Kitty House and Scratch Post

While on break in December, James had the urge to build something.  Our kitty has been without a proper scratching post because of me not wanting to spend the money on a nice, tall one.  This led James to draw out some plans for a cat house and post.  Using a remnant piece of carpeting, a few pieces of wood and other supplies from Lowe's, plus our neighbor's saw, you can see the masterpiece he built in only a few short hours:

The neighbor got into the project and had some leftover trim.  He thought it should be stained but I wanted a bright house.

I did the painting.  The yellow is the color I just painted our guest room.

Front of the house (that is a birdhouse to the left and bird on her name plate)

Finished project.  There is a toy on a string hanging under the post.  It's her favorite springy toy.

Eve loves her new house that she's the queen of.  James did a wonderful job.

Our Next Sewing Get Together

Joann and I made plans for our next sewing get together.

Where: Bob and Joann's house

When: Saturday, January 9 starting at 10 or 10:30, sewing until we can't go on anymore

I will bring homemade soup. We need volunteers to bring: Cheese and Crackers, two two-liter bottles of pop, maybe a veggie tray or something like that.

My Christmas Gift from Krisha

Krisha made me this quilt wallhanging for Christmas. Her first attempt with little or no instruction on quilting! I love it and wanted to share it with you all. Notice the ladybug on the top left corner and the back is fabric with music notes. I can't wait to put it up on my wall.

I love this quilt

Some of you already saw this at Candi's because I put it in the White Moose exchange. Leslie was the one who finally ended up with it, but I just love it. I can't wait to see it hanging in her house at Christmastime.

Here is my latest project

Paul loves this shirt I made him for Christmas, sew he was nice enough to let me take pictures front and back. The only thing I wish I would have done - one of the pockets matches the background so perfectly, you can hardly see it, but the pocket on the left was a little off. Now that I look at it, I wish I would have cut out a new one and done it right. Paul said he doesn't care about that, he loves the shirt. He says it looks "store bought". I'm not sure if that is a compliment or not!

The fabric is a really nice heavy flannel, like no other flannel I have seen in a shirt. I bought a bolt of it when I found it at Zinc's really cheap. We need to all go there together sometime.

Its time for a new project to be posted on here

I am making hats and matching totes for my mother in law for our trip to Florida.....this was my first time completing a hat...I started one for Maggie a couple months ago, but never finished. I didn't like the way it was turning out.

I learned a valuable lesson when making tow of something at once...for the first time you try the pattern. Don't attempt to sew them at the same time, because then when you make a mistake, you end up reverse stitching both of them.

I am making another in black white and beige. I think I am making some changes to the bag...I am not entirely happy with the magnetic snap closure.

Scrappy Sewing Tote

I made this sewing tote and stuffed it with quilting notions that were 50% off last week (PLUS there was an additional 20% off total purchase coupon!!!!) and 99 cent Butterick patterns for Trisha for Christmas...she already saw the gift bag, I am not wrapping it...this was actually pretty simple to make, the strip pieced pockets took more time than anything else. It is made with scraps from previous projects...I LOVE it! I am skimping for Christmas...making all my gifts...I still have not recieved any compensation for my most recent injury, I finally hired an attorney...wish me luck.