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Good morning, my friends. It's dark and foggy this morning, just as it was yesterday morning. It ooks as if we're into this gray world for another couple of days. We should have planted our daffodils last week when the sun was still shining. I'll tell you this: it makes Smitty very unhappy. He'd be out hunting small mammals. Instead, he's relegated to the woodbox sheltered by the eaves.

With his help, I ...

Good morning, my friends. It's dark and foggy this morning, just as it was yesterday morning. It ooks as if we're into this gray world for another couple of days. We should have planted our daffodils last week when the sun was still shining. I'll tell you this: it makes Smitty very unhappy. He'd be out hunting small mammals. Instead, he's relegated to the woodbox sheltered by the eaves.

With his help, I ...

Good morning, my friends. It's true I said my shoulder spasm was better yesterday, and it was. Still, I was being pretty careful in the way I moved around yesterday. It meant another pretty slow day. At least the floor got mopped. After that I spent some time on my slow-stitching, and generally took it easy. 

So, it was late in the day by the time I made my way to the sewing room. I was ready to start cutting things out for the Fantastic Felines project. This was the project I chose for the "Quilter's Choice" section ...

Good morning, my friends. It's true I said my shoulder spasm was better yesterday, and it was. Still, I was being pretty careful in the way I moved around yesterday. It meant another pretty slow day. At least the floor got mopped. After that I spent some time on my slow-stitching, and generally took it easy. 

So, it was late in the day by the time I made my way to the sewing room. I was ready to start cutting things out for the Fantastic Felines project. This was the project I chose for the "Quilter's Choice" section ...

Good morning, my friends. I was up way too early this morning. It was during the 3:00 a.m. hour when my eyes popped open. I tried going back to sleep, but no dice. I had too many things on my mind. I'll tell you what happened next, but let's back up to yesterday first.

It was another day of getting up close and personal with my heating pad. I'm happy to report that my shoulder is nearly 100% today. I'm still being careful with it, but it's feeling much better. I expect I ...

Good morning, my friends. I was up way too early this morning. It was during the 3:00 a.m. hour when my eyes popped open. I tried going back to sleep, but no dice. I had too many things on my mind. I'll tell you what happened next, but let's back up to yesterday first.

It was another day of getting up close and personal with my heating pad. I'm happy to report that my shoulder is nearly 100% today. I'm still being careful with it, but it's feeling much better. I expect I ...

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'm back. We ventured into war-ravaged Portland on Tuesday to get our COVID boosters, and somehow, we came out whole. Yay, us. We even found our way back to our car parked in the underground parking garage. As we walked, we noted which bank of elevators we'd used and whether we'd turned left or right. Amazingly, we were able to walk directly to our car when everything was over. But, hey. They wouldn't let us leave without these lovely parting gifts.

Good morning, my friends. Well, I'm back. We ventured into war-ravaged Portland on Tuesday to get our COVID boosters, and somehow, we came out whole. Yay, us. We even found our way back to our car parked in the underground parking garage. As we walked, we noted which bank of elevators we'd used and whether we'd turned left or right. Amazingly, we were able to walk directly to our car when everything was over. But, hey. They wouldn't let us leave without these lovely parting gifts.

Good morning, my friends. It's a happy day. My quilting project is finished and ready for binding. When I left you yesterday, I was still mulling over how to finish the outer border. I ended up doing a sort of diamond motif all the way around. It's a little hard to see, but I have the elongated diamond in the middle, and then a shorter diamond at each point.

Here's another look at that border. Sorry for the weird angle. It's sometimes hard to take a picture that ...

Good morning, my friends. It's a happy day. My quilting project is finished and ready for binding. When I left you yesterday, I was still mulling over how to finish the outer border. I ended up doing a sort of diamond motif all the way around. It's a little hard to see, but I have the elongated diamond in the middle, and then a shorter diamond at each point.

