Border business

The Cat helping. I have made 36 bags of 16 bricks and 8 edge triangles. 

 I started off by trying to organize each block. After the seventh one I got bored. I just grabbed a packet and started stitching.

 This is the first piece stitched together.

This is the second block.







This is them together. Not great picture. But things to do, pictures to post,


Have an amazing week. May it be an exceptional one.

Fabulous February 2015

February is here and January is done and dusted. My Granny's garden has all of it's flowers. I have squared off the flower area with green. In my mind, shrubbery around the flower garden. I have added a thin brown strip. This is to demarcate the flowers from the border.

I am now working on the borders. I have made about 100 little bricks and need to make another 550. I am going to do crazy paving with them.

 I had started making chevrons out of the bricks, when my 2 design consultants (my husband and my youngest daughter) that this was a gross idea and would look stupid. My husband has just denied the use of the word gross. Never the less.

After fiddling around I could see that possibly it was not the best design idea. I do think the mixed placement looks better. I have been given many jelly rolls over the years and this has been a fun exercise in using them up. The paving will use a whole lot more.

The kittens are growing beautifully. Yesterday I took the baby boy to the vet as he had eaten a stinging critter and one half of his face was all swollen. We have a bee hive that lives in the house's chimney, so it may have been a bee. There are many other creepy crawlies in the garden so I just wanted him checked out.

He was given a good check out and 2 injections. This morning he is just fine. His beautiful little face is once again symmetrical. Even his nose is down to it's normal size. He did have a little thug thing going on.

We have been having a whole lot of rain. The next door neighbor has a dead  tree which deposits branches each time it rains. Here is last nights deposit. I suppose wishing for them to be decent neighbors is asking too much.

Hope you all have a Fabulous February and the last 6 weeks of summer/winter go by in a pleasant manner.

Lastly I have added a video of the kitties being cute,

Have a good one.

Kittens play with Linux

Do you see what I am thinking about doing. I think the farmers wife quilt may be fun.

Have a great day.

Kitten update

The kittens are now 15 weeks old. They have been taken for their second inoculation and have almost double their weight. The little boy went from 1 kg to 1.9 kg. The little girl went from 1 kg to 1.7 kg. He still looks skinnier than her and is coiled nonsense. 

The little girl enjoys quilting with me. I think she enjoys the stillness of stitching. The little boy comes as well and he really loves playing soccer with my YLI thread. This is a bit of a concern as I still need to find a source of it the will ship it to the deepest depths of Africa.

Our older cat has stopped hating the babies and now allows them to be near her and even tries to licked them every now and again. There is hissing if she feels that they have over stepped the bounds.

The granny's garden is coming along. I have finished all of the flowers and have started on the border. Step one is to fill in all of the edge gaps in green. I have completed 3 sides and |I have started the 4th side. 

We have had a whole lot of rain. Thank goodness as without it, it has been swelteringly hot. Hope the temperatures are moderated wherever you are.

Here are some more pictures of the babies this weekend.

Have a good one.

Leia

Tabitha

Taz 

Taz testing the curtains

Taz testing my breakfast.

Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year 2015. May all your wishes come true. 

May joy find it's way into your heart. 

Now that is done, Jumping Jacks it is now January. 

January is always an awkward month. What with taking most of December off. January arrives and so does the stress and strain of working life. My family and I bump along most peacefully and the idea that the relaxed times are almost over is never good. I have been able to do a whole lot of stitching in the last three weeks and I have only one stripe left to add to my Granny's Garden. The borders still need to be added so there is still a whole lot of piecing to be done. 

The Kittens have grown a whole lot and are now part of the family. This box that my husband's phone came in, has been their best toy. Many a battle has been had. It is so funny to observe the kittens tactics. 

Well I hope you have a great New Year's Day.

Have a good one