Yesterday's finishes

This is Suzi and her quilt. These are the practice blocks from last year when I was trying out improv blocks. Just a bunch of scraps but they look nice and bright for Suzi. I only had the binding left to do. Don't know why I never finished it. I found it in the bottom drawer of my sewing desk and decided to finish it up.

I also put together this month's Schnibble Tagalong.

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I'm still struggling with the square in a square block. The pattern called for them to be 5" unfinished but if I did that, I would have lost lots of points. I ended up squaring them at 6.5". The other 9 patches were already 5" so they needed some borders to bring them up to size. I actually like the way it turned out.

Happy Valentine's Day

 

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!!

This isn't a holiday we really celebrate here at the LaLone home. We give gifts and lovin' all year round, so a special day doesn't fit us really. I do go out and get the kids some chocolate and candy of course.

Yesterday I worked on a mini  I Spy quilt. When it came time to cut the backing I had some help though...

 

Suzi decided she needed to check out my choice of backing fabric.

 

She rubbed her face all over it lol

 

Rolled around in it...

 

and just had some good ole fun with it.

 

This is some of the fabric I received from the neighbor. She uses some fragrant fabric softener. I'm guessing that the new smell drove her a bit nuts.

Every time I had the quilt anywhere, Suzi was right there to sniff it.  This was a good source of entertainment for my family Saturday night lol. It doesn't take much to amuse us :)

This was a bit extreme for Suzi but not too unusual. Every time I bring fabric (or yarn) into the house, she has to sniff it and try to lay on it. She's just a fabric-holic I guess. At least she is in the right house.

Suzi

My daughter took this pic of Suzi in my bed one night while I was at work. I found it when I was uploading pics the other day. I don't know why but I like this pic. Kind of describes Suzi since she is all nose most of the time. Suzi is part terrier so her nose is always sniffing around looking for something .

Suzi has also recently decided that she needs to be right up my butt when I'm on the couch. She has started to squeeze in between me and the end of the couch. I think she likes the security. She gets very jealous whenever anyone sits next to me. She will whine and climb over them to get right next to Momma. Silly girl!