Sunday, February 28, 2021

Weekend

Some weekends, all I make is a deeper dent in the couch.  I did some of that this weekend too, but also found some motivation to do other things.  This is a terrible picture of me but the dog bookends make up for it!  It's really too bad they don't like their people.

The St. Patrick's Day parade is again sadly cancelled, but we can't go without some festive green masks for the day.  
I had grand plans of painting this little two drawer bench when I bought it in September, but hadn't done anything with it yet.  Saturday afternoon it got a fresh coast of black paint, some distressing, and a coat of wax.  Fletcher settled for supervising since I wouldn't let him have a paint brush.

I really like how it turned out!
Two of the four sessions in my Quilting 101 class were canceled due to weather.  The first make up day was today, and we'll wrap up the class and the quilt on Thursday evening.  I've learned lots and had a good time.  Quilting 102 is a one-session class where we'll work with triangles.  I'm excited to try that out, as so far I haven't been great at that.
 

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Hibernation Season Continues

I'm still enjoying hibernation season, but this week the highs are below freezing and the lows are teens and single digits. 

We abided by the rules of the pandemic and stayed home to watch the ill-fated Super Bowl.  The dogs were our party guests.  Can you tell it was a wild time?
I finished this quilt top over the weekend.  It's made entirely of scraps and leftovers from previous projects.  I'll just need batting and backing.  
Lately, Annie has been claiming the middle spot on the couch.  I call her the Henrietta of the dog world, because when she chooses to sit by you, you feel like you've been singled out for a high honor.  Fletcher is used to having that spot and isn't sure how to fit himself into the tiny space left.  I took this after Annie growled a small warning at him about touching her.  He sat there for quite a while looking pitiful.  Poor baby! ;)
I'm enrolled in Quilting 101 and we're making a rail fence quilt.  These are 3 of the 12 squares that were my homework.