Friday Fill Ins

Thanks to Janet at Friday Fill-ins for these thought-provokers. 

1. Family is who you choose to live inside your life.

2. Having to feed cats twice a day is enough to keep me going back and forth to work.

3. I love a nice kitty cat who'll sit in my lap and purr while I'm knitting.

4. Peanut butter, honey, and pita bread makes a good meal.

5. I've got the almost-done-with-a-project-could-we-just-get-to-completion 'tude going.

6. The return of Know-Nothingism in this country, especially the horrible things being said about Islam: wth!!!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to ?finishing the socks?, tomorrow my plans include cleaning house and working on quilts and getting in a nice long walk, Sunday, I want to catch up on podcast listening while working in the sewing room, and Monday, the same!

At the quilt guild's biannual show July 31-August 1, there was a silent auction. I bought two pieces:

Isn't that sweet? It's about 15" on a side (and it's square). I also bought the smaller piece in this picture:

It plays nicely with a piece made by my friend, Fran Dorr, doesn't it? (the smaller piece is about 8" wide)

Friday Fill Ins

1. Layers of fabric and batting are sitting on my sewing table, awaiting quilting.

2. Sometimes I wish had less insight and could just live a little more selfishly.

3. I'd be willing to bet that a certain omission I'm making will go unremarked.

4. My brat cat scares the dogs across the way. She's fierce!

5. I'm fond of my brat cat and her brassy sassy ways.

6. Thinking about the amount of stuff I have to do this weekend hurts my head way too much!

Spinning I've done since Monday night:

I am hoping to get the quilting done this weekend, and I'll post pix early next week.

Friday Fill Ins - and lots more

1. When it's quiet I can read in peace.
2. I haven't rested in what seems like a month.
3. My heart is racing from all of the deadlines in July.
4. I want to survive July.
5. In the town where I was born there's a really pretty lighthouse.
6. Making dinner most evenings is something I really love about my significant other / friend.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to laundry, tomorrow my plans include baking Communion bread for the church and then going to the Independence Day parade in Ypsilanti, and Sunday, I want to make serious progress on my quilt for the guild's show at the end of July!

On to other news, since I have taken the process pledge to show my works in progress, here is where I am with a quilt that I've promised for the guild's show at the end of July:

Yeah. They're only pinned on (except the sun). This was going to be a queen-sized quilt until I got real. Now, it's twin-sized. Right. The "flowers" are not staying; they'll be replaced with smaller flowers. Here's the sun in close-up:

I am going to run to the art supply store today and get some PrismaColor pencils in yellows and oranges and see if I can't scribble out that weird yellow line in the upper corner.

As for the too-big flowers, I'm going to make pillows out of them. They are SO cute!

My plan at this point is to sew on the "dirt" I've got ready (pix soon, I promise), and then create "stems" and smaller "flowers." For those new to this blog, here is where I showed the beginnings of this process.

Because I don't have enough going on, I have also decided to be part of the "Tour de Fleece," and I am pledging to spin at least 20 minutes per day from July 3 to July 25. I'm hoping to take this:

to this:

It is Louet 50% wool, 50% soysilk. July will be a very interesting month....

Friday Fill Ins

1. I prefer to be home from work by 6:58p.
2. It was the reason, of course, that I cuddled the cat despite her insistence on clawing me.
3. Letting people tell me what to do  is something I no longer feel the need to do.
4. I have another errand to run, then I can get back to reading.
5. Happiness can be found...just go find it
6. What were once vices are now lifestyle choices.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to watching "Monsoon Wedding" on DVD, tomorrow my plans include going to my sister's for a cook-out and Sunday, I want to finish the Flower Power quilt top! 

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