No Go on the Snow

Well, I'm disappointed beyond measure...crying buckets of tears. The first thing I did when I woke up this morning was to look outside, hoping for a blanket of white. All we got was a little dusting and a good coating of frost. Not even enough for a good picture.

Oh well. I've already stitched my sorrows away by first stitching Inchy #4 for National Embroidery Month. These are such fun.

But that wasn't nearly enough to resolve my sorrow and so I kept on stitching until I finished the binding on Cricket's pawtrait. She's all finished now.

Here's how her backside looks.

The next pawtrait will be Clementine's. She's my other grandkitten and Cricket's litter mate. Clementine is a little bit shy, and so it took a long time to get a good picture of her.

I probably won't do hers for another couple of months. These tend to take over my life when I'm doing them, and so I need a break in between.

In preparation for this non-snow event, I went to the grocery store yesterday...on a Sunday, no less. It only adds insult to injury knowing that I could have stayed home. Oh well. I need to do some more serious shopping tomorrow, and so tomorrow's list will be shorter than it might have been otherwise. That's no consolation, however. Just want to make that perfectly clear to any weather people who might be reading.

Back at home, I made the February block for the Garden Sunshine BOM. This one was really fun to do. I like that star.

After that, I considered my options for the new Project Quilting challenge. Challenge 10.3 is "Bigger Than A Breadbox." The "breadbox" really has nothing to do with it. This challenge is strictly related to size. A standard breadbox is about 16 x 8 inches, and so our quilts need to be larger than that. Of course, that left the field wide open to what one might do. I considered a mini, but those were mostly too small. Then I thought about doing a doll quilt for the new doll bed, but nothing really appealed to me. Finally...I found it. It seemed like a Valentine's theme was the best choice. I don't want to show you the whole thing since it's a quilt that will be more fun if you see the finished product all at once. Intriguing, no? Nevertheless, I will give you these two little peeks.

It includes yo-yo's.

Probably I'll have this finished today, and I'll be able to show you tomorrow. Also today, I want to finish off the Emerald Isle table runner. It needs the rick rack and binding added.

If I can finish both of those, I'll get started on the blocks for the two Rainbow Scrap projects.