Red Colourpoint Cat

Red is the colour for Rainbow Scrap Challenge stitching this month, so I decided to start off my RSC sewing with a cat block first.  I laid them on the bed and auditioned some red fabrics.  After all, red comes in all sorts of shades, bright red, orange/red, pinky/red so I wanted to see which shade would work best with the existing blocks.  Gemma decided to come and help out too, as she likes to do.  She wasn’t really much help at all, she was much more interested in keeping up with her grooming routine.

Gemma and the colourpoint cats

After some consideration, I decided on a dark red and black print.  These blocks always take me ages, and I prefer to get all the pieces cut and laid out, and the sawtooth arc stitched.  Then I like to leave it till the next day, when I sew all the pieces together.

Red cat block done

The seal of approval

It’s Robin’s birthday today.  He’s another year older and still going strong. After cooking scrambled eggs for a birthday breakfast he had some “cuddle time” with Gemma.  She likes to jump on on his lap, then snuggle up on his shoulder while he is sitting at the table in the mornings.  We are having a quiet day at home, I’m sure there will be some sports to watch on the TV to keep him occupied.  Then we have booked a meal this evening at the local Cossie Club.  So no cooking for me and no dishes for him tonight.

Happy Birthday Robin