Meantime I have quilted her last one, seen here............
"Chinese Lanterns".
I quilted it with bamboo stems and leaves, and around the border gingko leaves using variegated thread that Andee loves, in the Superior Rainbows line with Bottom Line thread in the bobbin.
DH has a finished project too! Because little fellow is nowrunning all over the place, I decided that we should have a semi-permanent gate at the top of the stairs along with the less permanent one at the landing. There are only two steps below the landing so he is reasonably ok there. He can go up all the way like lightning and then bump down on his bottom, very cute but not safe unsupervised!
I found a sturdy, metal/self-closing gate at St. Vinnies for $6.99 and when I looked it up online found it costs $70 new! It was missing $8 in hardware that I ordered from the company along with a 5" extension to make it fit the stairway.
It is bolted into the wall top and bottom, but simple to remove during the times when he isn't here leaving just two round plugs on each wall, not unsightly at all.
I feel a lot better having this safeguard in place, even though you still can't let him out of sight!
