Sunday, June 15, 2014

Another Stripey Blue with my able assistants

PF and her cats loved the Stripey Blue blanket which served as a cover for their sofa set, so she asked if we could do another smaller piece for her ottoman. It so happened I still have the same type of cloth, so we set to work today - yes, the cats and me.

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Daffodil was my trusty assistant and companion for today.


Ginger was at his rooftop den all afternoon.


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Rosie came to help too.


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Now to cut the backing cloth.


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Tabs!!


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Merrily we roll along, 
Roll along, roll along...


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Sewing is made so much more fun when the cats help!


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We're done.


Thank you, PF, for your generous donation to our Fund!


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I hope this piece matches the earlier one...


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mini-P6140038Now, starting on another teddy blanket...


My weekends are spent sewing these days. It's a really fun hobby, made so much more meaningful because it generates funds for the animals. The plus points are: (1) It keeps my mind active, figuring out designs and how to optimise the use of cloth so that nothing is wasted. (2) I can put simple mathematics to good use, after all, Mathematics is the Science of Patterns (3) My eyesight has got so much better even since I started sewing - am not hallucinating, it's true. I figured it's because when the heart (or mind) is happy doing something, the body responds by "helping" (in this case, sharpening my eyesight so that I can sew!). (4) I probably won't need to wear spectacles so soon....hopefully!

2 comments:

jasmine ong said...

All photos so lovely. Tabs is sooo cute with her stretches and wide-eyed wonder look. So happy playing with (and helping) you ♡ ♡♡

Chen said...

Tabs wants to me a sewing cat too, maybe? Ginger knows that you are reproducing a pattern that he had designed and given the nod, so he decided to take a holiday.