Quilt Label and Kitty Christmas Toys

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Quiltobsession

On one of the Christmas gifts I made to give, I put this little label. I’ve become a big fan of little stitchery labels, it seems, and have a bunch of them ready to do so that labels for next year’s Christmas gifts will be ready to put on when the gifts are done.

Trish, who sent the SSCS package, included gifts of hand-made toys for the kitties. They have been playing with them a lot.

Here is Smudge, intently watching to make sure it doesn’t get away while he bats at it.

And Lester, in true Lester fashion, curled up in his kitty bed with the toy. If you look closely, you’ll see his eyes aren’t quite closed. He is very determined sometimes to keep his toys all close to him. It’s not the least bit unusual to see 3 or 4 toys in that cat bed.

SSCS!!

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Quiltobsession

Somehow I managed to NOT open the SSCS gifts I received from Trisha at TLC Stitches until Christmas. So these wonderfully colourful packages waited and waited!

Finally it was time to open them. First was this gloriously warm and soft scarf, which I love. With our winters it will be worn a lot. And it will certainly brighten up my winter coat. It’s fabulous!!

Secondly, I opened this — a microwave baked potato bag! I’ve meant to make one of these for ages but never quite got around to it. I am thrilled with this and I think we may well use it tonight.

And then there were these adorable kitty toys made for Smudge and Lester. Now that we’ve photographed them, the boys get to play with them.

Thank you, Trisha! The scarf is wonderful, the baked potato bag is truly something I’ve wanted for ages and the kitty toys are fantastic! Pictures of the boys playing with them soon.

And Smudge on Christmas night. He certainly knows how to relax!

Bits and Pieces

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Quiltobsession

The quilt for which the never-ending label was made is all done — ready to go. I can’t show the front of it — yet — but here’s a view of the back. The long-arm quilter did an amazing job on it. There’s a silk batt in it and even with the heavy quilting it’s still very soft and drapes beautifully.

On Friday night I completely changed my mind about my SSCS gift and, after getting my pieces all cut, madly stitched all weekend. It’s ready to quilt and will be quilted and bound by the end of today. I am thrilled to bits with how it has turned out — but can’t post a picture. At least not until it has been received and opened.

Lester still likes sitting on the windowsill, even though it’s pretty quiet on the roof garden right now. We haven’t even seen a squirrel for a couple of days.