Thursday, June 16, 2011

Portrait of Callie!

We had rains coming right towards us. Then all we got was a little shower. We could really use about a 1/2 inch of rain on the garden. I say this, then feel guilty for wishing for rain. Our county is preparing for the worse floods we have ever seen. Yesterday the Corps started releasing 150,000 cubic feet of water per second from the Gavin's Point Dam, S.D. They said it will take 3 - 3.5 days to reach our area, but we are already seeing flooding. I-29 is closed north of us due to water on the road. They are releasing this amount of water until sometime in August. Goodness, that is a long time to have water standing. We are fortunate to be on high ground, but most of our county are not. So once again, I ask that you pray that our levees will hold.

On a little lighter note, I finished the machine applique on Callie's Portrait. I have had fun with this, so not sure why it has taken me so long to get it done. I fused it down over a year ago now. LOL Anyway, here are a few pictures of it. I still need to embroider some whiskers on it, then I can sandwich and quilt.
Here is a closeup...
A little different angle...
It turned out looking quite a bit like my Callie. I will admit, though, that I really didn't start out trying to make it look like my girl. It just kind of happened. LOL I believe I showed this to you last year when I got the fusing done on it, but it wasn't a good picture.(Not that these are great pictures either.LOL) This pattern is from FatCat patterns. Sindy does an awesome job of creating patterns and most are free. Sorry I don't have her link, but just Goggle FatCat patterns and you will find them. Here is a picture of my Callie so you can compare.
As you can see, it is not exact, but pretty close. I love my baby.
Our son, Jon and his friend, Kim came to visit last Saturday. I'll share a couple of pictures of them in the next post. Thank you for visiting. Please come again and have a wonderful day.


Winona

6 comments:

limpingalong said...

Sorry you are in danger of flooding -- we could certainly use some water here -- we are totally dry! Just doesn't seem fair, does it -- some have more than they need and others have far less than they need. Going to be a long, hot summer.

Julie Fukuda said...

Sitting in a puddle is no fun. At lest with volcanic soil, the water does not stand long. I pray your levees hold and you get your water some other way. The Callie-cat is so cute.

Crispy said...

Wow great quilt Winona!! It does look like Callie :0)

My heart goes out to you!! They are releasing an equal amount of water from the Garrison Dam in ND. I have been staying away from the south end of Bismarck as they have been building levees and sand bagging everywhere. They finally reopened the main street and I was shocked to see it. It looks like a war zone!! Prayers are going up!

Crispy

Paula said...

Wow- that turned out beautiful, Winona! And I definitely think it looks like Callie.
That is so scary about the flooding... I do hope the levees hold.... I'll remember your community in my prayers for sure.

Myra said...

Your portrait of Callie is looking good Winona!! Good for you!! 8-)

We've got major flooding in areas of our province here. Nothing affecting us, but we see the damage and destruction that comes with it... Hope you levees hold...

Rosalyn Manesse said...

this is an amazing portrait--kitty will love it.

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