Summoning Fall

A couple of months ago several hunks and kits and collections of fabrics magically appeared on the "Show and Tell" table at the Community First! Quilters' monthly meeting (I suspect someone was clearing out her sewing room in preparation for moving). Once the dust had settled and everyone took what they wanted, I brought the remaining hunks and kits and collections home with me to either add to our stash, or list on ebay.

There were 4 panels that called out to me, however, with a promise of an easy twin-sized quilt to create. And it was! I had plenty of yellows, oranges, greens, and browns to either pull from my 2.5" square collection, or cut from my own drawers of hunks and chunks. (Note to self: 4:30 pm in late August is a terrible time for picture-taking. The sun casts a shadow on the fence, and the temperature is still in the 100s.)

70" x 90"

Garlands

I did it! I made garlands as planned!! When I finally sandwiched, quilted, and trimmed all the strips and scraps, I had 367 strips (7.25"x1.5") to make into chains.

Wisconsin

I've been back from my 5-day trip to Wisconsin/Illinois for nearly a week, and haven't sewn a single stitch since getting home! The main reason for that appalling lack of stitchery is that 18 hours after touching down, I was attending a rehearsal of a women's singing group (Women of Heartsong) and have made that my new singing home. There's been a glut of music to reformat and learn. Thursday I finally had enough of a handle on things that I could look at everything I brought home with me, pull out my camera, and start taking photos not only of some batik panels from Nann's stash that I promised to list for her on ebay . . .

. . . but 23 other pieces from the CF!Q stash I'd been setting aside over the last several weeks, also for ebay. Yesterday I stared at all those pieces again, comparing real-life colors to what my camera captured and tweaking as necessary (I could barely see straight after 9 hours of that). Today I'm determined to get the CF!Q listing finished, then do some sewing!

Stage 3, Stage 2, Stage 1

Stage 3: a finish!