Well, I was gone for too long a time and I have been so neglectful of the blogs that I like to read. I have a lot of reading to catch up on and quilts to plan. My busy season at work is over and has been for about a month. I've been doing lots of quilting at home, just not blogging about it. And, not reading others' blogs which really bums me out. I need to dig through my blog list and get caught up!
The good news here is that the cat army is happy and healthy and have made a friend with the neighbor cat who I've been calling Frank. Frank is not to be disturbed when it comes to hanging out by the windows and watching the army in action. The army is familiar with him and even go nose to nose with him. As long as Frank stays on his side of the glass we will be okay. Frank doesn't really understand that last one. I had the carpeting replaced on the staircase here and had the front door open with people going in and out with loud sounding equipment. I had to escort Frank out of my living room twice during that. My own cats were hiding underneath beds upstairs. Frank is a tricky one.
So, the quilting…
I took a class during the winter on color value. Why take a class during my busy season? Apparently, I like to add to my stress level. Actually, it was a welcome break and I'm so glad I did that. We cut 6 inch blocks of light, medium and dark fabrics to make varying groups of half square triangles, like so:
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| The first few light colored fabrics. |
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| The final group of fabrics for class - dark, medium and light. |
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| The final product from class. |
And, I hope that you hear from me on your blogs soon. Just don't drop your cats off in the yard. The army is not taking new recruits.
