The latest Happy Little Things block is all prepped for embroidery. I hope to get this done today so I can pull fabrics to finish off the block - hand piecing in the car lines this week. I'll use the same floss as the first one. I decided to mark with a thin permanent marker this time instead of pencil. The pencil was hard to see.
I'm finally going to 'fix' the batting on the frame that the kittens tore up last year. It has sat in timeout long enough. I have just a little to hand quilt before I get to remember how to turn it for the next section! I believe some time will be sitting at the frame today adding some hand quilting stitches in. I need to figure out a way to roll that batting and keep it safe... I may need to find a pool noodle or 2 and some little tie downs to create something with a muslin protector.... so I don't have to deal with this again!
One of the guilty parties.... on the cat and mice quilt I had draped over the frame but removed for the photo's. Wonder if he thinks those are real mice to catch?
I really, really wanted to have the cat and mouse quilt prepped for hand quilting by now... but I saw a backing I loved at Connecting Threads in the catalog. I thought about it all week......and this morning I ordered it along with some in purple for the backing of the 1857 quilt and a queen wool batting to try out for hand quilting (either the green irish chain or the Joanns Fabrics Y2K sampler quilt). I remembered I had $100 in birthday money still tucked away from last year for my splurge!
Linking up with the other slow stitchers at Kathy's Quilts today.
13 comments:
Oh those darn kitties playing with the quilts! They are having too much fun... a cat party gone off the rails! LOL
Enjoy your embroidery and quiet time today!
Hi Deb...greetings from Vermont. I wanted to share an embroidery tip. I have a set of Pigma markers that I use to trace my embroidery patterns. I trace the pattern in the color I will use for the embroidery thread. If it's true Redwork I use a red pigma pen. For embroidery in multi colors, I use the multi-colored pigma pens I have. Using pens in various colors also helps to remind me what color thread to use especially if there are many colors and it's a large or detailed pattern. Hope this helps.
Naughty kitty! Enjoy your kid free day!
Sounds like you have an enjoyable day ahead of you! Hope you get that batting fixed up so you can finish your hand quilting. That sounds like a job I would put off, too!
That looks like a really nice embroidery to start. I like Sharon's tip by the way of using different pigma pens! Those kitties can cause havoc, but you just can't help loving them!
Done! It only took 25 minutes.... why I waited a year to do it I'll never know!
Thanks Sharon! Love this. Will do that the next time thanks. I just found the 1st embroidery in your St. Albans buildings collection. I think it might be my take with project this month.
Can't wait to see your embroidery. Those kitties can be a handful!
I love a day where you get lots of little things done that have been on your list for ages. It makes me feel like i've accomplished so much! I also have kitties, who like scratching and biting things, so I have a pile of thing to repair too!
Your kitty looks so sweet and I think she is hoping for just one of those mice to make a move so she can pounce on it. I am enjoying a little embroidery too.
If you find that "pool noodles" are hard to find this time of year, go to the hardware store and ask for the foam pipe insulators thingies... same thing just not pretty colors.
I have a dog that enjoy shredding batting, too! The little fingernails turned out cute.
Oh I love this tip
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