Where are the family pictures?

I finished this little quilt today. I chose orange bias stripe binding.

I have enjoyed spending time with family this holiday season, and I have not recorded a single photograph of the fun I've had with them. Sheesh.

 Naturally I have cat photos. I was not sure Joe would stay away from the tree. Fortunately he was chill about it.

This is cake the neighbor, Wanda, made and brought to us. I didn't cook; my oven is broken.

Since I eventually want to something with the pile of denim jeans taking up space in the closet, I set about de-constructing them. Here is a pile of denim "bones."

 And the resulting pile of usable denim parts. This work took all day, so I'll just let it sit for a while. I'm not sure what I want to do yet.

Joe has a favorite perch in my sewing room. He likes to be up high, snoozing away.

I've no doubt sewing machine noise puts cats straight to sleep.

 The quilt below is one I "finished" a couple of years ago and put in a charity auction. You know, one of those silent auctions where people write in bids. No one bid on it (small sigh), so I had to. I bought it for $60. (big sigh)

I felt like it needed something, and so today I decided to add more quilting.

Oh yes, much better. I used varigated thread on the front and clear bobbin thread, but the back looks better too.

You absolutely can add quilting to a quilt that's already been bound. This is the second time I've done it, and both quilts were better off for it. 

Sweet! Like Joe's little toes.