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Going With the Grain from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It’s been a mildly hectic week, and so I’ve given myself permission to skip a day or two of blogging. It occurs to me that whether I blog or not has to do with whether I get to do any sewing. If I’m not sewing, the rest of the day is pretty ho-hum…a lot of busy work standing between me and my sewing.

Yesterday’s busy work happened to include a pedicure. It was good to take a spa break, even if it was for just an hour. As I’ve mentioned ...

added by Barbara 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under cats , cooking , every blooming thing , mindless musings , quilts , travel

Going With the Grain from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It’s been a mildly hectic week, and so I’ve given myself permission to skip a day or two of blogging. It occurs to me that whether I blog or not has to do with whether I get to do any sewing. If I’m not sewing, the rest of the day is pretty ho-hum…a lot of busy work standing between me and my sewing.

Yesterday’s busy work happened to include a pedicure. It was good to take a spa break, even if it was for just an hour. As I’ve mentioned ...

added by Barbara 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under cats , cooking , every blooming thing , mindless musings , quilts , travel

A Little Time for Sewing from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's been a couple of days of this's and thats's. I've been keeping up with my slow-stitching each day. On Tuesday, I stitched far enough to decide to move my hoop up.

When I started stitching on Wednesday, I was at this section. I stitched the lower part of the hoop so that I could squeeze those little bits at the top inside the circle for stitching.

For Tuesday's trip into town everything took longer than I thought it would. Happily, I was there early for my haircut and color, and ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , gardening , mindless musings , photography , quilts , travel

A Little Time for Sewing from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's been a couple of days of this's and thats's. I've been keeping up with my slow-stitching each day. On Tuesday, I stitched far enough to decide to move my hoop up.

When I started stitching on Wednesday, I was at this section. I stitched the lower part of the hoop so that I could squeeze those little bits at the top inside the circle for stitching.

For Tuesday's trip into town everything took longer than I thought it would. Happily, I was there early for my haircut and color, and ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , gardening , mindless musings , photography , quilts , travel

A Good Day of Sewing from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a better day of weather yesterday. It clouded over for part of the day, but mostly, we saw sunshine and puffy white clouds. I've looked ahead to our first stop next week. If you can believe the forecast a week out, then we should have good weather for our first stop in Olympia next week. Fingers crossed.

There was just one chore on my list yesterday...mopping the floor. Mike helps me with that since there are some heavy things to move out of the way. He always does the sweeping too. With ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under cats , mindless musings , quilts , travel

A Good Day of Sewing from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a better day of weather yesterday. It clouded over for part of the day, but mostly, we saw sunshine and puffy white clouds. I've looked ahead to our first stop next week. If you can believe the forecast a week out, then we should have good weather for our first stop in Olympia next week. Fingers crossed.

There was just one chore on my list yesterday...mopping the floor. Mike helps me with that since there are some heavy things to move out of the way. He always does the sweeping too. With ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under cats , mindless musings , quilts , travel

Busy Kitchen Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We were both a little slow off the starting block yesterday morning. It was nearly lunch time before I managed to do anything productive. Usually, I’d be making pancakes on a Sunday morning, but Mike made waffles instead. We thought our weather would be better, but it rained a good part of the day. Smitty sat looking longingly outside, wishing he could find the door that leads to summer.

Part of my morning was spent on my slow-stitching. When I had it this far, it made sense to move my hoop to the left.

This ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery

Busy Kitchen Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We were both a little slow off the starting block yesterday morning. It was nearly lunch time before I managed to do anything productive. Usually, I’d be making pancakes on a Sunday morning, but Mike made waffles instead. We thought our weather would be better, but it rained a good part of the day. Smitty sat looking longingly outside, wishing he could find the door that leads to summer.

Part of my morning was spent on my slow-stitching. When I had it this far, it made sense to move my hoop to the left.

This ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery

WIPS Sewing and Paying it Forward from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Our weather is improving somewhat. We saw some blue sky and sunshine yesterday. If the forecast is to be believed, we should start seeing less rain over the coming week. We're still keeping our fingers crossed for good weather when we travel to Washington. We have lots of hiking planned, and it'll be nicer if we don't have to don our rain gear.

Before we get too far afield, I have a couple of patterns to give away. [Edited to say both patterns are spoken for. Sorry.] Usually when I'm finished with ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under cats , embroidery , giveaway postings , small quilts , travel

WIPS Sewing and Paying it Forward from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Our weather is improving somewhat. We saw some blue sky and sunshine yesterday. If the forecast is to be believed, we should start seeing less rain over the coming week. We're still keeping our fingers crossed for good weather when we travel to Washington. We have lots of hiking planned, and it'll be nicer if we don't have to don our rain gear.

