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A Girl's Gotta Have Friends.
Hello, is this not the CUTEST little Scottie Dog Ever?
The other night when I showed up at Mary's for Family Supper (a concept we blatantly stole from La SuperEggplant), I thought she was showing me a new toy she had made for Ellie. Nope! It was for me! Woot! I win! Cutest dog ever! Woot! :)
Honestly, I can't even remember what we ate I was so excited to get him home. His flower-y leash and white flower "tail-let" (the tail version of bracelet, no?) are both removable for when he's...you know...feeling frisky. (Which he is not allowed to do until his momma [ahem - Me!] also has reason to feel frisky. So for now he's in sexual quarantine!) As you may have guessed, from his flowery accoutrements, he fits right in here at Chez Duff iin what is euphemistically known as "Boystown."
His eyes are so awesome...it seems like he is always looking at you no matter what angle you're at!
Thanks, Mary! I'm in love!
No quilting progress over the weekend, sadly, as I had guests and several other commitments as well (hello, Tom Jones concert Sunday night). But as a reminder, here are the many items "underway" if they can really all be called that when I am blatantly not working on them.
Listed from closest to finishable on down:
Strippers of the Orient:
No photo because the last one I took was before I finished both quilt tops.
- piece backing (3 horizontal strips) 1, 2
- pin baste 1, 2
- quilt 1, 2
- bind 1, 2
- send one away!
- put the other one on the bed and put the No Patience to rest for a while!
Kaleidoscope Diamonds:
- piece on borders
- buy backing! do i have enough green left for binding? check.
- pinbaste
- quilt
- bind
- and decide the final fate of this quilt. gift? keeper?
Friendship Stars
- piece approximately 42 more blocks (or more)
- decide on borders/layout (one straight, one on point?
- make backs. do i still have those fabrics? buy more? piece? 1, 2
- pinbaste? or rent Gammell again to quilt in which case no basting required? 1, 2
- quilt 1, 2
- bind 1, 2
- send both away!
Mystery Quilt
- Do cuts for first clue that I got when I bought the fabric!!!
- Do piecing of 2nd clue I got last week! ARGH! already behind!
- Follow instructions of two more clues
- backing?
- pinbaste? gammel? it will depend on what design this is!
- quilt
- bind
- join Strippers on the bed? Or put on shelf and pull out in the fall? We shall see
So much to do. So little fucking time. ARGH.
Posted by Duff at July 17, 2006 05:23 PM
He/she is indeed the cutest Scottie! Lucky you!
Posted by: sharlyn at July 17, 2006 07:01 PM
The orange flower is a wonderful touch.
Posted by: claudia at July 17, 2006 09:22 PM
Does the pup have a name?
It like fabric city over here.
Is that Sit & Knit up in the comments??
Posted by: melanie at July 17, 2006 09:24 PM
That scottie is seriously SO cute. And all of your crafts are inspiring me to make things - too bad that some actual work has rolled in for me and I have less time for artsy stuff! (Or, I'd have more if I'd just stop browsing on the internet/watching TV.)
Posted by: Gloria at July 17, 2006 09:36 PM
A) Super-Cute Scottie Dog!
B) The quilts"In-Progress" are looking goodso get on it! (Although I can't really talk. I love to pick out fabric, peice the squares but I tend to stall out at that point.)
C) I am totally in love with the fabric for the Mystery Quilt!
Posted by: morgan at July 17, 2006 09:43 PM
that dog is super cute. it reminds me of my grandpa because there used to be this scottie dog that lived next to him and he loved it so much he would steal it from his neighbors and bring it to his place and play with it. HAH!
Posted by: Penny at July 18, 2006 12:27 AM
"join Strippers on the bed? Or put on shelf and pull out in the fall? We shall see" - feeling frisky already, carolyn? ;-)
scottie dog is the cutest ever!
Posted by: kris at July 18, 2006 03:29 AM
Adorable Scottie! Even with the kinda creepy "watching you" eyes.
Once again, I bow to your quilting skillz.
Posted by: Michelle at July 18, 2006 08:16 AM
Awww what a cutie! Mary is so nice.
Posted by: monica at July 18, 2006 11:47 AM
Kaleidoscope diamonds looks great! It's amazing that you have so many quilting projects going on at the same time. I would get so overwhelmed!
Posted by: melissa at July 18, 2006 01:43 PM
SO. CUTE. That is a little Scottie schmoo!
Posted by: Carrie at July 20, 2006 10:51 AM
P.S. Did you say Tom Jones?
Posted by: Carrie at July 20, 2006 10:51 AM
Aw, what a great dog. Lucky you!
Posted by: Stephanie at July 20, 2006 06:44 PM
He really is the cutest! I see what you mean about the eyes, and the flower on his tail is very vrey cool. What a fun new pet!!
Posted by: jen at July 23, 2006 03:06 AM
Go, Ms. Momentum, go! :)
That is an awfully cute dog.
Posted by: alice at July 24, 2006 01:27 PM
I'm embarrassed to be so late in saying thank you for such a nice write-up of that little guy, and for the compliments in the comments! He was fun to do for you. And on the quilt question, I say, keeper! It's lovely.
Posted by: Mary at July 28, 2006 08:42 PM