Just Quilts

Here are more pictures of quilts, this time without dogs.

Things I Like

Since I like quilts and I like my dogs, here are some pictures of both. Can you stand it?

Makin' Monkeys

Today I learned to make sock monkeys.




Jennifer invited about ten of us over. Check out this amazing brunch.



Teacher Joyce (endearingly referred to as Sock Monkey Lady) put together these nice kits. (She's the one in the sock monkey shirt.)



First we cut: body, arms, tail, mouth, ears.



Then we sewed on machines and stuffed.



Then we sewed by hand. First we added ears, and saw very quickly that Joyce’s perfect-looking monkeys came after a lot of practice. None of our little monkeys will win any beauty pageant titles.



Now that our illusions of cute sock monkeys were thoroughly dashed, we added our own little extras like X's for eyes and heart patches on backsides. Our sock monkeys became sock monsters.



Aww, too cute.

Rain

Clouds make yawns, but rain is lively. It splatters on the sidewalk. People dash from car to building. They squeal when it slides down their collar. Arriving safely inside, they take a big breath and shake the rain off their coat. Then back to business.

I love a sleeping dog, curled in a ball with his chin on stacked feet. But on rainy days, my dogs are restless without a sun spot. I let them inside, and they shake the rain off their coats and thank me.

I am their savior.