Animals All the Time!

I have been working on the Randolph & Rudy blocks.  They are just so fun to make.  Here are the three deer with striped sweaters.............. 

And the 3 bears with striped sweaters..........

Esme was on hand to supervise some of the cutting.  She enjoyed being in the sewing room without Mabel (who was in another "time outside" in the morning).

After lunch, Mabel managed to earn her way back inside and took over my sewing chair.

And the deer with trees on their sweaters came to life............

And the deer with the stars...........

And you remember the first bears with the sweaters that didn't contrast enough with the background...

I simply removed the heads and the pants and remade the sweaters.  I think this is a big improvement.  

I have the last set of sweaters and pants cut for the final bears.  I think it might be a bit tricky since the sweaters have candy canes on them.  We'll see how it goes.

I spent some time cleaning up the cutting table and putting scraps back in the project tub.  Mabel thought it was time to lend a paw..........

First she smashed the scraps into the project tub.

Then she held the completed blocks in place.

Then she must have decided the completed animals in the tub were lonely, so decided to join them........

And for those keeping track of the number of pieces, the 5 sets of completed bodies totaled 579 pieces.  If you add that to the total pieces for the heads, 792, we're up to 1371 in the blocks so far with only one set of bodies left to make.

I don't know if there will be time tomorrow to get the last 3 blocks finished, but hopefully they will be completed by the weekend.  Then I'll just have the sashing and border strips left to cut and set the whole quilt together.  I can't wait to see how it turns out!

Christi