Jan's Elephants

I have finally finished my Auntie Jan's lap quilt. It is a panel of elephants that I have quilted around and the top and bottom sections are interlocking square chains. I have quilted leaved in them. I started on this last year but re-did the top and bottom sections before I was happy with them. My aunt was forced to evacuate her unit last year when Brisbane flooded and she loves Elephants. It was very well received and I hope it will be well used.

New Year New CAt

We have a new coon to help fill the empty hole we have with the passing of Bess.
Lady is a 15mth old Maine Coon  who is showing us all how a coon should behave.
She has made friends with the boys and rubs up against them, she also sleeps on Spud and Jennifer.
Jazz is in a brown snit at the moment but she will come round when the cold weather rolls around.

Spud is really enjoying having another Maine Coon to keep him company. Lady has a bit of growing to do
so it will be interesting to see what size she gets to.

RIP Bess

Bess our lady coon died of cancer on Oct 13th 2011.
Spud still misses her and so do we. At only 5 and with a life expectancy of 17 it was far too early.
Quilting has taken a back seat for the minute to work and knitting.
I do have a machine project in the works which I will post a picture of later.
Missy (Misty) was taken in to the Lort Smith Cattery earlier that week and was adopted by a young couple
who hopefully make her their feline queen. May she and they have a happy life together.

Missy

Well we had to do it. Our household is now one cat less. We hit crisis point last week.

Our little extrovert Missy had been wanting outside and not being allowed was taking this out on the
other feline members of the family. We have taken her to a place where she will find a new home with people who can make her their only cat and allow her outside. We will miss her and her affectionate bumps. and her demands for shoulder cuddles.

Ironing

I had some problems after I had finished ironing some fabric and freezer paper for Inklingo printing the other day.
A couple of helpers decided they wanted the ironing board.
Now I have to clean off the fur before I iron the clothes and fabric!!!
Love them but still they can make housework a little hard.

Maybe this means I can use this as an excuse not to iron??

Pets On Quilts Show

Welcome to the Pets on Quilts Show Hosted by SewCalGal .
Here are the Maine Coons who just have to be involved. When they get involved I have to move carefully those paws are BIG. They came to us after being terrorized by 3 dogs. They are big beautiful characters who chat and love laps and to be involved in everything we do.

Bess on a quilt top trying it out for size.

If she had a try I have to help too mum. You missed this bit if the quilting.....

 Yes it's comfortable, thanks.

Bess also overseas the ironing, although paws must stay away from the iron.

 This runner is pretty and suits me mum. But it needs to be a little longer, add more squares like these ones mum.
I love the fur babies and they love being involved and around their people. So I will have many more years of quilts and cats to come.

Mini's

This is block one of a seven sisters mini quilt which I was completing over our retreat weekend.

I used Inklingo to print all the pieces for this block. 2 pieces of freezer paper and no pencil marking!

The diamonds measure .5" on a side so it is cute and small.

 I also completed a couple of little purses for cards, I found the pattern at a shop on the way to my retreat. Very cute and very fast to machine.

Last but not least our Maine Coon Bess loves boxes:-