Cats...

 Sorry I missed yesterday, I'll get back on the wagon this week. Here are some cute pictures to tide you over.

Freshly flea bathed, they hate me a little bit

These two gorgeous girls are from the litter that the stray had at my aunt's house. They have gone to their new home with one of my work friends where they are being snuggled by two little girls.

Don't let the stink eye fool you. After drying off and warming up on heating pad they were all purrs.

My 4 week pottery class finished and these have now been glazed and are awaiting their final kiln fire. I did have one complete loss. And there is one on the far right that looks like a toilet bowl. But overall I'm tickled with how they've come out.

Stuart continues to be just the best boy. You can tell he's very stressed. 🤣 I have been thinking about looking a bit further afield for a home for him and traveling if necessary to get him there. So if anybody out of state wants to give him a home let me know.

Pastel Hugs from Lori

Happy Friday, quilters! I hope this weekend finds you all well. I have more quilts from Lori to show.

The ones in this post have a lighter palette and some really pretty fabrics, which I did my best to photograph.

We've started eating garden cucumbers this week, although the tomatoes remain stubbornly green. In another week we'll have more than we can eat. 

The second batch of Spring baby birds in my carport have flown the coop and a third mama bird is scoping out a nest site. 

I'm taking a 4-week wheel thrown pottery class at the local league to the arts and really enjoy it. This week we trimmed the bowls and cups we had thrown in the first two weeks and I managed to carve through the bottom of two of mine. Always humbling to start a new hobby.

I think the quilt above, with the gray and solid strips, is my favorite of this batch. This last one does funny things to my eyes, although it's not as bad in real life as in the photos.

These fabrics are really vibrant and I love how trippy the design looks. Thank you Lori!

If you are interested in more of my day-to-day (cats, quilts, books I'm reading, garden) you can follow me on Instagram @katandcat775.

Some sewing for a personal project this week

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1700 so far! The Winter 2026 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday

Cactus Quilt

Happy Friday, quilters! I've been meaning for a while to you show off this non -CiL quilt I made for a friend. You know I don't make many personal quilts these days.

This is for a friend who love succulents. I started with a focal fabric with the cactus pattern, then chose solid fabrics to pull colors from time patterned fabric.  For quilting I did vertical stripes to echo the ridges on cactuses. 

 

It felt like a the triangles I cut should have made a bigger quilt! I guess that's always the case.

Spring is springing here. We have green tomatoes and tiny cucumbers growing but not ready to pick yet. I know soon enough we'll have more than we can possibly eat 

For the backing I used this fabric panel with some ombre fabric. I really like all the colors in the succulent blooms.  I'm happy to say that the quilt was well received and is already being enjoyed. 

Orange boys being orange. That's Stuart on the ground and Fudge climbing.

Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1700 so far! The Winter 2026 block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved. 

  Linking to Finished or Not Friday