The misery rolls on with this quilt, as there are times it seems that it’ll never get done. Okay, I’ll admit that it hasn’t been the top priority lately (though I can’t really figure out what HAS been the top priority, just not the quilt in any case), but I really need to be getting [...]
Tag Archives: Shadow
It’s a wonder any work gets done around here!
July 23, 2007
If this little boy cat had his way, nothing would! Here he is on the shelf above my computer, bugging me while I’m trying to work: And between Shadow and ITMan with his laptop, machine quilting is even more challenging! I’m trying to quilt this really old UFO, and it’s really big, so I need [...]
A thief in my studio!
May 30, 2007
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My lovely little cat Shadow stole the spool holder from the top of my Bernina machine! Okay, so it’s not a critical part or anything, but still. Brand new machine, and now I’m missing a part already! The little creep!
Quilting with Patches and Shadow: Helping out
October 10, 2006
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It’s been awhile since the last Quilting with Patches and Shadow update, but here’s a good one for you. I’m working on the Swarovski crystals on the Grasping Reality: Fifteen quilt, and of course, Shadow has to be right in the middle of it all. ‘Course, Shadow has to be in the middle of everything, [...]
Postscript to yesterday’s cat events
July 6, 2006
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I receive the “Bad Cat” Page-a-Day calendar in my e-mail every day, and the page that showed up this morning was just so timely, I had to share it: I just had to laugh, thinking about yesterday’s events. And those cats even look like Shadow! Shadow could be the poster kitty for the “Bad Cat [...]
Things that keep me from quilting #3
July 5, 2006
Imagine this: Shadow playing with a CapriSun drink pack. Now imagine him trying to eat it, and poking holes in it with his teeth! Then imagine him thinking the juice was not so tasty when it began spewing out of the holes onto the floor, and moving on to the 32 oz. Tetra-pak container of [...]
Quilting with Patches and Shadow: No cutting today
June 15, 2006
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I guess it’s a good thing I hadn’t planned to rotary cut anything today! He’s so cute when he’s sleeping…





September 20, 2007
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