Not Your Typical Week

Not MY typical week either, but what a week it was. My week went to the cats. Even though my son celebrated his 28th birthday, Raven got all my attention.

But first, FABRIC. 

Double Halo in Seafoam Green - done

Trimmed Blue and NOT trimmed Aqua crumb blocks 

and the usual 9 Patch trio. OOOOhhhh! Dots! 

And now the cat story. 

Bright and early Tuesday morning, we had the visit of Rascal. 

He came to the patio door, begging for food and love. Of course, I handed out both and plenty of it too. So he decided this place was cool and walked nonchalantly into the house. 😲

Raven was not amused that I gave HIS food to this stranger. "Hey, what's wrong with you? That's my food and you are busy petting me, REMEMBER!!" 

But somehow, they got along. Wow! Two males and I'm pretty sure this vagabond isn't neutered. He had no collar so we decided to name him Rascal. 

Unfortunately, I had to go to work so I sent him back outside where he chilled with Raven on the deck. Look how he keeps his paws together. So cute. I kept thinking about him all day long, and how skinny he was, and where to find the time to take him to the vet, etc. I rushed home that afternoon to care for him some more but he was no longer here. 

That little Rascal stole my heart. I'm still thinking of him and I hope someone has adopted him as he has a sweet disposition. (Deep inside, I still hope he will show up again.) Bye, Rascal. 

Raven started to have a peculiar behaviour, mainly not jumping on the bed anymore but literally climbing on the bed. Claws in the quilt, trying with all his might, to climb Mount (Super High Bed) Everest. I thought that was weird. Then I noticed that he didn't walk much. He walked a few steps and sat, walked 3 steps and sat. When he did walk, he would do so like a raccoon with his back all arched up. This caused me to be concerned, very concerned. 

A little visit to the vet turned into over an hour visit with a blood test and x-rays being taken to finally reveal that Raven has a spine injury. 😢 I don't know when or where this happened as my cat is an adventurous Indiana Jones in the jungle behind our house. Not only do I have to take care of my sons, but I am now a cat nurse! 🙀 I move him around the house to his desires so he doesn't have to exert himself. 😟

Here he is at the vet clinic. 

The picture is pretty blurry because we were both very nervous to hear the final verdict. Now, he's on meds and he's sleeping peacefully by my side. He has another appointment with the vet next week. Meanwhile, I will go to work because I am broke. 😭 But he is worth every penny. 

Hopefully, I can tackle my own Mount (Aqua) Everest during the weekend. 

Enjoy your week everyone. 

;^) 

P.S. If you see Rascal, please tell him to come back home. 😉

Joining these talented ladies this week. 

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Whatcha' Doing?

Asks Logical Left Brain.

- I'm pondering - replies creative Right Brain.

- Pondering what?

- Whether or not I should do Bonnie's new Leader & Ender Challenge.

- Well that's an easy question. The answer is NO! There are too many little pieces! It will take forever. Besides, you're still doing bazillions of little 9-patch blocks. That's enough for L&E.

- Yeah, but Bonnie's is blue and green. I love blue and green quilts.

- So? You have so many quilts to finish and soooooooo many more you want to make, and now, you want to start another one just because of its colour?? Like, really??

- Yeaaaa. And your point is?  I said I was thinking about it; I haven't started it ... yet.

Left Brain, rolling eyes to the ceiling, walks to the door. 

- Hey, where are you going?

(Opening the door)

- You're hopeless. I give up on you. (slamming door)

What a dull (colourless) one that Big Brain is! thinks Right Brain with a smirk.



Yep! That was about the conversation my brain had while I read Bonnie's instructions for her new Leader & Ender Challenge. Sigh! Still pondering. Lol.

Anywho! What got sewn this week? 

Aqua did! 

I got the middle star of Double Halo done and pressed. Then I realized the HSTs make the star too bulky and I prefer Flying Geese units. So, my faithful Super Seam Ripper came out and we "frogged" for a bit. It looks so green here ...  

... but when photographed with blue, it looks more seafoam green. So peaceful. 

More aqua got together too. 

The crumb block was almost done last weekend but I did finish the first Aqua Stained Glass. And, of course, some 9-patch blocks. 

Aqua blue, turquoise and ... a visitor? Found this little piece of blue with lime and I couldn't leave it alone. It just had to grow into something. 

Raven showed up for the photoshoot this morning. Then, he decided to ignore me. Sooo cat-like! 

Finally got a somewhat decent picture of him. (Is that a smirk on your face, Raven?) His belly is wet; a tall-tell sign that he walked through the field behind our house, his favourite hunting ground. It also means that he needs another good brushing. 

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Back in the house, Raven pretended I didn't catch him playing with the strings on the floor. Yes, that's the vacuum hose. With a cat like that, especially during shedding season, there's no point putting the vacuum away. It resides in the sewing room for the time being. 

I know that the comparison pictures of the blue scrap bags before and after months' end haven't been posted yet. The reason is that the first picture shows the aqua scrap bags too. At the end of July, I will do both at once. (It also gives me more time to chop down some blue. Win, win.) 

I believe this is all I have from this week. 

Hope you are all well and are having fun playing with scraps. 

Enjoy! 

;^)

Joining these talented ladies this week. 

Angela at So Scrappy

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NinaMarie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Playing the Blues ... Still

As it seems to be my habit lately, I am still playing with last month's colour but the transition has started. 

I finished the Double Halo block in blue only to find a blooper after the pressing was done. 

This block has given me more headaches than all the others put together. 

Talk about putting them all together, aren't they nice? 

(The black spot on the bottom left is the shadow of the camera and not my cat. Sorry.) 

Only three more blocks to go for this mini quilt. One is Aqua, yes, then Orange for sure, and then ... what? What is missing? 

9-Patches, from blue to aqua ... and Canada Day too. 

During our long weekend, I decided to change the sewing room furniture around a little bit. I found these little 9-Patches that never got a chance to shine in a post. So, 

Ta-dah!! 

Cleaning up the sewing room meant less sewing time, of course. I managed to sew, on this Saturday morning, a few pieces for the crumbs ... 

and the Double Halo block in Aqua ... Teal?

A yardage was used for this Double Halo as nothing from the scrap bag was big enough. All the pieces are cut and ready by the sewing machine. 

These are the aqua bags on July 1st. 

It could all fit into one bag, maybe. We'll see at the end of the month how much got used. I didn't take a photo of the blue bags yet as the scraps are still on the floor. 

There are so many blue scraps ... and Aqua is calling my attention. On the top left is the bag of light blue; on the bottom right is the bag of dark blue. Anything that doesn't fit in either bag will be medium and bright blue to be bagged together. As previously mentioned, I would like to make a few crumb blocks out of it just to diminish the pile. Sigh!

There is usually an Ah-ha! moment whenever I decide to tidy up the sewing room. It was no exception this time around. I "re" discovered my Busy-Body bags made in 2016 when I was selling at Christmas Craft Sales. 

Seven didn't sell and now I have a mind to use them to store the scraps. Instead of using plastic bags, I might as well use the one in the busy-body bags. Each BB bag has 5 plastic bags inside. That's plenty enough for each BB bag to hold one colour each. And I can store the BB bag in ..., or on ... well, ... somewhere.  

Have a great week, everyone! 

;^)

Joining these talented ladies this week. 

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Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

NinaMarie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever