...Sew...a needle pulling thread...

As many of you know, I'm not the craftiest person in the world. However, my friend Julie is prodding me along in our mini projects. She's quite inspiring...and patient. This last project took us a month to do with my lack of expertise and with our little gals at our heels. Look at the picture and make a guess first (hers on left and mine's on right, with the opposite material for the backing). If you have any imagination at all you will see the obvious shape of a cat. We printed the pattern off of the Amy Butler website and went for it. Despite the imperfections, what I like to believe gives them personality and character, they didn't turn out to bad. Ava and Elliot got a kick out of the sewing machine and were mesmerized, until they started head butting.