CatHouse Chat

3 Doors Down rocks the National Guard!

As always, I am so grateful to be reminded of the deep and abiding debt we owe to all our men and women in uniform.

We are free - because of the brave!

The American Military - Citizen Soldiers - serving with honor for over 200 years!

This is Ithildyn's fault!

My blog-sis, Ithildyn, posted this via Twitter:

It was so funny that the next episodes have been impossible for me to resist (I'm currently on #4). Please - watch them and be prepared to DIE-DIE-DIE laughing your a** off!

The rest of the episodes I've found are under the fold...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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What a great prank! I LOVE FailBlog!

Before I retire for the evening...

... I would like to say, "Voila!"

Seven new baby quilts, all quilted and ready for their labels and binding - after which, they'll need a good home with a little boy or girl who can appreciate the snugglies!

Now I've got to load a quilt for a customer, so I can get it back to her and earn a little $$ for myself! ;-)

FOUR down - #5 and #6 loaded up!

Yay! So now I've got four of the eight tops quilted, and am just loading up the fifth and sixth. I'm not too worried about these guys, because I've had six on my machine before; but it's going to get interesting when I baste #7 and 8 on...

Anyway, the ripping really didn't take that long (it was just a little tedious), but I was having a little trouble with my stitch regulator. Basically a stitch regulator keeps the same number of stitches per inch, no matter how fast I move the sewing head. I don't always like to use it since it feels more jerky to me than when the needle is moving at a constant, regular speed. It is very helpful when doing precise work, like stitch in the ditch, as it will keep the stitch count the same even when I'm moving very slowly to keep the needle right on the seamline.

I called APQS and they got back to me very promptly (I love that company!). It seems that all I needed to do was tighten up the regulator sensor on the table carriage. So, that's done and things seem to be working nicely. I'm glad that I'm encountering all this while I'm working on MY quilts, though! If I'd loaded up the paying quilt I have waiting and had these issues, it might not have gone so well. I hold an absolute terror of "killing" someone's quilt top because my machine isn't adjusted correctly...

*sigh*

Fortunately, Noelani's stay in the spa has relaxed her and boosted her already willing spirit. One thing they did was add some little hard rubber disks between her and the chassis, and they've cut down on a lot of the vibrations:

I also had them install a new hopping foot (the metal bar that's the "sewing foot" in a normal machine) that has a taller "wall" than my old one so I can use rulers without the foot riding up over them. No more attaching and then removing that hard plastic collar!

Anyway, here are the two quilts I just loaded:

 

 

I've been having issues uploading the last two photos, so since I started writing this post, I'm almost done quilting these two tops. That's the GOOD news...

The BAD news is that I've just discovered that I'm about... 4? inches short on my backing!!! Aiigh! So, I won't be able to load both top #7 and top #8. I'll load one, but turn it 90 degrees. Unfortunately, although my batting is wide enough, the BACKING (again with a goof on the backing!) isn't, so I'll only be able to load one in this orientation.

Head, meet wall. Repeat as necessary...

*sigh*

Two of Smudge's favorite perches

On a quilt-

And on Dad-cat's lap... um, lapTOP!!!!

More baby quilts in the making!

The first two of eight total:

Just like I like 'em - bright and colorful!


These are the first two of the batch of eight tops I completed the other night. I'm going to keep putting them on two-by-two and quilting them. I've rolled on six before, so I'm hoping that the take up bar will accept eight *hopeful grin*

I really need to get off my rear and make a video of how the quilts get made...

Black and White on the Grey Matters

(UPDATE: Ooops - fixed the wee typo in the title)

LOVE this guy! Love him, love him! He's conservative, he's Republican, he's awesome!

(WARNING: the language is not always safe for work... So if Mom and her friends stop by and then click through to his videos - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!)

Here's a sample:

Oh, this is scary!

I was brought up to honor and respect police (and I still do!) and to believe that I should do my civic duty and offer what appropriate assistance and information they might require. Heck, I grew up when the police were often derisively called "pigs," and Mom had a bumper sticker that I love to this day:

I LIKE PIGS
Pride. Integrity. Guts. Service.

So it is with a definite sense of shock that I post these two videos, and am now basically determined that the only words which shall pass my mouth in a police interview are "I'd like a lawyer, please."

*sigh*

I forgot to tell you!

I SOLD MY FIRST QUILT!!!!

"Quilts from Aunt Kat - Unique quilts for your unique child"

Mom and Dad's cleaning people saw this one as I was finishing the binding, and fell in love with it. So, they purchased it for their 2 month old granddaughter! I finished up the binding and ran it through the washer and dryer, so it's all ready for them to pick up when they get to Mom and Dad's today.

[bouncing happily]

So, if you've got a baby coming, or a grandbaby, and want a unique and sturdily made quilt to give them, let me know!

(Of course, this means that I've got to finish the binding on two other quilts, make several others, take pictures of each, and set up my PayPal Storefront Widget... So... Off to the salt mines! LOL)

UPDATE: OK, I've gotten the PayPal storefront widget up and running... So, go on over, drool over the quilts (all pic are clickable for a larger size and descriptions) and either buy or tell your parent/grandparent-to-be friends to take a look-see ;-) Thanks to all my wonderful, fanTAStic friends for all their encouragement on this new endeavor!