Before we get too far afield, I have a couple of patterns to give away. [Edited to say both patterns are spoken for. Sorry.] Usually when I'm finished with ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under cats , embroidery , giveaway postings , small quilts , travel

One for the Bunnies from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had another day of rain yesterday. Not as much as on Thursday, but still…a good amount. We had grocery shopping to do, but I wasn’t going anywhere until I had my slow-stitching session. I stitched up what I could in my hoop…

And then moved it to stitch what remains of the cat. I’ll be able to start on the leaves and morning glories next.

So our grocery list was short. We ended up standing at the check-out stand for quite a while, though. The woman ahead of us asked for several ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , gardening , mindless musings , photography , product review , small quilts

One for the Bunnies from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We had another day of rain yesterday. Not as much as on Thursday, but still…a good amount. We had grocery shopping to do, but I wasn’t going anywhere until I had my slow-stitching session. I stitched up what I could in my hoop…

And then moved it to stitch what remains of the cat. I’ll be able to start on the leaves and morning glories next.

So our grocery list was short. We ended up standing at the check-out stand for quite a while, though. The woman ahead of us asked for several ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , gardening , mindless musings , photography , product review , small quilts

Two Small Quilts from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another rainy day yesterday. There was a meme on Facebook from a Portland weatherman that said, "Hello darkness my old friend." It made me laugh. Yep...that's the Pacific Northwest for you. We're told we have at least another ten days of gray skies and rain off and on. Hopefully, summer will return, and we'll have good weather for our trip, but we should all pack our rain gear just in case.

As for yesterday's sewing, Sadie was my sewing helper. Together, we got a lot done.

The first thing ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under cats , free-motion quilting , soapbox

Two Small Quilts from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another rainy day yesterday. There was a meme on Facebook from a Portland weatherman that said, "Hello darkness my old friend." It made me laugh. Yep...that's the Pacific Northwest for you. We're told we have at least another ten days of gray skies and rain off and on. Hopefully, summer will return, and we'll have good weather for our trip, but we should all pack our rain gear just in case.

As for yesterday's sewing, Sadie was my sewing helper. Together, we got a lot done.

The first thing ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under cats , free-motion quilting , soapbox

Tales of Tails from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Okay, September 1st is over, and on we go with what remains of summer. It was a good day for sewing here. There was enough progress made on the Plaid Cat that I decided to move my hoop. The green stripes on the cat need to be stitched first because the purple stripes are stitched over the top where they intersect. I'd taken the green stripes about as far as I could go without moving to a different position.

It made sense to me to move to where I could stitch the tail.

Smitty helped ...

added by Barbara 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , rainbow scrap challenge , small quilts

Tales of Tails from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Okay, September 1st is over, and on we go with what remains of summer. It was a good day for sewing here. There was enough progress made on the Plaid Cat that I decided to move my hoop. The green stripes on the cat need to be stitched first because the purple stripes are stitched over the top where they intersect. I'd taken the green stripes about as far as I could go without moving to a different position.

It made sense to me to move to where I could stitch the tail.

Smitty helped ...

added by Barbara 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , rainbow scrap challenge , small quilts

How Do You Like Them Apples? from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy kitchen day yesterday, but there was still some time for sewing. No actual sewing...just finishing and prepping, but it's all good.

My first stop was to finish the embroidery for Block 1 of the Quilter's Retweet. There was only a little ways to go with this.

And then I had bigger fish to fry in the form of apples. My recipe called for 7 lbs. of apples before coring, and that there is what 7 lbs. of apples looks like.

Mike helped me with this. I cored most of ...

added by Barbara 1 month ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , family , mewseum , photography , small quilts

How Do You Like Them Apples? from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy kitchen day yesterday, but there was still some time for sewing. No actual sewing...just finishing and prepping, but it's all good.

My first stop was to finish the embroidery for Block 1 of the Quilter's Retweet. There was only a little ways to go with this.

And then I had bigger fish to fry in the form of apples. My recipe called for 7 lbs. of apples before coring, and that there is what 7 lbs. of apples looks like.

Mike helped me with this. I cored most of ...

added by Barbara 1 month ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , family , mewseum , photography , small quilts

Taking Care of Business from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was such a busy day yesterday, but I got most everything done that I wanted to. It started with this pretty sunrise.

We had grocery shopping to do, and so we mostly went through our morning routine. There was one errand to run in town, and then we were home by about lunch time. My next step was to make the Original Plum Torte. (If you click on that link, you can read the associated amusing story about the recipe.) We intentionally put off the start day of our upcoming trip to wait for the ...

added by Barbara 1 month ago. under baking on friday , cats , embroidery , free-motion quilting , gardening , quilts

Taking Care of Business from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was such a busy day yesterday, but I got most everything done that I wanted to. It started with this pretty sunrise.

We had grocery shopping to do, and so we mostly went through our morning routine. There was one errand to run in town, and then we were home by about lunch time. My next step was to make the Original Plum Torte. (If you click on that link, you can read the associated amusing story about the recipe.) We intentionally put off the start day of our upcoming trip to wait for the ...

added by Barbara 1 month ago. under baking on friday , cats , embroidery , free-motion quilting , gardening , quilts

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