Heartfelt

Getting back in action.  

My husband was nice enough to share his nasty viral cough and respiratory symptoms with me.  I had sent him to our PCP for evaluation when he had been coughing for five days.  All testing was negative.   That meant that it was viral, and time would heal all.  It did and it has.  We both still have a bit of cough, but my energy has started to come back.  

I finished three different blocks for my Heartfelt Quilt over last week.  Last night I cut out squares to get Block #24 ready to stitch together today.  If you look closely, you can see that the red has a directional print.  Last night I could not figure out which way to cut the half squares.  Today I cut them oh so carefully and one at a time.  I wanted the pattern direction to all go in the same direction.

First picture is the blocks before I trimmed them down.  I only made one direction mistake when cutting.

Here they are all trimmed and in proper position.  I carefully carried this to the machine.  Sewing was done with a lot of paying attention to the pattern and rows.

I am pleased to say that Jack did not have any work to do in piecing this block.

I am sharing what is known as a 'Kitty Smear' in our house.  Gibbs is on the left and Ziva is on the right.  They are truly bonded cats.  They were not excited with my sewing, and this is where I found them when I was done.

Have a great day with your threads.  I have another block, two of the same, to make today.  Will need to find some hand work for later when Basketball is on this afternoon.

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.

 

Nor'easter

The weatherman predicted correctly.  The Nor'easter did visit and left us with 24 inches of snow.  Monday night it was "bits of snow falling" when we went to bed, just a dusting for accumulation.  Tuesday morning, we had a few inches.  Nothing to write home about except that it was wet and heavy.  Yup, snow can be heavy.  

It then snowed ALL day, sometimes at 2 inches an hour.  Heavy, wet snow was taking down tree branches and even trees.  The branches and trees then took down the power lines. Our power was out for about eight hours.  Which is not terrible, there were still people without power as of last night in some of the hill towns.  They had 36 inches of snow.  We are lucky that we have the fireplace and a stovetop that runs on propane.  We use propane to heat the house, but you need electricity to run the furnace.  We had put water aside in case we needed it.  The well pump doesn't run without electricity.  We were warm and safe.

What is a person to do when only one room in the house has heat (the fireplace)?  Find another squirrel.  

On Monday a package had come in the mail from Shepard's Bush in Ogden, Utah.  I had ordered their Spring Bag kit.  Perfect.

Stitching done. 

Buttons attached.

This is their fourth project bag that I have done.  They are so useful for me and enjoyable to do.  Now I am working on the scissor fob and pincushion that go along with this.  One can never have to many pincushions or scissor fobs.

Have a great day.  Our weather is now in the high 30s, so our snow is melting, slowly so far. 

Update:  The snow has gone down by half since this was posted on Friday.  Our days have been in the 40s and sunny.  Spring may be actually coming.  

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.

 

Squirrel

This week has not been a week for me.   It was good to help others with several projects and events.  But it left little time or energy for me to sit at my frame or machines.  

Thursday a package came in the mail.  My package had a quilting pattern and also the kit for Accept What Is by Lizzie Kate.  Little did I know that the kit was to become a squirrel.  After 13 hours of stitching time over four days, the squirrel is done.  Just finished it, then sat down to write this entry.  

I am thinking that I might try to frame this myself.  Will let you know.  

This week is a quieter week for me.  Time for stitching and sewing.

They are saying that we are going to get the snow from a Nor'easter, 1-2 feet, Monday to Wednesday.  We shall see.  The storms that they have predicted so far this year have fallen short in the amount of snow.  Snow, but not what they said.  Snow is OK by me.  I see it as our well water or the water for the reservoirs.  

May you enjoy your threads and be safe.  

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.