CAT POUCH

I made a little Cat Pouch from a pattern I ran across online (sorry, can't remember where), for Victoria for her birthday.

I made another one for myself today.  There's a little zipper in the back.  There's a little ring so it can be attached to a backpack, bag or car keys.

Fun.

I used a Pigma pen on this one to draw the face.  I used a zigzag stitch on Victoria's.  It should be hand embroidered, but... you know.

PLAIDISH BACKING

I got the label made and the back put together for the Plaidish quilt.

It looks like a pirate with one white tooth.

Today was a zombie day, all day.  I got less than 5 hours of sleep.  I sat up with Jax watching TV at a high volume to drown out the sounds of bombing and explosions that went on from 7pm to after midnight when I finally gave up and went to bed.  Jax woke up after that and did bark a little bit.  He woke me up a couple of times.  I think the explosions stopped around 2am.

I'm glad I had an easy project for the day.

BACK AND LABEL

I put the back for Flower Power together and made a label for it.

I used the leftover triangles from making the top.

Hand inked label.

TANDOORI KONA RESTAURANT

Darrell had to run up to Vancouver, British Columbia to deliver some furniture.  

After a delay of several hours at the border because of 'duty' issues, we finally made it into the country.  We had wanted to get there early to do a little bird watching.  We did manage to see some Snowy Owls, but we felt rushed the whole time.  He dropped the table off at the airport, from where it will continue it's journey to the new owners.  We went to Lee Valley and spent some money.  Always a fun store to visit.

We had lunch at a great Indian restaurant, Tandoori Kona.

MOONDOG, TOO RESTAURANT

Went to visit Dad at the VA, then we had breakfast for lunch at the Moondog, Too Restaurant in Port Orchard.  They were quick, I didn't have time to paint it.

HANDMADE LABEL

Using my lightbox, I inked the label, onto a piece of the lightest hand-dyed fabric, using Prismacolor Pigma pens.  

SKETCHING IN PORT TOWNSEND

Darrell, Lucy-dog and I spent the weekend in Port Townsend, Washington because Darrell was teaching a woodworking class at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking.

While they were setting up, on Friday afternoon, Lucy and I sat in front of the school and sketched.

Above are two of the better ones.

The top sketch shows Darrell (seated on bench in red) and the owners of the school talking about the class beforehand.

The bottom sketch is of the NCO houses that are across the way from the school.

These are on 9" x 9" Super Deluxe Aquabee papers. I used a Pigma pen and then went back and colored with watercolors.

I haven't used watercolors in a long while. They are great en plein air.

After Darrell finished we went for a really nice walk around the gun emplacements.

It was a very warm, sunny and relaxing weekend.