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Batts and Cats and Trees

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There were a few questions about the silk batt I mentioned on Monday. This is what I’m using. It is very easy to work with and, while it is more expensive than a cotton batt, for someone with limited hand strength it is pure joy to quilt through. I had no hand fatigue at all while with cotton I run into that problem very quickly.


The other thing I love about the silk batts is that even with heavy heavy machine quilting, they retain their lovely soft drape. Next time I have a quilt done by a long-arm quilter, I will definitely use one of these!

We had sun on Tuesday. I’m sure I’m wrong, but it feels like it has been weeks since we’ve had sun. I love the look of the roof garden with the snow when the sun is out.

I’m not sure if the boys were admiring the tree shadows on the snow or just posing.


Monday Morning Chatter

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Remember this?


I started quilting it on the weekend, using a silk batt that is absolutely wonderful to work with. It’s incredibly easy to needle, and I’m getting lovely tiny stitches. That said, I’m taking out what I’ve done so far as I decided I want to quilt it differently than I originally had planned. I’m totally sold on using the silk batt now.

After a week of extreme cold, what did we get? Snow, snow and more snow. It began snowing around 3:00 p.m. Saturday and continued snowing until Sunday afternoon. This picture was taken during the daytime and it really shows what gets to me about winter — the total lack of colour.

Smudge keeps us entertained, no matter what the weather. He curled up with the teddy bear, his head on the teddy bear’s legs.

Lester, looking very alert.


First Hand Quilting Project for 2009

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This little piece will be my first hand quilting project for the year. It was made with the pieces from the free downloadable Inklingo collection. I’m using a silk batt so I know this will be an absolute joy to quilt. It’s a little piece but it’s a nice way to ease into some larger quilts that need to be quilted.

I’m planning to use a dark fabric for the binding to finish it off. I’m not really sure what we’ll do with it, but I like it the size that it is. Perhaps it’s destined to become a wall hanging.

Lester in his favourite spot in the winter:

And Smudge — if you look closely I think you can see that his fur is wet. He has the oddest drinking habits. Rather than lap up a bit of water, he puts his whole face into the water bowl and then, when he’s dripping wet, catch the water on his tongue as it rolls down off his fur. He has done this since he was a kitten and it never fails to amuse us. I often wonder if he’d actually go in if we had a small wading pool for him.