Wednesday, May 7, 2014

        Hi everyone!
                      It's been a slow morning.  I've been able to get only one item into the shop this morning, but it's nice!  A set of 16, 6.5" quilt squares with cherry cats on them. 

              I was poking around in my stash, and I ran across a little bunch of this fabric.  I had to smile....I didn't think I had this much left.....maybe a quarter yard or so.  This comes from a full-front apron I made for my sister last year for Christmas.  It was one of two.  The other apron had coffee mugs all over it...coffee...one of her favorite things!

            Anyhow, as I looked at it, I immediately thought of my Attic Window Cats iron-on appliques, and I thought, "Wow!  I'm going to do these up into attic window blocks!

             These are on 6.5" squares,  so I thought they'd work up well into a 12" block.  So the first thing I did was try to find a pattern on the internet with dimensions for doing a large size attic window block.

            After a while, I came to the conclusion I was not going to find such a thing. That's not to say it's not out there, I just can't find it.  So I thought, "Hey!  You can plot the block out yourself!  It's just a matter of measurements!"

           Well, that decision made, I went to my stash to look for some fabrics that would play well with the gorgeous green and perfect red of these cherries.  Nope.  Nothing.  Mental note:  Need to replenish fabrics in green and red=Trip to the fabric store!  Oh joy!

         But, the fact is, I have no fabrics suitable for attic window blocks for these kitties.  So, they're being sold as squares. 

     Which is just as well, because now I have time to go peel an orange and relax a moment before moving on to the next project.....

      Time to sandwich up the Oak leaf and begin the quilting!  I love this part!  You guys have a great day!

     
          

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