Good news! First of all, I finally finished all that tracing. I haven’t counted the yards of Wonder Under yet, but I will today…I suspect there’s at least 10 yards, maybe more. It was late when I finished last night, and I did have to spray a cat with water twice to finish the last 200 pieces, but I was motivated and she still liked me afterwards (because pets and belly scratches are nice), so we’re good.
I started tracing 11 days ago…
It took 23 hours and 25 minutes to trace 1541+ pieces…
I had to negotiate with kittens, working around my job and their naptimes.
Some days, I only traced for 40 minutes; some I traced for 4 hours.
The next step is to cut them all apart. That’s time-consuming, yes, but I’m hoping it will be less dependent on kitten behavior. We’ll see about that.
I also managed two Sue Spargo dots…still keeping up with one a day. Bottom left…
There’s supposed to be a tiny button in the middle, but…
I forgot about that and kinda like it the way it is. I might find an interesting bead that fits. I had to make it into a flower, because I miscounted the outer fly stitches. I was sure I had an even number. I was wrong. This is why you count twice.
Last night was number 30, the owl, so I am now one third of the way through this…
Here’s the owl again…
I didn’t think it was all going to fit…the key is to just make really small stitches.
My next step is to put all these away. I organized by color…they are (1) the fabrics from the last quilt, (2) stuff I bought just before we shut down, (3) stuff my SIL sent when she was cleaning out her cupboards, and (4) stuff I bought online in the last few weeks. Now to use it all!
Clean first. Use later.
I made it on two walks…it’s definitely cooler than last week, although still warm.
I’m tired of the road. I like walking out in nature. That kid bike was not there in the first picture, but was left there by the time we headed back.
The heat and distance were a bit much for the old lady…
So I let her swim a little afterward. This dog LOVES the pool.
I’m glad someone uses it.
Wildflowers are everywhere. Tuesday, I walked a bunch of scallions over to my daughter at her dad’s house. She’d forgotten them.
Take dogs for a walk? Or take scallions for a walk? Hard choice.
Weird seed pod…
It looks violent.
These cacti are starting to bloom.
But none of the flowers were close enough for pictures. These were…
It was the old lady’s 11th birthday yesterday…
She’s a good girl.
Although a little persistent about the pool thing.
So I’ve done two Zoom meetings so far today…three to go. Ugh. The next three are Boom Boom Boom.
I wish I could be a cat.
I think I’d be a better sleeper if I were a cat. Although apparently I’m not allowed to pee alone.
They really are like little kids. Although…my old lady is in here with me.
Because she follows me everywhere. She brought me three slippers last night.
I don’t know where the fourth one is.
OK, the girlchild is still cooking up a storm…she made English muffins from scratch and they are wonderful…
Especially this one she burned accidentally but that looks like a skull…
She also made cookies, and then photographed them…
Like you do.
And she made pancakes and froze them so I can have them for breakfast…which is awesome.
Plus she scored toilet paper at Costco this morning, so we are set for a couple of months, hallelujah, it’s all good.
OK, three meetings in a row, out by 5 PM? I freakin’ hope so. Then cut some stuff apart. Actually, I may start doing that in the last meeting, although I need to take notes. Ugh. Two computers? Stuck in my office? I’m hoping to do two of the meetings outside. Need some Vitamin D. Do Not Like These Meeting Wednesdays.
Kathy Nida 