January 2020

I've had my pedal to the metal pretty much continuing with work on my Straits of Mackinac here. First goal was to complete the 532 triangle in a square blocks which was quite a challenge...so I rewarded myself with a purchase of more of these lime green baskets. HA!

Fortunately, I have not been working alone.  Marianne has been with me each step of the way.

The iron is not on here but Marianne has taken to wanting to be close to it when it's hot! She's cold as she is kind of skinny and dealing with both kidney disease and possibly lymphoma.  Lots of veterinary things going here.  She's doing actually pretty well with fluids and meds and heating pads. Still being a happy, active cat and keeping me on my toes. I have baskets etc to block her from getting close to the iron when I'm using it.

The next step was to sew most of these into 84 rows for sashing.  I am well on my way and happy to say this step is going much more quickly.
First one...

And now in the morning light, 55 are completed and pressed...

Laying all the blocks and sashing out is going to be a challenge. I need a big design floor!  I think to help with this step though I'm going to see if i can sew sashing to a side of each block and then have bigger pieces to move around. 

My dear Elinor has been helping as well...keeping the blocks pressed.

She is also dealing with health challenges and I'm afraid we are losing the battle. She has always been the sweetest little hermit cat.  Most only know her by her picture. When she will eat she is getting her favorite special food. My heart is heavy but I'm cherishing each moment that she is still in comfort.

As Confessions of a Fabric Addict is always my inspiration to get a blog post going, I'm linking to hers.  Go check out all the other quilty shares on her Friday blog post.