Camo the cat and some quilting

 Meet the latest kitty that has joined us....  well outdoors anyway.  He is still  feral and not sure about us at all.  (at least we "think" he might be a boy.)  But he knows we will put out some pretty good food for him every day.  We have named him Camo.  Short for camouflage.  He really blends in once he gets up into our woods.  Especially where we "think" he may reside.  Under the "roof" of a tree house that came down in the really bad wind storm a few years ago.

I have been trying to get caught up on projects, and currently am working on a couple of quilts.  The  one I am showing this week is one that I recently got back from the long arm quilter lady.  I am  still working on the  the binding. I am hopeful I will get it doe this coming week if life doesn't get out of hand.

 This quilt is actually a combination of a couple of quilt projects combined into one.  The majority of the squares were from a Block of the Month quilt project I followed on the blog...  Country Threads Chicken Scratch.....  To show how far behind  in some things I am I am pretty sure I started this one about 4 years ago.

 In addition I added several blocks from a local class project  that I never finished.  I hate to waste any of the squares I have made.............

I have another quilt I am waiting for from the long arm lady.....  I hope this one is completed before that one arrives.  I will show that one once it is here.

And join me next week.   I have a couple of projects to share.

Machine Embroidery so far doesn't like me too much

I have begun the (apparently for me) long slow road to using the Machine Embroidery part of my sewing machine.   I have done a monogram or sorts and it did fine.  But then I tried a couple of "pictures" and discovered something is wrong somewhere.  The bottom threads are showing up on top.  NOT GOOD.  I have spent a LOT of time on the phone with the sewing machine folks, a LOT of time on line looking for help.  The biggest issue is that the brand I have is not sold anywhere near me.  The closest place is about 90 minutes away.  But never fear....  I am persistant and I SHALL prevail!!!
Here is a picture of the letter I did.........

 

 I am not showing the picture of the  "bad" turnout on another attempt.  I am hopeful, before the day is out that I will have success there too.  Learning and maybe even master Machine Embroidery is my goal for January.       .  My shop will be open today but between customers I will be working on this.

 I hope to have more to report tomorrow.  I ordered a few things from the sewing machine company which should help me.  I will continue on.............

 In other news, I haven't shown pics of the cats lately.  So here is an update of sorts.  The picture here shows where they sometimes spend a lot of their day, on top of my couch where I have a couple of quilts. That is   probably an added attraction.  That is Bentley on the left, Tuffy in the middle and Spooky on the right.

Tough life our cats have...............................  Click on the picture to see it bigger.

OCCUPY LIVING ROOM COUCH!!!!

 

 

  Title idea "stolen" from Cartoon in Paper Today (MUTTS) 1/6/12

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And here is a picture of the cat that lives outside and is wild no doubt but he loves the food we provide.... every day....  So we continue.  He is a beautiful cat we think.  Too bad he won't get close.  We call him Red.

Every morning when I open the shade on the back door he is there waiting for breakfast!

We say "he" but we haven't been close enough to check it out!

Some of this and some of that

What's For dinner????????

 I like to try new recipes and one of my favorite sites to find good recipes is  The Mixing Bowl  

We love Lasagna but sometimes I don't want to make a huge recipe of it.

So this is what we had for dinner last night..............

click here for recipe for Beef and Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups.

Cat Napping

.............. I love to take pics of the cats and all their strange ways. Here are a few  recent pics I have taken of our cats.  Sleeping seems to be their main job.  And they will sleep anywhere they choose.

In a box.............. yes there are two cats in the box.

 On the couch, where ever they fit..................

 On top of the wifi and printer..............

 They do keep us entertained when they are awake and even when they nap.

The Kitties

I am still working on coverlet. More pictures this afternoon I hope..... but now for a bit of a change of subject................... Just a couple of pictures of our kitties.

Our kitties keep us entertained as long as we feed them I suppose.

Tuffy is on the left, Bentley is in Back and Spooky is on the right.

And here is Tuffy taking a nap in a little "nest" she created for herself behand the pillow on the couch.