Cats and UFO's

On my last blog post I had told you I had been working on some projects,

and showed you a pic of Pooh-Pooh, my cat.

And I promised to come back to it, remember?
No último post no meu blog disse-vos que tenho estado a trabalhar nalguns projectos, e mostrei-vos uma foto da minha gata, a Pooh-Pooh.
E prometi voltar ao assunto, lembram-se?

Well, this is it.

Today I'll be talking about UFO's,

and it's connection to Pooh-Pooh.
Então, pois aqui está.
Hoje irei falar de UFO's, e a ligação destes com a Pooh-Pooh.

If you're a crafter and are owned by a cat... you know exactly what I'm talking about, don't you?

If you haven't guess it yet... sewing, crafting, knitting... and cats... always came together!
Se faz artesanato e se um gato é o seu dono... sabe exactamente do que estou a falar, não sabe?
E se ainda não adivinhou... costurar, fazer artesanato, tricotar... e gatos... vêm sempre em conjunto!

Your cat will always be there, supervising you,

giving you a hand (read:paw), pulling a little string here, another little string there, and if you don't behave or try something she won't approve... you'll get a deserved slap in the hand!
O seu gato está presente o tempo todo, como um supervisor, dando-lhe uma mãozinha (leia-se: garra), puxando um fiozito aqui e ali, e se você não se portar bem ou se tentar alguma coisa que o gato não aprove... receberá uma merecida sapatada na mão!

How all this goes with UFO's...?

That's easy!
O que é que tudo isto tem a ver com UFO's...?
Essa é fácil!

 Last week I've decided to finish some UFO's (unfinished objects)

and, of course, Miss Pooh-Pooh was right there,
Na semana passada decidi acabar alguns UFO's (objectos inacabados) e, claro, a menina Pooh-Pooh- estava lá,
to help and check things out!

Eventually, her eyes started to get heavy,
para ajudar e fiscalizar!
Finalmente, os olhos começaram a ficar pesados,

 

and I rushed to finish my UFO... which was a huge quilted ornament ball (the same technique as in these quilted CD Christmas ornaments, remember?).
e apressei-me a acabar o meu UFO... que era uma bola enorme para fazer um ornamento de Natal (forrada com tecido dobrado que dá a ilusão de ser um quilt, a mesma técnica que usei para estes ornamentos de Natal feitos a partir de CDs, lembram-se?).

Because this specific ball was huge,

Porque esta especifica bola era enorme,

it became an UFO... and was laying on my work area, forgotten,

for more than an year... it took me about some good 4/5 hours to finish it.

acabou por se tornar um UFO... e ficou em cima da minha área de trabalho, esquecida, por mais de um ano... e levou-me umas boas 4/5 horas para a acabar.

But it was well worth it, don't you think?

Mas valeu bem a pena, não acham?

It hangs from my doorway now,
Agora está pendurada no umbral da porta,

and it sure does look nice!
e fica mesmo bem!
Of course, Pooh-Pooh has been practicing her jumping skills to get to it... luckily for me, she still needs to keep practicing a lit bit more!
Claro que a Pooh-Pooh tem estado a praticar as suas capacidades de salto para a alcançar... felizmente para mim, ela ainda tem de praticar bastante!

I'll see you all soon!
Até breve!

Quilted wind roses and gardening

Spring has finally sprung:

out with August like temperatures, in with the 70's more April like!

I've been busy busy...

trying to get my flower gardens cleaned up and mulched, mowing the yard, washing the decks and outdoor furniture...

slowly but surely, as J used to say.

I'll get there, eventually!

Just look at my phlox this year!

It's gorgeous, don't you think?

I still didn't mulch these beds, but I did clean them up, trimmed and weeded...

The willows are dressing up really nice

and everything else is coming back as it should.

It really is the most pretty season of the year. I love it!

Besides gardening I've been doing some other stuff too.

Look at this cute fabric paper doll I made

for one of our grand daughters birthday:

I bought the fabric online, a panel with 4 wonderful paper dolls.

I still have 3 left to make.

On YouTube,

I found a very interesting craft, 

a quilted Christmas ball ornament;

so I've tried it and made a couple already:

 

Thank you for sharing angiejanca.

They're really easy and fun to make.

And because of this project  

I thought of another one,

different but using the same quilting/folding concept: 

It's a wind rose, or compass rose.

Just draw a circle on a cardboard, and fold the 3" fabric squares in a triangle and then glue them in a circle like a wind rose.

I already made a couple,

one red and I called it Fleur Rouge

and the other one is purple and I called it

 

La Douce Violet.

When my niece saw them she begged me to help her make one...

 

And here she is, doing a real great job!

She called hers Pink.

And that's it for today.

I've been working on another quilt project that I just love,

but that will have to wait for another post!