Pets On Quilts Show

I am so excited!  Today is the Pets on Quilts Show at Lily Pad Quilting!  I join in the party every year(with seven cats I still have not used them all!)

You can join the party at this link Quilt Show I am entering the Cats On Quilt category!

Today Tater is going to be the star of the show!  She has been through so much in her short life!  Someone dumped a pregnant cat at my friends house who is highly allergic to cats.  The mom cat had two kittens, one died and then she abandoned Tater.

My friend's little girl tried to take care of her by herself for six weeks out in the cold weather.  We went to my friend's house and when I saw this poor kitten I had to take her home!  She had fleas, worms, and her poor ears had "An aural (ear) haematoma is a collection of blood similar to a large blood blister which results from a rupture of a blood vessel in the ear. The collection of blood usually occurs between the skin and cartilage on the inner side of the ear." which has left her ears scarred.  
Isn't this the saddest kitten you ever saw in your life?

She is now very spoiled and happy!  She still has a "sad look" but is very happy!  I think the sad look is because her whiskers droop.  My other cats have taught her how to use the litter box, what "treats" means, and how to play.  Most importantly they have taught her what love is and what it is like to have family.

The voting opens up in ten days, I hope you will vote for Tater!  If you want to enter the contest, read the rules at this link! 

What kind of pets do you have?  

Missy

Here is a picture of the quilt Tater is sitting on.

Meet Custard

Meet Muffin

You already met Tater

Meet Cupcake

Meet Oreo

I will have to introduce Pippi and Tiger later, they have been quilt shy lately!

Upcoming Quilt Show

My local art guild is having a quilt show!  I have always talked about the shows after I went but I wanted to make sure everyone knew about it so they could come!
The quilt show is August 15-25 at the Ava Art Guild which is across the street from the newspaper office, The Douglas County Herald.  If you want to enter a quilt you need to bring it on Monday or Tuesday, the 13th or 14th.

Here are the quilts from last year!
http://missyscakesandaprons.blogspot.com/2017/08/ava-art-guild-quilt-show.html
Two of my quilts from last year actually won!

I hope you can come check it out this year!

Missy

Anniversary Quilt

This past Sunday our church gave a quilt to my pastor and his wife for their 30th anniversary.  I did not make the quilt or cake but still wanted to share it with you.  All I did was cut out a few leaves.  A couple of other ladies made it.

 Everybody at church signed the leaves.

I did make the card though.

 I attached it to some cardboard so we could all sign it.

Have a nice day!
Missy

Feline Friday

I have not done a Feline Friday in a while!  I put this door/table behind my sewing machine in the living room.  There is almost always a cat sleeping on my material there.  LOL
This is Pippi and when I took her picture the only acknowledgement was her ears laid back.

 This was a surprise picture I found on my phone, my husband must have taken this picture.  Please excuse my pj bottoms.  Tiger always sits next to my husband on the couch.  He was supposed to be my cat!

 Tater has learned from the other cats that to get my attention while I am sewing is to lay on my machine.

 Cupcake knows how to get my immediate attention though!

 Oreo knows that all he has to do is roll over and show me his belly and I am a goner!

My cats are a sure distraction!  LOL

Have a great weekend ya'll!
Missy

Antique Crazy Quilt

My friend, Norma, who is 81 years old, shared a quilt with me that her grandmother made.  I'm not sure how old the quilt is.  It is made from silk fabrics and she attached tiny crochet pieces to it.

A crazy quilt is definitely on my bucket list.  Have you ever made one?  Do you want to?

Missy

Sewing Day

We had a sewing day Thursday!  It was a lot of fun!  We have our Facebook group for the Missouri TOGA (Treadle-O Gathering Academy).  The TOGA is the weekend after Father's Day every year, but I thought it would be nice for the Ozark Treadlers (our new name for the locals) to meet every other month for a sew day and to work on individual projects and things for the TOGA every year.
We had our first sew day on Thursday at the Ava Art Guild who graciously allowed us to use their building for free.

My machine, a Singer class 99 turned into a handcrank

Don's machine, a toy chain stitch machine that sews

See the perfect chainstitch it makes?

I love sewing days!  Once school starts we will have to start meeting on Fridays since my school has classes Monday through Thursday.  I don't think I have mentioned on here that I will be teaching at Whetstone Christian Academy this year.  I will be teaching kindergarten and first grade.

Do you prefer sewing with friends or by yourself?

Missy

Auditioning Placements

I finally finished my 3D Bow-tie blocks!  We had a sewing day today at our art guild and my friend Jo Ann brought her portable design wall.  I put my blocks on it but never had time to sew my rows together, so I asked her if I could just borrow the whole design wall for two days.  My husband walked into the living room after work and asked "you borrowed someone's entire design wall?"  LOL

I think this will be my last placement, any opinions?  I was thinking a small inner border of medium blue, a big outer border of yellow with polka dots, and a blue and yellow flowers binding.  What do you think?

 Below are some other fabrics that we auditioned, do you like these better?

I hate making decisions!  I am glad I finally have a blue and yellow quilt!  I want to finish it for a quilt show in August.  I also need suggestions on how to quilt it.
Thank you for your opinions!
Missy