Summer is Over

It is a cool fall day. My outside work is all done except for a few finishing touches. I will keep my bistro set and lawn chairs out a little longer in case of a warm day. The shed has been cleaned in preparation for their arrival.

There are only a few more days left to do the dye project with one of my friends. We have to get together soon and have a fun day before the snow flies. The supplies are all gathered. The fabric has been washed and is ready for a nice day. Hopefully, the wind will stop so we can do our project in the back yard.

Four lap quilts have been finished and given to the Guild to give to someone who needs a quilt. They are not great beauties, but will be warm. They are just the tip of the iceberg of my unfinished quilt tops. There are several more to be finished and sent on their way.

Last week I wanted to use a built in embroidery on a project that I had started. I spent quite a while looking for the pattern on the machine. I had made a book of all the embroidery patterns that were built in on my other machines, but never did for this one. The striped fabric has been hanging on a hanger in the closet for a long time. Time to get it out and make a book. This has been fun. I didn’t realize that there were so many beautiful patterns. I’m sewing a row of all the patterns as they come up. After that is finished, I can add pages of patterns that I changed by making them wider, longer or combining patterns.

This has been a fun project.

The Shadow quilt has come back from the longarm quilter.

I made this quilt at a retreat before Covid hit. The quilting is beautiful.

Claire’s quilt is on the way to North Carolina. She is four months old now and a beautiful baby.

Inspiration for a new quilt seems to be hiding. In the meantime, I’ve decided to bring out the ugly quilt and work on it for a while. Maybe, I can finish it and move it on to a new home. It will be a great way to practice new free motion quilting patterns. The quilting should be better as I work my way out to the border. Miss Molly does need a new finished quilt to inspect.

Have a great day and happy quilting.