The Lives And Times Of A Quilter's Cats

Random thoughts of three or four cats and I about the importance of wearing slippers if you happen to share your home with a quiltmaker who drops pins, and other similar and related nonsense, from fabric to gardening and of course, about the cats who inspire all this madness. En inglés y en español.

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Monday, February 02, 2009

Quilting Winter Blues Away

Three weeks now, I've quilted twenty nine blocks. So much pink, it chases the winter blues away.
Nothing beats quilting a big quilt during those long winter nights. Even the cats agree and sit between my legs and the hoop.

Empecé hace tres semanas y llevo veintinueve bloques acolchados. Con tanto rosa, te alegra los días azules del invierno.
Pocas cosas alegran las noches del invierno como sentarte a acolchar un quilt grande. Hasta los gatos aparcan entre mis piernas y el bastidor.

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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Two pictures

Here it is, the whole thing, pink as all get out! My mom liked Musgo's quilt so much, I've decided to give her this one as well (for her, not for my little brother :)

Aquí está, entero, en todo su esplendor rosa. A mi madre le gustó tanto el quilt de Musguito que he decidido regalarle este (para ella, no para mi hermanito :)

And here is a page of the quilt journal, four years ago almost to the date:

Y una página de mi diario de quilting de hace casi exactamente cuatro años:

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Waste Not, Want Not

I've layered a top I had pieced years ago. If it looks familiar, it might be the fact half my work was done when I started piecing it... leftover hts from the big red quilt's border. It's been sitting on the to-be-quilted pile for a handful of years, because I thought it needed a border. After seeing it again, I decided against it. It looks good to me as it is. I quilted on it during the last few days, nothing much, just a little outline work and a few extra lines here and there. Hopefully, it'll be no longer a UFO in a few days' time.

El fin de semana preparé un top para acolchar. Lo tenía hecho desde hace varios años, y se se parece al quilt rojo es porque está hecho de los hst que me sobraron del borde. Lo he tenido en lista de espera para acolchar porque pensaba que iba a necesitar otro borde y no se me ocurría que hacer. Cuando lo saqué el otro día, me dí cuenta de que no está mal tal y como estaba. Empecé a acolcharlo, no mucho, solamente los contornos de algunas piezas y una linea aquí y otra allá. Puede que de aquí a unos días ya no sea un UFO.

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