A Finished Quilt Top ... and a BBD

Hey Blog Buddies,

Today marks another milestone in my quilt project:  all 30 blocks have been completd and assembled into a quilt top.  I like it well enough, but the combination of the 2-1/4" squares, with lots of half square triangles thrown in, plus the pattern in my "light" fabric make it all a little ... well ... busy.  Sometimes I think I should just stick to quilt kits and leave the fabric selection to the professionals.

The display hanger in this photo

is the Southpaw Stitcher staff.

Now I'm rethinking sending it out

to be quilted because

I'm not sure I want

another pattern

on top of it all.

I've never quilted anything

quite this large before,

but I may attempt a simple

stitch-in-the-ditch finish.

I'll take it to my LQS tomorrow

to pick out backing fabric

and make my decision then.

But anyway, last week I had taken Molly

to the groomer for a soothing

oatmeal bath for her skin.

As we were leaving,

the owner of the shop

thanked me for getting a BBD.

"A beebbee what?" I asked.

It was pretty early in the morning.

"A BBD--big, black dog," she replied.

(Yes, she's big, black and a dog.)

I was probably eyeing her strangely at this point,

because she went on to explain

that shelters and rescues have

a harder time adopting out

BBD's than other dogs.

Theories abound on why this is so.

They don't photograph well, and

a lot of folks pick out dogs on the Internet.

People associate them with

Rotties and Dobermans

and are more fearful of them.

They can't be seen as well in

the back of a cage.

BBD's even have their own rescue.

Needless to say, I was surprised.

I had never heard about

the BBD syndrome before.

We chose Molly because she seemed

so calm, we leaned toward females,

and thought she was a "good" size.

Who knew?

This happens almost every time she

goes out into the yard.

She's obsessed with squirrels.

If we had known about

BBD syndrome beforehand,

we would have added "black"

to our list of preferences.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Thanks for visiting!