Sew Joy: cat

Summer is over for me!
We did get to spend some time at my parent's trailer and enjoyed a few boat rides.

It's off to Teacher's College for me. I won't be able to post as much as I am used to, but hopefully I will still get some quilting done.

I did get my August dreamboard made. The bottom right pattern is a little bag - I am curious to see if I will find anything to put in it. Or rather, what will find me? (surely something more exciting than receipts for textbooks!)

It's always fun and reaffirming for me when quotes or images on my dreamboard show up in the real world. One of my professors almost said this exact phrase last week.
That kayaker? I think she's daring me forward!
The tree is reminding me I am now in a different season of my life - back in school fulltime has been an overwhelming reality to shift into.

Already the creative learning moments are seeping in. This is a picture from an outing into the trails on campus. A "crime scene" from a novel. A novel we divided up by chapter and read in pairs, then put back in order in under an hour! It opened my eyes to a different way to experience a story and make it interesting and memorable.

I'm home again for a week and rushed right into my space to play with my fabrics!

I'm hoping to get these fused to work on while I'm back at school.

Even the cats are glad I'm home! Lambert finally came out to cuddle with my husband.
I'm glad for the week of cuddles too.

With Joy,
Sarah Vee

I completed my two August stockings for the Season of Grace BOM with Pat Sloan and Emilie Richards.
I thought I would lay them out with the fabrics I've selected for the background, sashing, and border. Then I thought I would put all my finished stockings to date out too. I was inspired by Pat's Show and Tell on her website.

But Pat doesn't have a CAT.

It started innocently enough. I pulled back the covers on the bed where he wasn't sleeping so I could get a good daytime shot. I think he heard the camera 'beep' on.

Then it was inspection time! Of course he got right in front of the camera and every shot I tried to take with him looking at me didn't turn out. He turned his head just as the camera took the shot.

So, this is my cat and some of my blocks arranged haphazardly for the Season of Grace BOM.

At least the finished product will hang on the wall. That should keep him off of it!

Sew Some JOY this last weekend of August,

Sarah Vee