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Perfectly Precious Puppets from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my goodness! I have so much to show you today. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I met up with Matthew yesterday for a visit to the Portland Puppet Museum. His house was looking very festive. Not bad for two single guys sharing a household.

The Portland Puppet Museum is one of just ten puppet museums in the United States, and it's the only permanent puppet museum on the West Coast. The collection boasts over 2,000 puppets from over 38 countries, and is so large that the museum rotates exhibits every four ...

added by Barbara 3 hours, 54 minutes ago. under embroidery , family , mindless musings , photography

Perfectly Precious Puppets from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Oh my goodness! I have so much to show you today. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I met up with Matthew yesterday for a visit to the Portland Puppet Museum. His house was looking very festive. Not bad for two single guys sharing a household.

The Portland Puppet Museum is one of just ten puppet museums in the United States, and it's the only permanent puppet museum on the West Coast. The collection boasts over 2,000 puppets from over 38 countries, and is so large that the museum rotates exhibits every four ...

added by Barbara 3 hours, 54 minutes ago. under embroidery , family , mindless musings , photography

Thoroughly Thursday from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a foggy morning here at the Three Cats Ranch. I'm heading out later today to meet up with Matthew. We've been trying to get together at least once per month. He lives on the other side of the river, and so we're about an hour's distance apart. You might recall when we went walking and had a tea party a couple of months back. The day started out rainy, but then cleared in the afternoon, and it was lovely.

Pretty days like that have been few and far between, and ...

added by Barbara 1 day, 4 hours ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , exercise , family , quilts , travel

Thoroughly Thursday from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a foggy morning here at the Three Cats Ranch. I'm heading out later today to meet up with Matthew. We've been trying to get together at least once per month. He lives on the other side of the river, and so we're about an hour's distance apart. You might recall when we went walking and had a tea party a couple of months back. The day started out rainy, but then cleared in the afternoon, and it was lovely.

Pretty days like that have been few and far between, and ...

added by Barbara 1 day, 4 hours ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , exercise , family , quilts , travel

Happy Hump Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well, we're set for groceries for another week or so. Having not done any grocery shopping for nearly two weeks, our list was long. We were also slow getting out of the house. I did everything I could to procrastinate, including spending some extra time with my slow stitching. I can say I'm off to a good start on the latest Raggedy & Friends block.

From there, we got ourselves out the door and our shopping done. It was just after noon when we arrived back home. We put everything away, had some lunch, took ...

added by Barbara 2 days, 3 hours ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test

Happy Hump Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well, we're set for groceries for another week or so. Having not done any grocery shopping for nearly two weeks, our list was long. We were also slow getting out of the house. I did everything I could to procrastinate, including spending some extra time with my slow stitching. I can say I'm off to a good start on the latest Raggedy & Friends block.

From there, we got ourselves out the door and our shopping done. It was just after noon when we arrived back home. We put everything away, had some lunch, took ...

added by Barbara 2 days, 3 hours ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , rainbow scrap challenge , recipe test

Time for Tuesday from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's been 12 days since our last grocery shopping trip. I'm afraid we can't avoid it any longer. Happily, it's senior discount day at our grocery store. It never works out to much, but it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. If nothing else, it's an incentive not to put it off until tomorrow.

Yesterday had me finishing off the third block for Home is Where My Flock Is. This one stitched up pretty quickly.

These are the blocks I have for this quilt so ...

added by Barbara 3 days, 5 hours ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , travel

Time for Tuesday from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's been 12 days since our last grocery shopping trip. I'm afraid we can't avoid it any longer. Happily, it's senior discount day at our grocery store. It never works out to much, but it's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. If nothing else, it's an incentive not to put it off until tomorrow.

Yesterday had me finishing off the third block for Home is Where My Flock Is. This one stitched up pretty quickly.

These are the blocks I have for this quilt so ...

added by Barbara 3 days, 5 hours ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , travel

Nifty November Stitching, Cooking and Playing from Canadian Needle Nana

A November sky if ever I saw one...Milder and wet, then a big freeze overnight turned the morning landscape into an ice covered fairyland. I thought it was hoar frost but I've read since it was rime frost, a dangerous frost for ships at sea. This kind of ice is thick and grows in the direction of the wind.

Whatever the name, it was especially beautiful down by the pond where the tall grasses grow. By noon, it had all disappeared so I felt lucky to have witnessed such fleeting beauty. And my photos don't do it ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 4 days, 6 hours ago. under dogs , embroidery , food , quilting

Spiral Challenge from Quilting & Learning

Bonjour and welcome!

added by Andree G. Faubert 5 days, 3 hours ago. under embroidery , fm mavericks , free motion mavericks , linking party , mirjam textiles , sampler embroidery

F.A.R.T. from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. If you don't recognize that acronym in the title, then you should know that it stands for Fabric Acquisition Road Trip. That took up most of the day yesterday. We were up and out early to run some errands, and then we made the half-hour drive south to The Cotton Patch, where they have a "backing day" at the end of each month. Bring in a finished quilt top, get 25% off any backing fabric. As it turns off, they were celebrating "Small Business Saturday," and so everything in the store was 25% off. Even ...

