Lost a stitching buddy

I've been pretty sad for the past month as my stitching buddy Gracie crossed the Rainbow Bridge on March 1. She was almost 14 and she'd been declining for the past year or two but it was still sudden when it happened and I wasn't as prepared as I should have been so it's been hard. This morning was the first time I felt able to look through some of my pictures (and now I'm crying again!) so I could share some of my favorites of my beautiful girl sharing her napping table with me:

 

So many good memories of time spent in pure contentment; I miss her so much.

I haven't really felt up to working on the model lately, though I'm going to have to make myself soon or there's going to be a problem meeting the deadline. I spent some time working on Tempting Tangles Dragon's Blood Mandala Mystery SAL because it only uses one color and that made it easier to work on when my concentration level wasn't really up to par; I got caught up with the releases so far and have now completed eight of the 25 parts:

I'm also still on track with Tempting Tangles Rooky Woods SAL, which has 13 of the 20 parts completed:

One other design I've been working on is a wedding piece for my friend's daughter who is getting married in August. I switched up the fabric and I'm still not sure how I feel about it so I don't know if I'll actually give it to her or just buy a gift but there should be time to finish it and decide well before the wedding. Would love to hear your thoughts on it:

And finally I just recently finished part four of Cecilia Votta's Seasonal SAL, which has moved into spring (even if this past weekend was more like winter here):

In honor of my Gracie I'd like to give away Madame Chantilly's Cats in the Rain--the gray and white cat she's holding was definitely Gracie in my mind when I stitched this:

The chart does call for yellow and blue instead of pink and purple, and I made a few other minor changes but you get the idea... I'll pick a winner next week and will mail it anywhere in the world; be sure to check back to see if you've won--I will include my email in that post so the winner can contact me. Until then please give your furbabies (or featherbabies or scalebabies or...) an extra cuddle.