2010 July

Look what I found!

July 25, 2010 By Anne 3 Comments

Look what I found! It’s a blog that links to me AND I’ll be darned if she isn’t having a giveaway of Snowbound blocks! Not just Snowbound blocks, but Snowbound blocks in redwork! Leave a comment on her blog and you could win these blocks! Hurry, she’s picking a winner tomorrow morning! Think what you can do with these blocks! She doesn’t know I’m posting this, we’ve never met, but it’s such a great giveaway! It makes this a two post day for me! Don’t ever say I don’t tell you about things….

Little Pieces of My Life

Thanks Karen for the wonderful giveaway and congratulations on your 150th post!!!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Embroidery

Don’t you love weekends?

July 25, 2010 By Anne 18 Comments

I love weekends, and I love them even more when I don’t have plans. I spent Saturday working in the studio and watching my favorite TV shows. I’m working on my next block of the month and I’ll give you a little hint; it’s a Christmas quilt. Ahhh, you may think you have ENOUGH Christmas quilts. I’m here to say this is not possible and I hope I can entice you into more applique. There’s another little critter I love to draw almost as much as a bunny. I’ve kept it a secret for a long time and I hope I see some smiles when you see it! :>) I love Christmas and I’ve been wanting to design this quilt for awhile, but I just had to wait for the perfect fabric to come along. Thanks to Moda Fabrics I found it!

Mooch loves it when I’m drawing. She makes herself comfortable right in the middle of my work. Her favorite thing to do is lay on my drawings batting my pencil and eraser onto the floor. Good thing I love that cat. And to think she’s covered up my drawings for these pictures! She knows when she has to keep a secret!

As for Bitsy, she might be old but she has the blood work of a young dog. The vet can’t find anything wrong. She still won’t walk unless she REALLY wants something, or forgets that she can’t walk. I’m actually carrying her on walks now, thinking the entire time how silly I am. Chelsea and I walk while Bitsy is carried. She does however, occasionally want down to sniff a bush or do her business. She gets her teeth cleaned on Wednesday and then she just might be in better shape than me! Don’t you wish you were a Bunny Hill dog? I guess when you’re 14 1/2 in dog years you can pretty much get anything you want. She looks at me with those eyes and I melt.

My huband is getting better every day. His right thumb still hurts at the knuckle. Seems that was the most painful bite. He did happen to pick up a pair of leather gloves to keep in the garage just in case. What can I say? At least he has gloves now.

As for the rescue kitty, I’m sorry to say it had to be put to sleep. It’s back legs were severely infected and they think it had been run over by a car. It was really in bad shape but at least it’s suffering has ended. It didn’t have rabies. Say a little prayer that it knows it was loved at the end.

Hope you are all having a great weekend. I forgot I have to get that darn laundry done today. I hate doing laundry and I hate folding clothes. If you have a way of getting out of doing laundry tell me now before I start!

Hugs,

Anne

Filed Under: Designing Patterns, Pets of Bunny Hill Tagged With: Cats, Christmas, Drawing

Quilter’s Home Magazine Comes to Visit!

July 20, 2010 By Anne 23 Comments

Back in March of this year, Quilter’s Home Magazine sent out a photo stylist and photographer to take pictures of my home and studio. Gregory Case and his wife Elena, work together as a team. I’ve known them for years so it was a fun photo shoot, and of course their pictures are wonderful!

Pick up the current issue (August/September) of “Quilter’s Home” and you’ll see the fabulous job the editors at Quilter’s Home did. You’ll find out what my favorite cookie is, AND why I have this Goose Feather Farm sign in my studio, along with other tidbits you might not know about me.

I used the photo shoot to get my husband to complete all the projects I’ve had on my list for the past year. It’s so great to be able to say “Honey, Quilter’s Home is coming in two weeks, do you think you could work on that list”? He cleaned the front porch, the back yard, washed windows, touched up wall paint, helped me hang new quilts and even polished my silver pencil holders. Amazing, that man!

You’ll get a tour of my home and studio. The picture below is our family room. Chelsea and Bitsy are in one of their favorite spots. Mine is on the day bed with Chelsea. I usually relax with my Ipad every evening and read a book or play with the Ipad apps. Mooch claims the vintage garden planter behind the couch as her favorite spot. The planter is filled with quilts and I keep an old one on top so washing off cat fur is easy. (Oh the things we do for our pets!) Hubby gets the couch.

As for the Bitsy/Huband update:

Husband is doing better. Some of the redness and swelling is down a bit. He had his last shot today. He says the shots hurt so much they actually add Novocain to the antibiotic shot! Oh baby, I don’t want to ever have those!

His thumb has so many punctures the Dr. said he may have to have some physical therapy. He’s supposed to be holding it up and moving it, but of course he can’t really move it because of the swelling. Reminds me of playing finger puppets.

Bitsy went back to the vet today. She hates a visit to the vet, shakes the whole time and of course looks like I’ve beaten her. She wouldn’t walk, not even when I left the room. She just stood in the corner and shook. Her leg looks fine in the x-ray and they are running some blood work to rule out other things. Our Veterinarian mentioned neurological, spinal, thyroid etc. I’m leaning toward very smart dog who knows how to make me jump. Hope I’m right.

I recorded her on my IPhone. She was talking and carrying on like you can’t believe and I played it for the vet. Oh my gosh that little dog has something to say. Wish I knew what it was! We’ll see what the tests tell us. In the meantime here’s my new motto:

Back soon!

Anne

Filed Under: Decorating, Magazine Quilts, My Studio Tagged With: Bunny Hill Designs, Decorating, Quilter's Home, Studio

Stumbling Blocks

July 18, 2010 By Anne 49 Comments

Life has a way of throwing in a few stumbling blocks every now and then just to see if we can get past them. This past week has been so chaotic I’m here to report I’m not doing very well. I’m falling over blocks!

My old dog, Bitsy hurt her back leg. She was walking outside and suddenly jumped in pain. She’s been to the vet, had x-rays, medication and they think she pulled something. Nothing shows on the x-ray, but she still won’t walk.

Instead, she barks for me to carry her everywhere. Bark, I want to go outside, I’m thirsty, I’d like a treat, can you fix me dinner? She seems perfectly happy, and even wants to play with her toys. If someone comes to the door that she really wants to see she’ll get up and walk, but otherwise I carry her everywhere and she watches my every move. I can’t believe she could learn that I will carry her if she barks. Have any of you ever heard of something like this? Now I’m worried there might be something else wrong.

Then there’s my husband the absolute animal lover. Our neighbors know how he is, so they tell him if they see any lost or injured animals. He’s heard about a little cat in the neighborhood, dragging it’s back legs and coming around houses looking for food. He’s been watching for it. Yesterday he saw it!

1. The cat showed up in our front yard.

2. My husband grabbed it and ran for a carrier.

3. The cat was biting him all the time.

4. We spent the AM in the emergency room.

5. Animal Control took the cat. Has to be tested for rabies, plus it’s back legs are severely injured.

6. Today hubby went back to the Dr. because of red streaks going up his arm.

7. He now goes to Dr. everyday for 4 days for a antibiotic shot. Guess where?

I’m cooking, cleaning, doing chores I never even knew existed, carrying Bitsy, and anything else you can think of . I’m trying to pick up those stumbling blocks as I go along, but more keep showing up! Ever have one of those weeks? Not much is getting done in the Bunny Hill studio. Life got in the way!

I’ll keep you posted on my patient’s progress.

Hugs,

Nurse Sutton