Here's another look at that border. Sorry for the weird angle. It's sometimes hard to take a picture that ...

Good morning, my friends. Before I could do anything else yesterday morning, I had to fix that dratted block for the Kittens in Teacups quilt. It was bothering me even though we were in separate rooms. 

And then, I decided to move my hoop to the right to encompass the rest of the opening to the bridge. Where so many lines intersect, I like to do all the lines ...

Good morning, my friends. Before I could do anything else yesterday morning, I had to fix that dratted block for the Kittens in Teacups quilt. It was bothering me even though we were in separate rooms. 

And then, I decided to move my hoop to the right to encompass the rest of the opening to the bridge. Where so many lines intersect, I like to do all the lines ...

Good morning, my friends. Our yesterday started out with a dense fog advisory. Before noon, the sky had cleared and it turned into a pretty nice day. I had some things to do around the house, but I got an early start on my sewing.

My first priority was to finish quilting the blocks for the Barnyard quilt. It was hard to know what to do on some of these blocks. For a few of them, I simply put my needle down somewhere and then let my hands decide what to do. This one, for example...picking some points I ...

Good morning, my friends. Our yesterday started out with a dense fog advisory. Before noon, the sky had cleared and it turned into a pretty nice day. I had some things to do around the house, but I got an early start on my sewing.

My first priority was to finish quilting the blocks for the Barnyard quilt. It was hard to know what to do on some of these blocks. For a few of them, I simply put my needle down somewhere and then let my hands decide what to do. This one, for example...picking some points I ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a productive day yesterday. I finished most everything I wanted to during the day, and even started on a new slow-stitching project. When I left you, I was getting ready to quilt the aqua barn for the Barnyard quilt. The quilting is going well, but quilting with rulers is a little tedious. I broke yesterday's row of blocks into three sittings to give myself a break between them.

Starting with the aqua block...it was hard to know what to do here, but I figured it out eventually.

Good morning, my friends. It was a productive day yesterday. I finished most everything I wanted to during the day, and even started on a new slow-stitching project. When I left you, I was getting ready to quilt the aqua barn for the Barnyard quilt. The quilting is going well, but quilting with rulers is a little tedious. I broke yesterday's row of blocks into three sittings to give myself a break between them.

Starting with the aqua block...it was hard to know what to do here, but I figured it out eventually.

Good morning, my friends. It was a successful outing to the quilt shop, in more ways than one. I had a couple of stops to make along the way, but I reached the quilt shop about 45 minutes after leaving home. In another life, I blogged about this quilt shop when they were at a different location. This was my first visit to this new location, although they've been at the new location for nearly three years. I'm fortunate to have a couple of good options closer to home, and so I don't get down that way ...

Good morning, my friends. It was a successful outing to the quilt shop, in more ways than one. I had a couple of stops to make along the way, but I reached the quilt shop about 45 minutes after leaving home. In another life, I blogged about this quilt shop when they were at a different location. This was my first visit to this new location, although they've been at the new location for nearly three years. I'm fortunate to have a couple of good options closer to home, and so I don't get down that way ...

Good morning, my friends. Yesterday I was whining about the rain arriving just as I was preparing to drive a fair distance to a local quilt shop. As it turns out, the weather gods were merciful. I'll have a short window of dry weather for my drive today. I'm heading south to the Cotton Patch. It's "backing day" today. I can get a discount on backing fabric if I bring in my finished quilt top. I'll be showing up with the Scrappy Plus quilt top. 

It's been a while since I've been to the ...

Good morning, my friends. Yesterday I was whining about the rain arriving just as I was preparing to drive a fair distance to a local quilt shop. As it turns out, the weather gods were merciful. I'll have a short window of dry weather for my drive today. I'm heading south to the Cotton Patch. It's "backing day" today. I can get a discount on backing fabric if I bring in my finished quilt top. I'll be showing up with the Scrappy Plus quilt top. 

It's been a while since I've been to the ...