When I set up the cage for new foster piggy from the shelter I usually include
lots of hiding spots. I'll add extra fleece draped over sections of the
second and third levels of the cage (called fleece forests). I sometimes
add extra cozies to hide in. As the fosters settle in I'll remove the
extra hiding spots so we can interact more. Madea boldly tried out the
new exposed spots like a champ!
Monday, July 21, 2025
More on Madea
Monday, July 14, 2025
Madea Summer Shots
Say hi to our latest guinea pig foster from Dakin Humane:
Madea.
We've had her for about a week. Madea loves the cage - she checked it all out in the first day. She's great at doing laps in the evening so enthusiastically that the cage shakes. She's a cutie!
Thursday, July 10, 2025
I Like Thursday: Wait, It’s July?
Goodness. I've done nothing but quilting posts for over a month. I've done plenty of good things that aren't sewing that I'd like to share at I Like Thursday.
Let's start out this post with a guinea pig! This is Madea. She's the first foster we've had since October.
Madea is a sweetie and is settling in quite nicely. However, she doesn't know what to do with veggies. What kind of silly pig is this? She will only eat carrots. Not cucumber or lettuce or tomatoes or peppers or corn husks. I'm working on her.
Thursday, July 3, 2025
It’s a Flimsy!
Huzzah! Look at that! Midnight Garden is a flimsy. It's so hot off the presses I haven't even pressed the last seams. It was a cloudy evening with dim lighting - so I just threw it on the bed so you at least get a glimpse of what it looks like. It's so nice to see it other than on the wall!
I need to iron it and check for any really mangled points to repair before getting it sandwiched.
Huzzah!
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Oh, so Close
See this? This is the last grey block, finished and attached to it's row. Yay!
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Whose Bright Idea Was That?
I didn't pay close attention where the pins were and managed to press the iron directly over the pin. It promptly melted and adhered itself to the fabric.
Seriously. Why make pinheads that melt at the cotton setting?
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Trust the Process
I'm on a roll with the Midnight Garden quilt. I dithered briefly about the edge blocks before plunging ahead with my original orientation. I've panicked a few times thinking I sewed the corner to the wrong spot or cut the block the wrong way.
I keep telling myself: Trust the process.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Adding Corners
The Midnight Garden star blocks are finally getting their corners attached. Normally I'd attach the four corners to a block and move onto the next blocks. In this quilt, however, I'm attaching one corner to four different blocks at a time. I attached the first handful of corners one set at a time. This week I tried doing two at a time and briefly panicked when it appeared I sewed a corner to the wrong block. Each kaleidoscope foursome is unique, but it turns out a few of them look really similar.
Whew.