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Hats for CRR

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leftover sock yarns

Cat tower

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 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...

Green gingham

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  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

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 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

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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

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 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

Owl almost finished

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  paint by numbers kit Rebecca gave me