added by Barbara 5 days, 5 hours ago. under book review , cats , embroidery , in the kitchen , photography , quilt shops , quilts , travel

F.A.R.T. from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. If you don't recognize that acronym in the title, then you should know that it stands for Fabric Acquisition Road Trip. That took up most of the day yesterday. We were up and out early to run some errands, and then we made the half-hour drive south to The Cotton Patch, where they have a "backing day" at the end of each month. Bring in a finished quilt top, get 25% off any backing fabric. As it turns off, they were celebrating "Small Business Saturday," and so everything in the store was 25% off. Even ...

added by Barbara 5 days, 5 hours ago. under book review , cats , embroidery , in the kitchen , photography , quilt shops , quilts , travel

November 29, 2025

Ready to Face the World from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Is everyone rested up from the Thanksgiving holiday? I know I can use at least another day of rest. It was nice to mostly take the day off yesterday. I've put out all the Christmas quilts, and the house is back to normal. It's good to be returning to the comfort of a routine.

Today we'll make a trek south to a quilt shop. I'm on the hunt for a back for the Merry, Merry Snowmen quilt, and I'm looking for some fabric for a Christmas table runner...a request from ...

added by Barbara 6 days, 5 hours ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts

Ready to Face the World from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Is everyone rested up from the Thanksgiving holiday? I know I can use at least another day of rest. It was nice to mostly take the day off yesterday. I've put out all the Christmas quilts, and the house is back to normal. It's good to be returning to the comfort of a routine.

Today we'll make a trek south to a quilt shop. I'm on the hunt for a back for the Merry, Merry Snowmen quilt, and I'm looking for some fabric for a Christmas table runner...a request from ...

added by Barbara 6 days, 5 hours ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts

Pieces of a wrapping cloth. from contemporary embroidery

A new panel for an old wrapping cloth.I say old, maybe I should say unfinished.This piece has been a very slow burner.A new panel was pieced in class earlier this week with pleated cloth, a little vintage scrap and a piece of very old handkerchief. Surface embroidery is now in progress. There will be stab stitch, bullion knots and almost certainly French knots.

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Thing is, pieces are finished when they want to be... by Rachel https://www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk
Reminds me of a colourful garden and a welcome sig... by Magpie's Mumblings https ...

added by Karen 6 days, 9 hours ago. under embroidery , wrapping cloth

November 28, 2025

You're Next, Christmas! from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. If you're reading this, then you must have recovered from your turkey coma by now. We had such a lovely day. Matthew brought two friends, and Mae's mother was with us, for a total of eight. We were meeting one of Matthew's friends for the first time, and he was a very nice young man hobbling around on a broken ankle. I was sorry for him. It looked so uncomfortable.

So I took time out of my soon-to-be-too-busy day to stitch Tiny Treasure #23. This one has wagon wheel stitch, basketweave stitch, straight ...

added by Barbara 1 week ago. under cooking , embroidery , family , quilts

You're Next, Christmas! from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. If you're reading this, then you must have recovered from your turkey coma by now. We had such a lovely day. Matthew brought two friends, and Mae's mother was with us, for a total of eight. We were meeting one of Matthew's friends for the first time, and he was a very nice young man hobbling around on a broken ankle. I was sorry for him. It looked so uncomfortable.

So I took time out of my soon-to-be-too-busy day to stitch Tiny Treasure #23. This one has wagon wheel stitch, basketweave stitch, straight ...

added by Barbara 1 week ago. under cooking , embroidery , family , quilts

November 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving! from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. There's much to do today, and so I'm keeping today's post short. Yesterday found me dragging my feet every step of the way. It seems the more there is to do, the less inclined I am to even start. I spent longer than usual on my embroidery. It was an excellent procrastination stragegy. This is Tiny Treasure #22. This one is done with stem stitch, stem fill, feather stitch, straight stitch, and a French knot.

From there, I got busy making the sweet potatoes for today's dinner. I had a few other ...

added by Barbara 1 week, 1 day ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , family , mindless musings , quilts

Happy Thanksgiving! from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. There's much to do today, and so I'm keeping today's post short. Yesterday found me dragging my feet every step of the way. It seems the more there is to do, the less inclined I am to even start. I spent longer than usual on my embroidery. It was an excellent procrastination stragegy. This is Tiny Treasure #22. This one is done with stem stitch, stem fill, feather stitch, straight stitch, and a French knot.

From there, I got busy making the sweet potatoes for today's dinner. I had a few other ...

added by Barbara 1 week, 1 day ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , family , mindless musings , quilts

189 bullion knots from contemporary embroidery

The right hand edge of the large silk piece...189 bullion knots.I do love a bullion knot as you can tell!More pages including the silk piece which was rescued from the 'pile' I mentioned yesterday.

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I can just about imagine doing that many bullion k... by Rachel https://www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk
I can't imagine making that many bullion knots... by Magpie's Mumblings https://www.blogger.com/profile/09852241848575954128
How pretty! They remind me of those edible neckla... by Christine
Now that's dedication! They look beautiful - I... by Jillayne https://www.blogger.com ...

added by Karen 1 week, 1 day ago. under bullion knots , embroidery , wrapping cloth

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