Funny thing, blog posts refuse to write and publish themselves. At least I didn’t quite wait
a full month to document what’s going on!
Two years ago, at our most recent Guild Quilt Show, I impulse purchased this Kim McLean pattern and large assortment of Kaffe Collective fabrics that had been donated to the silent auction. Since then it's been lurking in my stash closet. If I made the entire pattern, I would have a bed-size quilt, and I am not interested in that big a project. Also, looking at some of the applique blocks, I saw there were a lot of critters that don't belong in Texas. I’ve finally come up with a plan.
What I’ve decided to do, is make a smaller center, perhaps
five by five blocks and add in some with a Texas theme.
My first attempt at drafting was an armadillo. He still needs eyes, nose and maybe claws, but the applique is stitched down.
A second alternate block is prepped for handwork. It comes directly from the pattern.
A purple armadillo and a lollypop tree are out of my comfort zone, but I’m giving it a go because I’ve always been fascinated by Kim’s work. I may attempt a cactus plant for another block. I will do the EPP hexagon border, and some sort of fencing as the final border. I won’t do the outer border shown in the pattern, a little too exotic for me.
And in other news…
I finished this monster of a puzzle and returned it to Julia. I’m hooked, another one is on order.
We had a bittersweet trip to Dallas to visit friends. We are all getting older.
I was minding my own business when I
saw this on our bedroom floor.
I recognized it as “harmless” and managed to capture it with
tongs. After I had dropped and
recaptured it several times, neither the snake nor I was amused. I carried it to the farthest corner of our yard and flung
it as far as I could onto the golf course toward a drainage ditch. We assume it came in through the pet
door. I love my mutts.
