Carmine comes from a family member who is getting a divorce and can't keep him in an apartment so he already is family, now he just lives with us. He's 5 years old and a real delight and since he's been living with my grandson he's already child proof!
It's been 10 long months since we lost our last Shep, Mojo, so this just felt right, you know? Sometimes things just don't feel right but this does and he adjusted as if he'd always been here.
Also my grand-daughter just turned 3 and here is the quilt I made her. It's the back however that she's wild about as it's glow in the dark Care Bears! Heh. Oddly enough Care Bears were her passion on her last birthday and to my surprise she's still loyal to them.
In addition to that I was really getting a lot of scraps and since I'd never tried to make a scrappy quilt I decided to try one and here it is:
The dimensions are 4" squares with 2" squares on two opposing corners. I think I can understand now the allure of scrappy quilts. I kind of prefer a bit more symmetrical designs but this pattern combined both for me so I really enjoy it. I replaced my former nap quilt with this one and put the old one sampler quilt on the bed in the spare room for the babies to play on. OH! I almost forgot! A great deal of my fun these days with quilting is geared very much to kid designs and bright colors so I made these for the bedroom the babies always stay in and that contains all their toys.