Another lap quilt

As I said I might here, I changed my mind about its size.  I had planned to make it 9 by 9 squares, which would be 81 inches on a side.  I stopped at 7 by 7 (63 inches on a side).  John wants to use it as his napping quilt and it seemed the right size to him.  I haven't bound it yet and I could make it bigger.  It's in trial use now.  One of the cool things about this technique is it's so easy to change your mind.  I think a repair would be easy, too (cats are hard on fabric items).

I took it out on the porch where the light is better.  My camera needs good light to capture the colors correctly.  This is much more how it looks to my eye.  And it is better if you click on the pictures.

Playing with food

This one appeals to me.  How fun!

from Piano Sandwich

Hurricane force winds in the gorge

It's been very windy in the gorge recently, especially at Crown Point, which is only a little more than 20 miles from our house.  You can read this explanation of the weather phenomenon that causes these high winds.

And here is a video that illustrates just how windy it was...

Stress eating

Ozy is our diabetic cat and dealing with his health is a real challenge; I've written a little about it before.  It's not the DOING of the care.  It's the roller coaster of ups and downs of his uncontrolled blood glucose, the decisions about his insulin dose, his pain level, when to get help.

This is what I crave when the roller coaster stress and sleep deprivation become too much.  I know they aren't "good for me" but maybe they are better for me than the stress and sleep deprivation.

Quilt in progress...doing it my own way

Lately I've been very excited about quilting.  I am inspired by the fabrics I am getting.  And I am figuring out construction techniques that I enjoy.

This is the first part of my new quilt.  I think it is the first quarter but who knows how big I'll make it.  The blocks were quilted individually.  Then I laid the blocks on the backing and used a zigzag stitch to put them together.

Click on the photo to see it better and to get away from the beige border.... doesn't look good with beige.  My camera does not see this quilt the same way my eye does.  Too many different colors.

Fun in the extreme cold

Not us.  We don't have fun in the extreme cold.  These folks live in Northern Canada and they built a snow fort out of colored ice blocks.  And then they had a neighborhood party.  Pretty cool.

You can see more photos and read about it here.

Glad we are having spring-like weather.

Nesting

We moved some furniture around and now the living room is looking much more inviting.