hunting the little red bug

DH brought home a laser pointer to see if the babies would find it interesting. That little red bug is their favorite toy!! These pictures are blurry because the action is so fast and frantic.




Like this, see Ben? You have to grab it really fast like - damn!






I got it! No, mine!


I've started another quilt top. Again, it is random and rapid. There is something so astoundingly satisfying about putting together left-over scraps in no particular order and watching it create beauty and excitement. And, it's a constant learning process. I am listening to some books on tape (Thrones, Dominions by Dorothy Sayers ) and with that to keep my left brain entertained, my right brain just plays and plays! I'll press a strip of piecing, then sit and stroke it for a few minutes, admiring the surprises where fabrics I would never have juxtaposed intentionally turn out to be splendid when randomed together. It's like working a sock with a new varigated yarn. Will it stripe or pool? Will the purple fall next to the blue, or the pink? And what will happen when I get to the heel? Really, it's a party for me. Real quilters need not be disgusted. I know this isn't really quilting. It's just fingerpainting with fabric. And then you wind up with a thermal layer when you're done. fun, fun, fun!