Thimbleanna

Month: February 2013

There’s a Mouse in the House

48 Comments / June 22, 2013 / Around the House, Scruff

Hey there! Do you remember this cute little mouse that lives at MyDadLovesMeBestSister’s house?

Thimbleanna: Mouse House

Yeah?  Well, we’re not talking about that kind of mouse. Noosireee. A few days ago, PaulKitty started acting funny. We’d find him staring at the wall for no reason. I told TheManoftheHouse that there must be something in there. (Knowing full well exactly what “something” meant.) Then, TheManoftheHouse found Paul Kitty staring at the pantry door. It does look kind of funny.

Thimbleanna: Kitties on the Hunt

So, he opened the door and he saw it. IT dashed from the potato bin to hide behind the crockpot. But he couldn’t find it and he had stuff to do, so he left PaulKitty in charge. And then we sort of forgot about it. The next morning, both kitties were staring at the washer and dryer.

Thimbleanna: Kitties on the Hunt

Clearly, our kitties are useless housekitties. Cassie and Sirius, they’re not. It had been a few days and I even found teeny tiny crumbs at the cat food station. Did they make friends with little mousy and share their food with him? Slackers. I threw TheManoftheHouse and PaulKitty in the laundry room and told them not to come out empty-handed.  Twenty minutes and a lot of commotion later, TheManoftheHouse emerged victorious. PaulKitty was apparently hopeless. Wanna SEE???

Thimbleanna: Kitties on the Hunt

Isn’t he cute???
Not.
He ruined the rest of my day. I had a nice relaxing day planned to read and sew a little bit. Instead, I had to clean out the pantry and laundry room. Very, very rude.
My week now is going much better. I hope yours it too!

XOXO,
Anna

Checks

53 Comments / June 22, 2013 / Quilting

Sometime before Christmas, my lovely invisible friend Brigette and I were chatting about all the gazillion quilts we want to make before we die.   The conversation turned to Pinterest (as they do) and we ended up discussing this quilt.  We decided that this quilt would be perfect for gifts that we both needed, so we decided to make versions of it.

Thimbleanna: Black and White Check Quilt

I started mine before Christmas but didn’t get very far — too many other things demanding my time.  But, it really wasn’t a time consuming quilt and it proved to be a great project for lazy January weekends.

Thimbleanna: Black and White Check Quilt

This quilt is big — weighing in at 95″ x 95″.  I’m not necessarily a fan of square quilts, but it just worked out this way.  I started out to make it 90″ x 95″ (based on the amount of drop and tuck in that I wanted for a queen sized bed), but I didn’t like that one edge had the gray and white block row.  The quilt just looks better when it’s “framed” by black and gray rows all around.

Thimbleanna: Black and White Check Quilt

Each of my squares is 5″.  Now that I’ve made this quilt, when I look back at the original, it looks to me like maybe she used 4″ squares.   I probably would have liked the smaller squares, but since this quilt is so big, this is fine.  I chose to bind my version in the lime green too, which I really like.  I think this quilt would look great bound in most any color.  I used Bella Solids White (98), Black (99) and Silver (183).  I backed the quilt in the silver, so, between the front and the back, I used almost 9 yards.  Well worth buying the bolt!

Thimbleanna: Black and White Check Quilt

It was snowy this morning and I had fun traipsing around taking a few pictures.  I couldn’t find any place tall enough to hang it.  BigDaddy’s old swingset was as close as I could get but it’s about 10″ too short.

Thimbleanna: Black and White Check Quilt

This was a fun, quick and easy quilt to make.  My version is for a male, but Brigette is going to make one for a female (bound in hot pink — how cute!).  Most importantly, making this quilt proves a point:  All that time spent on Pinterest hasn’t been completely wasted! ;-D

XOXO,
Anna