Best Friend to the Rescue

 Now that the kitty condo is gone, there is no place for Philip to sit to watch over my studio. I didn't quite know what to do.

This is when it helps to have a best bud. My pal Julie (and my apologies, but I'm still trying to figure out how to post blogs with my new iPad and getting used to how Macs work, so links and watermarks are a bit beyond me just yet...) ANYWAY. it's always nice to have a good friend who knows when you need help and isn't afraid to jump right in and take over. 

Julie had some ideas, and sent me some links to narrow corner bookshelves for that corner, and when I said those wouldn't work because of the built in shelf across the bottom of the room, then sent me ideas for floating shelves.

I liked this one, and ordered it. It arrived after dinner last night, and I decided, what the hell, might as well put the sucker up. I gathered my tools and went into the studio, figured out where it should go. got out the drill and got to work

Four holes and four screws later, the shelf is in place, and Philip is back again on the job.

Yeah, I know it's dark, and it will look better in daylight, but hey, one problem solved!

Dearest Julie, have I told you lately how much I love you?

Saturday Sewing

 

Saturday morning Julie and I spent some serious time in the studio. Julie continued to sort through the boxes of scraps I had set out. "I'm making a huge mess in your studio!" I just laughed. I hardly thought of it as a mess.

I continued to cut triangles out of the black slabs I had cut. Each stack above has ten triangles in it. For a quilt 60" x 72" I'll need 120 triangles, so I have to keep going.

We visited Quilted Threads, the best quilt shop ever. This fellow is Philip, my new QA tester. He had to come along to get the lay of the land.

I bought some pretty fabrics and then we went to Daniel's to have lunch.

Philip and The Selvage Fairy got along right away.

He liked Julie too. We ate on the balcony overlooking the river. It was a lovely day, sunny and dry.

We came home, and Julie went into the studio and got a lot of work done. I sacked out on the couch and took a nap. The photo above was taken at the end of the day. You can see Philip at his perch, keeping watch over the studio.

*btw, Philip is named for my favorite fabric designer, Philip Jacobs.