April 12, 2025

As I worked on various projects for the past while I’ve been putting them aside for Madison’s shower if they seemed appropriate.

Place the turtle on the kitchen floor. Please don’t kick him out the door. He is there to help you with the task of mopping up that spill. So place your foot upon his back and push him around and around. When the spill is there no more, just leave him lying on the floor.

This little cleaning turtle was an idea that Gail wanted to make so we worked on it at our Friday sewing sessions. The back of the turtle is a towel (to soak up the spills). Not long ago Madison had a turtle as a pet so this seemed somewhat fitting.

These sashiko-inspired cat coasters were another patten that Gail found. She had never done any sashiko so was a bit slower. I had time to make a set of four.

These placemats were a Guild challenge project from a few years ago. They weren’t done in time to show them at the year-end party that year but all they needed was to be quilted. The challenge fabric was the little skunks in the centre.

And what kitchen is complete without some microwave bowl cozies and pot holders?