hibernation and a quilt beginning

Hibernation mode is going well. Joe feels pretty much recovered, in fact most days he feels better than he has in quite awhile. It's amazing what proper blood flow can do for a person! He's been playing around with clay again after a five year hiatus. He has a small ceramic studio behind the house and built a kiln shed last summer. I'm looking forward to seeing kiln unloads again!I've been working on Sophie’s quilt. It's the Sugar Bear quilt by Southern Charm Quilts. I really don't love cutting all the pieces out, cutting fabric is my least favorite task with sewing. It's nice to have it all cut out and organized before I get started with piecing though. I use tiny sticky notes to label everything for when I inevitably forget where it goes. Soph picked out all the fabric and the pattern, I call it "vintage sunflower hues". I haven’t made a quilt in many years, 2018 I think, and while this pattern isn’t particularly difficult, it's the most intricate one I've personally taken on. I'm excited to see it all come together, especially now that the 144 half rectangle triangles are behind me! Phew!A random cat photo in the mix because she looked so pretty snuggled in one of my Aunt Lori quilts. I guess that's it for now....xo,s