This is Thursday, a lovely day to look back at the week and contemplate the weekend ahead. Thursday was my second favourite weekday...Friday being #1 signaling the work week ending. I used to say 4 pm on Friday was my all time favourite moment in a week.

Here is Neddy enjoying one of many walks down the deciduous tree lined path at the back of the property. This borders acres of undeveloped land so there are many trails to enjoy. Overnight it seems to have become leaf lined; lately the leaves are falling like snow.

I have some eye candy for you all.  Karin sent emails that included three finished quilts.  Here they are…

Laurie writes:
“Greetings Jo! Had to dodge lightning bolts and floods to get these out, but I learned so many new stitches, it was absolutely worth the wait!

First up, we have sweet little kittties, I believe, from the Cresco ladies.  A pieced cat block was surrounded by little paw prints and some solid colors, with a couple of wide patches of printed kitty faces.

I figured it was as good a time as any to see if I could figure ...

 There was just no good place to stop, once I got started.....making those patchwork 16-patch blocks.  And then there was three quilt tops, each different layout and sizes.   The first one blogged about  at Marty's Fiber Musings

Patchwork 16-patch #2:

I decided the on-point orientation deserved one of my favorite Malka Dubrawsky fabrics to finish.

Then, just this morning I finished the third 16-patch.  It's even more spontaneous and whimsical  with added filler blocks cut from my vintage linen table napkins.  No, I had no fear....either they worked, or they didn't!

 I’m a little late in writing and posting this today. We had the family down for a visit in our little space this afternoon, so of course that took precedence. Funny how we can all live in the same house but not actually see each other all at once all that often. 

I’m working on multiple slow projects lately, getting some further along and others finished.  

I’ve finished the scrap sock yarn scarf that I was making for my husband, but unfortunately don’t have a picture of it. Once I finished that I decided that I ...

Of my "Simply Woven - LEFT-handed version" -  For all of you who have waited so patiently - ;)) === Simply Woven Quilt - by moda fabrics - Moda Bake Shop -  Jessica Kelly -  HERE - ===  When I first started considering how I wanted to do the layout -   I thought it might be better to put them up on the wall -  With the seams showing -So I started with a couple of blocks -    And rotated them -

VERSE OF THE DAY

VERSE OF THE DAY

 October is halfway gone! As the old saying goes, the days are long and the years are short.

We had a cold front zip thru last night, dropping the temps by about 20 degrees! I have all the windows closed, and Ralph covered the air conditioner. 

Our nephew David's funeral will be November 13. Manda, Steph and Dan are coming in for it. They are fully vaccinated. Ben will stay home with the kids, who are too young for the vaccine. Several members of the family on Ralph's side are refusing the vaccine ...

blue flowers 15" X 18.5"

The challenge of the month at RSC is to use our light/lime green scraps... this top was made a couple months ago, and I finished it this week. If you don't remember this one, I started with some blue scraps from a flowering snowball block series way back. They had curves I liked, so I sewed the halves together and improv curvy pieced them with light greens into a blue flower abstract.

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 Hello Everyone,

 It was a dark Halloween night......in Paula's version of my October Magic pattern.  It is "Spook-tacular"!

Bring out your handmade holiday spirit! Use your favorite applique methods to create quilts, table decor, gifts and more. This book has something for everyone-projects range from classic to contemporary. Make it a Christmas that everyone wants to come home for!   This Book Christmas with possibilities is filled with 16 Quilted projects.