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Cat tower
My cat had started clawing doorframes - over several doors. Ben suggested I get him a cat tower. We researched. Meanwhile, I patched the scratches, and I intend to get around to painting them. I read online that cats hate the smell of Vicks Vaporub. So I smeared the door frames with it, and it works! Meanwhile, Jerry ordered me one of the towers I had looked at. I received it and set it up Sat Sept 23 The supplied items included 16 bolts about an inch and a half, and ONE single bolt about 3/8 of an inch shorter. I proceeded to install that one bolt on the wrong place, remove several bolts to find the one, and then do it all over AGAIN! But eventually, I got it (The instructions were fine, detailed, with pictures - totally operator error.) I sprinkled it with catnip. Yesterday, for the first time EVER, my cat came to me when I called him. He sniffed the tower, rubbed his cheek on it. I picked him up and put him on it, and he immediately jumped down. But today, he was sitting on the win
Green gingham
about 43" sq quilted on my Dream15 Sept 24 2023 Clearly, mistakes were made, and not noticed until this picture - the zigs didn't zag Oh, well....
avocado and beige
Most of the nine-patches were done when they were donated to the library quilt group - along with cut squares and small bits of fabric background. I added a few small pieces, and sewed until I ran out of green fabric. - about 54" square
Scrubbies
Can't find the pattern -These are made up of 15-stitch wedges - six or seven - but you can't see the pattern in this yarn. Also not pleasant to knit with. One skein makes about 2 1/2 scrubbies. Like them to wash dishes, with, though....
Dog quilt
from April 2023 - for Children's Advocacy Center - Quilted in the ditch my regular zig-zag, but with white added to opposite corners of each block
Fractured lines
Saw a quilt picture - drew it, figured out how to make it, started cutting from what was around my cutting area, and this resulted: The batik with the pale green background almost in the center, and also on the left lower edge, is from the border/backing for my Celtic Solstice - still (Still!) not quilted. The Rust with cream feathery leaves (top folding over the back of the couch) is remnants of a dress that I loved, and wore to my son's high school graduation, (in 1999?) The borders are from a piece that just appeared - I don't know from where - and was only about 23" long. There was just exactly enough for five 4"WOF cuts, leaving only two 4"squares (and tiny offcuts). So I used up that piece. I don't know the name of this pattern, as I just copied it from a picture
four teal bracelets
clasps, small beads, wire, crimp bead covers, etc from Temu Evolve Mala Apatite and Lava rock, Apatite and Sunstone These 2 came on elastic, too tight, so I removed 4 beads each, and added fittings The smaller beads, (4mm) Lapis Lazuli Emperor Pine and the squared crystals also came from Temu
diagonals
I made the pinks, and also two of the 36-patches in the multicolor - bottom left, and the one to its right
African Violet collection
I traded a friend from the library - pink-and-white for dark purple, and my daughter gave me a green (green!!) violet, so now I have even more!
Pastel Amazonite, Watermelon Tourmaline, and Powder Morganite
most of the beads and fittings came from Temu
