Weekend News
First and foremost, Gus is my total hero for having caught and dispatched the wee brown mousie we saw the other day. Brazen little thing, but it proved no match for the mighty Gus.
Second, go here for the first group of postcards that I’ve made for Virginia’s next FiberArt for a Cause fundraiser in April. These are scanned images, so it’s hard to get them well “groomed” but you get the idea.
That’s it for now folks.
I’m it! Four things about me
Whoa. I got tagged by none other than Derrick over at Obsession with Food. He assures me that even A-listers are doing this thing and so, without further ado, here are my “Four Things.” (And Derrick, how are those quilts coming along anyway?)
Four jobs I’ve had:
I won’t name names, but I’m counting on my regulars to pick up the challenge and tell us here in comments that you’re doing it. Come on – you know who you are…. It was fun to do. You know you want to.
Another rainy and howling wind sort of night. Mudslides down in Columbia County. Around here it’s just worth keeping an eye on the kinderhook and hope that the power stays on.
Did I mention that Wednesday night, the power went out at some point? I came home from my guild meeting having noticed how very dark it was along the way. All my good planning paid off: flashlight in car, candles and oil lamps and matches at the ready. Of course the oven doesn’t work without electricity but it’s possible to light the top burners. So, a cuppa hot tea, a few candles, and a few cats and I was good to go.
The cats were amusing. One by one they kept coming to me. “Lady, there’s something…. it’s dark and cold! Lady!” I’d give them a nice skritch and remind them that THEY were the ones with the nice fur coats while me, the fur-less one was burrowed under the covers trying to read a bit.
So much for the electric blanket, eh? But hey, quilts, blankets, fingerless gloves, hat and shawl and I was quite comfy. The power came back around 2 AM and when I went down to turn off the stray light the thermometer told me that it was 46F inside. yeah. Not all that much colder than normal, but down there a few degrees make quite a bit of difference. But a few minutes later I was back in my nice warm bed.
Other than that the normal. Some pizza tonight, and some ciabatta tomorrow. I’m working on some postcards for Virginia’s fundraiser in April. Gus is on mouse alert (we both saw a wee brown mousie!). All is well inside. Outside, it’s dark, raining and howling.
Whatchabindooin?
Well, I took it in my head to do a little more quilting. So I rummaged around, found a piece of fabric that looking back I think I was saving for a specific binding (oh well!), layered it up with a nice but inexpensively purchased batik and well, here’s the result:
Or a little larger file size for a closer view: here
This is all quilted in a single thread color, that color being somewhere between kelly/grass and lime green. Looks pretty good I think. The whole thing is about 40 inches square.
Where will wants not, a way opens.
