Tales of a pup, pumpkins, and quilting

November 23, 2019November 23, 201932 Comments

Things have been slow on the Farmlet this week, unless of course you are a Walker! And, as it goes with a two year old, he is constantly being monitored and knows one word PERFECTLY:

NO!

No! That is not a toy, no cats, no shoes, no socks, no table legs, no sticks, no leaves, and

no pumpkins!

And on the brighter side, literally and figuratively, I have a near finish on my Posh Posies quilt. I got it back from the new quilter this week and it needs binding for a finish. Remember this?

and peeking out from behind on the design wall is a nearly complete assembly of this quilt…

Can you imagine? When I started this adventure I used to cut as I went to make a quilt. I have seen the error of my ways. Now I cut all, label the stacks, and it goes faster! Imagine that?

And here it is by popular request – the obligatory cute puppy shot.

B.F. Walker

His eyes may tell you he is innocent of all charges, but his leash and collar tell the real story.

**~*~**

NOTES on chewed pumpkins: I recently read somewhere, that a bit of pumpkin is good for dogs. So I’m thinking of cooking it down, mashing it up and then mixing with a bit of brown rice to make frozen dog treats. (2 p to 1 r) If you know differently, please do tell!

Walker’s World

November 16, 201922 Comments

If I pick it up and you tell me, “Drop it! ” and then I hide the frozen vole in my mouth and you can’t see it…

Does it really exist?

DROP IT NOW, WALKER!

Oh, OK. (plop)

Scrap Happy for November 15, 2019

November 15, 201925 Comments

It’s a bit melancholy for me this round, but I will share with you what I began several months back. 🙂

Each month we took Buddy in to be groomed because he was too big and too HaiRy for us to keep him looking and smelling nice. And each month the groomer sent him home in a cute kerchief tied about his neck. I couldn’t throw them out.

hey! it’s fabric after all! ok?

So I began making quilt blocks out of them

Some were bones and some were balls

and I didn’t get the Buddy Quilt done in time…

I am going to finish it and will include a blank block in the middle to put our dog’s names on it. I feel it is a great save of what otherwise would be landfill fodder. It will be a good memory quilt to honor Buddy and all the other pups past and present.

And now go see what other’s have made this past month for Scrap Happy!

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Kate, Gun, Titti, Heléne, Eva, Sue, Nanette, Lynn, Lynda (me),
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Debbierose, Tracy, Jill, Claire, Jan, Karen,
Moira, Sandra, Linda, Chris, Nancy, Alys, Kerry, Claire, Jean, Johanna,
Joanne, Jon, Hayley, Dawn, Gwen and Connie

Really?

November 12, 2019November 12, 201918 Comments

At some point when I was not paying particular attention…

I jumped from nine years on WordPress to ELEVEN years on WordPress. Wow, I guess I was just really busy? Well, as a matter of fact am.

I made three quilts this year, start to finish, which is apparently a big deal to some folks around here.
I joined a quilting group in Huntsville recently.
I have been getting out into the world! Ergo, the ability to join the quilt group and actually go and have fun.
I lost a good ~~dog~~ friend. Good-by Buddy. And found a new ~~dog~~ friend; Hello, Walker!

Hey I was busy and the time got away from me. So I will try to be more communicative here, because I actually do want to share my activities. I just have to find a way to be less wordy and perhaps push more photographic evidence of my journey this year. Because as they say: