Beth Ferrier’s Blog

With just one week left before heading to Quilt Market I have plenty of work to do. I’m doing a Schoolhouse session, a 30 minute infomercial the day before the exhibits open to promote the fabric line. Oy! I have handouts to finish, patterns to finish, quilts to finish, projects to finish.

It’s really nice to be able to count on my family for help. Jack oversees the printing.

Lucy likes to check my work, especially when it involves chasing the cursor.

And it makes perfect sense that the new asphalt driveway needs to go in the week before market. That would be the same asphalt driveway that we’ve done just fine without for thirteen years.

But this girl is nothing if not stubborn. Here’s my Miranda Day Bag, out of my new fabric (gosh, that still makes me giggle!), just waiting for the handles and closure.

 This is the first time I’ve followed someone else’s pattern in at least a million years. Thank goodness that Joan Hawley,  supreme Lazy Girl, writes really excellent directions. Despite all the interuptions, and furry helpers, and a trip into town for stablizer, this only took me a few enjoyable hours to finish.

Last year Nate and Amanda earned the favorite gift award with the announcement that they were expecting. This year they surprised me with a darling new kitten!

Meet Lucy. She’s a domestic short hair, a diluted tortie and a real spit fire. She’s a quite the lover, very frisky and gives lots of kitty kisses. She also climbs with claws fully extended and I have the marks on my legs to prove it .

Her favorite hang out is my desk. She loves to chase the pointer on the screen. I just upgraded from two monitors to one extra wide screen. I sure hope that she doesn’t put her claws through it!

When she’s not watching the letters form on the screen she’s parked on the shelf behind the monitor. It’s the perfect vantage point to watch the birds at the feeders outside. And every now and then she pops up to make sure that I’m hard at work. (Yes, Lucy, that’s the beginnings of a design for the new applique book, coming out later this spring. Thanks for checking.)

Thanks, Nate and Amanda, once again you win the favorite gift award, two years running. How will you hold your status? Is it time for another grandchild?