Jellicle Cat Finished

Sometime in February I picked up this cross stitch cat again.

I worked on it a few minutes in every evening while I watched TV.

Below the cross stitch is finished and ready for the back stitch embellishments.

Black back stitching finished.

On to the white back stitches.

All finished and labeled.

I looked for a title in TS Eliot's book of poetry about cats.

The musical Cats was based on the poems.

The Jellicle Cats were the fancy ones.

I thought it was appropriate for this colorful cat.

Below is a pattern for my next sewing projects.

I talked to granddaughter Ava and she chose the sleeveless version of the dress.

Below are the fabric choices. 

She liked the blue with pink flowers, pink check, pink and teal stripe, and the teal and pink

shells. She wants all the different fabrics in one dress but I think the flowers and checks will be one dress and the stripe and shells will be another.

We plan to see our Memphis grands on Easter.

Dresses and a couple of other things should be ready by then.

These are blooming in my back yard.

How is your week?

The Week in Review

I finished my wall hanging this week. But first a little yard art. We found this birdhouse at a local shop. We have Bluebirds in a birdhouse on our back fence and hope another pair will choose this new house.

We had some landscaping done in our front yard.

Hopefully the dry creek will help with water flow when it rains.

Mr. M will add new sod in the next few weeks.

Yesterday we checked on mom's house and picked these daffodils.

Our area has had water problems since the ice and snow in February.

Fortunately the water was working at the house.

The cat cross stitch in the photo is almost finished.

Check back next week to see.

This week I finished the wall hanging.

I'm calling it Lullaby in Birdland. That is not exactly the song title but I like it.

I sewed around the shapes with black thread for a raw edge appliqué effect.

The shapes were pre-cut with fusible stuff on the backs.

Stitching around them left my needle sticky.

I used my fabric for the background, backing, and binding.

I quilted wavy lines across the background sort of like a musical staff.

The binding went on great. I added corners for hanging and a label.

Not shown is a loop I added to the middle of the back for hanging.

The fusible shapes came from Connecting Threads.

After Mr. M cuts the dowel and I write the label this will hang in the playroom.

Happy sewing, y'all!