Bramble Blooms, Tiny 9 Patch, Animal Rescue

I showed Ned and his fellow chocolate Lab litter mates in this post to celebrate his birthday.   The litter included Petey who stayed with them and Beth made them a cake.

And Ned got to have his piece too which disappeared so fast it's a good thing I took a photo beforehand.

I finished my wonderful Peter Pauper Press Snowman and Friends jigsaw just in time to see the snow leave. Each of these puzzles includes a full poster of the picture which is a great help.

 I finally made a decision about what next for the Bramble Blooms Improv project. I'm echoing the petal shapes and colours of the center bouquet with orange peel blocks to surround it. I'm using EPP...freezer paper applique for these small peels and the block size is 4 inches. In real life, they are not competing with the center flowers size wise.

Angle here makes them look much larger.

 Of all the ideas I tried out, I like this one the best and it looks okay to me so far. Those embellished blooms I worked last week are still in the mix though I'm not sure how just yet. I want this border finished this week. Audrey, our Quilty Folk host, has called for another border of 9 patch blocks which is right up my alley just now.

As I have been sewing more blocks for the Tiny 9 Patch QAL, in this case, using FPP which has speeded up the process. I'm very happy to be using scraps for these little 3 inch blocks. Some folks stitch 10 a day; I can't do that as I have other projects to work on -always.

That's a little cross stitch made by Mom.

 We usually finish our evening's tv viewing with something light like a comedy show alternating with Noraly, the Dutch lady, who is motorcycling round the world. Her You Tube channel is called Itchy Boots. Right now we are watching her series in Africa and learning so much. In this particular video she joined an Ocean Conservation group in Namibia who are rescuing seals. The way they catch them and the job they are doing with helping them is just wonderful to watch. What good work they are doing! 

I know you like minded animal lovers will take some comfort in knowing people around the globe are helping our animal kingdom. 

Hope your week is going well and your stitching fingers are flying!

Happy to share this post with Songbird Designs, My Quilt Infatuation, Quilting Patchwork, The Inquiring Quilter and Alycia Quilts.