Two Swaps, Meow Part 2, and My African Wall hanging

I am still working on my Drunkard Path blocks. The reason it took me hours to cut out is I wanted to make sure that I did them just right. You need them accurate. I have gotten some emails about how some people can't do curves. I will prepare a little tutorial, as I learned tips that make it easy to do curves and have them turn out really nice. One blogger told me she had the GO die( which I will have soon) and hasn't used it as she is afraid of curves. Stay tuned for that tutorial.

Ok, I joined two swaps and that is it for me this year.LOL One is the Sisterhood of the Triangles Exchange that I joined at

The Quilt Show. This was started by the author and quilter named Edyta Sitar, who is also joining in on the swap. We will be using her 2 inch triangle paper to make a minimum of 28 half square triangles, but I am going to

try to make a lot of them, so I can get a quilt out of this. So, if I turn in let's say 150 of them, I get that amount back. As the half square triangles will be all various fabrics, I will get a very scrappy quilt, as I will be getting various fabrics from all over the world. I am excited! I will get her book at that time and make a scrappy quilt. I have included a pic of Edyta..she is an amazingly talented woman.

The other swap I am involved in is a doll quilt swap being hosted by Once Upon a Quilt Blog. We are going to be making a miniature quilt that we are exchanging with a partner. I have a paper pieced miniature in mind to make. We can give a sneak peak, which I will do soon, but we can't show the whole quilt, until the partners get the mini quilts...By the way, my partner is Debra Anger, a lovely lady whose blog is

Patchwork Sanity. I will be using the book

Paper Pieced Mini Quilts.

So, in the midst of the African project, working on the Rose of Sharon quilt bit by bit, I will be making lots of triangles and a miniature quilt. That will keep me husy.

Now, as for the kitten....I was talking to Joe about which cat I wanted

to get...you remember that it was between the Birman and the Snoeshoe. Well, someone wrote me about her Devon Rex, and I mentioned it to Joe and he saw a pic of it....Well, he fell in love with it lock,stock, and barrel.

Here is a pic of the cat.....It looks like Yoda from Star Wars, but it is supposed to be super intelligent, very friendly and personable, and acts like a monkey. Joe is hooked, so we are getting that one. There are breeders in England, as the cat is from Devon originally, but I have to find a breeder in Ireland. Someone in England gave me a woman in Ireland, who may help me.

As you can see, it is cute in a strange way, and it comes in various colours, has big ears and eyes like Yoda, very short curly hair. Joe just fell in love, and upon reading about the Devon, I am hooked too. I just hope we can find a breeder in Ireland.