Very Funny! Thank You!

This little present showed up yesterday -

And I laughed and laughed as I opened up the package, seeing the title of a crazy card game poking fun (much needed) at my close encounters with bears and stinging insects wreaking havoc in my life.

Whoever you are – I love your sense of humor, and can’t thank you enough for thinking of me.

Hexie shaped cards!  Fun fun!

Thank you, sneaky friend – whoever you are, wherever you are!

Good sleep last night, best yet since the wasp bite.  No more steroid pills.  My stomach and the jitters will be happy about that.  Antibiotics continue,, but I’m okay with that.  We are moving past this!

Lola, compacting the neutral squares. LOL!

I had pulled out the box of neutral squares to choose some for a project – needing to press them a bit, put the box up on the ironing board.

I guess the invitation was too much to resist – I turned around and in she was.  Silly girl!

This is on the way -

Poor Ivy is just terrified of Lola.  And as I stated before, I have caught Lola being the aggressor.  Ivy shoves herself into the tightest corner where Lola has a hard time getting at her and just growls.  She hasn’t been herself. The bullying is getting to her.

I am hoping this helps. I’m going to put one near where Lola spends most of her time (on the cutting table by the big windows) and one toward the corner where Ivy hides.

This is not how I hoped this relationship would go, but once Dresden was gone – there was no longer an Alpha Male in charge, and that Alpha status became Lola’s as the elder cat.

Zoey is Ivy’s favorite!

I’ve read good reviews about this product and am anxious to give it a try.  I’ve added it to the Pets Matter category in the Quiltville Amazon Affiliate Store. 

Let’s keep our paws crossed!

A few blocks in the evening makes me happy!

I’m still cutting and kitting these as time allows.  My focus has been using up strips just long enough to have the strip gone.  In most cases (like the two green blocks) I can get enough pieces out of a full width of fabric strip (40”) to cut two blocks, one using the fabric as the diamonds and the second block as the half square triangles, and then there is nothing left of that strip.

I don’t mind using a fabric two or three times in a scrap quilt – it’s not a CHARM quilt where you’d only use each fabric once.  I’d rather see the strip be gone and match up different combos of fabrics as you see here with the upper right and lower left.

You can find the block pattern for Nearly Lemoyne in the May/June 2020 Addicted to Scraps column in Quiltmaker Magazine.

As you can tell from the cut pieces – I am making good use of the Simple Folded Corners ruler (Or Simple Folded Corners Mini) to trim the rectangles to diamonds.  

I then am cutting the triangles that get sewn back on using my Essential Triangle Tool.  I love how these two rulers work together with very little waste.

One cushion cover needing a cushion!

I finished the binding on this sweet little happy pillow cover.  There was just enough left over green from the sashings on the Blossom Time quilt to use as binding here.

I made the backing envelope style -

I just need to pick up a pillow the next time I am in town and this will be good to go.  I love the occasional small project and the quick satisfaction they bring.

So here we are at Thursday – I have nothing pressing on my to do list, but to work on an upcoming project.  Maybe some Snails Trail fun thrown in for good measure.

And try to keep things calm between Lola and Ivy.

How about your day ahead?

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Quiltville Quote of the Day -

Today and every day! Words are especially important when hugs and touches can't be given.

Be sure that folks can feel your hugs through your words!

Love these bow tie blocks sewn in sets of four, don’t you?