Sashing Done!

I think I love it. I wasn't too sure about the fabric I chose, perhaps a bit dark, but I think I love it. DH just said "it might be too nice to give away" woot! This is high praise, believe me!

I'm thinking of adding two borders to make it a queen size, I think that might sell better.

I'm thinking a lighter border around this, then this same fabric for a second border.

Here's a close up of the sashing fabric.

All very "fall" colors.

12 Blocks Done!

I'm a week and 2 days behind schedule, but they're done!

Tomorrow I will take a picture with me to pick up fabric for sashing, borders and binding.

I'm pretty happy with it so far.

5 down 7 to go!

I finally got started on a quilt that I purchased a kit for oh, about 5 years ago. My cousin is very ill and they are having a fund raiser for her, so I thought this was the perfect inspiration to finally make this quilt.

I had hoped to get all 12 blocks done this weekend, but life got in the way. Oh well, at least I got a start on it. I have until early November to get it done.

Here are the first 5 blocks, it's a "sampler", I got Jan, Feb, Mar, April and September done.

Baby it's cold outside!

I can't believe it's winter already.

Here's a picture from Friday, October 9!

My poor DH has to work outside sometimes so I thought I'd make him a flannel welders cap. I used the scraps from a pair of flannel shorts I had made him several years ago.

He was on graveyard shift this weekend so sleeping during the day. He woke up and I showed him the hat, he put it on his head and slept in it! I guess I should have turned up the heat in the bedroom.

Wow! The summer is gone!

Friday's high is supposed to be 28 and the low is in the single digits-YIKE! It was just summer. The good news is that I can finally dust off the old sewing machine and get productive again.

Colt and Minnie had a great summer-Minnie spent last summer in the humane society, so she especially enjoyed her time swimming, running and hiking.



< Now there's a happy girl!!!!!!! Her first time in water that wasn't a flooding, rushing river. She loved it and has become quite the swimmer. At first she would only wade in, now she jumps right in. Sad that a dog doesn't learn to swim until she's 2 years old-but wonderful that she will be swimming all she wants for the rest of her life.

Here's Colt taking a rest on the picnic table-hmmmmmmm..........does the bird dog realize there are several birds behind him?????? LOL! In his defense he just woke up, we had taken a couple hour hike earlier that day.

That isn't a cigar hanging out of his mouth, it's a raw-hide chewy. We let that sunflower grow right in the doorway-yup, we went around it all summer. We had several around the yard, we try to let them grow wherever they come up. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of the massive amount of them we had around here, each plant had several flowers on it.