Trip Around the World, New Kitten, and Pink Scraps

 Welcome to Treadlestitches!

How are you doing this week?  I find quilting is great for being distracted.  And for keeping warm!

Sorry for the lighting here.  This was the first flannel quilt I cut out in January, now finally finished.  It's a little pink Trip Around the World made to donate to the annual Community Baby Shower.

Here's what it looks like inside the house.  The poly batting makes it very soft and warm.  I know many parents don't put quilts/blankets in cribs anymore, but this one will be good for cuddling or laying baby on the floor to play.

The back is this flannel print, Aunt Grace from Judie Rothermel.  When I first saw it at a sale, I thought it was vintage.  Judie really knows her stuff!

I used up most of my pink flannel prints here.  Giraffes, teddy bears, rainbows, etc.!

Look what happened when I left the room!  I found this guy snuggled under the quilt sleeping.  Easy to tell that Snicky is a fan of flannel quilts.  (Me too!)

Snicky has a new little sister!  In our family, we take turns naming our animals, and this time it was my husband's turn.  So this little fluffy girl is named Queen Elizabeth III.  Yes, really!  I didn't really want to tell the vet's office her government name, since they call it out when it's your turn to see the vet, and I would feel really silly.  We're just going by Lizzy.  She's about 7 weeks old, and got her first shots on Wednesday.

Turns out it's tough to take a picture of a kitten that barely slows down, but these were the best I could do.  Lizzy was found outside, and rescued by a friend of my eldest daughter.  Our daughter looked after her for us until we could come and get her.  Now we're working on socializing her, and getting Snicky to stop being quite so grumpy about it.

We're almost done with pink month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, so I thought I'd cut up the pink scraps I bought at the big sale.  Above is the "before" picture.

The UFO I bought at the sale had LOTS of these big triangles.  I have no idea what the original quilter was making, and didn't have a definite use for the triangles, so I cut them up like this.  The rectangle was cut into either a 3.5 in. square and small rectangle or a 2.5 in. x 4.5 in. rectangle.

Here's the "after" photo.  All of these are now useful pieces.  The bigger triangles will probably end up being corners on string blocks.

I used some of the smaller triangles to make more of these blocks.  I started making them with the bonus triangles from the heart blocks, but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them.

Now I know!  I'm going to make a variation on the traditional Sisters Choice block.  Now with extra scrappiness!

My goal this year is to use up lots of my Big Scraps.  So how did I do this month?

Well, not great.  Here's what's left of the pink bundle.  This might be even MORE than what I started with.  Oh, dear, I hope the whole year doesn't work out like this!

In other news, our youngest grandsons were here all day Monday and Tuesday.  Monday was Martin Luther King Jr. day of course.  Tuesday the schools were cold due to extreme cold.  It was -13 F in the morning, and even colder with the wind chill.  The guys found things to do with ships and castles and such while Snicky "supervised" from the couch.

Little Lizzy even got in the act after they went home.

It's warmed up here now.  We're at a balmy 29 degrees F!  Much better.  Plus it's a beautiful sunny day.  A great day for quilting!  But aren't they all?

Have a lovely week, everyone!

Linking up with these fabulous blogs:

Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday

Angela at So Scrappy, Home of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge

Cynthia at Oh Scrap