Cats and Kittens

Good morning, my friends. I'm writing fast this morning. Sue and I are meeting up for breakfast. She has a birthday tomorrow, and we always buy one another breakfast for our birthdays. 

Happily, I'm catching up on some projects that have been set aside waiting for this thing or that thing. Or else, I was just behind from traveling. When I headed into the sewing room yesterday, I found Sadie ready to get to work.

She was worried about those Cats in Pawjamas. Was this pre-washed fabric really acceptable for the borders? Rubbing her cheeks on it, she gave me her purrmission to continue with the borders.

You may purrceed.

Phew! Having crossed that hurdle, I went to work cutting, sewing, and finishing off the Cats in Pajamas quilt top. It finishes up at 72 x 72 inches.

I'd already selected this fabric for the back, and I had exactly the right amount to finish the job. With just one long seam, the back was finished too. (Thank you, Ila.)

And then there was a little bit of the background fabric left. I used that to cut strips for the binding.

And now that one will go onto the pile of quilts to be sandwiched. The pile is getting rather large now. I still have four quilts already sandwiched for quilting. I'll finish those off before I sandwich any more quilts, but the the sandwich pile is growing alarmingly tall. Possibly, there could be a quilt-alanche. Could we possibly survive such a catastrophe? 

Okay, well, we're taking a risk by continue to sew more cat quilts, but then...cats. What are you going to do? It's time to make September's block for the Kittens in Cups.

I've made enough of these now that I believe I've made peace with the pattern. The last two went together with no errors, and so I'm hoping September's will cooperate as well. September's colors are light blue and/or light green. These are the fabrics I've selected:

I spent the remainder of my sewing day cutting all the pieces I'll need.

I left them covered with rulers before turning off the lights. That's where I'll pick it up today.

There are just a few more things on today's agenda after breakfast with Sue. I have one small housekeeping chore, and then I'm going to try a recipe for a plum crisp. The plums are ripe, and I've made a Magic Apple and Plum Cobbler and the Original Plum Torte. Ordinarily, I'd be making plum chutney or plum barbecue sauce with the plums, but I already have enough of that stuff. Still, it seems a shame not to do something more with the plums. So, I went searching for more things I could do with them (not jelly, please...I have enough of that too). I found a recipe for Apple Crisp in the Baking Illustrated book, and so I'll give that a try today.

So that's it from me for now. I think I still have enough time to fit in some slow stitching before I need to get ready to go. What's going on in your sewing room today?