in the past couple of years that I’ve noticed wind storms equal migraines for me.

However, there is a nice picture of Lester. He was happily dozing on the couch, although he doesn’t like it when Mr. Quilt Obsession is gone. He meows a lot at the door until Mr. Q.O. gets home. I’m convinced Lester knows when he’s walking down the hall from the elevator as he sometimes paces around the door.


One of Smudge’s paws.

He was also relaxing on the couch. I think they’re starting to get well into cold weather hibernation mode.

The purple seems to be darker and richer surrounding this block’s cream hexagons. I was wondering if the purple would work with this one. It seems that the the purple truly is working as a neutral with every single block done so far.

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There was a little bit of rain Wednesday afternoon, after which the sun came right back out and it was wonderfully warm and humid. These flowers have a few raindrops still on them.

This tree is definitely showing that fall is on the way. We’re not seeing much in the way of leaf colour changing around here yet, so seeing this tree was a bit of a surprise.

Showing Lester’s full ruff all combed and looking great is an impossible task. As soon as he’s combed he starts licking and chewing on it again. So this is probably the best shot we’ll get:

And Smudge up close — again.

Putting the blues block together was fun. I was wondering how it would look with the purple but the purple batik seems to work with all the blocks.

There’s something about the backs of these blocks that fascinates me. I find myself staring at the photos of the backs, thinking about duplicating them in some fashion as the front of a block.

Tuesday afternoon we looked out and noticed a bird sitting on top of the stack (or whatever it is) on the theatre roof on the roof garden. It’s a peregrine falcon. There are many around here as they seem to like to nest in the high-rise buildings in this neighbourhood. One of our neighbours is involved with a group that watches out for these falcons and moves in to help if one of them is in need of assistance.

If you click on the photo and look in the middle you will see the falcon.

Smudge posing yet again for the camera.

And one of Lester in his favourite spot — on the windowsill:

Another block framed and with purple squares attached. This purple batik is working with all these blocks so far. Stitching the purple batik to the cream hexagons is definitely wearing the finish off the needles quickly. I can tell when it’s starting to happen now as the needle just does not glide as easily.

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We had glorious weather on the weekend, although it was rather chilly Friday and Saturday nights. It was actually chilly enough that we had the heat on for a while. This week is supposed to be hot and humid again. I think we’re into the silly part of the year when we almost need air conditioning on during the day and heat on at night. I am not complaining as I’d rather have this than winter!

Mr. Quilt Obsession has been busily snapping photographs. This one of the dragonfly is another one where, if you “embiggen” it, you can see the wings. Better him than me getting so close to the bugs! I love seeing the photos, but don’t know that I’d be too comfortable getting so close.

A flower in one of the planters that are out in front of many buildings in our neighbourhood.

Lester in a kitty bed:

And, for fun, a real close-up of one of his paws. It’s impossible to put a quarter or anything on his paw when it’s like that and expect him to stay still, but they are enormous paws.

Smudge, partially in a shadow. I love this shot of him:

And this close-up of one of his amazing green eyes:

Getting the purple squares around another of the POTC blocks was my goal Thursday night. I wanted to see how they looked surrounding a block that was very pink.


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Looks like our wonderful warm, dry weather may be about to end. What a lovely couple of weeks we’ve had.

A close-up of some of Lester’s whiskers — they’re so long that we can’t get a close-up of them with the macro setting. Both the boys have long, long whiskers. Sometimes I call them our crayfish kitties. Lester’s are about 4″ long.

And, of course, Smudge’s.